Officer 1st Madras Lancers 1884 in mess kit

[Briggsy]

Another Chota Sahib figure and the last of my mess dress figures, might have to sculpt some!

Anyway this was done alongside Capt Morris, it's done so I can concentrate on my Zouave.

Click on the smaller images for a full aize view.

Cheers Simon

 

[Blind Pew]

Another nice one, Simon. To me, this is Sid Horton at his best. His depiction of late Victorian / Edward officers in mess dress was second to none.

 

[Briggsy]

Another nice one, Simon. To me, this is Sid Horton at his best. His depiction of late Victorian / Edward officers in mess dress was second to none.

I agree he was such an accomplished sculptor by the time he passed and these later works stand head and shoulders above his early stuff. I do have some of the Yeomanry figures as well which I am looking forward to painting, the Yeomanry being a particular favourite subject of mine.

Cheers Simon

 

[Steve Ski]

These are getting better all the time, Simon, excellent!

 

[Briggsy]

These are getting better all the time, Simon, excellent!

Thank you Steve that means a lot, I have re-learnt such a lot since joining the Planet so it's many thanks to everyone else as well.

Cheers Simon

 

[Rob]

You have done a cracking job on him, wonderful figure. The Pink Gin is highly appropriate, bloody horrible stuff to drink but very fitting for the character.

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Looks great

Mobo

 

[Briggsy]

Cheers Rob that's so good to hear, well read but you know what I mean. I may revisit that glass at some stage as it isn't brilliant but other projects beckoned. I'm with you on the pink gin, my wife suddenly likes gin so long as it is flavoured. Can't understand it myself, gin should taste like gin, otherwise why drink it, unless it's Sloe gin of course.

Cheers Simon

 

[Briggsy]

Looks great

Mobo

Many thanks Mobo, I do like my Chota Sahib figures.

Cheers Simon

 

[marco14]

I think and can see that you are a very busy man with your figures also,but damned wright Simoen,it looks
very nice ,always special figures

Mario

 

[akaryu]

Excellent work on one of Sid’s little marvels! Lovely range it was!

Cheers,

Pierre

 

[Briggsy]

I think and can see that you are a very busy man with your figures also,but damned wright Simoen,it looks
very nice ,always special figures

Mario

Many thanks Mario, I am painting more at the moment as I have put the sculpting on hold for a while to practice painting.

Cheers Simon

 

[marco14]

Many thanks Mario, I am painting more at the moment as I have put the sculpting on hold for a while to practice painting.

Cheers Simon

That is a good idea Simon ,I also still practice painting, we can learn every day,but you are doing fine
the figures are special,because here in Belgium you don't see this figures,I don't know why

Mario

 

[Briggsy]

Mario, figure modelling in the UK is not a very popular hobby and men our age painting soldiers seems to be frowned upon by the general populance. I was at a wargames show briefly this weekend and it was very very crowded, same if you go to a model railway show. The Scale Model Challenge show at Telford is huge but compared to everything else there isn't much in the way of figures. Here we have our own Planet and community so we don't need the rest of the general.public! Well that's how I see it anyway.

Cheers Simon

 

[marco14]

Mario, figure modelling in the UK is not a very popular hobby and men our age painting soldiers seems to be frowned upon by the general populance. I was at a wargames show briefly this weekend and it was very very crowded, same if you go to a model railway show. The Scale Model Challenge show at Telford is huge but compared to everything else there isn't much in the way of figures. Here we have our own Planet and community so we don't need the rest of the general.public! Well that's how I see it anyway.

Cheers Simon

and that is true Simon,I love to paint figures,but my era is WW2 D-Day,because my great grandfather was a soldier then,and is just like I have a connection with that era,I don't know why,but that's the way I feel,
I try to paint it always with my heart and soul,and like you say,we don't need somebody else here on the planet is it absolute very very good and nice,we understand eachother

Mario

 

[NigelR]

Lovely work on a oldie but goodie Simon.

Mario, figure modelling in the UK is not a very popular hobby and men our age painting soldiers seems to be frowned upon by the general populance. I was at a wargames show briefly this weekend and it was very very crowded, same if you go to a model railway show. The Scale Model Challenge show at Telford is huge but compared to everything else there isn't much in the way of figures.

It is a bit odd that figure modelling isn't as big in the UK as it is in some European countries and the US. Maybe that's because the IPMS has been the biggest modelling organisation in the UK and it was, and remains, primarily focused on aircraft modelling. Scale ModelWorld is a huge and incredibly impressive exhibition but although there are figures on display (an I felt the standard of figures in the competition was higher than in previous years) they are in the minority. IPMS is trying to encourage more participation from sci-fi/fantasy modellers and I felt the standard of fantasy stuff in the competition was quite good. But then you get people complaining that a sci-fi model won best in show because (they say) sci-fi models have no place in a "scale" modelling show.

 

[Briggsy]

Nigel, it's like life there is no perfect balance or solution someone somewhere will always get bent out of shape by some niggling detail or fundamental need for a narrow definition and identity. We are all modellers of one sort or another so I don't see the problem, these are among the reasons I walked away from the BMSS and BFFS back in the 90's. So long as individuals enjoy what they model and paint who cares what genre or material it's made of and that includes the stove pipers, they can enjoy what they do without hassling everyone else. The hobby will evolve and revolve, so long as we all enjoy the ride it's not worth worrying about, philosophical Briggsy is done, time to paint French zouave pants!

cheers Simon