Here the painted new set in few days available for purchase
Blog posts : "modellfiguren"
Napoleonic Couple
Just for fun this officer of the Chasseurs a Cheval and his darling. I'm thinking to cast it as limited edition.
Napoleon crossing the Alps by David
All the first months of the year used for hand finishing the first products in resin, a very frustrating and boring job.... So i thought of reproducing the famous Jaques Louis David painting of the Alps Crossing, he made 5 different versions between 1801 and 1805. I will made a Limited Edition of it.
French Line Lancers Painted tests
Finally I can present the painted test of the French Line Lancers FC-003 and FC-004 command and team; they come with interchangeable and spare arms and saddles, here are depicted as 1 regiment. the Officer is the first miniature and horse i ever did, and it shows it, so i'm doubting to substitute the horse....
Hat Austrian Grenadiers
Waiting from my first sets to come, i got back in time when i was only painting, and i enjoyed this time. Now something about this set: it is definitively not the HAT standard. I believe is made for fast painters, probably very easy with black priming, but not very fancy for detail painters, the undercuts fillings are really taking away a lot of details, like in the shoulders where the greatcoat is, and the flesh very difficult to take away so i gave up and painted them with it on.
I think i did my best and after all the effect is no too bad, Hat forgiven though .......
French Line Lancers Command & Team
Here the two sets of the French Line Lancers, they will be produced in resin and in metal, will follow other sets with mounting an dismounting and dismounted, you can see my first own casts in the images
This is one of my first work, which I started from conversions , so i had completely re-done most of the pieces, in particular the horses, so now every piece is original.
French Line Lancers Command : 3 mounted miniatures, 2 spare arms, 2 interchangeable saddlecloths.
French Line Lancers Team : 4 mounted figures, 5 interchangeable arms.
soon available for purchase
Neapolitan Mounted Generals
Here the painted test shots of the Neapolitan mounted Generals, soon available for sale; the horses are sculpted with interchangeable saddle clothes so it is possible to add many variations of the uniforms, these miniatures are also suitable for other armies uniforms.
Austrian Cavalry Artillery Pack Horses
Finally the painted test shots of this great set : it will be ready for sale within Christmas , two pack horses, one without the pack cover (as separate piece) for let the collectors enjoy to paint the ammunition bags. Complete the set a mounted Fuhrweser , and an artilleryman opening the ammunition pack.
Horses Horses Horses.....
Just keeping trained in my favorite work:
i'm now doing some horses for a preparation work,
i will cast some copies and transform them in different
units, as artillery, hungarian saddles etc...
I'm doing the different movements, standing, walking,
trotting, cantering, galloping , and falling;
i will produce spare horses sets .
Saxon Officers 1806
I'm working to complete the set of this Saxon officers, there are now three , a general, an infantry officer and the last hussar officer; here the last one . I will add a n other one or two cavalry officers and two foot infantry officers .
Some new French Line Horse Artillerymen 1800
Here 3 new figures of the French Horse Artillery of the line 1800, i want to do 2 sets of seven servants each , firing and loading, and a set of mounted ones, plus some specials. here from the loading team: the N.1 loader ,the N.3 vent servant and the n.6 ammunition support.
One Offs painted
As a start for the new year , I finally finished two "one off "pieces i started las year, two Austrian Hussars of the 3rd Rgt.; a small scene of rest during the campaign. All the pieces are concept and sculpted by me, and the painting too. The Captain has a Lipizzan horse, and the private an Halflinger, two austrian breed; I've added to the scene two magnificent pieces from Andreas Hofmann which I'm finally attending to.
Colonel of the french Carabiniers with cape
Testing heavy cavalry horses, i decided to make an other one-off to test some draping and metal paint. here the WIP.
Austrian Hussars Casualties
Here a new project for Franznap Miniatures, I have some good ideas i i want to realize, as a small series in resin.
More veliti and horses different poses
Finally after 1 year preparation and concept i have developed a system to produce easily horses masters in different poses, and it works!!!! I'm happy to show you here the first tests. I hope there it will become soon a production of spare horses in the main poses, to add variety and avoid to use some very low quality ones.
The Veliti della Guardia are still on the workbench, making muskets and backpacks.... see the progress
Veliti della Guardia
Here the first shots of the Veliti della Guardia, which can also converted as Granatieri della Guardia; I'm here trying standing figures poses and proportions which i must say i'm still not very good at ; I want to make 8/10 figures "at ease" and may be later trying more action ones.
and a new standing pose Paul Yves Bernard de Lavauguyon ADC of king Murat
More Neapolitans
Two more from the test mold : in Yellow an officer of Ussari della Guardia, with the white horse an ADC of the King.
the first one can be painted also as Guide and as late guard Hussar.
Franznap Lancers 2nd serie
Finally ready painted the test shot of the French Lancers; took me several months to finish but I'm glad to show you the possibilities of conversions due to separate arms and spare heads.
the mounting and dismounting lancers are quite useful and with a head change could be used as other units.