| archiduque | 16 Jan 2023 3:21 a.m. PST |
Hi all!! I've painted 4 Napoleonic French Horse Artillery cannons..Figures from Perry Miniatures.I hope you like them !!!
archiduquerpc.wordpress.com
Saludos
Rafa
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 Flashman14  | 16 Jan 2023 3:29 a.m. PST |
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| cavcrazy | 16 Jan 2023 7:53 a.m. PST |
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| Shagnasty | 16 Jan 2023 11:16 a.m. PST |
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| jwebster | 16 Jan 2023 2:35 p.m. PST |
Same standard as usual – I feel that I'm looking at the website from an art museum John |
| nsolomon99 | 16 Jan 2023 3:06 p.m. PST |
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| archiduque | 18 Jan 2023 7:55 a.m. PST |
Thanks for your comments!!
Saludos
Rafa
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 deadhead | 18 Jan 2023 12:32 p.m. PST |
How I do miss 28mm. The luxury of trying to add detail like this. But all my collection is gone in a good cause and my 1/72 work disappears in the post when done. The attic looks barren! You must do another book |
| CHRIS DODSON | 24 Jan 2023 3:22 a.m. PST |
Fantastic painting skill, more like art in my opinion. Unfortunately the crew are about to be run over by the recoil! The protocol was that the right side of the piece, looking forward along the barrel , was the ‘live' side where the sponge man and port fire were stationed. The ammunition coffret and loaders were on the left away from any source of ignition. Nevertheless, beautiful. Best wishes, Chris |
| deadhead | 25 Jan 2023 6:23 a.m. PST |
Interestingly the British placed the port fire man on the opposite side to the French, but the rammer always went on the right of the gun indeed. I guess he had to be right handed, little choice. Nice bit of trivia about the loaders and coffret, makes perfect sense. The challenge with crewing any gun is that the footprint must be restricted, so maybe four crew at the most, all standing in suicidal positions. Mine always were anyway! |
| Desperate Dan | 26 Jan 2023 7:11 a.m. PST |
Blimey! Those guns look real!! |
| CHRIS DODSON | 26 Jan 2023 12:02 p.m. PST |
Hello Mr D. The problem war gamers generally make for themselves is that they underestimate the area covered by actual artillery formations, especially if you take into account the train elements. James's project shows in graphic detail the amount of occupied space and the problems for the movement of troops around them. Here are two examples on a less grandiose scale illustrating what I am suggesting. Quatre Bras url=https://postimg.cc/hXB0Mnsy]
Antietam url=https://postimg.cc/v4TdrJ7f]
Nevertheless, Mr Rafa's is still uniquely exceptional . Happy modelling, Chris |
| deadhead | 26 Jan 2023 2:23 p.m. PST |
I had forgotten those incredible models of Waterloo and then Quatre Bras (never did see ACW). We have not seen new ones for ages. Indeed I cannot even remember who did them, to research them further. The skill there was as much the low angle photography, the scenery and the impression of natural daylight and use of smoke. We even saw burning interiors of buildings and a timeline. Remind me please, the link does not work (or I am an idiot). That depth of focus is just incredible….love to know what lens, lighting, length of exposure that took. My digital SLR is now 20 years old, but still great once on a tripod, but it could not do that. I paid £800.00 GBP for it back then (no I did not, the hospital did, for "clinical use", but they did owe me for extra sessions worked unpaid) Got it. I went back on TMP. A chap called Dodson, what a coincidence! Must be a relative, with quite some talent…I prefer the photography of models to actually storing them, hence they all go off to a better hole, whatever the scale or subject. |
| CHRIS DODSON | 26 Jan 2023 3:22 p.m. PST |
Hello Mr D. Thank you. I am currently re fighting Antietam as seen on TMP. but with regard to photography May I suggest this wonderful link?
PDF link
Best wishes, Chris |
looks at some new terrain products, which use space age technology!
