My friend Rob Dean (Sharp End of the Brush blog) (who got me into home casting last century) has developed an urge to collect old German moulds. Here's a sample of one of his latest.
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| She's a tall lass on a tall horse but the latest PA cavalry are big enough to court her. |
Now to clean off the flash and paint her up. The question will be: "Is she a Lady of influence and curiosity touring the front? Or a French spy?”.
Born and raised in the suburbs of Montreal, 5 years in the Black Watch of Canada Cadets, 5 years at the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean followed by 4 in the navy. 25 years with CPC in IT simultaneous with 23 years running a boarding kennel. Inherited my love of toy soldiers from my mother's father. Married with a pack of Italian Greyhounds and 3 cats. Prematurely retired and enjoying leisure to game, maintaining our 160 yr old farmhouse and just living.
Look forward to seeing Mademoiselle in glorious technocolor!
ReplyDeleteJust pondering what colours would please her.....
DeleteAn appropriate song-
ReplyDeletehttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x8G4xrYfWmw
Alan Tradgardland
Not going there!
DeleteBe interested in seeing her painted up. I find the whole home casting thing very interesting, I have all the bits and pieces but have not dived in yet!
ReplyDeleteWarning:can be addictive....
DeleteVERY addictive!
DeleteNice casting, I haven't seen before, and I look forward to seeing her painted.
ReplyDeleteShe's going to need some serious de-flashing before painting and some of the details (face esp) are a bit vague, but I'm looking forward to it.
DeleteShe is an unusual one; she's part of a multiple mold series of mounted figures and wagons from a mold by A. Hoehmann. The Hoehmann company apparently last up into the 1990s and produced an amazing array of Schneider and other earlier molds as well as many originals. The mounted lady is, sadly, the only one from that group that has (so far) fallen into my hands. The Hoehmann catalog is available as part of the online information for this book:https://sharpbrush.blogspot.com/2022/06/information-on-schneider-molds.html
DeleteNo links in the comments, I guess. I had a blog post on a history of German molds, Schneider and successors/copyists back in June. The lady is part of a series of molds depicting a wagon convoy and riders, and was one of the originals from A. Hoehmann; the Hoehmann company produced a range of Schneider derived and original molds until sometime in the 1990s apparently. It's too bad they are so hard to find, as there are some wonders in their catalog.
DeleteSometime yes, sometimes no, its a mystery I haven't bothered to investigate. But, cutting and pasting the url still works.
DeleteGreat: now I've got Tom Jones stuck in my head..."She's a laaaaidy, whoa, whoa, whoa..."
ReplyDeleteWell she is a bit tall so maybe try replacing that with a "tall cool woman in a black dress"?
DeleteYou ask those questions as though one precludes the other. If only it were so! Of course, you could also paint up one of each. "You mean Lady Rose IS the notorious French spy, Thorn?"
ReplyDeleteNo, no, the young officer escorting her wouldn't have to ask himself the question if the truth could be told at a glance. I have only the one casting and no mould so she will have to be a master of disgiuse and act the part which the situation calls for.
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