 deadhead  | 11 Jul 2018 6:02 a.m. PST |
Now this does strike me as one of Ged's most imaginative recent releases for Gringos40 (unless we include the Tonkin War range of course!). That man Lasalle, himself. I imagine based on the painting I found. This figure is 28mm of course and currently at the "green" stage. But all the extras are to be included as a mini diorama.
What a change to see him in any pose but the classical rearing horse, right arm raised, with his pipe in hand!
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 Artilleryman | 11 Jul 2018 6:03 a.m. PST |
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jammy four  | 11 Jul 2018 6:19 a.m. PST |
thanks chaps
he is indeed based on the famous painting
en avant!! regards
Ged
gringo40s.com |
| deadhead | 11 Jul 2018 7:22 a.m. PST |
Well I was so enthusiastic, I was rewarded with four more images of the man himself;
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| rob polymathsw | 11 Jul 2018 7:25 a.m. PST |
Awesome, that looks like a really nice sculpt |
| jammy four | 11 Jul 2018 8:27 a.m. PST |
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| gunnertog | 11 Jul 2018 8:28 a.m. PST |
Rob I expect he will coming your way once Ged releases him. Bob |
| jammy four | 12 Jul 2018 1:44 a.m. PST |
Gunnertog I hope to release Lasalle in about 3-4 weeks
as soon as really! cheers
Ged
gringo40s.com |
| Marc the plastics fan | 13 Jul 2018 5:56 a.m. PST |
Of course, you do know that Hagen do a standing Lasalle in 1/72 But agreed. This is nice and unusual |
| archiduque | 13 Jul 2018 7:10 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 13 Jul 2018 8:04 a.m. PST |
Marc I think we all, increasingly, accept that what comes out of Germany is usually far better cast, proportioned, animated, imaginative, cheaper, easier painted….but apart from that….what has 1/72 ever done for us 28mm folk?
Except make us weep……
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| Artilleryman | 14 Jul 2018 4:00 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 15 Jul 2018 11:14 a.m. PST |
and I still recall being an altar boy dressed in the full rig for the occasional funeral in a Catholic Church in North London….in the late 60s…. and for him we would have said; "Requiescat in pace" as we did for my dad. |
| jammy four | 21 Jul 2018 3:38 p.m. PST |
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| jammy four | 24 Jul 2018 6:21 a.m. PST |
Chaps
just to say Lassalle vignette has now been released cheers
Ged
gringo40s.com |
| deadhead | 15 Aug 2018 8:46 a.m. PST |
and here is in all his splendour;
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| Lord Hill | 15 Aug 2018 10:48 a.m. PST |
Gosh, very nice. That braid looks like it required far more skill and patience than I'll ever possess! |
| deadhead | 15 Aug 2018 1:55 p.m. PST |
The braid is easy. Pah….not the real challenge here. Any Artist will tell you is that of still life, is a glass structure, that is the sign of an expert. (see the jug in front of him…wow) But, even then, if you see a Dutch still life master, you are seeing the image from than one fixed direction, through the frame. Modellers must acheive that in a third dimension. The highlights cannot be done, the same way. I cheat, with 3D figures, when later I post in 2D images, because I know where to highlight
Trust me. It does get complex….
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 BrigadeGames | 15 Aug 2018 2:32 p.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 17 Aug 2018 2:47 a.m. PST |
I did ask Ged for more details as to the artwork and got this response; "The painted work is by Stephen Maughan, a splendid Napoleonic painter and animator who enjoys putting together 28mm vignettes. I have some of my figures painted by him in my personal collection His speciality is the Napoleonic period." |
