Dan Morton
A Fixture
Some WIP photos on my current project.
A mounted Austrian Ulan Stabswachmeister (non-commissioned officer) of the first regiment. The figure is based on illustrations and photos from The Emperor's Coat in the First World War. From top to bottom, he's wearing a Shapka M1905 which would have a shiny lacquered black exterior with brass chin scale strap (not added yet), imperial yellow upright bit, black lacquer square on top. I still need to add the horsehair tail bit attached to the square piece and the brass double eagle crest with number 1 in the center. The double eagle crest is intimidatingly complex, so some interesting problems to solve on the shapka.
Next is a neck scarf - pretty straightforward and homemade. Could be any color or pattern, I suppose. Not strictly regulation in the k.u.k. armee, but I have a few photos of Ulans wearing them. The un-buttoned double-breasted coat is a fur ulanka M1911. The text is a bit unclear about the year, unfortunately. If anybody knows the year for certain - give me a shout, OK? I have not added brass buttons (Kompasseln), double curl piped pocket flaps, or the end of sleeve chevrons or NCO chevrons. There is also piping round the flaps of the double-breasted coat halves and a patterned and purely ornamental central bottom coat tail to add. The coat is what the photos in my reference say is light blue, but it sure looks medium blue to me. Piping and sleeve chevrons are madder red. The collar fur is black lambs wool and the interior fur is white lambs wool.
The riding trousers are madder red wool and have no ornamentation or piping that I can see.
Pretty obviously, the Russian and Serbian machine-gunners and snipers could see these guys coming from a long way off. With all that blue and red - believe it or not - they decided to use grey paint to camouflage the Shapkas. Eh? Photos in the text, folks. I couldn't make up stuff that strange.
The boots are typical knee length black leather riding boots with spurs.
Armament (yet to be completed) - Steyr-Mannlicher M1895-30 carbine and a saber. The saddle and harness are similar to the German versions. On the horse are two saddle bags, a large bedroll and a hold-all (all incomplete).
Quite a long way to go yet. Hope you like it so far.
The head is from Michael Roberts (I think.), hands are Verlinden, boots from the Lost Battalion, the horse and stirrups are from Dragon. I'm using a mix of Elastatite and Magic Sculpt at about 1 to 4 or 5 parts, respectively. The top of the Shapka is a piece of card stock.
I'm not a horseman, so I had to ask for help from Anders Heintz and Mike Spivey to get (I hope!) the position of the boots and stirrups right and how the figure sits in the saddle. If the position is wrong - it's entirely my fault, not theirs!
All the best,
Dan
A mounted Austrian Ulan Stabswachmeister (non-commissioned officer) of the first regiment. The figure is based on illustrations and photos from The Emperor's Coat in the First World War. From top to bottom, he's wearing a Shapka M1905 which would have a shiny lacquered black exterior with brass chin scale strap (not added yet), imperial yellow upright bit, black lacquer square on top. I still need to add the horsehair tail bit attached to the square piece and the brass double eagle crest with number 1 in the center. The double eagle crest is intimidatingly complex, so some interesting problems to solve on the shapka.
Next is a neck scarf - pretty straightforward and homemade. Could be any color or pattern, I suppose. Not strictly regulation in the k.u.k. armee, but I have a few photos of Ulans wearing them. The un-buttoned double-breasted coat is a fur ulanka M1911. The text is a bit unclear about the year, unfortunately. If anybody knows the year for certain - give me a shout, OK? I have not added brass buttons (Kompasseln), double curl piped pocket flaps, or the end of sleeve chevrons or NCO chevrons. There is also piping round the flaps of the double-breasted coat halves and a patterned and purely ornamental central bottom coat tail to add. The coat is what the photos in my reference say is light blue, but it sure looks medium blue to me. Piping and sleeve chevrons are madder red. The collar fur is black lambs wool and the interior fur is white lambs wool.
The riding trousers are madder red wool and have no ornamentation or piping that I can see.
Pretty obviously, the Russian and Serbian machine-gunners and snipers could see these guys coming from a long way off. With all that blue and red - believe it or not - they decided to use grey paint to camouflage the Shapkas. Eh? Photos in the text, folks. I couldn't make up stuff that strange.
The boots are typical knee length black leather riding boots with spurs.
Armament (yet to be completed) - Steyr-Mannlicher M1895-30 carbine and a saber. The saddle and harness are similar to the German versions. On the horse are two saddle bags, a large bedroll and a hold-all (all incomplete).
Quite a long way to go yet. Hope you like it so far.
The head is from Michael Roberts (I think.), hands are Verlinden, boots from the Lost Battalion, the horse and stirrups are from Dragon. I'm using a mix of Elastatite and Magic Sculpt at about 1 to 4 or 5 parts, respectively. The top of the Shapka is a piece of card stock.
I'm not a horseman, so I had to ask for help from Anders Heintz and Mike Spivey to get (I hope!) the position of the boots and stirrups right and how the figure sits in the saddle. If the position is wrong - it's entirely my fault, not theirs!
All the best,
Dan
