New Michael Miniatures 75mm Archduke Charles Of Austria

[Michaelminiatures]

Our New 75 mounted figure is now available from our dealers and www.michaelminiatures.com
The figure is sculpted by Paul Deheleanu and cast in resin including the horse reins.
Archduke Charles of Austria
Battle of Aspern-Essling 1809
75mm mounted resin figure
Item: FMM01
Sculpted by: Paul Deheleanu
Box Art Painted by: Danilo Cartacci
Thanks for looking,
Mike

 

[Figurenfreund66]

Wow thats really cool !

Cheers

Hendryk

 

[Dave - LastCav]

Superb!!!

 

[Edward]

Stunning figure!

 

[Piotrec]

Well done. I like the subject. There is only one thing that bothers me a bit. It seems like the rider's position is a little to far on the saddle. It does not look very natural to me, but I could be wrong. Other than that I might be tempted enough to buy a first figure from Michael Miniatures.

 

[Ben-nl]

Great figure Mike, and nice painted by Danilo.
Ben

 

[Meehan34]

whoa! that is some figure sir. Well done and not your usual release of a bust. I'm still waiting on you to paint your own boxart. You are getting so good with the brush that it would be great to see you do them. Nothing against Danilo of course

 

[bagelman1952]

Very nice action pose but I have to agree with Piotrec about the position of the rider in the saddle. He is placed far to much to the back of the saddle.

 

[Kisifer]

Fantastic piece overall. Well done.

Xenofon

 

[captnenglish]

Straight up awesome figure.

 

[MENTAL DENTAL]

There's something about the shoulders as well, the right should be higher and the left set back more............................need a shot from the back to be sure. Great painting Danilo!

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Too bad, but IMHO given the fact that there is a really detailed presentation of the Archduke Charles at Essling, I find the character pretty unfortunately failed.

Both in terms of modeling of horse and rider, as well as what concerns the details.

A horse would plunge immediately into this posture, the rider is sitting too far back, the uniform details and those of the hat are not correct and the Archduke carried an infantry flag (the one of Regiment Zach) and this flag looked quite different and was much greater.

Just my two cents

Cheers

 

[Edorta]

I agree with you , Martin, I think the location of the rider over the horse is a bit far from the neck of the horse, but the action can make the man go backwards . As I see, the saddle cloth ornaments too, are a bit ondulated in the paint you showed us.
Anyway I think it´s a great figure, a really challenge for painting, and of course, Michael Miniatures have done his own version of the character, ( wearing an overcoat, the flag seems a cavalry squadron standard, instead of the infantry flag). It´s perfectly valid for me, and it´s a good idea be casted in resin to avoid the weight excess.
Danilo´s work is superb.
This figure tempted me a lot.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

 

[Tecumsea]

That's the 4th figure in the past week that I just have to get....looks like Euro is going to be expensive again this year

 

[IIICorps]

Nice work. Your figure appears to be much more handsome than the Archduke was in life. Artistic license.

 

[megroot]

Perfectly painted figure. Always like Danillo's work.
As far as the figure goes. Awesome sculptwork but I have 5 mounted at the moment and one started. That will be enough for the coming years.

Marc

 

[Michaelminiatures]

Hope this will help the confused the the figure is based on the bronze statue of this scene, this statue is in Vienna , the Archduke wears a greatcoat. this painting was used for reference but not the only source. We also used other references Osprey ect. It is not a copy of this painting.
Mike

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Thanks for your reply Mike!

However, I stand by my opinion.

The picture I have shown above, dates from 1812 and was painted for the Archduke Karl himself. Due to the proximity in time and the "Customer" it would be the most accurate source.

All other sources came much later, the Statue on the "Heldenplatz" in Vienna, for example, until 1860. Even more recent is the mural paintig at the "Military History Museum in Vienna", which you probably mean.

But I would like to ask for a concrete example: What is Your source, stating the size and proportions of the flag that is carrying Your fgur?

Cheers

 

[Michaelminiatures]

Martin,
The painting that you show and you say, "given the fact that there is a really detailed presentation of the Archduke Charles at Essling" . Is in the mind of the noted author John H. Gill "Thunder on the Danube" volume II, "nothing more than a doubtless exaggeration of the depiction".(plate 20 ) The following is from page 181 of Gills book Thunder on the Danube ,"But this irresistible image has inspired innumerable artists, including the the architect and sculptor who crafted the Charles Monument that still decorates the courtyard of the Hofburg in Vienna" You claim this is an accurate source. I agree with Gill who is an expert on this battle.
Knowing this we did not want base the figure on this painting, but were inspired by it.

 

[Einion]

Flattering the subject or being more true to how he looked or whatever, doesn't address the issue that the rider clearly looks to be sitting too far back on the horse.

Cavalry subjects aren't my thing but this might have been a knock-on effect from the stirrups being too short... shouldn't the foot sit quite a bit further down than nearly level with the bottom edge of the saddle cloth? Like in the sculpture?

Einion