KenBoyle
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I am currently working on Oniria's kit based on the Sam Peckinpah Western movie released in 1965 called "Major Dundee ".
Major Dundee: Charlton Heston
Confederate Captain Benjamin Tyreen: Richard Harris
Samuel Potts: James Coburn
A really brief synopsis:
During the end of the Civil War, Major Dundee guards Confederate prisoners, Union deserters and ordinary hard-bitten criminals in a remote fort in New Mexico. When Apaches attack the fort and make off with three children, Dundee must set up a posse including Confederates, who face a choice between joining up or being shot, to rescue the children.
As to the meaning of Oniria's title "Major ain't no lawyer", in the posse's rescue efforts they run up against a contingent of French Lancers while trying to cross the border from Mexico back into the US. At that point the following conversation takes place.
Samuel Potts : I am Samuel Potts, I bring complements of Major Amos Dundee, regular, United States cavalry. You have five minutes to surrender your troops and your stores before he cuts loose.
French Capt. Jacques Tremaine : [putting on his dress coat as he speaks] He would not dare. This is a horrendous violation of international law, and an unprovoked confrontation with a friendly power...
Samuel Potts : Sonny, the Major ain't no lawyer. And you've now got *four* minutes.
The Oniria kit:
The kit contains Charlton Heston, Richard Harris and James Coburn along with a single cavalry horse, all in approximately 36mm metal. As usual the sculpting is extremely well done, especially for this scale, and a joy to paint (Optivisor not included
). I only made one minor change to the kit and that was to remove the shoulder rank boards from Richard Harris's Confederate Captain's uniform. Hollywood got it wrong when they created the Confederate uniform and Oniria, intentionally being faithful to the movie, included them. Normally, I'd go with the movie version of the figure, as Oniria did, but for some reason this just "bothered" me and I made the easy change.
I worked on the horse first so here are photos of the painted horse and primed figures. I also created the base and groundwork before painting so I could include the "slots" where the figures would be positioned. The groundwork is my usual mixture of slate and Magic Sculpt.
Once each figure is painted I will add it to the base and add some sand/dirt around the feet to blend it all together. The base has now been given a general base coat that will be finalized later. Finally as a finishing touch I will add grass etc.
Currently only the Horse is completed, but one armed Samuel Potts will be next...
Thanks for looking and stay tuned,
Ken
Major Dundee: Charlton Heston
Confederate Captain Benjamin Tyreen: Richard Harris
Samuel Potts: James Coburn
A really brief synopsis:
During the end of the Civil War, Major Dundee guards Confederate prisoners, Union deserters and ordinary hard-bitten criminals in a remote fort in New Mexico. When Apaches attack the fort and make off with three children, Dundee must set up a posse including Confederates, who face a choice between joining up or being shot, to rescue the children.
As to the meaning of Oniria's title "Major ain't no lawyer", in the posse's rescue efforts they run up against a contingent of French Lancers while trying to cross the border from Mexico back into the US. At that point the following conversation takes place.
Samuel Potts : I am Samuel Potts, I bring complements of Major Amos Dundee, regular, United States cavalry. You have five minutes to surrender your troops and your stores before he cuts loose.
French Capt. Jacques Tremaine : [putting on his dress coat as he speaks] He would not dare. This is a horrendous violation of international law, and an unprovoked confrontation with a friendly power...
Samuel Potts : Sonny, the Major ain't no lawyer. And you've now got *four* minutes.
The Oniria kit:
The kit contains Charlton Heston, Richard Harris and James Coburn along with a single cavalry horse, all in approximately 36mm metal. As usual the sculpting is extremely well done, especially for this scale, and a joy to paint (Optivisor not included
). I only made one minor change to the kit and that was to remove the shoulder rank boards from Richard Harris's Confederate Captain's uniform. Hollywood got it wrong when they created the Confederate uniform and Oniria, intentionally being faithful to the movie, included them. Normally, I'd go with the movie version of the figure, as Oniria did, but for some reason this just "bothered" me and I made the easy change.I worked on the horse first so here are photos of the painted horse and primed figures. I also created the base and groundwork before painting so I could include the "slots" where the figures would be positioned. The groundwork is my usual mixture of slate and Magic Sculpt.
Once each figure is painted I will add it to the base and add some sand/dirt around the feet to blend it all together. The base has now been given a general base coat that will be finalized later. Finally as a finishing touch I will add grass etc.
Currently only the Horse is completed, but one armed Samuel Potts will be next...
Thanks for looking and stay tuned,
Ken
