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English forums => Contributions - Customs => Topic started by: EsDoc on June 05, 2005, 11:44:05 AM
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Hello,
just completed this figure and it finally dried good enough to take some pics.
So here he is his majesty Kaiser Wilhelm II. :)
EsDoc
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That's realy a great old fritz!
Stéphane
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MAGNIFICENT !!!
Brilliant, superb, fantastic !!!
¡Magnífico, fantástico, increíble, sorprendiendo!
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With your permission ... I would like to feature this beautiful figure on the Garden Wargaming home page ...
Thanks for a very special treat, EsDoc!
All the best,
Richard
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That's realy a great old fritz!
Stéphane
x2 (though the old Fritz was some1 else)
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Wow! This is the most exciting figure I`ve seen for a long time;it`s also the best figure I`ve seen for a long time. Bravo EsDoc!:!:
Please tell us about the eagle crest on the helmet and the badge. Did you make them.?
The epaulettes are interesting, a breakaway from the usual EsDoc style :o Is this a modified playmo part?
The funny thing is, the cuffs interest me the most. What can the lace be made of. Is it paper? I also like the modified boots and, of course, that mustache!!
I think Richard`s been waiting a long time to see a figure of this quality in that era. :D :D
David
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Thanks a lot David :)
The eagle crest is made of a tiny metal figure I originally made for the regimental eagles of my french army. I made a mould for these eagles of silicone rubber.
The badge is made of milliput and shaped with a scalpel. This part was actually among the easyier parts of the figure. The hardest part was not to ruin the shiny armour while modelling on the collar/epaulettes with milliput ;)
The epaulettes are indeed somewhat different from my usual style (funny how often my customs are identyfied through their epaulettes ;) ).
You're right they are modified playmo epaulettes. I think they look better for this particular figure then my usual ones (I'll post the photo after which I modeled the Kaiser one ot these days).
LOL the cuffs: These were actually inspired by your cuffs for the 18th century grenadiers. They are made from milliput with a small stripe of paper underneath, so the hands can still be moved. The lace is made out of paper (looks much better this way then the painted lace I tried on him earlier).
I'll do another figure from that era soon. As I still have some of the Pickelhaube-stlye helmets (without tip) in stock, I just cannot decide whether to do a Uhlan or an Infantryman ;)
EsDoc
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Splendid!!
I've no world to says my approbation.
I love it.
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I just cannot decide whether to do a Uhlan or an Infantryman ;)
EsDoc
Please do a Uhlan !!!
And, when you have completely depleted your stock of pickelhaube-style helmets, please let me know.
I may be able to help you ... ;)
All the best,
Richard
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I am still shocked. I agree David, that is one of the best figures I have ever seen
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With your permission ... I would like to feature this beautiful figure on the Garden Wargaming home page ...
Hi Richard,
I'd be honored to be featured on your Garden Wargaming Homepage with this figure :)
EsDoc
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EsDoc, there's not much else to say. I agree with David and Yoyei - simply the best single conversion I have ever seen of a klicky. C'est magnifique! Thank you for sharing it with us.
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Thanks for the info Esdoc.lots of interesting innovations.
Looks like I`ll be copying your cuffs from now on. :wink:
David
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With your permission ... I would like to feature this beautiful figure on the Garden Wargaming home page ...
Hi Richard,
I'd be honored to be featured on your Garden Wargaming Homepage with this figure :)
EsDoc
I am the one who is honored, EsDoc!
I am honored to be able to feature the fantastic and beautiful work that you, David, Sylvia, Andi and the other wonderfully talented members of our forum create ...
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All the best my friend,
Richard
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:shock: :shock: :shock: Wow, I have missed this page too much time!!! Congrats, a really great work
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....epaulettes.....breakaway from the usual EsDoc style
.....cuffs interest me the most...What can the lace be made of...
.....I also like the modified boots...
David
Hello Doc!
I haven't seen any of your new 'displays' unless i have been missing your threads :D ...what can i say, again.....its fantastic! thats another custom pic to save!
i have commented(although i might not be qualified to do so on my Guru's work :) )
on your epaulettes before, if you recall, now I'll have problems wondering which of those photos i save for my retirement belongs to you and which to David, if i dont label them :D :D
and like David(who already makes cuffs that i envy)...i think your cuffs stand out....just astonishing! and your boots(or whatever we can see!)
when i set out to be "historically accurate" with my klikies, i wasnt aware of the exisitence of you experts!
...or i wouldnt have dared use that statement :D
...i should change it someday..when forced to :D :D
i look forward to seeing ANY custom you come up with!
cheers!
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... i wasnt aware of the exisitence of you experts!
i look forward to seeing ANY custom you come up with!
If you have not yet visited the Galleries of these two "experts," click on the fotos below to see more of their beautiful work ...
(https://gardenwargaming.com/gallery/mathias/images/Olkig.jpg) (https://gardenwargaming.com/gallery/mathias/mathias.html)
(https://gardenwargaming.com/armies/dhamer/images/frog2.jpg) (https://gardenwargaming.com/armies/dhamer/dhamer.html)
All the best,
Richard
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this husar is awesome, though I browsed ur page very long I didnt see that.
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this husar is awesome, though I browsed ur page very long I didnt see that.
thanks Richard!
i have seen many of EsDoc's work (and have had much guidance from him)...but i did miss some..and like GaiusIulius...i only saw 15 pics and not that husar, we'll wait for your correct link :)
i said "... i wasnt aware of the exisitence of you experts....(when i first signed up)" dangerous to truncate someones statement...i do that sometimes too :D
see you around!
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... i only saw 15 pics and not that husar, we'll wait for your correct link ...
Hello, Cheng ...
Click on the foto above of David's hussar and then scroll down to "March-April-May 2004 Figure of the Quarter" for the "correct link" to all the other fotos of David's hussar.
Sorry about the "truncating" ... ;)
All the best,
Richard
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No gentlemen he`s not a hussar, but a Chasseurs a Cheval. Here is a hussar! ( I agree the uniforms do seem similar). :D
David
I made this one years ago. :wink:
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No gentlemen he`s not a hussar, but a Chasseurs a Cheval. :wink:
Ooops ... I stand corrected ... :oops:
Your "Hussar" is also beautifully done, David ...
All the best,
Richard
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Your Kaiser conversion is superb, EsDoc. 8)
I love all the extra details you have added to create his uniform. Beautiful work! :)
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I didn't konw this last hussard. It's realy great like your "Chasseur à cheval de la garde".
Stéphane
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Ausgephaltz! Wunderschönn! Ach Kaiser Whilelm...... J'adore, ich liebe, I love it!
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Thanks a lot for the kind words on his 'majesty's new clothes' :wink: krystal and Foulques :D
The hussar done by David is splendid. As a french-soldier-builder I should know, but I cannot remember so please David: Which hussar regiment does this colonel command?
I wish I could do leopard skin shabraques as good as you can :(
EsDoc
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First EsDoc, sorry for posting the hussar in your thread. I don`t know what I was thinking.
He is `Colonel de Hussars de 6éme Régiment 1809.` I got that from the Metal Modeles catalogue which I used for reference. :-)
I can`t tell you exactly how I painted the leopard`s spots, but it`s basically an irregular circle of very dark brown, sometimes with a lighter spot near the middle. The edges of the skin are pale getting darker further from the edge. I used artists acrilic for this because there is such a large range of colours.
David
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First EsDoc, sorry for posting the hussar in your thread. I don`t know what I was thinking.
Actually, David, it was my fault ... Not yours! ... :(
I responded to this post from Cheng
... i wasnt aware of the exisitence of you experts!
i look forward to seeing ANY custom you come up with!
So ... I directed him to the Garden Wargaming (http://www.gardenwargaming.com) site to see more of EsDoc's (https://gardenwargaming.com/gallery/mathias/mathias.html) beautiful conversions ... as well as yours, David (http://www.gardenwargaming.com/armies/dhamer/dhamer.html) ...
Sorry ... :(
All the best,
Richard
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First EsDoc, sorry for posting the hussar in your thread. I don`t know what I was thinking.
Actually, David, it was my fault ... Not yours! ... :(
Sorry ... :(
No worries Richard :)
I'm not at all mad for this mild form of thread-jacking :wink:
Besides this gave me the more than welcome upportunity to see the hussar colonel and the chasseur à cheval again :D
Thanks for your description on the shabraque David :)
EsDoc
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I'm not at all mad for this mild form of thread-jacking :wink:
EsDoc
well said gentlemen!
...for a moment i thought i was going to be in the eye of a storm...and the cause of it :D
and EsDoc...i always thought you were our Kaiser(of PM customising :D )
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If we've got the Kaiser how about George V in Admiral's uniform to go with him?
It is a wondeful figure.
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If we've got the Kaiser how about George V in Admiral's uniform to go with him?
It is a wondeful figure.
Thanks Dan.
George V. isn't a bad idea. I might do that someday. Although I probably should do the Kaiser's wife Auguste Victoria first for him to go with ;)
To be serious: These days I'm doing a german uhlan from the same era (haven't decided which regiment yet), but George V. is definately an option. I developed some interest in doing historical charaters lately :)
EsDoc
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wow! stunning work EsDoc 8)
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magnificent work
very beautifull
I'm impressed
keep up the good work :)
greetings
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Brilliant, superb, fantastic !!! :shock: :shock: