| Kellerman | 20 Nov 2014 4:24 a.m. PST |
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| Whatisitgood4atwork | 20 Nov 2014 4:28 a.m. PST |
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| 14th Brooklyn | 20 Nov 2014 5:37 a.m. PST |
Looking nice. Funny… i will tackle the same minis next month! |
 deadhead  | 20 Nov 2014 6:36 a.m. PST |
I think these three are possibly the best work ever by the Perrys in the Napoleonic range. Often seen them on this forum but never so well done. You have brought in the fourth ADC on Ney's left, as per the original. I have had that figure sitting around for year waiting to paint and add him. I think one figure is still missing and always meant to add him as well. The trumpeter flat on his back, arms and legs all over the place is such an important part of the tableau and could be done from the plastic dragoon trumpeter. Really enjoyed this. It was great to go back through the other pictures, especially your Poles and the Hussars. I already have many of your pics saved for inspiration…………….. |
| Frederick | 20 Nov 2014 7:20 a.m. PST |
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| War In 15MM | 20 Nov 2014 8:21 a.m. PST |
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| Who asked this joker | 20 Nov 2014 11:11 a.m. PST |
Nice work on one of my favorite personalities (Ney) of the Napoleonic Wars. Nice looking figures! Nice job! |
| Ashenduke | 20 Nov 2014 6:53 p.m. PST |
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| zaevor2000 | 20 Nov 2014 11:23 p.m. PST |
I have always been a fan of the "Bravest of the Brave". The man with the balls of an elephant…many, many men followed him through hell and high water and I'm sure many today would as well…Ney was a man's man… These figures are magnificent! Fantastic work on these. They are true works of art that BELONG in a proper display case to do them justice. Well done! Thanks for sharing. Frank |
| wrgmr1 | 21 Nov 2014 12:02 a.m. PST |
Lovely work, I especially like the Front Rank Lancers, superb! |
| deadhead | 21 Nov 2014 5:19 a.m. PST |
I've gone back to these again….just felt I had to. Heymes leopard skin saddle cloth……….not just a ring of dots for each spot (I try to do that), but the orange/brown centre……..now that I must try! |
| John Miller | 21 Nov 2014 3:45 p.m. PST |
Kellerman: Really enjoyed that! Thanks for posting the photos. zaevor2000: Concur wholeheartedly!
John Miller |
| Dorsenne | 22 Nov 2014 4:25 a.m. PST |
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| cncbump | 12 Dec 2014 2:33 p.m. PST |
No matter how good one thinks they are getting with the brush, there is always someone like you to bring them back down to earth. Really nice.
Will be using these pics to try and mimic some of your style… |
| Lord Hill | 12 Dec 2014 2:56 p.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 12 Dec 2014 3:18 p.m. PST |
OK, I've been dying to raise this. If I do it here maybe no one will notice. Heymes is going to be dressed in the latest fashion. His shako is not cylindrical it is conical (inverted and truncated). I suggest, for 1815, that is right, even if this artwork is many decades later. The truly cylindric shako, which we see in so many figures and illustrations, reflects the fashion in the Second Restoration. It was not worn amongst the French Cavalry in the first half of 1815. See the Musee de l'Armee exhibits. Ignore later artists' work. Eclaireurs did not wear a sugar cone on their heads, no one wore a perfect cylinder as usually modelled. Perrys and the artist (nice panorama and worth seeing BTW) got it right. Like my exams in 1960s…"Discuss" |
| John Miller | 12 Dec 2014 6:12 p.m. PST |
deadhead: I was under the impression that some chasseur a cheval regiments, some hussar regiments, some ADCs, and especially the Eclaireurs, wore the cylindrical, "roulou", (sic?), shako at the very end of the Napoleonic era. As I don't find that be a particularly attractive piece of headgear, (to the extent that I would never paint a figure so bedecked), I am happy to hear that the old style traditional shako was worn throughout Napoleonic era. These petty details drive me to distraction it seems. As a sufferer of Napoleonic OCD I thank you for clearing this up. John Miller |
| deadhead | 13 Dec 2014 1:10 p.m. PST |
It evolved with the current taste and fashion. The traditional shako, wider at the top, obviously took the French through the Napoleonic Wars. The truly cylindrical shako, no tapering, strikes me as a Second Resoration mode, maybe two to three years post 1815. Look at Marbot's shako in La Musee de L'Armee. Slightly wider at the top….just as is Heymes', indeed any I have seen with a decent provenance. Ultimately this evolved into the converse. Narrower at the top (as often shown for Eclaireurs, but not a single other French unit!) conical shako. That progressively became less tall and turned into the kepi……… The snag is that there were few contemporary artists recording uniforms accurately and many many later ones, who were influenced by their contemporary fashions. I am convinced the conical shako is an anachronism pre 1815 (indeed probably pre 1840s). The truly cylindrical shako pre 1816…….I have my doubts. Funny thing is, I really like it! |
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