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Now watching a period drama tv series of the Qing Dynasty for inspiration. They had such beautiful attire that would make for some great displays. Three Qing mandarins in WIP. I resculpted the Manchu headdresses to give more variety.

I sprayed the heads in grey undercoat to better visualise the errors.

Some of you may be wondering why all this fascination with reviving an old project? Especially as the basic core was a mixture of metal and green stuff which I've tried to remove as much as possible. This creates more work for me but I like to retrieve every olde figure out of nostalgia. The...

two more new faces. I added the manchu hair accessories. Then I focused on the first two figures. Added hands to both the bowing aide and the dowager holding out her wide gown. This is not obvious but the dowager was wearing a hybird wider gown. Most of her ladies in waiting were wearing the...

Sculpted two new faces. Well, this thread is called faces...hahaha

I spent a lot of time getting the shapes of the Qing figs and gowns correct. A lot of grinding, sanding and then putty fillets were added to create the many folds. Will work more on the faces.

After taking out my ref photos, I realised that the women gowns almost covered the boots. I just added putty all over to create the basic gown shapes. Found three strawhats (dragon and Aoshima) to make into summer hats.

I carved away the saddle blankets as it was well tucked under the saddles. I added the ropes. I used three different thickness of wires to represent the perspectives.

Hi Louis, Seems like I’ve still a long way to go….sigh…hahaha. Rgds victor

Hi Wolfgang, Yes washi tape would be suitable for making harness. I use metal strips as I have a lot of it and somehow, it feels more durable than paper. Rgds Victor

Here are all the proposed mannequins so far. All failed castings fitted with my own resin cast boots and unique faces. The Dowager is the shortest fig in the centre. I'll make her carry her Pekinese dog.

Hi Steve and Wolfgang, The lights will be installed later. I decided to perch some of the artillery horses within to get a feel for the scene. This bigger and deeper box is a better fit. Then I focused on adding the harness to the horses.

While watching Ivanhoe (yet again), I was inspired by all the pageantry. Rummaging thru my hoard, I decided to resculpt a decent tabard for him, I ripped him apart and am now working on it as well.

I made up one large shadow box. Then placed the base within and affixed one mtd fig. It took several drilling attempts to locate the hole.. Got my fingers covered with oils but it was worth it....hahaha.

Hi Louis, I hope so. Still on the job. Stained and varnished my 4 shadowboxes. A most unedifying task. I repainted the horses and finished the enlarged base. This looks more promising.

Hi John, No. I plan to do a Qing court scene to feature some colourful gowns of the period. Initially it was going to be a diorama but I think I will try to do a shadowbox here. Rgds Victor

Hi John, I hope so. I'll have to sculpt the figure a bit more as he is rather bland for now. Rgds Victor

Final detailing on the horses before another round of ptg. Besides scrapping off the errors, Ive resculpted the position of the nose bands, added some more musculature and also flared the nostrils and opened the mouth of one of the horses.

I usually mix a small batch of putty and the leftover putty are added on some figs. Hence the random nature oi the sculpting here. The putty does set off quite fast so I have to sculpt fast and in stages.

Here is the base painted. Ive completed the horse collars by adding a thin sausage of putty on top.