Sunday 18 March 2018

A Different Drum

Fans of Stryker's brilliant blog will recognise this chappie. I suppose it was only a matter of time before we ended up working on the same figure simultaneously. I guess all I can say is: "Snap!"



He is the advance guard of a new French infantry regiment. I'm under a lot of work stress at the moment, and it's the only cure. The other reason I've started this regiment is that it's high time I did something about the fact that my vintage French army has hardly h'any Hinton Hunts h'innit.

We'll see how I do. I'm off on my travels again in less than a month.

Best regards,

WM

28 comments :

  1. Stunning colors and great job on this drummer!

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    1. Cheers Phil. I saw an illustration and just couldn't resist.

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    2. Nice paint job , great detail on the drum .

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    3. It's one of the reasons I love the 1807-12 era for the French, Tony - the Colonels went wild on the drums and drummers!

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    1. Thank you, Jacko. I must call in the next time I'm on the Mainland.

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  3. He is a very smart fellow. I find yellow one if the harder colours to get right. Yours looks spot on.

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    1. It's definitely one of the trickier ones, Mark, particularly when using Humbols. The trick is just to keep layering it on....

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  4. Snap indeed although yours looks much more snappy than mine! Any ideas on the source of the figure?

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    1. It'll be a fine day when I catch match your Marines, Ian - or indeed any of a dozen of your other regiments.

      This particular example is a recast of what I assumed was a modern conversion - until I saw yours, that is. More likely to be a Clayton the anything else, I'd say. He's definitely not a DK. I've got one of those drumming for the Swiss and he's nothing like this one.

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    2. A yellow Frenchman, are you trying to say something? More seriously I noticed that you've put a black line shadow along his right arm where it's moulded onto the body, not something you usually do. Was that because your darker / shadow yellow tone isn't quite dark enough for the depth of shadow required?

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    3. Yes Rob. He got a wash of Humbrol brown which didn't quite do the business, so he got a black line. It looks terrible but I couldn't think of an alternative.

      I'm occasionally tempted to do an entire regiment in yellow but using the stuff usually brings me back to my senses.

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    4. A yellow unit - what could that be? Spanish Dragoons are all that spring to mind...

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    5. Le bataillon du prince de Neuchâtel - aka "the Canaries" - was what I had in mind. The "Prince" was none other than Marshal Berthier, although he never bothered visiting the place, apparently. This didn't stop him decking out his staff in yellow though.

      Marcus Hinton never made a Berthier, so creating him might be an interesting project. The Neuchâtels had lovely looking gunner too.....aaaaaarrrrrghhhh!!!!!!

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  5. He's brilliant. I guess everybody else will recognise his regiment instantly but I'm from Vienna, so.....? The magical Mr Cunningham has on his list a French pre 1812 line drummer. I'm awaiting one. Perhaps this could be he?

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    1. He is indeed, Archduke . Stupidly I asked for only one of them.

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  6. Ah, Le 67me, peut-etre?

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  7. Yes, stunning is the first word that came to my mind too.

    Best REgards,

    Stokes

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    1. After all those doomy Prussians I needed a little ray of sunshine, Stokes.
      Regards to thee also.

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  8. Very nice indeed...
    I have always fancied putting together the band of the French 17th light Infantry ...
    I am not sure what they would do tactically... possibly just distracting the enemy while I come up with a cunning plan... :-)

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Having just seen a representation of them at https://www.soldats-de-plomb.com/1566-musique-des-chasseurs-du-17e-rgt-infanterie, I can see why Aly!

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  9. He looks suitably flamboyant and vvvvery French!

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    1. I'm thinking of calling him Jean d'Arc, Matt - or Jaune d'Arc, perhaps?

      Wait till you see his mates. They're all proper vintage Hinton Hunts and absolutely beautiful figures.

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  10. Superbe!
    Jaune d'Arc, very droll Matthew!!

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    1. Merci, Jim. Groans and rotten tomatoes are all I ever get from the kids.

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  11. Another smashing figure. Well done!

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    1. Thank you CN, and welcome back to the blog.

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