This is the target uniform
I made a body out of an old zombie body and added some milliput to give baggy trousers and straps
Cast 20 of them - I had 220g of swarf collected
Added a Mahdist head and ACW arms and musket from Perry Plastics
Modeled the tall woolly hat
Painted them up with a standard bearer and an Old Glory Persian officer'
Really very pleased with them. I purchased some Old Glory camel gunners. These come with matchlocks so I replaced the matchlocks with 1/2lb culverins for 3 of the 6. I also changed the hats
Camel gunners
These mixed with irregular Afghans will give a pretty good Persian army
I've had a few figures lying around that I've been painting up with left over paint
Hasslefree Boudi figures. These are great sculpts
Sub-Roman Brits from Crusader
British Zulu war figs with mealie bag and bucket
Copplestone Detective
Northstar Greek
Slave market
Overall 34 foot and 6 mtd figures (230pts) plus what ever bonus is awarded for casting my own figures my lovely minion deems fit to award
MilesR: Hand cast? Hand casted figure - oh good lord that takes the cake. I stand in utter amazement at your industriousness. As for bonus points, I'll need to confer with the snow lord but have awarded 10 points as a placeholder for sheer audacity. You get the the homemade points bomb award this year!
and people say I am mad... Nice work Martin, always good to have something in the collection no one else does!
ReplyDeleteCheers. Should try silicon moulds next
DeleteKudos for handcrafting those Persians: very good!
ReplyDeleteThanks
DeleteWOW... and I thought I was bad with home made terrain.
ReplyDeleteVery Impressive.
Ta, well done on the super bowl and more importantly the upcoming happy event. Now that will be a home made figure
DeleteReally interesting unit, always admire a spot of DIY.
ReplyDeleteCheers
DeleteFantastic work Martin - great conversions for the Persians :)
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DeleteLove the Persians Martin, I think you deserve more than 10 bonus points!
ReplyDeleteMe to. Hoping for 100s of bonus points☺
DeleteHand casted?? Holy sh*t - Martin, I bow to your mad hobby skillz...well done sir!
ReplyDeleteThanks, been trying to get it right for a while now. Will make some more soon
DeleteTerrific work on these - handmade, no less!
ReplyDeleteCheers mate
DeleteWhat an eclectic post! Wonderful work on the Persians, Martin. I would have had no idea that the core of that figure was a zombie figure! Amazing. This is turning out to be a very unique Napoleonic force. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteCheers, need cast some artillery men next to go with the camels
DeleteHome casting! Seriously old school Martin. Great end results on those Persians.
ReplyDeleteI can recommend it, it's very rewarding
DeleteWell, I'd say casting your own miniatures really shows dedication. Well done on all of them.
ReplyDeleteThanks
DeleteHard to add to what others have said but happy to echo the praise, great work and the results are so very good
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Thanks, I really enjoyed doing them. I'm no sculptor but it was fairly easy
DeleteReally neat work on creating your own figures. Well done.
ReplyDeletethank you
DeleteHand cast figures! And the Hasslefrees are lovely as well.
ReplyDeleteThe Hasslefree figs are great sculpts, a joy to paint, cheers
DeleteA zombie becomes the start of a whole unit - brilliant! Excellent use of spare plastics to save yourself casting them too. The extras figures are a nice change I'll bet, they've come out a treat.
ReplyDeleteCheers, the trick with a body and legs pose is that it has to be fairly simple to mould in the plaster. Tricky poses don't work. This one was perfect
DeleteGreat looking persians nice use of bits.
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Blimey. Bravo. Huzzah with highly polished brass knobs!
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