U.S. Light Dragoon 1812/13

[Jason W.]

Hi All,

Here's my latest. He's an American Light Dragoon from the War of 1812.
I used Osprey's Men-At-Arms 345 "The United States Army 1812-1815", plate F-3 as reference.

The head is from Hornet's new 1/32 scale head set's. Can't recommend these enough for figure converters.

The sabre and scabbard are from Historex spares. I had to redo the hilt/guard to the correct pattern.

The body, cloak and helmet is made from AVES. The buttons are tiny glass marbles.

All painted with acrylics.

Thanks for looking!

Jason

 

[Jason W.]

painted~

 

[Figure Mad]

Hi Jason

Sweeet looking figure my friend, your right about those heads from Hornet, great expression, great flesh tones

Dave

 

[Jason W.]

Thanks Dave!

Yeah, I went back to adding Vallejo's Red Leather to the mix.

Jason

 

[captnenglish]

I really wish youu sculpted commercially!

 

[Kisifer]

WOW that's a truly amazing sculpt Jason. I really love it. If it was commercially available I would purchase is without any hesitation.

Xenofon

 

[Roc]

Jason , that is a beautiful figure, well sculpted and painted.

Cheers
Roc.

 

[Guy]

Absolutely Beautiful figure Jason........sculpting and painting.

 

[Jason W.]

Thanks guy's! It was a fun "build".

Sorry for not taking any in-progress pic's. This one took a life of it's own and went together fairly quickly. It took approximately two weeks to build and paint.

Jason

 

[stev1eran]

Really like the look of this one Jason
well done

Steve

 

[Joe Hudson]

Gosh! That is looking sweet! You get some air with that thing? Looks nice and I am looking forward to seeing what you do next. I am really itching to do some sculpting myself now.

How did you make the spurs and where did you find those tiny marbles?

Joe

 

[megroot]

Mr Whitman,

GREAT GREAT GREAT work on this well executed figure.
Further i cannot say more, just looking and admire that figure.

Marc.

 

[garyjd]

Jason, As Gomer Pyle would say "Surprise surprise surprise!" What a cool figure, what a sneak. I like the way you've depicted him in the cloak. The face is really nice, it looks really wel blended.~Gary

 

[thegoodsgt]

Excellent sculpting, Jason. I particularly like the way you pulled off the pose.

 

[Radek]

Great figure Jason!

 

[gforceman]

Superb figure Jason. ANd it took only two weeks to sculptand paint!!! Now I'm REALLY jealous. Couldn't only paint afigure in that short time. Respect man.

Greetz,

Gino

 

[Jason W.]

Originally posted by Joe Hudson@Jan 14 2006, 02:20 PM
I am really itching to do some sculpting myself now.

How did you make the spurs and where did you find those tiny marbles?

Thanks Joe!

The spurs are made w/ AVES and Duro mixed. Rolled into strings then wrapped around the heel. I then cut a tiny "barb" and glued into the center of the heel ring. The spur itself is a tiny flatten ball of putty then carefully glued to the barb.

The tiny marbles I found at Micheals craft store. They're used for X-Mas decorations and such.

Jason

 

[Jason W.]

Originally posted by garyjd@Jan 14 2006, 02:50 PM
Jason, As Gomer Pyle would say "Surprise surprise surprise!" What a cool figure, what a sneak.

Thanks pard! :lol:

You don't mind surprises, do ya?

 

[Jason W.]

Originally posted by gforceman@Jan 14 2006, 06:04 PM
it took only two weeks to sculptand paint!

Gino

Thanks Gino!

Well, two weeks and a couple days. There was really not much to it. The cloak covers most of the figure so there was not alot "putty time" on him. He was pretty easy to paint since he was basically one color. Less was more when it came to highlights and shadows for the dark blue.

Jason

 

[Sambaman]

Jason,
I can only repeat the sentiments of others, but superb work nonetheless! I admire sculpting tallent to be certain, but your work is both sculpted and painted very well. Hats off!

Jay H.
OKC