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megroot
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Splendid work from both.
Danilo has that amazingly feeling for painting light into a figure....
Marc
Danilo has that amazingly feeling for painting light into a figure....
Marc
Sambaman
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Jay H.
Jay H.
gordy
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Jeff
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It is a bit peculiar.. there is always a saw too
I was thinking the same thing. it is a nice figure.
Sambaman
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OK, I've removed the picture and my comments on this piece. However, I'm not apologizing for expressing my opinion.
I'm tired and this playground is absolutely no fun any more. I'm going home...
Jay H.
I'm tired and this playground is absolutely no fun any more. I'm going home...
Jay H.
Michael Tse
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As with other releases, I really respect the way head gears are faithfully reproduced by this firm, amongst other details.
The face is extremely life-like, and the pose, which is admittedly uncommon, gives a sense of pride and (over)confidence. At least to me...
The face is extremely life-like, and the pose, which is admittedly uncommon, gives a sense of pride and (over)confidence. At least to me...
Don Johnson
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I think this is an outstanding bust, and look forward to getting one to paint.
Admittedly, I am not real familiar with the Prussian army of the 18th century. I was just wondering about the date - 1740. Could this figure work for later fusiliers - say Seven Years War, or even American Revolution?
Thanks, and congratulations to the sculptor and painter for a wonderful new bust!
Admittedly, I am not real familiar with the Prussian army of the 18th century. I was just wondering about the date - 1740. Could this figure work for later fusiliers - say Seven Years War, or even American Revolution?
Thanks, and congratulations to the sculptor and painter for a wonderful new bust!
Paul Kernan
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Jay:
I completely agree. The cartridge box doesn't feel right to me but your 'saw' version looks exactly as I think it should. BTW I think it is a beautiful piece.
I completely agree. The cartridge box doesn't feel right to me but your 'saw' version looks exactly as I think it should. BTW I think it is a beautiful piece.
Michaelminiatures
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It looks exactly how I think it should look and I made. If you buy a figure you are welcome to convert it any way your skills will allow. But to photoshop another persons figure, I don't think so. Go make your own and you can have them as you like.
bonehead
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I have to agree with the above comments: beautifully sculpted, but visually clumsy.
Admittedly, I have made some pretty clumsy busts myself at times! After a while you start to figure out what works and what does not. The cartridge box and the square cuts at the belt and arms are distracting as they catch the eye and hold it there. Ideally, the shape of the bust should focus the eye back to the face which, properly, is the main focal point of a bust. This one certainly has a wonderful face and awesom detail on the hat. But when I look at it, my eye goes to the cartridge box and stays there.
Sorry, just my personal opinion.
Admittedly, I have made some pretty clumsy busts myself at times! After a while you start to figure out what works and what does not. The cartridge box and the square cuts at the belt and arms are distracting as they catch the eye and hold it there. Ideally, the shape of the bust should focus the eye back to the face which, properly, is the main focal point of a bust. This one certainly has a wonderful face and awesom detail on the hat. But when I look at it, my eye goes to the cartridge box and stays there.
Sorry, just my personal opinion.
Don Johnson
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Mike Cramer - any reply as to whether this bust is applicable for other periods? Did you have a particular regiment in mind when sculpting the piece, or is it meant to be generic? Thanks, in advance, for the input.
diamond cutter
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I think that Mike Cramer has made a great job of what he wants from a bust but I do agree with the Bone bonce in that the eye is drawn. It seems that the whole peice is very 'straight' and 'to attention' which is completely in keeping with a Prussian of this time. Excellent detail and great face. Not Dynamic but very much a statement
Michaelminiatures
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Don,
Hope theinformation below will help to answer your question. I will add that the miter cap was worn by Regiment No. 37 from a period of about June 1740 thru the end of the 1780". This period includes the "Seven Year Wars" (1756-1763 fought in Europe and North America and other parts of the world, (In North America it became known more popularly as the French and Indian War). Below you can read some of the battles that Regiment No. 37 fought in. The regiment did not fight in North America. The bust is named for the first date the miter cap could have been worn by the regiment 1740, it dates historically from the time of Frederick II the Great. I had the sculptor add the cartridge pouch as it is a very rare pouch and I traveled to the military museum at Rastatt, Germany to view the pouch and belt from this period that is on display, so I could get the idea of the size of the pouch and I wanted to see one. I will display a painted bust next to the miter cap in the Cramer Museum. The bust will help to explain the cap and how it was worn with the uniform and pouch.( Please see photo) This is very educational for people that tour the museum. I basically have the busts made for this purpose, however modelers and painters like them and we have a good following for them. The detail is dead on and the bust was what I wanted from the sculptor, both sculptor and painter are amoung the best I can't ask for more. I have also added photos of the miter cap Regiment No. 37
Mike
WHEN FREDERICK II (THE GREAT), BECAME KING OF PRUSSIA HE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO BUILD UP HIS ARMY. REGIMENT No. 37 WAS FORMED IN 1740, TWO DAYS AFTER THE FUNERAL OF KING FRIEDRICH WILHELM I. THE NEWLY FORMED REGIMENT WAS COMPOSED OF CAPABLE SOLDIERS FROM REGIMENT No. 3, FROM THE KOLBERG GARRISON AND NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS FROM REGIMENT No. 6. OFFICERS AND MEN WERE ALSO RECRUITED FROM THE EMPIRE, AND GRENADIERS WERE ADDED FROM PILLAU. THE NEW REGIMENT WAS GARRISONED IN BRANDENBURG/HAVEL UNDER THE COMMAND OF COLONEL de CAMAS. AFTER THE PEACE OF BRESLAU IN 1742, REGIMENT No. 37 MARCHED TO GLOGAU, SILESIA TO DO OCCUPATION DUTY. THE REGIMENTS MAIN FUNCTION WAS TO PREVENT THE AUSTRIANS FROM OCCUPYING THE CITY. IN 1744 THE REGIMENT BECAME PART OF THE KING'S FIRST CORPS AND MARCHED INTO BOHEMIA WHERE IT HELPED TO CAPTURE PRAGUE. IN 1745 COLONEL Du MOULIN, COMMANDER OF THE REGIMENT RECEIVED THE PRUSSIAN ORDER OF THE BLACK EAGLE FOR ACTIONS IN THE BATTLE OF HOHENFRIEDEBERG WHEN REGIMENT No. 37, IN THE CENTER LINE HELPED TO TURN BACK THE ATTACKING AUSTRIANS.
THE REGIMENT WOULD LATER SEE ACTION IN MOST OF THE MAJOR BATTLES OF THE SEVEN YEARS WAR; PRAGUE, WHERE THEY LOST 13 OFFICERS AND 661 TROPPERS; LEUTHEN, WHERE THEY CAPTURED 3 CANNONS; ZORNDORF, WHERE THEIR COMMANDER MAJOR GENERAL von KURSSELL WAS KILLED IN THE FIGHTING; KUNERSDORF, WHERE THE REGIMENT WAS ALL BUT WIPED OUT LOSING 16 OFFICERS AND 992 TROOPERS; LANDESHUT, WHERE THE FIRST BATTALION WENT DOWN FIGHTING; BURKERSDORF, WHERE FREDERICK THE GREAT, AT THE END OF THE BATTLE, ENCOUNTERED A WOUNDED SOLDIER FROM REGIMENT No. 37 AND ASKED HOW THE BATTLE WAS PROGRESSING. "GOD BE PRAISED, ALL GOES WELL; THE AUSTRIANS ARE RUNNING AND WE ARE WINNING", SAID THE SOLDIER. "ARE YOU WOUNDED MY SON?", ASKED THE KING. HE THEN GAVE THE MAN HIS HANDKERCHIEF AND SAID, "BIND YOUR WOUND WITH THIS." "THIS", REMARKED THE RUSSIAN COUNT CHERNYSHEV, WHO WAS RIDING WITH FREDERICK, EXLPAINED THE DEVOTION WITH WHICH FREDERICK WAS REGARDED BY MANY OF HIS TROOPS.
REGIMENT No. 37 WENT ON TO SERVE PRUSSIA UNTIL 1806 ,WHERE IT WAS DISBANDED IN THE MAGDEBURG CAPITLATION.
THE BUST IS BASED ON THE PRUSSIAN FUSILIER'S CAP OF INFANTRY REGIMENT No. 37 IN THE CRAMER MUSEUM, THE CAP IS IN OUTSTANDING, UNALTERED CONDITION AND EXTRAORDINARYLY RARE.
Hope theinformation below will help to answer your question. I will add that the miter cap was worn by Regiment No. 37 from a period of about June 1740 thru the end of the 1780". This period includes the "Seven Year Wars" (1756-1763 fought in Europe and North America and other parts of the world, (In North America it became known more popularly as the French and Indian War). Below you can read some of the battles that Regiment No. 37 fought in. The regiment did not fight in North America. The bust is named for the first date the miter cap could have been worn by the regiment 1740, it dates historically from the time of Frederick II the Great. I had the sculptor add the cartridge pouch as it is a very rare pouch and I traveled to the military museum at Rastatt, Germany to view the pouch and belt from this period that is on display, so I could get the idea of the size of the pouch and I wanted to see one. I will display a painted bust next to the miter cap in the Cramer Museum. The bust will help to explain the cap and how it was worn with the uniform and pouch.( Please see photo) This is very educational for people that tour the museum. I basically have the busts made for this purpose, however modelers and painters like them and we have a good following for them. The detail is dead on and the bust was what I wanted from the sculptor, both sculptor and painter are amoung the best I can't ask for more. I have also added photos of the miter cap Regiment No. 37
Mike
WHEN FREDERICK II (THE GREAT), BECAME KING OF PRUSSIA HE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO BUILD UP HIS ARMY. REGIMENT No. 37 WAS FORMED IN 1740, TWO DAYS AFTER THE FUNERAL OF KING FRIEDRICH WILHELM I. THE NEWLY FORMED REGIMENT WAS COMPOSED OF CAPABLE SOLDIERS FROM REGIMENT No. 3, FROM THE KOLBERG GARRISON AND NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS FROM REGIMENT No. 6. OFFICERS AND MEN WERE ALSO RECRUITED FROM THE EMPIRE, AND GRENADIERS WERE ADDED FROM PILLAU. THE NEW REGIMENT WAS GARRISONED IN BRANDENBURG/HAVEL UNDER THE COMMAND OF COLONEL de CAMAS. AFTER THE PEACE OF BRESLAU IN 1742, REGIMENT No. 37 MARCHED TO GLOGAU, SILESIA TO DO OCCUPATION DUTY. THE REGIMENTS MAIN FUNCTION WAS TO PREVENT THE AUSTRIANS FROM OCCUPYING THE CITY. IN 1744 THE REGIMENT BECAME PART OF THE KING'S FIRST CORPS AND MARCHED INTO BOHEMIA WHERE IT HELPED TO CAPTURE PRAGUE. IN 1745 COLONEL Du MOULIN, COMMANDER OF THE REGIMENT RECEIVED THE PRUSSIAN ORDER OF THE BLACK EAGLE FOR ACTIONS IN THE BATTLE OF HOHENFRIEDEBERG WHEN REGIMENT No. 37, IN THE CENTER LINE HELPED TO TURN BACK THE ATTACKING AUSTRIANS.
THE REGIMENT WOULD LATER SEE ACTION IN MOST OF THE MAJOR BATTLES OF THE SEVEN YEARS WAR; PRAGUE, WHERE THEY LOST 13 OFFICERS AND 661 TROPPERS; LEUTHEN, WHERE THEY CAPTURED 3 CANNONS; ZORNDORF, WHERE THEIR COMMANDER MAJOR GENERAL von KURSSELL WAS KILLED IN THE FIGHTING; KUNERSDORF, WHERE THE REGIMENT WAS ALL BUT WIPED OUT LOSING 16 OFFICERS AND 992 TROOPERS; LANDESHUT, WHERE THE FIRST BATTALION WENT DOWN FIGHTING; BURKERSDORF, WHERE FREDERICK THE GREAT, AT THE END OF THE BATTLE, ENCOUNTERED A WOUNDED SOLDIER FROM REGIMENT No. 37 AND ASKED HOW THE BATTLE WAS PROGRESSING. "GOD BE PRAISED, ALL GOES WELL; THE AUSTRIANS ARE RUNNING AND WE ARE WINNING", SAID THE SOLDIER. "ARE YOU WOUNDED MY SON?", ASKED THE KING. HE THEN GAVE THE MAN HIS HANDKERCHIEF AND SAID, "BIND YOUR WOUND WITH THIS." "THIS", REMARKED THE RUSSIAN COUNT CHERNYSHEV, WHO WAS RIDING WITH FREDERICK, EXLPAINED THE DEVOTION WITH WHICH FREDERICK WAS REGARDED BY MANY OF HIS TROOPS.
REGIMENT No. 37 WENT ON TO SERVE PRUSSIA UNTIL 1806 ,WHERE IT WAS DISBANDED IN THE MAGDEBURG CAPITLATION.
THE BUST IS BASED ON THE PRUSSIAN FUSILIER'S CAP OF INFANTRY REGIMENT No. 37 IN THE CRAMER MUSEUM, THE CAP IS IN OUTSTANDING, UNALTERED CONDITION AND EXTRAORDINARYLY RARE.
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Guy
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I really like your bust Mike. The arm and hand by the pouch adds to the bust and is refreshing to see a variation instead of the usual cut-off at the shoulders. Keep up the good work.
Michaelminiatures
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Thanks
Oh by the way ,this has always been my motto for over 40 years.
It has always worked for me.
Mike
Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.”
Oh by the way ,this has always been my motto for over 40 years.
It has always worked for me.
Mike
Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.”
Don Johnson
Well-Known Member
Thanks, Mike, for the additional info! Don
