Lord Cardigan

[BobLff257]

Friends,

Just received this superb sculpted rendition of Lord Cardigan, a future release for Imperial Gallery. It is a 90mm figure sculpted by Alan Ball. Hope you like.

Rob

www.imperialgallery.co.uk

 

[housecarl]

Now that is nice. Have fun painting the sabretache.
Carl.

 

[billyturnip]

Very nice indeed. As mentioned on another thread I've been reading a few books on the Crimean War recently and would recommend the biography of Cardigan by Donald Thomas. Old Cardigan was quite a character and was quite fond of the ladies and duelling pistols!!

Roger.

 

[Einion]

Some lovely detail on this - Alan's strong point - but the proportions and bulk seem off.

As for the facial likeness, he had a characteristic curved eyeline (or hound-dog look) and a long, straight nose, neither of which are there in the sculpt.

Einion

 

[tonydawe]

Superb sculpting by Alan Ball. A cracking figure. Good luck with it Rob.

 

[megroot]

Excellent figure. Alan has done a great job creating this figure.
But the casting is top. Very crisp and clean, also the small details.

marc

 

[Andreas W.]

theres only one word......GREAT! will alan be in Eindhoven this year?

 

[luiz]

GREAT Excellent maravilhoso

 

[davidmitchell]

Great looking figure and one that is sure to be popular Rob.Keep in touch.


Cheers David

 

[IIICorps]

...he had a characteristic curved eyeline (or hound-dog look) and a long, straight nose...

Possibly not the most handsome fellow of his day.

 

[PhilinYuma]

Yep, this is one of the best 90mm figures that I have seen in years in terms of uniform detail and accuracy. There is/was an old 90mm figure of Cardigan in undress which was shown here some years ago. It bore a much closer resemblance to the earl, but there were some problems with uniform details. This figure is the opposite; the mustache is unaccountably curled up instead of down, but the uniform details, so far as I can tell, are exactly right for Cardiigan in the Crimea. He had been promoted to major general a few months earlier and was no longer colonel of the 11th hussars, but he still wears the uniform with a special sabretache of a general officer. The crossed sword and baton can be clearly seen in the above pic, and the "Egypt" sphinx is gone.
I have just started a new piggy bank labeled "Earl of Cardigan 1854".