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A Fixture
As a child I saw this painting in the Walker art Gallery in Liverpool.
It made a huge impression on me first of all because of the scale of the painting was so big when I was 6-7 years old, and also because the figures appeared to be the same scale as my action man/GI Joe figures.
When I began model making I remembered the painting and realised that the central figure was the Airfix grenadier figure I had made.
I have always wanted to make the whole scene portrayed by Ernest Crofts RA in 1879.
I have now begun as a project to recreate the whole painting, in 1/30th and 1/32nd scales mixing Airfix and Historex kits and spare parts.
It is quite important for you to understand this is to be a model of the painting verbatim, and will include all the innumerable mistakes of uniform depiction .
I know what they are and quite frankly I just don't care !
The project will be broken down into 4 sections to build groups of figures.
I would like to thank in advance all the members of Planet figure over the last year who have offered old kit parts, spares and have questioned, encouraged, and pointed out my folly in equal measure ! Thanks chaps.
So here we go:
Part one- The Grenadiers.
I have used Historex legs body and coat tails tacked together to create the stance of the Officier standard bearer. The Bonnet a poil and head are Airfix and the raquettes and Plume are Historex.
A collar from Duro putty, the plume and bonnet fur painted with thin poly cement and heat detailed with a pyrogravure hot needle point.
The grenadiers are all made from the same basic Airfix kit. The first figure is the standard kit for nostalgic reasons, (he started the whole thing off after all).
The other figures have had replacement heads either Hornet or Airfix multipose with sideburns and moustaches added in Duro.
Altering the angles of heads has given each fifure an individual character.
Part two soon, when I have completed all 11 figure conversions.
Thanks for looking.
'Vive la Republique'
Paul
It made a huge impression on me first of all because of the scale of the painting was so big when I was 6-7 years old, and also because the figures appeared to be the same scale as my action man/GI Joe figures.
When I began model making I remembered the painting and realised that the central figure was the Airfix grenadier figure I had made.
I have always wanted to make the whole scene portrayed by Ernest Crofts RA in 1879.
I have now begun as a project to recreate the whole painting, in 1/30th and 1/32nd scales mixing Airfix and Historex kits and spare parts.
It is quite important for you to understand this is to be a model of the painting verbatim, and will include all the innumerable mistakes of uniform depiction .
I know what they are and quite frankly I just don't care !
The project will be broken down into 4 sections to build groups of figures.
I would like to thank in advance all the members of Planet figure over the last year who have offered old kit parts, spares and have questioned, encouraged, and pointed out my folly in equal measure ! Thanks chaps.
So here we go:
Part one- The Grenadiers.
I have used Historex legs body and coat tails tacked together to create the stance of the Officier standard bearer. The Bonnet a poil and head are Airfix and the raquettes and Plume are Historex.
A collar from Duro putty, the plume and bonnet fur painted with thin poly cement and heat detailed with a pyrogravure hot needle point.
The grenadiers are all made from the same basic Airfix kit. The first figure is the standard kit for nostalgic reasons, (he started the whole thing off after all).
The other figures have had replacement heads either Hornet or Airfix multipose with sideburns and moustaches added in Duro.
Altering the angles of heads has given each fifure an individual character.
Part two soon, when I have completed all 11 figure conversions.
Thanks for looking.
'Vive la Republique'
Paul
