Michaels 10mm 1809 BLOG

[WeeWars]

The cuirassier does highlight one perennial problem for sculptors; "what does he look like around the back?" Its hard to get illustrations of figures from behind (often you have to guess on the basis of what you see on the front). This is an issue that never occurred to me while painting (of course the detail, right or wrong is sculpted on the figure), but when I started sculpting it was a big problem; one of my first jobs was some 15mm armoured medieval types; that was a bloody nightmare! Its harder to guess what armour is like than clothes.

A similar situation when trying to illustrate any sort of history, except with illustration you can cheekily mask the blanks with well-positioned decor. Ospreys are very good at this! I understand the problems for sculptors because they have to show everything and therefore are forced to rely on informed guesswork where things aren't 100% - decisions that might not please everyone. Unfortunately this doesn't apply to the Austrian cuirassier as the info is widely known.

[WeeWars]

Time for a wee quickie:

Post 107

www.michaelscott.name/1809/1809blogpost107.htm

Cheers, Michael

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Love it! 

[Techno]

Terrific !!
Cheers - Phil

[petercooman]

Just great 

[Steve J]

Very good .

[Hertsblue]

 

[WeeWars]

Glad you appreciated the natural look, guys!

I've posted a collection of 10mm Austrian artillery gunners.

Post 108

www.michaelscott.name/1809/1809blogpost108.htm

Cheers, Michael

[Steve J]

Nice .

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Great mix of figures, works well.

[WeeWars]

Thanks, guys! Post 108 comment on TMP:

http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=321300

Post 109: Some Pendraken Austrian Landwehr

www.michaelscott.name/1809/1809blogpost109.htm

Cheers, Michael

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Very nice indeed

[Techno]

Very 
Cheers - Phil

[petercooman]

Great job again!!

[WeeWars]

Thanks, gents!

Nice things said on TMP:

http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=321637

But hey! I'm getting stifles for being too 10mm! As if that's possible!    Personally, I don't let scale get in the way of enjoying the period.

[Hertsblue]

Funny thing, every time I go to TMP it's closed for maintenance. Think they're trying to tell me something....

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Me three! 

[Techno]

I looked a couple (?) of days ago and it was OK then.....But Ray's right...It does seem to shut for maintenance an awful lot of the time.
Cheers - Phil

[Zippee]

TMP is closed for maintenance daily - on a time slot that makes sense in whatever time zone TMP is located in but irritatingly is about 8-9 am UK time, so most people's morning coffee and TMP doesn't work  

[Techno]

Good info.
Cheers - Phil.