"View from my bench -2019 and beyond "

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Ivo

This thread is brilliant ,love seeing your work ..inspirational

Following all with much jaw dropping

That flag is coming on rather nicely

Nap

 

[Roc]

ok lets go... somebody asked me to open a new thread for the new year...

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as I said I've a couple of subject in progress...

Murat as king of Naples

The combination of the FI10 Murat reference and the FIC12 Colonel Wolff reference makes it possible to create a historically reliable figure.
The hypothesis is that the tiger leather saddle (painted by Gros in the famous painting below, transformed into a soldier years ago) has also been used on various occasions and in different uniforms.

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This is a plausible hypothesis precisely because it combines historically reliable and consistent elements both in terms of period and geographical region (the Kingdom of Naples).


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The most complex part of the transformation was to remove the old saddle and insert the pins and in the legs of the horse resting on the ground. A saddle of historex tiger has been decomposed and reassembled by closing the stuccoes with milliput terracotta.

Beautiful work......... complimenti Signor Preda.......

 

[ivopreda]

some progress.... close to the end

 

[ivopreda]

ended... the 11th hussars guidon is done... ready for the shows

 

[peedee]

Amazing Ivo.
love it

 

[Viking Bob]

That Ivo, is absolutely superb. Beautiful painting on the guidon and as Peedee said love it.

 

[clrsgt]

Absolutely superb. The guidon is a masterpiece.

 

[DRUMS01]

Why is it that I don't want this thread to end? I had to go over ever posting more than once.

Your vision and talent is something we can all aspire to some day.

WOW!

Regards, Ben

 

[ivopreda]

let me play... a new beginning is coming

 

[John Bowery]

Outstanding work and thanks for taking the time to show the steps. Very inspiring work.
Cheers
John

 

[ivopreda]

moving again from my comfort zone I'm working on an 1700 hussar of Rattsky rgt.

the very old original hussar in the french army... the original document is made by Eugene Leliepvre

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I used different Milliput ( terracotta, white) and some A&B to fix ad sculpt the figure.​

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head and hands come from Figurinitaly range​

 

[Cannonball]

The guidon bearer is stunning Ivo. The work on the guidon is superb. Looking forward to the new project.


Neal

 

[Warren SMITH]

Hi there,
All your work is just amazing... Congrats on every level... Someone mentioned a book... I agree.

 

[blaster]

I mentioned a book! Still awaiting....

Rgds Victor

 

[ivopreda]

some update of my Hussar

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[Richard Baxter]

Hello Ivo. Yesterday I visited Dunrobin Castle here in the far north of Scotland, the ancestral home of the Duke of Sutherland who was colonel of the 93rd Highlanders. In the castle there is one room given over to military items and there I made a surprise discovery concerning the regimental colour carried at Lucknow in 1857. The photographs show such a colour, this being one that was presented to the 93rd in 1857 but after the Indian Mutiny. You will see that battle honours are clearly shown and include Lucknow and the Relief of Lucknow. Is it too much to deduce that the colour carried at Lucknow is the same as this but without the two Lucknow battle honours? The item shown is in quite poor condition and some parts of the colour are missing but enough survives to show the complete design, I think. What do you think?

 

[arj]

Excellent work on the von Rattsky Hussar Ivo.
Looking forward to seeing this one progress.
Your posting of the uniform details was most timely for me, as I've just managed to get hold of an original Post Militaire version:-

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[ivopreda]

Hello Ivo. Yesterday I visited Dunrobin Castle here in the far north of Scotland, the ancestral home of the Duke of Sutherland who was colonel of the 93rd Highlanders. In the castle there is one room given over to military items and there I made a surprise discovery concerning the regimental colour carried at Lucknow in 1857. The photographs show such a colour, this being one that was presented to the 93rd in 1857 but after the Indian Mutiny. You will see that battle honours are clearly shown and include Lucknow and the Relief of Lucknow. Is it too much to deduce that the colour carried at Lucknow is the same as this but without the two Lucknow battle honours? The item shown is in quite poor condition and some parts of the colour are missing but enough survives to show the complete design, I think. What do you think?View attachment 351397View attachment 351397View attachment 351398View attachment 351399View attachment 351400

thanks you very much Richard... very helpful

 

[ivopreda]

some other update of the rattsky hussar

legs and tail of the wolf have to be completed... close to the end of the sculpture

 

[ivopreda]

Back from holidays I started to reuse the brushes...

Face time