1685-1700 range; Yea or nay? (pic added 9th April)

reiver rob · Post by **reiver rob** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 12:02 am

Excellent! That's a really nice figure and full of detail.
What are you going to do next?

Dan,
You're right about the archive. Something similar to what you have done with the Great Northern War and Scanian War would be an advantage. If everyone made the effort to add what they know it would soon build up into a good reference source. It wouldn't matter if it was only small pieces of information on uniforms. orders of battle, etc it would help. What do you think?

Rob

obriendavid · Post by **obriendavid** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:00 am

barr7430 wrote:I reckon that is a VERY good figure... anatomy is very natural and the detail is nice.
Would be good to see a comparison against another range...

KEEP GOING!!!!!

Comparrison pics would be useful as Mark's Back of Beyond figures are quite large compared to other manufacturers, especially his horses.

Cheers
Dave

Heneborn · Post by **Heneborn** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:20 pm

That is a really nice miniature, the details in his face are amazing!

j1mwallace · Post by **j1mwallace** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:08 pm

You make em i'd buy em. just a few more to paint.

Clibinarium · Post by **Clibinarium** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:46 pm

Cheers everyone,
I am very enthused now about doing a whole range.

To answer some specifics;

huevans07; I don't use dollies so far, this guy was made from scratch. However I reckon if I do a range I'll do, say, a marching pose on which I can add heads and arms so that while the figures are in the same pose there are 4 to 6 slight variants. I suppose that's standard practice now in good 28mm ranges.

Here's a comparison pic with a perry Frenchman (which I imagine nearly everyone must have by now!) I bought myself a box on the basis that I could probably learn as much about proportion from studying them as I could from any book. Still I didn't get it quite right, his head's a bit too big. Putting him next to a Perry figure is damn harsh comparison though

I don't have any of copplestone figures, of any kind, so I can't say how well they fit.

18th Century Guy · Post by **18th Century Guy** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:45 am

It's ok if his head is a bit too big, he's French!

parkinspieces · Post by **parkinspieces** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:14 pm

I think he's spot on

Anyway, Officers get fed better than the men, even on campaign

Keep up the great work.

huevans07 · Post by **huevans07** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:24 am

No, your guy's okay. He doesn't look out of proportion.

Post by **barr7430** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:23 pm

I agree, don't change it. Looks excellent

twargod · Post by **twargod** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:56 pm

I will also agree I think he looks great! I wouldn't change a thing.

Adam Hayes · Post by **Adam Hayes** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:25 pm

That looks excellent!. Having sized up a Copplestone and a Perry plastic figure together (different ranges but a reasonable QandD approximation) I would estimate that your boys will be almost spot on for size with Copplestones figures.

Patrick R · Post by **Patrick R** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:03 pm

He looks fine to me.

Captain of Dragoons · Post by **Captain of Dragoons** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:09 am

Nice looking figure

cheers
Edward

Clibinarium · Post by **Clibinarium** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:45 pm

Nothing is certain yet, but its looking like I might be doing a whole range in the near future; talks are in progress.

Keep your fingers crossed!

Clibinarium · Post by **Clibinarium** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:13 pm

Good news; the project is going ahead, I'll have to check how much I can reveal over the next few weeks, but work has started on the dollies today!