Wednesday 31 December 2014

Waterloo dioramas

If you search the net there as a lot talented people making Waterloo dioramas.

The oldest dioramas are the two Siborne models. I prefer the smaller one with the 1 inch figures at Leeds Royal Armoury.

The Green Jacket museum model is currently being refurbished and will be well worth a view on its return:

http://www.hand-painted-soldiers.com/contents/en-us/d326_Waterloo_Miniature_2010.html

I saw this one at Celle in 2003 in Germany:

http://www.norbert-weise.de/ncwg-celle-2003.htm

Hans Slaager's is very evocative:

http://www.historyinminiature.nl/index.php?pn=album_detail&album_idnr=5

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JjRbqkBS-dk

Andreas Hoffman and friends excel with their huge Waterloo.

This one from Fuhrmann figures is again from Germany:

http://www.fuhrmann-figuren.de/sammlervorstellung/arndt-wolfram/arndt-wolfram-waterloo-1815-s2.htm

http://historyin172.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/waterloo-3rd-part.html?m=1

History in 1/72 is particularly good at attracting high quality dioramas

http://historyin172.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/waterloo-2nd-part.html?m=1

Thomas Mischak's model is really impressive. Check it out here at Benno's forum:

http://bennosfiguresforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=79
waterloo-this-time-from-thomas-mischak.html?m=1

And his Papelotte:

http://www.hat.com/Othr8/Mischak42P.html

Rene Betgum's model is excellent but hasn't changed much recently:

http://www.hand-painted-soldiers.com/contents/en-us/d326_Waterloo_Miniature_2010.html

Chris Dodson's photography skills and powers of composition are exceptional.

I like to mix old and new 20mm figures. It's a shame Lazylimey has stopped updating his blog and also the Hinton Hunter, with his other excellent blogs the Old Metal Detector and the Lone S Ranger. I love Prometheus in Aspic's Les Higgins army, interspersed with other compatible figures of various types.





























Monday 29 December 2014

More Line Lancers

This time some Esci conversions and Hat.





Line Lancers

Hinton Hunt, with a Kennington officer and trumpeter, and a Lamming Eagle Bearer.