Project "Deluge"

[krugi3]

Hello!

The following conversions I made on the riders:

1. Sharpening of spurs (2x)
2. Bending of legs and arms, some cut off and glued in a different angle
3. Cutting of the sabre from the hand (4x)
4. Creating of a sash with aluminium foil and putty (1x)



5. Creating of animal fur with aluminium foil and putty (6x)
6. Drilling holes in hand for lance (7x)
7. Modification of wings with nails (for model train tracks N-gauge) and a little putty (18x)



8. Making of a sabre hilt (1x)
9. Bringing the lance pennons in shape with water (12x)



10. Lots of putty to make smooth transitions
11. Cutting off a shoulder bag (3x)
12. Cutting off a musket (2x)
13. Cutting off head and glued in a different way (6x)
14. Variations and minor deocrations on helmets with putty (8x)
15. Feather (from the leftover box)) on helmet (1x)
16. Boot for lances out of paper and a little putty (12x)



Finally the hussars are now ready for painting



Greetings from Austria
Thomas

[Iceman1964]

Let's go painting Thomas, I know these dressing are complicated, but I'm sure results will be excellent

[Santi Pérez]

Good progress on your project, Thomas. I will continue to follow it with great interest.

Santi.

[krugi3]

Hello!

Painting of the rider has begun ...

1. Armour: Revell 91 iron as base, then a wash with Vallejo 169 black and finally Vallejo 795 green gold for the edge coverings (bearly not visible on this pic) and Revell 91 iron for other metal parts



2. Coat: Vallejo 146 dark red braun, wash with Vallejo 31 red and highlights with Vallejo 31 red undiluted
3. Trousers: Vallejo 164 dark grey, wash with Vallejo 158 light grey and highlights with vallejo 158 light grey undiluted



4. Belts on Armour: Vallejo 149 chocolate brown, higlights with Vallejo 143 leather brown
5. Eyes: Vallejo 4 offwhite with dots for the eyes in Vallejo 164 dark grey



6. Face: Vallejo 132 brown sand, wash with Vallejo 21 medium flesh and highlights with Vallejo 21 medium flesh undiluted
7. Hair, beard: Vallejo 169 black, highlights with Vallejo 164 dark grey



8. Belts für sabre: Vallejo 169 black, highlights Vallejo 149 chocolate brown
9. Scabbard: Vallejo 169 black, highlights diluted Vallejo 164 dark grey
10. Sabre hilt and metal parts of the scabbard: Base Vallejo 179 gun metal then Vallejo 795 green gold
11. Grip of the hilt: Vallejo 149 chocolate brown, highlights Vallejo 143 lether brown



12. Leopard skin: Base Humbrol 63 beige, wash with Vallejo 141 english uniform and highlights with Vallejo 127 ochre
13. White parts of the skin: Vallejo 4 offwhite, wash with Vallejo 158 light grey and highlights with Vallejo 4 offwhite
14. Pattern of the skin: Vallejo 169 black



More to follow ...

Greetings from Austria
Thomas

[Santi Pérez]

It's a pleasure to see how the painting of that fantastic winged hussar is coming along, Thomas. Keep at it!

Santi.

[krugi3]

Hello!

The final steps of painting the hussar:

15. Shaft of wings: Vallejo 146 redbrown and Vallejo 31 red (base/highlight), Vallejo 115 khaki and Vallejo 16 yellow as well as metal parts Vallejo 179 gun metal and Revell 91 iron



16. Feathers of the wings: Vallejo 159 medium grey, Vallejo 164 dark grey, Vallejo 169 black and Vallejo 152 silver grey (in several layers, partly diluted and final touches directly highlighted)



17. Lance and pennon: Vallejo 146 redbrown and Vallejo 31 red (base/highlight), Vallejo 115 khaki and Vallejo 16 yellow as well as Vallejo 138 light grey and Vallejo 152 silver grey



18. Metal parts of the lance: Vallejo 179 gun metal with a little Vallejo 169 black added and Revell 91 iron as well as Vallejo 795 green gold (nails for fixing the pennon)
19. Gloves: Vallejo 141 englisch uniform, Vallejo 115 khaki (base/highlight)



20. Boots: Vallejo 169 black and Vallejo 149 chocolate brown (base/highlight)
21. Stirrups: Vallejo 179 gun metal with a little Vallejo 169 black and Revell 91 iron
22. Boot for lance, straps for stirrups: Vallejo 149 chocolate brown, Vallejo 34 redbrown (base/highlight)
23. Dirt: Vallejo 115 khaki drybrushed



And here all 15 painted riders (lance pennons still not in the final position):



Before attaching the riders to their horses a little groundwork has to be done ...

Greetings from Austria
Thomas

[Iceman1964]

Wow Thomas, superb painting ! top vote for the leoparf skin, simply perfect
Enrico

[Santi Pérez]

Once finished, those winged hussars look stunning, Thomas. Each one is a masterpiece in itself. Great work!

Santi.

[huib]

Wonderful painting and great additions to these beautiful figures. They are becoming a very colorful and impressive troop.

[krugi3]

Hello!

As already stated some groundwork has to be done. For this I used Noch static grass (first time done with an electric grass applicator by MIG, one to three layers of grass), Faller turf, some iceland moss (base for little bushes), yellow flowers by Woodland scenics. To bring in more variety I drybrushed over all with some colours.



After this treatment the stream looks like this:



Now it's time to put the riders on their horses.

May I present the finished "Jan Zamoyskis Crown Hussar Banner":





I'm very satisfied with the result after all the work I put in the creation so far, it really meets my expectations.

Next step: creating their enemies ...

Greetings from Austria
Thomas

[Santi Pérez]

Those Polish winged hussars look magnificent, as does the landscape, Thomas. I'm sure their enemies will look just as fantastic. In the end, the diorama is undoubtedly going to be a masterpiece.

Santi.

[huib]

Wow! That's a charge!

[MABO]

Great paintjob!

[Iceman1964]

Really impressive Thomas, well done !!!

[Kekso]

This is so cool. Nice work on leopard skin.

[krugi3]

Hello!

Now the work on the opposing troops began. I used the pikemen of the Revell sets Imperial and Swedish Infantry 30 years war.

These are the 28 figures before doing anything:



And this has been done (quite the same procedures as by the cavalry, otherwise stated):

1. Cut off the base (28x)
2. Removing all flash and undercuts (28x)
3. Replacing the lances with scratch built ones (28x) - too short and no point
4. Replacing heads with helmets instead of heads (16x) - pikemen mostly wear helmets
5. Changing position of arms (3x)
6. Cut off most feathers on helmets or hats (23x) - in the field normally not worn
7. Making a flag out of paper (1x)
8, Making a sash out of aluminium foil and a some putty (2x)
9. Adapting the collar with putty (18x)
10. Improve the metal armour with putty (28x)
11. Creating a jacket/coat underneath the metal armour with putty (25x)
12. Additional equipment like ransacks or small bags with putty (18x)
13. Head bandage with putty (1x)

After this alterations and a coat of priming it looks like this:



Greetings from Austria
Thomas

[C M Dodson]

Sorry to have missed this,

Brilliant modelling and superb painting.

Really excellent work of a first class nature.

Best wishes,

Chris

[Santi Pérez]

Those pikemen look fantastic after all the hard work you’ve put into preparing them, as you’ve explained so well, Thomas, and with that even orange or red primer.

The original Revell figures are very good, but I’m sure you’ll take them to the next level once you’ve painted them. I imagine you’ve needed quite a few Revell sets, as the number of figures in each pikemen pose contained in each set is quite small.

Santi.

[krugi3]

... I imagine you’ve needed quite a few Revell sets, as the number of figures in each pikemen pose contained in each set is quite small ...

Only 4 sets were necessary. 1x Imperial and 3x Swedish Infantry gives a total of 28 pikemen.

Greetings from Austria
Thomas

[krugi3]

Hello!

It's painting time!

I decided to give the pikemen the uniform of the Regiment Västra Viborg (now in Russia). Uniforms were introduced in Sweden in 1655 but this was merely for the colour of the coat and the trousers (same or different colour) and a sometimes for the stockings. The information I got are for the Viborg regiment wearing dark blue coat and trousers as well as medium blue stockings. Possibly the coat was lined with red or dark red.

As in the field the uniform parts had to be replaced soon and with whatever was available I made some variations in colouring the pikemen.

As the painting follows the basic style already given in the previous postings I took only one figure to indicate the used colours (all Vallejo as not stated otherwise).

1. Helmet and body armour: Humbrol 53 gun metal as base, 169 black as wash, 179 gun metal for scratches and highlights, AK 776 satin varnish as final coat
2. Buff coat below body armour: 141 english uniform, 115 khaki, 127 ochre as wash
3. Belts of body armour: 149 chocolate brown, 143 leather brown
4. Jacket: 50 prussian blue, 54 dark blue
5. Trouser: 164 dark grey, 58 blue grey
6. Scabbard: 169 black, 149 chocolate brown
7. Scabbard belt: 149 chocolate brown, 143 leather brown
8. Satchel: 149 chocolate brown, 141 english uniform, 115 khaki for the cord
9. Shirt collar: 158 light grey, 152 silver grey
10. Eyes: 152 silver grey, 164 dark grey
11. Face: 132 brown sand, 21 medium flesh
12. Hair, beard: 141 english uniform, 115 khaki
13. Stockings: 146 red brown, 31 red
14. Trousers cords: 50 prussian blue, 54 dark blue
15. Pike (wooden part): 149 chocolate brown, 141 english uniform
16. Shoes. 169 black, 146 chocolate brown
17. Metal parts (Pike, sword, scabbard, buttons): 179 gun metal mixed with 169 black, Revell 91 iron
18. Hilt of sword: 149 chocolate brown, 143 leather brown
19. Gloves: 141 english uniform, 115 khaki
20: Dirt: 115 khaki

After all that the figure looks like this (front and backside):




And the whole pikemen section like this:



The flag can be disputed. As I haven't found any source for it I give it the coat of arms of Viborg (upper and lower triangle), a blue field with the initials of the king (left and right triangle - Carl X. Gustav) and a yellow St. Andrews cross seperating them.

Greetings from Austria
Thomas