iModeler Figures
The art of figure sculpting, modeling and painting.
Sapper, Napoleon's Imperial Guard
Apparently, these guys were under Napoleon's personal control, and "jealously husbanded" by him, according to Adam Zamosky in his book on the Russian campaign -- 1812 -- which I highly recommend.
BTW, the parallels between the [...]
Soviet Infantryman 1939 (Winter War)
I was working on this a while ago; got stuck; and put it away.
Started working on it again recently; got it to a presentable point; and "voila."
Marshal Saint-Cyr
Regarded as Napoleon's finest general in the art of defensive warfare and the equal of the Emperor himself in that area of endeavor. He is mentioned in Joseph Conrad's short story "The Duel" (as well as Ridley Scott's film [...]
Marshal Ney
Ney has to be one of my all time favorite historical figures.
2 stories about him:
Upon their restoration to the throne for good, the Bourbons had him tried for treason (and executed by firing squad, as per the attached painting by [...]
German mercenary, Early XVI C, Italian Wars
I was quite happy with the way the NMM turned out on this very, very nice figure by Stormtrooper Minis. It is satisfying to see progress after what feels figuratively like banging your head against a brick wall.
I forget who it was who [...]
Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski, W_I_P
Another of Napoleon’s Marshals who met a violent end. Poniatowski drowned while conducting a rearguard action in the vicinity of Leipzig in 1813. Very few of Napoleon's Marshals lived to a ripe old age, the pic of the holed cuirasse [...]
Cyclops from the 7th Voyage of Sinbad
I remember seeing the 7th Voyage of Sinbad as a kid and loving the stop frame animation. The skeleton's he animated in a different film were pretty amazing as well. This vinyl model kit came out a couple years ago and sat on my shelf [...]
