Picking up those brushes again.

Hi and welcome to the occasional mutterings of Dave Doc, a military modeller and some time gamer. Gaming and model making has given me a real education, History & Geography(obvious really), Artistry, Politics, Economics, Logistics, Project Management -you try building miniature armies without the last 3.

I will use the blog to record my creations & the odd occasion I actually do some gaming.

I have always been inspired by the aesthetic side of gaming. Playing on well constructed terrain using excellently painted units is always a joy.

Saturday, 26 November 2011

Vistula Lancer - completed

After a final push over this week these lads are now completed. There was more work to castings overall getting the unit composed and the conversion work sorted than the final paint jobs.No figure is just an original casting & no two are the same. 2 squadrons modelled at the charge and two ready to support.  Each has wire reins added and soldered into hands. Each officer was remodelled from the original casting,with replaced pin swords. There was major work on 3 of the 4 trumpeters. Each trooper has the lance soldered in to the hand with arms re-positioned, the straps from the lance added around the arms as well. Overall a fully unique unit , which I am very happy with. Flag and pennants from GMB.(Yes i know they lost the colours in Spain - but ya need a nice flag!). Lances made from 0.8mm piano wire.Horses were a mix of Elite, Connoisseur and Bicorne to provide variation. Based up for Grand Manner 20mm per figure frontage , 45mm depth.





The full unit

There have been some interesting modelling challenges , all over come and skills enhanced with the soldering iron. I will be adding the Lancers of Berg next year i feel.
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11 comments:

  1. BigRedBat26 November 2011 at 14:52

    Am loving those! Unique, as you say.

    What base frontage do you use, please?

    Simon

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  2. Ravenfeeder26 November 2011 at 15:00

    Really nice!

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  3. DaveD26 November 2011 at 15:29

    They are based for Grand Manner. 20mm per figure frontage, 45mm depth.

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  4. Schrumpfkopf26 November 2011 at 17:16

    Absolutly brilliant. I love everything about them. Especially the colors strike me as rich and well saturated.

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  5. WSTKS-FM Worldwide26 November 2011 at 17:47

    Lovely figures, and very impressive conversion work. Worthy of a place in early issues of Miniature Wargames or early issues of Wargames Illustrated.

    Best Regards,

    Stokes Schwartz

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  6. Doug Mason26 November 2011 at 18:46

    A real great job young Padawan. Doug Mason

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  7. DaveD26 November 2011 at 19:14

    Thanks Doug .. or should I say Yoda..or maybe Obi Wan

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  8. Rodger26 November 2011 at 20:19

    Awesome Dave!! Glad you added the flag, I would too. Brilliant work.

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  9. Der Alte Fritz1 December 2011 at 04:44

    Gorgeous, and very deadly no doubt. I like them. It makes me want to paint my Elite Vistula Lancers that have been sitting in storage for a long time.

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  10. Anonymous6 December 2011 at 19:05

    Hi, good painting. Can you tell me as you have made the weldings of the lances? I have sometimes tried, but the results have been disastrous.

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  11. DaveD9 December 2011 at 10:43

    Anonymous, if you contact me through the contact link i give you some more detail as too much to put in a reply. I may do a blog entry in the future as well

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