Scruby 40 mm 1812 figures with a home made officer.
Here at last is the first 20 man battalion of shiny toy 1812 figures. I was toying with using the Charge organization with a stand of colours per "Brigade"and with the drummers not counting but have decided to go with 16 privates, an Officer, Sergeant (corporal here), Drummer, Ensign for a total of 20, all counting.
The privates are listed as US infantry on the Historifig site but they have British packs and Shako's so I have painted them as British. There was no officer, so I took my officer figure, the original in shell jacket, slimmed him down to fit, added coat tails and modified the pose to have the sword arm lifted. For maximum compatability, rather than changing the forage cap into a Belgic shako, I used one of the Scruby heads.
Once he was as ready as he was ever going to be, and ensconced 1/2 way in Plasticine, I opened up my rtv Silicone to make the mold and #@%#@%$#@%$!!! instead of being liquid, it was the consistency of silly putty. I'm not sure if I some how let a minute amount of catalyst into the can or if was temperature or? This was the first (and last) can of the Alumalite brand that I have purchase. After an intitial wave of dispair, I scooped out a quantity and added catalyst. It was too thick to stir so I kneaded it together and pressed it over the master. It normally takes 6-8 hours to set but only about 20 minutes this time. Stil lit seemed ok so I flipped him over and did part too.
The detail is not exactly sharp but I've done much worse, and there are no air bubbles! His pointing finger was lost but even the sword almost came out!
Home made officer (also used as ensign with colour in right hand), private converted to drummer, original Scruby private. (Of coursefor the photo I picked probably the only one where I missed filling the arm plug.) The drummer is just a private with the musket cut off, drum added and arms tweaked a bit.
Agreed! Both the entire unit and the scratch-molded officer look extremely nice. I'm becoming increasingly tempted to have a go at sculpting a few greens/masters/molds myself to see what emerges.
ReplyDeleteBest Regards,
Stokes
Have a go. Whats's to lose? Start with some nice easy militia, called to arms after the disas errr near thing at the bridge.
DeleteDear Ross,
ReplyDeleteYour ability to model what you need is quite impressive. Your officer figure is quite presentable and fits right in with the rest of the regiment. Have you thought abut making the unit a 24 with the two added figures being the elite companies. The logic is that each pair of figures represents a company while the command group is a separate entity - or not. Nice job!
Jerry
Thanks Jerry, photo's can be kind. The unit actually is 24 strong due to waffling. The extra 4 will be re-badged. The decision was a complex calculation based on table size (too small) vs numbers of units (never enough), crossed with looks. Had't worried about numbers of companies, I'm not sure any British battalion managed to get all 10 companies in one place at 1 time.
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ReplyDeleteFine looking fellows
ReplyDelete-- Allan
Most excellent, Ross. I'm not so familiar with Historifigs, those look quite good. Well complemented by your officer and the drummer came out very nicely.
ReplyDeleteRegards,
Steve