The Black Watch at Waterloo: 1/72 Scale

[Jon Metters]

Thanks so much! And thanks for the tip on the hot pin. I'll try that!

As for the Cavalry...A very good point. One of the problems for me was the horse poses. Almost all of them in this scale are shown in a full gallop - and I've already done that kind of dio before. (Also - as a matter of history, I've read that the French Cavalry never more than trotted in all of the varios "charges".) I had a whole concept lined-up with 16 or so cuirassiers charging all over the place, but I abandoned it in favore of showing a smaller vinyette - mostly to see if I could do it.

I would have LOVED more casualty figures - but they make so few of them, and when I tried to convert them myself, I found them rather unconvincing. As hard as I tried, they still looked stiff and akward.

But your comments are spot-on, and I appreciate it.

Best!

Jon

 

[MAB]

Hi Jon Complimenti great Work..... I have always loved the small scales why I allow to realize these small history fragments.... an authentic jewel. Moreover the much beautiful also base... I imagine you have realized it by hand....... Bravo

Saluti MAB

 

[marcellin de marbot]

Hello Jon,
What a patience! Nice work and incredible costancy to paint so many small figures! I agree with my friend MAB, the little men give the possibility to tell a whole story in a smaller space.
You have reason, during the charges the soldiers began on pace, then went on trot, trying to remain organized in two rows on a frontline, to give the greatest impression to the enemy. Orders were transmitted obviously by trumpeters. But the last meters were on gallop, to make the maximum crash.
Knowing you are careful to the historical matters, I can say, if you are interested to do all correct also in so small figures, that the saddles are all uncorrect, or the model, or the colour (but this probably can be due to the difficulty in finding right horses). The colour of the horses is uncorrect too. French carabiniers rode only black horses (this is a typical rule of that Corp), except trumpeters, riding grey horses. But this is only to give the perfection to a diorama really incredible for his beauty and the amount of work spent on it.
Best regards and many, many cheers.
MdM

 

[PJ Deluhery]

Very nice work, Jon. Composition is very good. The smaller figures are an excellent way to make an abitious diorama such as this one.

 

[Jon Metters]

Thank you so much for the input on the charge, the saddles and the color of the horses. I never knew they only rode black horses!!!

That's the kind of stuff that's really cool about modeling - learning new things.

Again, thank you.

Jon Metters

 

[dimgall]

great diorama and painting!!!!

 

[galdino]

Real nice Jon!
What is the size of the diorama?

 

[garyjd]

Jon, Great job. That diorama sure brimgs back the old days. Which one of us DID NOT spend hours playing with AIRFIX figures as kids? Thanks for making me feel like a kid again...for a few minutes anyway.~Gary

 

[chris1]

AMAZING
SBS on each figure please...........(just kidding)
A little insparation goes a long way

I love IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Chris

 

[bosko b]

Nice work Jon!
Thanks for reminding us that you don t need the newest, state of art figures to create a piece of art. It is really nice to se how far you can get with some will and patience. A truly inspiring piece!

Kind regards

Luka

 

[artminiaturen]

Hi super figures

best regards

Marc
www.artminiaturen.eu

 

[Mike S.]

Nicely done!

 

[pmfs]

Hello,

Fantastic work

Regards from Portugal
Pedro

 

[sirhogr]

Great work Jon! Εven if thιs is not my favourite era and scale i was amazed by your patience and the details in such small figures!

 

[Sapper8863]

Fantastic Braille Scale

Truley excellent workmanship.

I have tried in the past to do some Dioramas with Soft Plastic figures and have always given up due to being unable to get rid of the Flash on them, and lossing patience.

The best way I did find to remove the flash was with a Pyrogauver which is like a small electric Soldering Iron, that used to be popular with modellers on hard plastic figures, However it can get to hot, this can alsi be used to do some detailing on the figures like adding in clothing folds etc.

Also you could try Methylated spirit to clean of the model release agents. Or pure alcohol both available from local chemists or drug stores.

I would love to see some more of your work as it may give me more insperation to try these again.

Cheers

Ian
from a not so sunny Scotland.

 

[unknown01]

Great work and excellence!
I congratulate completion.

Mitsutaka