Dismounted Scythian Warriors

[Frankzett]

Hello all,
here are some of my pieces I've done last winter. Some know these greens from "Modellfiguren-Online"; they are the "sculpting-generation" before the Swiss infantry.
I make there my first experiences with Green Stuff + Magic Sculpt - the yellow is Tamiya Epoxi Putty - but primary I try to make body motion studies in 1:72 to see what's possible for me. So I think it'll be not so easy to make moulds, but before the figures need some revision for mouldmaking........of course.

I sculpted the weapons (shields, javelins, swords and quivers) separate, to have - if they ever made in tin - alternatives by adding different weapons in different positions; and I didn't sculpt the arrows.

The figures are dismounted Scythian warriors and they will work with the Scythian riders from Zvezda - but they are more slim than the Zvezda ones. And there are a few more figures of this subject in the pipeline....





Greetings
Frank

[GEM]

they look lovely.

[Alex]

Very good! The poses are very lively, the proportions of correct figures and theme - very, very interesting to many collectors! Very much like the larger photos!

[Paul]

Ah! the Der Kampf bis auf's Messer and the Es war einmal in der Steppe. Great figures mate.

[Dad's Army]

The last ones are suberb, these poses are so real!
Good stuff

[Phalanx]

Great stuff

[Phersu]

Great figures!
Very good details and proportions,
I particulary like the dynamic fighting figures!

I think it'll be not so easy to make moulds, but before the figures need some revision for mouldmaking........of course.

I sculpted the weapons (shields, javelins, swords and quivers) separate, to have - if they ever made in tin - alternatives by adding different weapons in different positions; and I didn't sculpt the arrows.

Moldmaking is often not so easy.
Anyway these figures don't seem very difficult, sure not impossible if you cast them with separate weapons.
As long as I can see there aren't deep cavities or parts protruding in wrong directions, the features seem all more or less compatible to the plan of the figures and moldmaking.

[Cor V.]

Brilliant.

[monty]

nice hats love the sculpting

[Frankzett]

Thank's for the compliments. Yes the pictures are ugly, I've done it by scanning - a very rough method.

I've a few projects in the pipeline but we'll see what's happening with this Scythians. First I'll build up my Burgundian Wars range, then the Scythians (some people may know what I mean). But let's see the separate sculpted goritoi (quivers), sagaris (axes) and some akinakai (swords). They are scanned again - and I see again, it isn'the best method.....
With the quivers I try to sculp some steppe-ornaments with fighting griffins, deers and capricorns - I hope You recognize the contorted bodies.

Alex I know It would be one of the topics of your country's history. We'll see when they came in production .



Greetings
Frank

[Alex]

Frankzett-
I even took part in archaeological excavations, when he was a student. On this subject a lot of information, but if you need something special - I find this information for you

[Dunc0127]

Hi Frank

The sculpting is fanstastic - esp the dio figures...so life like - excellent work dear fellow...excellent

[je_touche]

Frankzett-
I even took part in archaeological excavations, when he was a student. On this subject a lot of information, but if you need something special - I find this information for you

Frank is a professional archeologist himself. So when he is not making little men he is wearing a slouch hat and wielding a bullwhip.

[Frankzett]

O.k. o.k. je_tuoche
But only without a bullwhip. And at the time out of order.

[poky]

lovely details the hand to hand poses turned out really well

[Tantallon2]

I like these!

Did you say they will be metal figures? When will they be available to buy?

[Frankzett]

Thank's for the compliment again,
yeah, I like the fighting poses too. So I think it's interesting, especially for building dioramas, to create such skirmish-scenes, which are so typical for the prehistoric periode, with interacting figures . Here we need no different "ethno-styles" of warriors, no uniformity - they can bash each other in their coloured clothing .

@ Tantallon
when I come out of the costs with my previous figure sets i will lay up the next. But at the time i build up the Burgundian Wars range and it is necessary to revise the Scythian figures for mouldmaking.
So it depends on the inquiry when a new set is available to buy.
But I'll come back to prehistoric/ancient topics, sure.

@...and we'll see Alex, I don't speak Russian; so for example: Are there some groups of "Scythian living history" in Russia or the Ukraine? Reenactment photos are not bad to see the clothing in action. Such stuff would be stimulating for sculpting more in my Scythian range........

Greetings
Frank

[Frankzett]

After a long time I sculpted the Scythians ready for making moulds. I made some rework with them; cutting the shieldarms for various shields, bore the right arms for alternative weapons.
The first group of five dismounted warriors:



For the fotos I fix the shields and weapons tith tape



And the second group with an other shield grip; fighting and grappling warriors:



with their weapons


And I do some horse men:
The first, a warrior in ambush:




A scythian armored warrior laying down with his wounded horse:



A wounded armored warrior falling from his stumbling horse:



Greetings
Frank

[Tantallon2]

Wow! These look great. When will they be available to buy?

[k.b.]

Absolutely brilliant Frank! These lads are going to look out of this world when painted! When, where and how can I buy some?
Surely the hardest thing for sculptors is to make two or more figures realistically interact in a fighting mode! You have carried it off in style!!! (As indeed can Alex and Massimo and quite a few others on this site)!