English Civil War - Cavalry charge!

[Jim R]

That horse is looking excellent.

[Graeme C.]

As the others have said, the horse looks really good.

[Peter Gillson]

After taking a little rest - and with an eye to finishing this in time for the Telford show I have returned to this project and made some progress - two cavalry men, one horse and a drummer:



The intention is to have a horse leaping over the fallen drummer with all 4 hooves off the ground.

The fallen cavalryman is supported only through his right hand and is not touching the horse.

The benefit if leaving this project for a while is returning to it with fresh eyes - I have re-sculpted the torso of a figure which will be placed on the far left and almost all of the rider of the rearing horse which will be at the back. Painting those will be the next stage In the project.

peter

[Neil Merryweather]

Wonderful stuff, Peter, love it to bits!

[vizenz]

Peter, this is no longer model making, this is art!

[Jim R]

Superb.

[stona]

That's absolutely beautiful - and more to come!

[Peter Gillson]

OK - own up! Who was the idiot who suggested that I choose a regiment of foot which wore white coats? Oh! It was me!

I now hate painting white!

Here are some photos of the latest two figures to be added - foot figures, hence my dislike of white. Although the coats colours are described as being white, many historians think that it was not 'white' as we now know it, but the natural, undyed colour of the cloth, as such it would have been an off-white.



the holdup was the figure falling forward by the rider's sword - I have resculpted him, and still not overly happy so if I have time I may have a go at resculpting him again - assuming I can face doing so!

for the dreaded white I used the Andrea white paint set, which is quite good. i have also used a different technique; often I see figures painted and the colours are really smooth, so the painted surface looks almost like silk. At the time of the ECW the main fabic was wool so they would have had a rough texture. To try replicate this I am using a dabbing technique, which is a bit hard on the brushes!

if you are wondering why the figure at the front is holding his musket upside down, it is because after the first volley they often did not have enough time to re-laod and so ended up using the musket as a club.

only three more foot figures to go ...

But next - the rearing horse at the back.

Peter

[Neil Merryweather]

Loving the action ,Peter!

[Graeme C.]

Wow! The scene is so full of action & more to come, very impressive Peter.

[Lee Drennen]

Peter dio is just Stunning! You have got to be one of the best Fig painters here “Newbies” needs to take notes from sir just Brilliant.

[Peter Gillson]

Hi

re-posting these photos, original post seems to have been lost in the transfer - the rearing horse has been added:

[Jim R]

That is a stunning vignette/Dio. Just so full of detail, action and colour.

[Peter Gillson]

thanks Jim - only 6 more figures to add (and 2 horses)!

Peter

[Peter Gillson]

Hi Guys

finally I an close to finalising the last two cavalry figures. They are 99% painted - just need a little touching up before being permanently fixed in place.

here they are just placed in the base. i placed them in position so that I could glue the 'flying' rider in place, joining the two horses and riders into one unit but remove them from the base to make the final painting easier.

here are some photos of them placed in position - you can just see that the horse in the middle has all four hooves off the ground









hopefully these will be fixed in position later today, then the final 4 foot figures

peter