Completed Scottish bagpipe 1915-18

[oliviero]

Buona Sera a Tutti
pubblicare le foto del mio ultimo Lavoro e venuto il titolo di Una cornamusa scozzese 1915-1918
Scala: 1/24 (75mm)
Materiale: sculpt magia
Ricerca storica: MARCO COLOMBELLI (vieni Semper va Ringraziamento speciale delle Nazioni Unite per la Vostra pazienza)
Scusate per la foto Cattivo

 

[Aveleira]

Very nice figure! Will this be comercial?

Regards
Pedro

 

[m@rp]

Very nice sculpting job
I like it
Pascal

 

[billyturnip]

A piper wearing a tropical helmet, a lovely sculpt and well done for choosing to do something a little different.

Roger.

 

[Scotty]

Excellent job, Achi Baba maybe?

 

[megroot]

Great sculptwork.

Marc

 

[clrsgt]

Well done figure. The tropical helmet is a nice touch.

 

[Mike S.]

Nice. FYI, the chanter is modeled incorrectly (far too small) and the hands are not positioned properly however (I play the Great Highland Bagpipe among others).

 

[BEER]

Very good sculpting !

 

[MCPWilk]

A great idea well executed.

Mike

 

[Tony Barton]

I'd have to echo Mike S : the chanter is too short ( like an Italian piva ! ), and the hands are quite wrong. Otherwise a nice and interesting figure.

 

[Dan Morton]

Mike S. & Tony: Could either or both of you elaborate a bit on both the chanter and hand positions? If you could post photos that would be easiest for all to understand.

All the best,
Dan

 

[oliviero]

thanks for the comments.
this and the reference table

 

[swralph]

Very nice sculpting.

 

[Wings5797]

Hi Oliviero,
Super sculpt of a great subject. The 'unusual' helmet is a great touch and I like this one a lot Sir.
The question of the hands and blow pipe. From my opinion the right hand fingers cover the the top holes on the chanter and the left hand fingers the lower holes*. so the hands could be changed to put the hands slightly more one on top of the other.
The blow pipe at this time may have been a little more ornate and distinct mouth piece. this would have typically been made black wood on an ivory or bone fitting.
For all that this is a great piece and well worth adding to any collection.
Cheers,
Keith
* OOPS!!! See Tony Barton's correction in the following post.

 

[Tony Barton]

Keith , forgive me, but I think you mean left hand above right hand , as shown in your pic.
That it the usual and conventional arrangement for all pipers,and though there might be left handers who do it the other way, they would be rare in a military context.
I play French and Italian pipes , and they all use this kind of hand position, the same as Highland pipes.

 

[Wings5797]

I would like to say it was as you look at the musician but I cannot, complete cock up on my part Tony.
Thanks for looking out for me.
Interesting that you play French and Italian pipes. I have never come across such animals, do you have any info or web pages that you could PM to Me please?
Thanks again Tony.
Keith

 

[Mike S.]

To add further to the information should you intend to correct the hands:
The fingers are kept straight, and the middle pads of fingers (next to the joint) cover the holes, not the actual finger tips.

Additionaly, although the reference photos posted depict the modern trend of utilizing the chanter sans the sole (the round disk at the bottom of the chanter), this was not to be found during the era that your figure is depicted in. There should definitely be a chanter sole.

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Looks like an extra from Sabu's film "The Drum." Nice figure.

Colin

 

[Tony Barton]

A slight distraction from the point of the thread, but anyone interested in Bagpipes could do worse than go here :

http://www.bagpipesociety.org.uk/bagpipe-guide/

That covers all the varieties of pipes in the British Isles.

For French bagpipes, type " Cornemuse " or " Cabrette " into the usual place .

For Italian pipes, try " zampogna " , " piva " or " cornamusa "