David Bickley's Wargames Blog

The occasional ramblings of an average gamer, journeyman painter, indifferent modeller, games designer, sometime writer for Wargames Illustrated and host of games in GHQ.



Monday, 3 April 2023

Coming Over All Arty-Farty?

Last month you may recall we went mob handed to WMMS, the Alumwell Wargames Society's annual show. I went without a list of potential purchases of any description. I didn't buy all that much either, apart from three bags of Greek's from Colonel Bill's for my three grandsons. While furtling through the various bags of SYW types I came upon this artist figure from Wargames Foundry. I think it was a limited edition figure back in the day, celebrating Kevin Dalimore perhaps ~

I made the artist's easel from a couple of Warbases window frame and a punched out window blank. The dog passing comment on the artist's work is from Body's Bits at Redoubt Enterprises. The portrait of August Friedrich von Spörcken I downloaded from the internet and scaled down to fit the easel. You may recall his 28mm version earlier in the year ~

I hope that my little whimsical diversion from hordes of Hanoverians has at least interested, and perhaps amused, the occasional visitor even if nothing else has...



22 comments:

  1. A good find, well executed. I like the purple coat and the portrait works better than the dog thinks!
    Stephen

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  2. Pretty colour combo on the artist and who won't like Sewell the dog?

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    1. As an artist I felt he should look 'pretty' in the C18th.

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  3. Excellent. Nicely done. I've been tempted to find that artist myself.

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  4. Lovely David ………do they make him in 10mm I wonder ?

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    1. 10mm? Wash out your mouth! Naughty step for you.

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  5. Another couple of little treasures, very nice.

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  6. That's a lovely little vignetter there and the dog is a nice touch. IIRC I saw a similar renaissance style figure at The Other Partizan a couple of years ago, painting from the battlements as the action unfolded below.

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  7. Nicely done David…
    A lovely little vignette indeed.

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Very pleased it meets with your approval.

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  8. An inspired canvas and a worthy correspondent to report from the front!

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  9. A very nice piece of constructive work there sir....very imaginative! Great job.

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