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This was a kit that I had bought earlier in the year from Vienna. Nice crisp castings. Finally assembling it. The size is closer to 60mm. Now perusing some bkgd material on this empire from some of the books that I had bought.

Hi Paddy, Thanks for your kind remarks. In between the ambitious shadowboxes, I find time to work on these single figures. now and then. The Xmas period allows me the chance to focus more on the figures simply because I have to pack up the big boxes for the celebrations. Ive managed to...

I spent some time correcting the cape and separating it from the sleeve hangings. Also pared down the cape.

More adjustment on the seat. Finally managed to push down the figure.

Finally added a bugle and arm!

detailing Diego. Coming along.

I bought an upgraded transformer. Now I can plug in three power tools simultaneously with different drill bits to speed up my fun.

Working on Diego.

Added some feet.

Ive resculpted the fringe on the dress hem.

Also lengthened the neck and decided that it will be a full dress marine uniform which is more colourful than the drab khaki uniform. I'll do the drab uniform for my sousaphone piece. I selected a salute pose and then reworked the leg pose drastically to get a correct seat.

After finishing the obvious details, I realise that the front of the tunic is not correct, according to my references.I also converted some stirrups to fit the oversized boots (not shown here)

I reworked Diego pose drastically to place his hands around Frida's waist. Also turned up his right leg to show a dance step.

As I study this piece, I understand why I abandoned it a few years back. The pose wasn't spot on. Notice that the buttons aren't vertical and the fig seems to lean slightly. So I removed the legs and will substitute them.

Found this piece. No arm. No problem. I'll just reshape it again.

Hi John, Thx for looking. Ive also removed the fringe at the bottom of the dress to redo them again.

Its been a while since I last worked on this piece. So here it is again before I go on to the next stage.

Hi All, , just coming back to this. Had a good look and I reshaped the pose, lowered the seat. I also redrilled the arm sockets higher.

This figure had the saddle flaps resculpted to look more supple.

After my frenzy of spring cleaning, I pored over my gray collection and pondered the possibilities of doing more pieces in between the big dioramas. Since Frida is mostly done, I only have to finish Diego to start painting.