Preview! 75mm French Zouave

[carl reid]

Cheers Al,

Glad you like him buddy!

Carl

 

[carl reid]

Another winner, mate. BTW, how much disposable income do you think we all have?

Continued success

Cheers Paul!

I got no disposable income either mate, I spend it all on Magi-sculpt....! LOL!

But I eat most it though. ...! LOL

Carl

 

[megroot]

Fabulous work.

Marc

 

[housecarl]

Superb Carl.

 

[carl reid]

Superb Carl.

Great avatar mate...!

Carl

 

[ellie]

Again thanks to everyone who posted and a very big thank you to Carl for doing a fantastic job.

Cheers mate

Ian

 

[davidmitchell]

Love this one Carl great movement and choice of subject mate.

Cheers Davie

 

[ellie]

Hi Davie

Glad you like it

Ian

 

[ghamilt1]

Love it! Unlike any other Zouave I've ever seen, it's sure to be a show stopper.

 

[Sturm Grenadier]

Hello Carl, and Ian, You sure have packed alot of detail on this figure, I'm happy to see you do a full figure Carl. Hope more like this one are on the horizon. I like everything about this piece. Congrats Carl, and Ian, Regards, SG

 

[cimeterre de figurines]

Great job Carl !
Another cracking figure, definitively on my buy list!
Regards
Xavier

 

[ellie]

Thanks SG & Xavier yes Carl knocked this one out of the ball park.

Ian

 

[Zastrow.cuirassier]

Great to see a French soldier, not the prefered period for French (Franco-Prussian war was a defeat) , but it's a great figure !

See also :
http://antan.unblog.fr/2008/12/01/le-zouave/
and
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/french-zouave-1870-71.48159/

 

[carl reid]

Thanks again folks for the positive response.
I hope he goes well when released.
I look forward to seeing him painted.

Carl

 

[ellie]

Hi Zastro thanks for the photos, yes was sad for the French but 2nd Empire is great for Uniforms. the Zaouve will also with a little conversion do as an ACW Zaouve. lots of scope for this one.

Ian

 

[Zastrow.cuirassier]

yes conversion to make ACW Zouave will be great, but conversion to make Zouave in Crimea will be greater.
Do not forgot it's that the take of Malakoff redoubt by French Zouave which allowed the Allied victory in the Crimea.

Malakoff Redoubt

And you could also choose a conversion for making Zouaves Pontificaux

The régiment des Zouaves pontificaux was part of the army of the Papal States. This unit was raised from Roman Catholic volunteers from various countries, mainly France and Belgium. There was a significant Canadian contingent from Quebec. The original Zouaves were a famous French colonial unit recruited in North Africa, and the zouave style was very fashionable during the 1860s. Reconstruction by Ron Volstad.
The régiment des Zouaves pontificaux were in the French army after the desaster of the Imperial one in 1870, fighting against Prussian armies as "Volontaires de l'Ouest.

 

[MalcC]

Carl
That's totally awesome, superbly animated and detailed.

Malc

 

[ellie]

Yes he could be from the Crimea that was what made the subject so interesting you could do so much with it.

Ian

 

[Bassman]

Carl,
Another fantastic sculpt!! Animation, and detail are tops. You're hurting my wallet! But that's a good thing.

Rod

 

[ChaosCossack]

Ian,
Any idea just how much our wallets will be hurt by this one?
So many great figures out in the last couple of months, price is the final deciding factor as to who comes home to me

Colin