AJLaFleche
A Fixture
Here is an in box review of La Fortezza’s 54mm white metal kit titled Chief Joseph. The kit comes in a one piece fold open box with a color photo ot he assembled and painted kit on the cover. One is immediately struck by the similarity between this kit and the Thunderbird mounted Indian Trapper. They are apparently based in a Remington painting. My goal is to have these two together in a vignette, possibly with a pack horse.
The horse comprises 4 parts: body halves, head/neck, and tail. The mane and tail are sculpted to appear to be being pushed forward by wind from the rear. The horse has a hairy winter coat and is looking back somewhat. He stands in a somewhat relaxed pose with his right rear foot lifted off the ground.
The saddle, cinch and part of a skin are molded on the horse. Assembly will be completed with the addition of a saddle blanket at the back of the saddle and a skin at the left front of the saddle.
Blanket
Skin
The rider, as with the horse (and the aforementioned Thunderbird offering) is looking back over his left shoulder. He is cast in 5 parts:, torso/right leg, left leg, left arm/musket in case, right hand/quirt, and head. Well, maybe 6 parts: more on that in a moment. He is painted wearing a white Hudson’s Bay style capote with stripes. These came in a wide variety of colors so the painter has free rein to do some research and find a color or pattern he/she likes.
Torso:
Left leg
Left arm
Right hand
The fringe on the musket case, the skirt and lapels on the coat and the quirt are, as with parts of the horse, responding to a strong wind.
There are two feathers, one for the horse’s tail and one for the Chief Joseph head.
The base is a hefty piece of metal with a partially snow covered log and additional drifted snow as well as hoof prints cast is the ground surface. There is a slight rise from right to left in the base.
The horse comprises 4 parts: body halves, head/neck, and tail. The mane and tail are sculpted to appear to be being pushed forward by wind from the rear. The horse has a hairy winter coat and is looking back somewhat. He stands in a somewhat relaxed pose with his right rear foot lifted off the ground.
The saddle, cinch and part of a skin are molded on the horse. Assembly will be completed with the addition of a saddle blanket at the back of the saddle and a skin at the left front of the saddle.
Blanket
Skin
The rider, as with the horse (and the aforementioned Thunderbird offering) is looking back over his left shoulder. He is cast in 5 parts:, torso/right leg, left leg, left arm/musket in case, right hand/quirt, and head. Well, maybe 6 parts: more on that in a moment. He is painted wearing a white Hudson’s Bay style capote with stripes. These came in a wide variety of colors so the painter has free rein to do some research and find a color or pattern he/she likes.
Torso:
Left leg
Left arm
Right hand
The fringe on the musket case, the skirt and lapels on the coat and the quirt are, as with parts of the horse, responding to a strong wind.
There are two feathers, one for the horse’s tail and one for the Chief Joseph head.
The base is a hefty piece of metal with a partially snow covered log and additional drifted snow as well as hoof prints cast is the ground surface. There is a slight rise from right to left in the base.
