Crusaders & Saracens (1 Viewer)

[King & Country]

Hi Guys,

Today, this morning, I received a package of superb photos from an old friend and dedicated K&C collector, Mr. Alan Golden of Atlantic Beach, New York.

Alan is a terrific artist in his own right and sent me the following pictures of a ‘scratch-built’ Crusaders diorama featuring K&C’s own Crusaders & Saracens in battle.

Alan’s work is simply stunning… words alone cannot express his great talent! So without further ado let me share these dramatic images with you and everyone on Treefrog.

Best wishes and happy collecting!

Andy C.

 

[King & Country]

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[King & Country]

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[King & Country]

And the last.

 

[redhugh]

The photo's really bring out how colourful the figures are, and the dramatic posing of the figures in the dio are great.

 

[Saber]

Great diorama. Very nice the way his wall has a mixed rubble interior that was common in that period. That is some skill! Thanks for posting these pics.

 

[debrito]

Beautiful,,,,, thanks for sharing

 

[theBaron]

He won an award at the MFCA show for that diorama. It really is fantastic. When he brought it in, I did a doubletake and realized that those weren't resin or white metal kit figures, but K&C. Shows what you can do with completed figures.

Last year, he displayed a diorama of French Napoleonic infantry storming a farmhouse, that was equally excellent.

Thanks for posting the pics, Andy!

Prost!
Brad

 

[chiefs70]

Fantastic. What an incredible piece of work.

Thanks for sharing.

Eric

 

[sammy719]

Beautiful Diorama, That Is Truly Some Excellent Handy Work Happening There, I Do Not Collect The Sacs Or Crusaders, But Seeing Dioramas Like That Make Me Wish I Had Some..sammy

 

[Spitfrnd]

Thanks indeed for the pictures. Excellent indeed!!! I was thinking about adding that series and this is a great inducement to start. Are there pictures here of the French Farm house scene mentioned?

 

[JPB]

Super

JP

 

[Tony Neville]

I got the pics from george the other day of The Gettysburg show and saw this dio and thought WOW that is amazing so great now to put a name to the one who created it.

its on a little film i created on TSTV

regards

Tony

 

[Molloy]

That really is something! It sets the figures off to a tee. Not a range I collect, but as ever, when you see pictures like these, it tends to set the mind wondering!

Cheers,

Molloy

 

[Rutledge]

It looks like he may have removed the base of the figures in order to have them "standing free" in the diorama. Is that correct? If so, how does one do so without damaging the figure?

 

[theBaron]

I don't think Alan did, but I don't remember asking him specifically about the bases. He did say that he doesn't really convert the poses, because of the way the figures are cast. It would require a lot of work to change them, and with the variety, it's not really necessary.

I'd like to say again, I think more of you guys should put the work that you do out in live exhibition, and not just on the Internet. The Web is great for fast communications, and to put a lot of varied info out to the public quickly, but there's still something about seeing figures live, that can't be duplicated.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Harrytheheid]

It looks like he may have removed the base of the figures in order to have them "standing free" in the diorama. Is that correct? If so, how does one do so without damaging the figure?

The metal used for K&C figures is relatively soft, so it could probably be done with a Stanley Knife (think that's called a box cutter knife in the States). You wouldn't do it with one cut, but several, all the way around where the figure joins the base. Its something I've been thinking of doing to some of my figures when, for example, I want to pose them on a vehicle, or if I can't disguise the base in some way.
I suggested some time ago, that I'd like to see separate bases and heads being available for some (wouldn't work with all) figures so as to give us a few options - but got shot down in flames by the e-bay speculators.

Cheers
H

 

[redhugh]

The metal used for K&C figures is relatively soft, so it could probably be done with a Stanley Knife (think that's called a box cutter knife in the States). You wouldn't do it with one cut, but several, all the way around where the figure joins the base. Its something I've been thinking of doing to some of my figures when, for example, I want to pose them on a vehicle, or if I can't disguise the base in some way.
I suggested some time ago, that I'd like to see separate bases and heads being available for some (wouldn't work with all) figures so as to give us a few options - but got shot down in flames by the e-bay speculators.

Cheers
H

Had various pieces come off the K&C figures but no heads yet (except the sarcen with the crusader head that came off ) Have just got some del prado figures cheap which I intend butchering and experimenting on though Their limbs though are usually down by their sides but there are a few with arms out , will have a go at swapping various bits

 

[nmrocks]

Had various pieces come off the K&C figures but no heads yet (except the sarcen with the crusader head that came off ) Have just got some del prado figures cheap which I intend butchering and experimenting on though Their limbs though are usually down by their sides but there are a few with arms out , will have a go at swapping various bits

Here's a couple of Del Prados chopped and swapped. then added headress made of White Putty.not too tough if your patient
Ray

 

[redhugh]

Here's a couple of Del Prados chopped and swapped. then added headress made of White Putty.not too tough if your patient
Ray

Nice work NM,
I'm having fun as I speak, swopping del prado limbs around for different poses Dunno what the end result will be , but when I'm finished I'll post WS121 the new frankenstein set