von Winterfeldt | 20 Jun 2016 11:58 p.m. PST |
Well – in the Revolutionary period a lot of things are possible – plumes – for parade dress only – and parades only, I would opt for the houppe |
Eclipsing Binaries | 09 Jul 2016 12:11 p.m. PST |
How are you getting on with these? |
Sho Boki | 09 Jul 2016 12:42 p.m. PST |
Slowly but firmly.. all with plumes now.
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Eclipsing Binaries | 10 Jul 2016 1:40 a.m. PST |
Are those work-in-progress command figures at the end? |
Sho Boki | 10 Jul 2016 2:40 a.m. PST |
No. All my new infantry sets must have 12 different trooper poses. So these are remaining troopers. |
von Winterfeldt | 10 Jul 2016 4:32 a.m. PST |
you could do one of those 12 as NCO – for fusilier wirh cross belts, and in case of shouldered arms they carry the musket at the extended right arm barrel facing inward, hand at the trigger guard at l'arme au bras, also the NCO would carry the musket identical to the soldier – but one would need crossbelts to see the distinction. The series is progressing nicely |
Sho Boki | 10 Jul 2016 6:48 a.m. PST |
NCO comes with command set. 1 mounted and 2 unmounted officers. 2 NCO. 1 flagbearer. 1 musician. |
deadhead | 10 Jul 2016 6:50 a.m. PST |
As a novice, it is amazing to see the skeletons in the very first picture turn into these |
Eclipsing Binaries | 11 Jul 2016 5:31 a.m. PST |
Will you be sculpting the musician as a drummer boy? That's something you don't often see in miniature. I'm hoping you can get these available soon. I managed to visit Marengo yesterday and I'm in the mood for some Napoleonic painting. |
Sho Boki | 11 Jul 2016 5:39 a.m. PST |
You are clairvoyant, Sire! Little drummerboy is exactly what I planned for Campaign sets. 8 poses on left are ready for moulding and last 4 progressing quickly.
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Eclipsing Binaries | 11 Jul 2016 7:04 a.m. PST |
I'll send you the photos I got at the Marengo Museum. There were some replica uniforms of French and Austrian uniforms, and I got some good pictures of some interesting details. |
Sho Boki | 13 Jul 2016 3:31 a.m. PST |
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deadhead | 14 Jul 2016 3:31 a.m. PST |
They should be celebrating. Here it is already Bastille Day……. |
von Winterfeldt | 14 Jul 2016 4:29 a.m. PST |
we would need some Salis Samade in smock for that. |
Nbonaparte | 14 Jul 2016 7:58 p.m. PST |
Very nice indeed. Count me in for a purchase when you have them ready |
Sho Boki | 19 Jul 2016 3:33 a.m. PST |
I hope, that this little marching fellow is more similar to reference standard than his big counterpart.
Mold creating started. |
von Winterfeldt | 19 Jul 2016 4:04 a.m. PST |
looks good – please check arm length of right arm – where hand almost reaches knee cap |
Sho Boki | 19 Jul 2016 4:30 a.m. PST |
Checked. The arm is correct but the knee is probably 0.2mm too high. Not critically, so no need for resculpting, I think. Maybe I simply cut off a piece from gaiters top. |
von Winterfeldt | 19 Jul 2016 5:40 a.m. PST |
yes good idea – Frrench long gaiters were sitting quite low and not as high as in 7YW |
Sho Boki | 25 Jul 2016 5:08 a.m. PST |
Campaign troops, with trousers and houppes.
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Sho Boki | 27 Jul 2016 5:49 a.m. PST |
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von Winterfeldt | 27 Jul 2016 6:23 a.m. PST |
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Eclipsing Binaries | 27 Jul 2016 8:57 a.m. PST |
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Chad47 | 28 Jul 2016 4:03 a.m. PST |
When will the campaign dress figures be available? Would be nice to mix one or two with Les bleus in the blue uniform + helmet |
Sho Boki | 28 Jul 2016 4:16 a.m. PST |
The first set of campaign ones will be available on the end of next week, probably. |
Valmy92 | 28 Jul 2016 4:55 a.m. PST |
Are the command sets coming soon too? Thanks, Phil |
Sho Boki | 28 Jul 2016 5:16 a.m. PST |
Probably not in next month. They will be at the end of all French Rev.Infantry marching lines, but before the action figures. |
Dr Jeckyll | 28 Jul 2016 1:07 p.m. PST |
These look fantastic! Nice job! French revolutionary cavalry to protect the flanks and scout ahead of these boys would also be fun to see some day. Maybe some chasseurs in the same headgear, or hussars in bicornes…;) Again, great work Sho! Dr J |
Sho Boki | 31 Jul 2016 10:56 a.m. PST |
Thanks! Thanks to von Winterfeldt donation this is not look impossible now. Beside some Austrians, AB don't cover Revolutionary period at all, so I am free to expand the lines. On other hand, I know little about this period uniforms and therefore depend on von Winterfeldt knowledge. I now think about grenadiers set. Is this good idea to make one set of grenadiers with casquettes, bicornes and fur caps, 2-3 poses each? How different was Consular Guard from regular grenadiers with fur caps? Also, in this first set I count only 4 tall and 4 average men figures usable. Some must be redone thanks to weird leg position. |
von Winterfeldt | 31 Jul 2016 12:33 p.m. PST |
take your time – please do command set next, as for Garde de Consuls, I can send you contemporary prints, not that much difference to line grenadiers at all. |
Sho Boki | 31 Jul 2016 4:27 p.m. PST |
Thanks! But I think that this is not a good idea to cut off infantry lines on half way and switch to command. It is better and quicker to finish all infantry at once and then make universal command set. Campaign troopers with casquettes are casted and will be available after I paint them. On this week I prepare lights or grenadiers. |
Eclipsing Binaries | 01 Aug 2016 4:29 a.m. PST |
Sho, I would wait for you to finish command before I buy any infantry, so if you need to make sales the command would help. |
Sho Boki | 01 Aug 2016 5:01 a.m. PST |
There are very few sales in summer. So I planned to prepare French Infantry in summer and announce on september. This fact, that I make new sets available immediately after they are ready, don't mean that I expect to sell these before all related sets are ready. Switching to command right now means, that I don't finish the infantry project on September-October, as planned, but on next year. |
von Winterfeldt | 01 Aug 2016 5:04 a.m. PST |
I see your point but as costumer – I am in line with Eclipsing Binaries. |
Sho Boki | 01 Aug 2016 5:26 a.m. PST |
I understand, but I don't want to waist the valuable resources (especcially time) for bad quality quick maked command without available troopers and to be forced to rebuild all command later anyway. |
Sho Boki | 06 Aug 2016 6:42 a.m. PST |
Some Action figure poses..
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Eclipsing Binaries | 09 Aug 2016 9:07 a.m. PST |
Sho and VW, what are your thoughts on this? Spotted it at the weekend in Milan. French troops at Lodi, painted 1800…
Full painting here… link |
Sho Boki | 02 Sep 2016 3:01 a.m. PST |
Interesting and simple way to build up an photoshooting box for miniatures.. fstoppers.com/diy/get-perfect-product-shots-8-ikea-table-143787 I build this up, but until led-lamps are on his way to me, I shoot with ringflash.. already not bad. But led's probably will add more accented light and live up the miniatures.
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jammy four | 02 Sep 2016 8:37 a.m. PST |
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Sho Boki | 14 Sep 2016 10:18 a.m. PST |
Another figure casted today..
Several action and NCO dolls are also ready.. project may continue. |
Eclipsing Binaries | 14 Sep 2016 12:58 p.m. PST |
May continue? It should continue. I'm just waiting on command so I can buy some of these from you. |
Sho Boki | 14 Sep 2016 1:27 p.m. PST |
These new dolls I made for command. Also horse and drum model. So now I may continue with command. But I need to create at least two more moulds of dolls to have all tools I need for proper armies builder in future. |
Sho Boki | 26 Sep 2016 12:15 p.m. PST |
NCO, drum band and action figures..
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JonFreitag | 01 Oct 2016 5:15 a.m. PST |
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dantheman | 01 Oct 2016 12:05 p.m. PST |
What is your medium? Epoxy or polymer clay? |
Sho Boki | 01 Oct 2016 1:28 p.m. PST |
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Sho Boki | 02 Oct 2016 6:08 a.m. PST |
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Eclipsing Binaries | 04 Oct 2016 4:38 a.m. PST |
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Sho Boki | 04 Oct 2016 5:10 p.m. PST |
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Sho Boki | 08 Oct 2016 5:21 p.m. PST |
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