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[captnenglish]

This will make a nice compliment to the Warriors WWI Gordon Highlander bust I have in my stash.

 

[rheath]

Yes chaps !! a souperby here all round, great painting Mark BTW, yes a few issues with the rifle and cap badge, but easy stuff to convert if necessary.

 

[Kirtles]

Great work by Carl & lovely paint job by Mark - well done!

Steve
www.skminiatures.co.uk

 

[pinsel]

well Marks painting as Mr Reids sculpting brought me to order one.HE DID IT AGAIN.thats very bad for the wallet to show here such things.....

 

[1969]

great looking bust Stu,

Carl and Mark have done a great job on this one,

All the best,

Steve

 

[carl reid]

Great looking piece, the rifle looks a wee bit on the small size.
Mrosko

The 1908 Lee Enfield MkIII was 1130mm long, the piece is 1:9th scale.
If you divide 1130mm by 9 it equates to 125mm long. I have checked the measurement today of the rifle on the piece and it's 125mm long.

Here is a link that gives you the measurements in the right hand column. it clearly states 1130mm long.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee-Enfield

Also here is an image of the day that shows how short the rifle actually was in relation to the man.


I hope this goes some way to clear up any misunderstanding

Thanks

Carl

 

[carl reid]

I hate to have to be the one to point this out on such an astounding piece, but it's very obvious that the Gordon's capbadge isn't quite right. It's not a long way wide of the mark but it is enough to make it look "strange". The stag's horns stick up far too much and the rock-ivy wreath isn't the right shape.

For those who might want to correct this on their castings before painting, this is an actual WW1-era Gordon Highlander's OR's badge (officer's badges were slightly different). Note carefully the "roundness" of the rock-ivy wreath, the size of the ducal coronet and the shape of the stag's antlers:

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IMHO this is perhaps the most attractive of the British army's badges so it's a real pity not to get it right (to say nothing of the fact that three generations of my family were Gordons. One of my great-grandpas could actually have been this sergeant!). I notice the badge on that WW1 Gordon's piper bust that came out a while ago had the same problem. Is this by the same artist?

The rest of the bust is totally amazing, though.

Harry;

These are some interesting points you raise.

I have attached the image used as reference for the cap badge. As you can see it is only a painting admittedly, but it is by the leading historian and artist Mike Chappell. Probably one of the worlds leading authorities on WW1 british history.

With regards to the Lee Enfield I would like to direct you to the reply I gave to Chris in a previous post.

Thank you for your input!

I hope this goes some way to explain your points

Carl

 

[carl reid]

Thank you all for your kind and generous comments!
Mark has done a remarkable job of the painting! Well done mate!

I am pleased you like it!!!

Carl

 

[megroot]

Find pictures of a full picture from a GHL with his gun. It is a picture of David Anderson in WW 1.
I think Carl has the right measurement if I look good enough.


Anyway: Domino will have some on our show, and there is one for me.

Marc

 

[amcairns]

Marvellous,what a character.
Andy

 

[mil-mart]

Superb sculpting and painting, congratulations.

Cheers Ken

 

[T50]

Excellent work! Congrats!

 

[stu]

Wow , thanks everybody.

I've had this superb sculpt of carl's since august 2010. Due to various problems I've held it back. A lot of people saw it at euro.

I'd like to thank everybody for their support and encouaragement, I'd like to thank carl for a simply sublime piece of sculpture. The face is just so full of character and is simply that epitome of a true hard and proud scot.

marks painting is just improving all the time. His v bench is fantastic in what he gives us all in his indepth tutorials in how he does it. I couldn't do it so big up massive from me mate and many thanks .

Cheers and theirs more coming

Stu

 

[Dan Morton]

Outstanding beauty of a sculpt! Captures the Scot character bang on!

All the best,
Dan

 

[Ventress]

Great figures as usual, will be another dent in the wallet!

Arrived today, great figure!