"Boki 6mm Testproject" Topic

wow – impressive sculpting, the cartridge box is too small you sculpted an NCO cartridge box – otherwise great.

I have to add – OT – a very big progress to the already good Murat to the sensational good Russian Borodino generals :-)

Half of the cartridge box are under the right hand.

it is not the width but the length of the lid, it was quite large, I will send a photo to you.

Wow 6mm unreal Sho!!!

Well done. Will you be scupting figures in attack or assualt poses as well?

Cheers!
Beeker

Mob, ottomans, natives and skirmishers will be in fighting poses.

but no fusiliers?!?! DOH! :(

Well this is an assault or attack pause anyway, this is they way they did it – I hope for officers (mounted and on foot) colour bearer – drummer and NCO.

I am with you Sho. Regular armies in anything but marchattack is a complete waste of castings. Have not done them since my first minfigs 30 years ago!

I resculpt flagbearer three times already and are not happy anyway. Must rework again.
Flagbearer with separate flag, as majority wished.

Beeker.. and fusiliers cannot be skirmishers? ;-)
But in general I try to sculpt wargame figs first, diorama ones may be later. So many work to do.

Sorry gents – can't agree.. its not fun unless everyone has bayonets level, ready to rip the flesh, gonads and sundries from the bodies of their enemy…

Clearly a matter of personal taste! LOL! : )

Another general.. russian one.

two points, please make the legs longer – espceially right leg and also the right arm shorter – it is very long

You are right.. and sword is too broad.
But I can't make legs too much longer.. figure don't fit to 6mm then.

Little teaser..

the Russian cuirassier looks very nice – about length of the legs, in case take away more of the back of the horse before you sculpt the rider – the legs should slightly surpass the belly of the horse

That production line is looking brilliant!

a question about cossacks, there I see one above, I was always under the impression that they had a quite high saddle compared to the usual light cavalry and by that a very typical sit – different to other Russian cavalry??

Thanks WeeWars!

von Winterfeldt. You mean – more straight legs?
This may be my mistake, I know about high saddle and different sitting, but I don't know what kind of different.. so I sculpted less straight legs. Should I sculpt opposite, more straight?

P.S. Looking on pictures, they have straighter legs indeed. Must resculpt.

I guess it's sometimes wise to bend the legs slightly with smaller figures just to be safer when it comes to moulding with feet sticking out. This seems to be the case with 10mm Pendraken. There are posts on my Blog that demonstrate this. This and the next two posts:

link

Cheers, Michael

For that reason I dislike 10 mm cavalry – this looks awfull, Sho Boki is really working hard for a good immage – I applaud this effort and hope he carries on.

@Sho
Not only less bent but a higher seat, there are nice contempoary prints showing this well.

I can't rise the rider, but I rise his butt, making his torso disappear, and lower the horse. Hopefully adding amunitions will cover the disproportions.

Hussar got his pelisse.

amazing detail

Sho amazing, I don't plan to do anything smaller than 18mm however I may buy some of your 6mm Russian cuirasssiers for something interesting to do.

Paul, I don't know yet, how they cast. Pikes and swords are longer than bayonets.

But here they come finished.. one by one..

I'm late to the party! Is that a 6mm 1790's Austrian fusilier in casquet? Be still my heart! What is the discussion of 10-12mm above? You haven't changed scales?

Keep up the good work!

Cheers,

Christopher

Yes, first figure from Revolution line.
I don't change scales, I will sculpt in three scales on same time.
1:100 (AB 15(18)mm), 6mm and in some scale between them.

So a complete line of Russian cavalry of 1812?
The cossack looks good, the lance however much too short, as you will certainly know.

I want to do such complete lines for all main powers and all participants in Borodino, Wagram and Waterloo.

Cossack's lance must be 70cm longer, I know. But I hope, that even this short army lance are castable.

Hi Sho. A recommendation. Mkae cossack casts without lances, just empty hands – much better!

Sparta, but this cossack already have empty hands.

By my concept I will sculpt all troops in 3 phases.
Phase 1. One main trooper in parade uniform (+ generals). For big battle wargamers (as I am).
Phase 2. Command group and 1-3 additional troopers. For usual wargamers.
Phase 3. Troopers in campaign uniforms and diorama poses. For purists and demanding wargamers.

Well done Sho, incredible detail in 6mm!

the dragoon looks great, I like the arm position carrying the sabre – excellent – much better in my view that that of the cuirassiers.

wow – outstanding

Sorry, left holster missing.
I do this final photos mainly for discovering the possible mistakes.

Awesome detail for 6mm.

What about Russians for the 1799 campaign in Switzerland? Suvorov's last hurrah! :)

I am in line with CATenWolde – and again there is a need for a complete high quality range (as certainly Sho could do) for French Revolution

This range are beginned and will be done. Especially if my 6mm project will pay off.

I am astonished about my sculpting speed in 6mm. Only day or two per figure. All periods and powers will be covered.

I don't have proper equiptment and tools for sculpting guns, but guns are things that "must be". So I scale down the photos from Zvezda 1:72 gun for proper proportions and use freehand sculpting.

Here are the middle of process. Doll for artillery and skirmish figures are visible.. and draft horse doll too.

The artillery does look out of proprtion, much too small – looks like a 3 prdr gun

It seems to me too, but actually proportions of the carriage are accurate – 1:245.
There are only upper half of barrel without muzzle sculpted, may be this is the reason of misleading.
I try to cast the cannon in one piece..

One issue with cannons, and other equipment, in any scale is that they do not have an attached base, unlike the infantry and cavalry. That attached base will always misrepresent the height.
In the photo above, if the cannon was placed on a base, to elevate it, I wouldn't doubt that the top of the wheel would be in line with the infantryman's shoulder – which would probably be about right.