Andrea Knight Templar (1 Viewer)

[blaster]

I got this figure from a shop in Madrid. They were closed for the afternoon siesta but I persuaded them to open the shop. The shop is mainly tanks and aircraft but they had a few sets of Andrea (only) figures.

The figure is very well sculpted and cast. I attached the parts with epoxy resin and sprayed with a primer. The figure was then attached to a base with some roots. I only intend to add a great helm to this figure as a minor conversion.

 

[Panzer]

Nice acquisition! I love the detail of Andrea's figures.
Rick

 

[blaster]

Hi Rick,

A great casting, albeit the figure is on the small side, when compared to other figure kits.

Here's the figure with the face painted. I'll do some touchups later.

 

[blaster]

I decided to change my knight into a brethren of the Order of Santiago. He would be in a red surcoat and the helmet would be white with a red cross.

Seeing as how the figure looked rather forlorn on his base, I decided to add a horse into the scene.

The horse was from F Eisenbach and the head was snipped off and substituted with a chamfron head from an EMI spare.

 

[blaster]

The specific reference for this figure was taken from the Cantigas Santa Maria, a medieval illustrated manuscript.

This shows a knight of the order of Santiago in a red surcoat with round white helmet and a red cross. He is mounted on a horse with a red chamfron and front white housings and red cross. Next to him is another knight in a great helm. All the red crosses are charged with white cockleshells.

The Order of Santiago was one of 4 Spanish religious orders and was confined to fighting against the Moors in Spain.

 

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Here is the horse with copper skirts added and the neck sculpted. I built up the back of the horse to take the saddle.

 

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I built a saddle for the horse. The base was further modified to create a larger groundwork to accommodate the steed and knight.

 

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I added foliage to the base. Some dried seaweed for the grass flocks, dried ferns and modelling foliage for the leaves.

 

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I started to paint the horse.

 

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The heraldric cross is slowly being painted.

 

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The arms of the cross are thickened. Notice that I have filed off part of the sculpted horse face mask to resculpt it.

 

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I resculpted the horse mask and painted over it.

 

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Reshaped the saddle.

 

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Finally I attached the saddle to the horse, added straps and stirrups. The horse was painted.

 

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Finally got back to this figure. Reshaped the saddle many times to get it right. I added a blanket for the seat, reasoning that any seasoned veteran would want a comfortable seat. The outline of the crosses have been corrected and final painting is underway.

 

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Coming back to this piece, I've added more putty to resculpt the neck covering.