smudger1960
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As my imperial guard project is quite a large one with the painting stage some way off yet I thought I would keep my painting hand fresh by completing the CGS bust of the scots grey trumpeter.
The bust is sculpted by Carl Reid and produced by Graham at CGS,i must mention that both sculpting and casting is excellent,this is quite a complex piece and some careful thought is required when planning painting and assembly.
A while back I saw a photograpgh of a scots grey trumpeter with lace chevrons on his sleeves with shoulder wings also,i wanted to produce this with my piece,to complete this task I made the chevrons and wings out of magicsculp,as for historical accuracy we'll never know,but the print I have may suggest the these trumpeters did wear this jacket.
I wont go into all the history of this unit or its actions at waterloo as this has all been discussed before.the bust itself has been beautifully sculpted with lots of movement and its a real eye-catcher of a piece,probably the most technical bust I've ever painted.
The bust was set up in small sub assemblies with the head,torso,trumpet,and right hand all painted seperatley and carefully assembled on completition.
The bust was primed using Halfords grey car body primer and undercoated in the appropriate acrylic colours before finishing in oilThe crossbelt swivel has still to be attached,this I will do once I repair it,its such a small and delicate piece and I managed to break it somehow
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As with all soldiers on campaign some weathering was added to add some realism to the piece.
The kit details I have listed below should anyone be interested in purchasing it :
CR08 - Trumpeter Royal North British Dragoons - (Scots Greys) - Waterloo 1815
1/9th scale
Sculpted by Carl Reid
www.cgsmilitaryfigures.co.uk
[email protected]
Many thanks for taking the time to look,all comments welcome
Brian
The bust is sculpted by Carl Reid and produced by Graham at CGS,i must mention that both sculpting and casting is excellent,this is quite a complex piece and some careful thought is required when planning painting and assembly.
A while back I saw a photograpgh of a scots grey trumpeter with lace chevrons on his sleeves with shoulder wings also,i wanted to produce this with my piece,to complete this task I made the chevrons and wings out of magicsculp,as for historical accuracy we'll never know,but the print I have may suggest the these trumpeters did wear this jacket.
I wont go into all the history of this unit or its actions at waterloo as this has all been discussed before.the bust itself has been beautifully sculpted with lots of movement and its a real eye-catcher of a piece,probably the most technical bust I've ever painted.
The bust was set up in small sub assemblies with the head,torso,trumpet,and right hand all painted seperatley and carefully assembled on completition.
The bust was primed using Halfords grey car body primer and undercoated in the appropriate acrylic colours before finishing in oilThe crossbelt swivel has still to be attached,this I will do once I repair it,its such a small and delicate piece and I managed to break it somehow
.As with all soldiers on campaign some weathering was added to add some realism to the piece.
The kit details I have listed below should anyone be interested in purchasing it :
CR08 - Trumpeter Royal North British Dragoons - (Scots Greys) - Waterloo 1815
1/9th scale
Sculpted by Carl Reid
www.cgsmilitaryfigures.co.uk
[email protected]
Many thanks for taking the time to look,all comments welcome
Brian
