Saturday, 4 April 2020

Minden Miniatures 18th Century Mounted Gentlemen

Here are the two mounted gentlemen that were also acquired in the small "lot" of Minden figures purchased a couple of years ago - the two dismounted equivalents are just on the painting table now.

To save doing it later, I included a few mounted figures that were "laying around" on the painting table in a final shot, by way of size comparison for those who may be interested.

I am not convinced by the colour scheme of the gentleman in the black coat, but I got half way through painting him and decided just to press on regardless.





L-R Eureka, Minden, Dixon, Front Rank, Minden, Foundry



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12 comments:

  1. Natholeon4 April 2020 at 18:56

    I like both colour schemes. They are very nice figures.

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    1. rross4 April 2020 at 21:09

      Thanks Nate...they are cetainly very fine figures

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  2. Stuart S4 April 2020 at 19:45

    The scheme looks great, the Minden horses look good to my eye and seem to be the right scale, Foundry seem a little to squat for a 'War' Horse.
    Cheers
    Stu

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    1. rross4 April 2020 at 21:13

      Cheers Stu, I agree, those particular Foundry horses aren't that great!

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  3. Aly Morrison5 April 2020 at 02:02

    Very nice Keith...
    The Minden miniatures are indeed very elegant ...

    All the best. Aly

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    1. rross5 April 2020 at 05:29

      Thanks Aly I definitely agree, but they would not mix well with many others unfortunately

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  4. Old Nick5 April 2020 at 02:09

    Beautifully done.

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  5. Jonathan Freitag5 April 2020 at 05:46

    Very fine work, Keith! Your rendering of the grey is superb. Fine looking beast. As far as size comparisons, I found the the Fife and Drum AWI figures looked quite diminutive when put alongside Perry or Foundry.

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  6. rross5 April 2020 at 08:24

    Thanks Jonathon ...I would assume so...they even looked small compared to OG, which I orten find to be"true" 25mm and hence a bit smaller than many modern figures (Foundry are the same). The Hinterland miniatures were the closest I had in my small size comparison...

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  7. Dmitry Svidlo5 April 2020 at 17:04

    Lovely looking gentlemen! I assume their proportions are closer to real people comparing with the rest miniatures.

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    1. rross5 April 2020 at 18:42

      Thanks Dmitry..yes I think you are correct, they are more realistically proportioned

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