French Lancer - 1st Regiment
Saturday, June 7th, 2008The French Lancer has now been painted in the facing colours of a Lancer in the 1st Regiment, and he has been mounted on the metal base alongside his saddle. I will be making a wooden base for this soon.
The rear view of the French Lancer:
There is still quite a bit to do yet. Supplied with the kit is a wooden bucket. This needs holes drilling through what are meant to be wooden lugs to lift it up with. Then very fine twisted wire will be made into a handle, painted and secured in the drilled holes to make a ‘rope’ handle.
Also the Lancer’s saddle roll (rolled up greatcoat) needs to be painted and affixed to his saddle. Then he will be finished.
I have two projects in the pipeline and am not sure which of them I will do next. Both projects are in different scales. One will be of around 45 to 50 figures in total (1/32 scale). The other project is a WWII diorama (a complete change for me). But watch this space …