Thursday, July 12, 2012

28mm Wargames Foundry The Charging Chasseur a Cheval Conversion


Hello Folks,

Something Jen and I cooked up over the weekend.  This time it is the famous "Charging Chassuer" painting by Theodore Gericault.  I start out with the classic Wargame Foundry version and tweak a little.  Since Wargame Foundry is 25mm, I decide to made the horse larger to match the Perry's Miniature so they look a little better sitting next to each other.

There are few things I want to accomplish on this figure, here are my train of thoughts:
1. To match the painting as close as possible.
2. at the same time to preserve the style of orginial miniature.
3. Match the size of Perry's Figure in 28mm

It was difficult for me and now I have even more respect for the sculptors.  I had to made some compromises but at the same time trying to keep the spirit of the painting.

I hope you enjoy.  I will probably paint it in the coming month.

 Primed version.

 Conversion with kneadatite.


Size comparison on before and after, the right models are from Perry Miniature.

The original version.


Here are more pictures from different angles:

 Fatten the horse stomach to match the size of Perry Miniatures and add correct anatomy.

 Added horseshoes and reshape hooves.


 Reposition the tassle on the hat and add horse rein.


The opposite angle where widen and enlongate the horse's buttock and neck.

VS

8 comments:

  1. Lovely! I always found that painting strange, since I felt the rider had too much weight shifted to his rear. (Meaning that he would the next moment find himself unceremoniously thrown from the saddle.) your conversion does not look that way, so I am really looking forward to seeing him painted!

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  2. Very nice, I'm sure Gericault would have appreciated!

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  3. Fantastic what you're doing here. Resizing to let it match with your othe figures. I put my hat of!

    Looking forward to see it painted!

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.be/

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  4. Looking awesome. I love that painting too. Best, Dean

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  5. You are a real master!
    Perfect work, I love it!

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  6. WOW Remco,

    Thank you for your encouraging words!! I have been very busy these days and not much painting. I will finish painting this one hopefully by the end of this month. Say hello to Benno for me, and oh Jen says hi!

    Warm regards and best wishes!!

    Ben and Jen

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