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Title: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: fesak_j on March 28, 2018, 05:33:29 PM
Dear Friends, I did not rest any minute and started the new project. The first finished figure is 11th Hussar trumpeter. I did not finish the ground as I m not decided if to put it into frame or somekind of diorama.


PS: please, does anyone has free gottstein figures? not necessary the whole set. thanks a lot.
Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: Brian on March 29, 2018, 05:59:38 AM
Do like that, I can see a diorama on it's way  ;)   
Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: Nicholas Ball on March 29, 2018, 12:28:55 PM
Very nice 8)
Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: Charles on March 29, 2018, 02:50:04 PM
Yes I do have some spare Gottstein Light Brigade figures.
A few of the castings are poor on detail. Let me know if you're interested.
Charles
Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: fesak_j on March 29, 2018, 07:08:13 PM
Charles: yes, i m in, thanks a lot.  I ll try to solve it somehow. I ll send you PM  ;) 


Nick: thank you  ;)


Brian: thanks for a kick, I already started building diorama backround.  :)

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Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: Joerg on March 30, 2018, 03:23:05 AM
@fesak - looks very nice and promising.
I am waiting for a diorama  :D
Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: fesak_j on April 02, 2018, 05:41:08 PM
Joerg:  ;)   ;)


.... hussars officer done  :)
Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: fesak_j on April 03, 2018, 02:56:55 PM
another done  :o ....all three together
Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: Charles on April 04, 2018, 02:55:58 AM
Very nicely done Jozef. They look great.
Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: fesak_j on April 05, 2018, 05:07:17 PM
Charles: thanks mate  ;)


Lancers officer done ...... that was a real challenge  :o  and one more photo of previous three but more lighter
Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: fesak_j on April 08, 2018, 07:04:58 PM
lancers trumpeter  :)
Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: fesak_j on April 09, 2018, 02:40:39 PM
Lancer  8)   :) 
Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: willie on April 09, 2018, 08:53:56 PM
Nice job well done 8) Willie
Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: fesak_j on April 19, 2018, 02:02:37 PM
willie: thanks my friend  ;)


......after I have received some Gottstein figures from Charles, I had to jump on some of them. Figures are a little smaller than figures from Charles and thinner. Some details are casted fine some is needed to paint. I was browsing inet for days to find correct officer uniform but only I have found pics from movie or Bistulfi as he painted the figure. I decided to paint more like in the movie so the result attached below.
Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: Charles on April 20, 2018, 03:36:00 AM
I'm glad the figures arrived safely. I believe that everyone wore their regimental uniforms during the charge. No shabraques were used, just the normal grey blanket and sheepskin. The figures in the Gottstein set that portray staff officer uniforms are not accurate, but nice figures none the less.


I painted some from the Gottstein set a while ago, so here they are again.
Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: fesak_j on April 20, 2018, 06:40:50 AM
charles: you did very good job with dragoons  :)  ..... to be honest i am willing to think the same as none of the riders at the day used shabraquas. many of paintings show shabraquas some of them only lord cardigen with it dressed like in parade. i believe that plates from the book into valley of death are the most correct  :)  unlucky without officer drawings :o  ....anyway smaller gottstein figures are perfect for me to create depth in diorama and i decided to use the officer without shame too  ;D   accurate or not  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: nmrocks on April 20, 2018, 08:37:34 AM
This set coming along nicely! I enjoy both stylings, dark and light.
Ray
Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: fesak_j on April 23, 2018, 06:45:21 AM
Thank you Ray  :)  ...........


...........another 2 lancers done  8) :o
Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: fesak_j on April 25, 2018, 04:04:43 AM
Hi lads, I need an advice ...... I have started to prepare diorama, it should be 40 cm long/ 10 cm height. What do you think? is it overcrowded or not? ...... I guess hussars are fine in crowd as the first line and lancers needed a bit closer each other.  Any opinion will helps  ;) :)
Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: Ed Humphreys on April 25, 2018, 06:34:50 AM

It's looking good. It needs to  be crowded to give the impression of the charge. This does mean that some figures may be partially hidden behind others. It might help if you make the ground slope upwards from the front to the back (assuming it's a one-sided, boxed diorama) so more of the figures are visible.
Keep up the good work. There aren't enough of us diorama makers around.
Ed H
Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: Nicholas Ball on April 25, 2018, 11:07:12 AM
You never know who may appear with another one Ed
Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: Ed Humphreys on April 25, 2018, 01:33:34 PM
Your turn next, Nick!
Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: fesak_j on April 25, 2018, 02:11:28 PM
ed: thank you, your idea makes sense  ;)  i ll do lancers a bit higher, from right side 0,5 cm to the left 0 cm.  :) :) 
Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: fesak_j on May 04, 2018, 06:28:44 PM
a few more gottstein  :)
Title: Re: Balaclava - charge of the light brigade
Post by: fesak_j on June 12, 2018, 05:36:37 PM
Sorry to say that, but I m in dead end ...... I m useless to do with natural materials and flat figures. After 3rd attempt I give up for a while  :o :-X ;D ..... I will discuss with you at Kulmbach 2019 - how to and what to use ...... nevermind, I will continue with painting of british cavalry at different toppic  ;)