Sharpe's Loup and Captain Frederickson, Major Sharpe (modded), Sergeant Harper mods (done for now) WIP

I'm glad you are expanding coverage to more members of the squad. And enjoy seeing them put together. How you manage to bring so many disparate parts into such a close recreation is always beautiful to see.

BAMComix wrote:very cool, and really nice work!

GubernatorFan wrote:I'm glad you are expanding coverage to more members of the squad. And enjoy seeing them put together. How you manage to bring so many disparate parts into such a close recreation is always beautiful to see.

Thank you very much guys! I've just ordered more parts, got the last 95th Rifles uniform in stock, some sword belts, ammunition pouches (more for the badges to be used on Fredrickson's epaulets) and of course some rifles (not muskets!).

Made fancy epaulets but need badges. sorted out hands and recoloured face after using some Sculpey which I cured with a lighter hence the soot (a bit risky but worked). Modified neck and collar. Two sets of uniforms arrived.







































































Needs all his leather stuff made plus whistle, chain etc..

Very nice work on your new project! It's always a pleasure to see the progress.

Looks really good already. What is it with this show and one-eyed guys? By the way, there is air-drying sculpey. I've also used the Vallejo liquid plastic, with limited success.

Looking good so far. That head sculpt work is excellent.

Great progress on the sculpting adjustments and uniform construction. I recall these characters showing more real-world ailments and scars etc compared to usual tv glorified fare, so some interesting details to consider!

Randam Hajile wrote:Very nice work on your new project! It's always a pleasure to see the progress.  

Thank you very much Randam!

GubernatorFan wrote:Looks really good already. What is it with this show and one-eyed guys? By the way, there is air-drying sculpey. I've also used the Vallejo liquid plastic, with limited success.

I guess it was a common enough injury due to splinters from explosions, lots of wood around being hit by cannon and musket balls; they could still serve with one eye it seems. Yes I should get some of that air drying Sculpey, good idea, the Vallejo is crap, used to use it, more like Tipex/White Out! Showing my age there lol.

Stryker2012 wrote:Looking good so far. That head sculpt work is excellent.

Thanks! It seems cutting out the 'skin' then filling it back in is the best way to do more natural looking scars rather than just adding or removing material, or more basic paint only.

Tanzenwolfe wrote:Great progress on the sculpting adjustments and uniform construction. I recall these characters showing more real-world ailments and scars etc compared to usual tv glorified fare, so some interesting details to consider!

Yeah, they were all pretty banged up on both sides, some of the stunt work is appalling and the acting can be a bit cringeworthy at times compared to modern expectations but they definitely got all the visuals perfect like the uniforms, hairstyles, weapons and drills as far as I can tell.

You know, it did remind me of whiteout! I guess I'm showing my age too.

Oh wow, I'm all caught up now. Great work and very inspiring as usual!  
Those details on pants and cloak and... and the modifications on the heads... And the sword hilt! Of course you couldn't just leave it as is.  But so worth it!

GubernatorFan wrote:You know, it did remind me of whiteout! I guess I'm showing my age too.

Do you remember the blue bottles of thinner we had to have with it? Made a damn mess lol.

Diana wrote:Oh wow, I'm all caught up now. Great work and very inspiring as usual!  
Those details on pants and cloak and... and the modifications on the heads... And the sword hilt! Of course you couldn't just leave it as is.  But so worth it!

Cheers Diana!

Just detail stuff now, mostly for the officers' chain and whistle set up, I don't have enough matching chains for Fredrickson's rather fancy set up so 1 will have to do for now. Got his sword belt with 'S' buckle (for sword?) and scabbard suspension harness, also got more belts, rifles, uniform, pouches in the post today. Removed the leather from the first pair of trousers as that is for officers only since they would have horses under normal conditions, got another two pairs to do.









SQUASHED AND HAD A HOLE DRIVEN THROUGH WITH A CENTRE PUNCH TO ATTACH THE WHISTLES' CHAIN.









WHISTLES?

No, I don't remember the thinner much, to be honest. But I can see why it would have been advisable.
What you did to get that chain hang right is yet another testimony to your ingenuity and commitment to your art.

Man, I wish I had your skills for this type of work. ingenious stuff, Alex.

The details are my favourite parts of any project, awesome work!

Incredible attention to detail!

GubernatorFan wrote:No, I don't remember the thinner much, to be honest. But I can see why it would have been advisable.
What you did to get that chain hang right is yet another testimony to your ingenuity and commitment to your art.

Stryker2012 wrote:Man, I wish I had your skills for this type of work. ingenious stuff, Alex.

skywalkersaga wrote:The details are my favourite parts of any project, awesome work!

BAMComix wrote:Incredible attention to detail!

Thanks guys! I'm sure you can all do the same level of work it just takes the luxury of time.

Talking about detail, I wasn't happy with the undersized epaulets or pauldrons since they are mail to defend against sabre strikes and in relation to something that happened in India that I can't for the life of me remember.... I also made his whistle, crossguard strap etc.. basically he's finished. Got some pics with him and the others, a finished Loup, Sergeant Harper who needs more work and Major Sharpe who may need some upgrading. More pics of Loup on horseback to come, but I also want him facing off with Sharpe like in the episode, down in the dungeons so need to take pics with their accessories off.

That’s brilliant. I never would have thought about using something like that for the epaulette. So cool.

Stryker2012 wrote:That’s brilliant. I never would have thought about using something like that for the epaulette. So cool.

Funnily enough they came of a retired gas combi boiler my neighbour just gave me to strip for bits! lol.

They look amazing, even more so together! Very impressive. Nice display!

Diana wrote:They look amazing, even more so together! Very impressive. Nice display!

Thank you Diana! Is my other thread not working properly? It's of all the completed figures, Loup fighting Sharpe etc.. and horse pics etc..
https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t7377-2nd-sharpe-thread-finished-custom-brigadier-general-loup-with-horse-captain-william-fredrickson-major-sharpe-and-sergeant-harper-who-needs-more-work

It's great to see them completed and together. Each custom brings its own challenges, but I'm glad to see you triumph over another... or two... or three...
And thanks for introducing me to this show. I watched most of it, and plan on finishing up when I am less busy.

GubernatorFan wrote:It's great to see them completed and together. Each custom brings its own challenges, but I'm glad to see you triumph over another... or two... or three...
And thanks for introducing me to this show. I watched most of it, and plan on finishing up when I am less busy.

Glad you're enjoying it! I've done as much as I want to for Sergeant Harper now (needs more skin tone work, no idea what to do about his hair, do they make black cotton wool? Can't dye the stuff, tried before) and the gear needs to be shared with other characters in future builds. Basically gave him his trademark open coat by moving and regluing buttons (made of very heavy diecast, dumb decision IMO) that keep falling off anyway! His sash with black stripe and his red coloured stripes, his black scarf oh and new hands as the others were green and falling to bits! Taking a break from Napoleonic for now, might go back to Dwarves...

Reference pics that I could upload so not much!









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Black band on soft cap not green













He'll do for now:

Done some upgrades on Major Sharpe too, silicone oiled his duster coat/oil slicker, reglued some buttons but most importantly redid his skin tones on his face and hands oh and found a nice pose for displaying him!

Reference pics





Figure obviously...

Very cool. Love the new jacket for Sharpe. And yes, you should be able to find some black curly wool to add to Harper.

I don't think Harper needs upgrading the hair too badly, but if you can swing it (have you a spare head?), by all means it would be cool to see. Sharpe looks great.

Stryker2012 wrote:Very cool. Love the new jacket for Sharpe. And yes, you should be able to find some black curly wool to add to Harper.

Thanks and I hope so! Why do all the characters' necks look too short in these damn uniforms?  Oh well sod it... can't be bothered to change all the collars right now

GubernatorFan wrote:I don't think Harper needs upgrading the hair too badly, but if you can swing it (have you a spare head?), by all means it would be cool to see. Sharpe looks great.

Cheers GTF! Yeah I'm not going for 'hyper realism/accuracy' on this lot, just improving them a bit, they have to fit in with all my other old DID stuff.