Preview! 75mm French Zouave

[zane666]

Cheers Watford yes the Bavarian uniform looks good and would be a great piece to do. Again we are looking at doing more from the Franco Prussian war along with the two we have out now. we have a Zaouve Officer almost finished he is carrying the flag ( was shown on PF a while ago as work in progress from Chris) that should be out by the end of July.

we do intend to do the Germans in due course so watch this space.

cheers

ian

Ian, do you have a link to this Zouave officer with flag, i'm having trouble finding it.

cheers zane

 

[ellie]

Hi Zane I have put the link back up it's under this one French Zaouve officer hope that helps you.

Cheers

ian

 

[carl reid]

Ian, do you have a link to this Zouave officer with flag, i'm having trouble finding it.

cheers zane

Here is the link Zane.
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/french-officer-franco-prussian-war.62031/

 

[ellie]

Cheers Carl had trouble my end getting the link need to see what I'm doing wrong lol

ian

 

[zane666]

thanks guys, those 2 will go well together, maybe on a hilltop.

cheers

 

[ellie]

Hi Zane

That's what we thought would be a good vignette very colourful and full of action.

Cheers

ian

 

[ChaosCossack]

The officer urging the Zouave into a breach... pressing the attack. I like it!!! Then you'll definitely need some kind of Germanic defender to complete the scene.

 

[zane666]

The officer urging the Zouave into a breach... pressing the attack. I like it!!! Then you'll definitely need some kind of Germanic defender to complete the scene.

or even a dead defender at their feet.

 

[ellie]

Hi zane

I think you've set the scene very well that would look very good in deed.

Ian

 

[zane666]

Ian, do you have a rough ETA on the french officer ready for purchase.

Zane

 

[ellie]

Hi Zane we are looking at July/ Aug depends on Chris and how much he still has to do on the flag. the Zouave went for casting yesterday so should be with me in the next couple of weeks. will keep everyone posted.

cheers

ian

 

[zane666]

Sweet, that flag does look quite involved, because postage to NZ is not cheap I'll wait for both of them to be available so I'll keep my ears out.

Zane

 

[ellie]

No Problem mate as soon as they are out I will let you know

cheers

Ian

 

[Watford]

Hi Ian
Can you PM your Paypal address and I'll send you a payment next week for the 3 figures. I am in no rush for the figures at the moment I am painting 28mm NorthStar 1866 wargames figures, so happy to pay now and pick them up at Figure World (FW). BTW do you think you'll have all 4 figures ready for FW, if so let me know the total amount and I'll send it via paypal.
Cheers
Roy

 

[mil-mart]

Carl superb sculpting as usual and what a cracking pose .
Ian , a great release mate and looking forward to taking a closer look at FW.

Cheers Ken

 

[ellie]

Hi Roy PM sent and thank you, Cheers Ken you will see him at figure world mate no problem Carl knocked it out of the ball park with this one.

Cheers

ian

 

[carl reid]

Thanks again guys, much appreciated!

Carl

 

[Bournouna]

Can this piece be converted to a Zouave in WWI. My grandfather fought with the 3rd Zouave Regiment in the battle of the Dardanelles and was also at the battle of Verdun.

 

[ChaosCossack]

Can this piece be converted to a Zouave in WWI. My grandfather fought with the 3rd Zouave Regiment in the battle of the Dardanelles and was also at the battle of Verdun.

Yes I think with a rifle change the rest is just paint. I might be simplifying but to my limited knowledge, the uniform would be Horizon Blue with either dark blue or red trim. You might have to clean the piping off the pantaloons.

A little research will tell

Colin

 

[ellie]

Hi I think so it sort of fits the period from 1854 to about 1915. the rifle will need some work but the equipment should be fine. have a look at the following book French Army 1914 by Histoire & Collections, the uniforms in that for the Zaouve are just the same as our figure but the rifle would need work and you could put a sash around his fez. I hope this helps you.

Ian