Kaiser's Guard band by Tradition. (1 Viewer)

[Obee]

A few years back I bought a set of 23 x Tradition of London castings of the Kaiser's 1st Garde Regiment Zu Fuss c.1900

They were being offered on Ebay by a US seller, and I was the only bidder for a bargain asking price, that I couldn't pass by.

Now it's time to given a 'lick of paint' and set them up on a parade to be reviewed by Kaiser Bill and his generals, so keep on watching this thread over the coming weeks as I'm painting the figures in batches of 3.


Drum major, side drummer, fifer and music director.


Next lot, trombone, piccolo and clarinet.

John

 

[Grey Heron]

Nice work John. I look forward to your next instalment for this project.

Cheers,
Grey

 

[Louis Badolato]

Great work, as always!:salute::

 

[Obee]

These are what I finished on the weekend:

Trombone, Octave Flute & Clarinet

and what is on the table for this week:

Flugelhorn, Glockenspiel & Bombardon

That will be 10/23 figures so a few more weeks to go

John

 

[Grey Heron]

Beautiful work John. I just love military musicians! Thanks for sharing your wonderful work.

Cheers,
Grey

 

[wayne556517]

Not bad mate not bad {sm4}

 

[Obee]

3 figures finished, and so another 3 get started.....



John

 

[MLH13]

Nice work, John!

 

[Obee]

Another 3 figures finished ....



and added to the band.....



that means another 10 to go so over half way there

John

 

[Grey Heron]

Impressive John, well done. Look forward to seeing additional musicians.

Cheers,
Grey

 

[paxtoysoldier]

That's some professional-looking painting. I like the subject as well. Kudos!
Paddy

 

[Obee]

Here is another 3 bandsmen,



Flute, Oboe and Cymbals.

More to come next week,
John

 

[Grey Heron]

Nice work John. I love some of the extra detail shown on individuals. For example, the medal on the cymbalist.

Cheers,
Grey

 

[Obee]

Nice work John. I love some of the extra detail shown on individuals. For example, the medal on the cymbalist.

Cheers,
Grey

The medal was part of the sculpt but because all of the figures are individual I wished that there were more medals presented, as well as different moustaches or clean shaven.

Still more to come this coming weeks.

John

 

[Grey Heron]

The medal was part of the sculpt but because all of the figures are individual I wished that there were more medals presented, as well as different moustaches or clean shaven.
Still more to come this coming weeks.
John

It's a given John they are all individual as they are playing different musical instruments. I agree some facial hair styles and more medals on their uniforms would look grand I looked at the Tradition site and noted the figurines you are working on in question. A wonderful period of beautiful parade uniforms from Germany.

Thanks for putting the band back together on this project.

Cheers,
Grey

 

[Obee]

Here are the next 3 figures, all bass players. You can see that the French Horn player has 2 medals, so that is different !!



Hope to get these guys done this weekend,

John

 

[Grey Heron]

Here are the next 3 figures, all bass players. You can see that the French Horn player has 2 medals, so that is different !!
Hope to get these guys done this weekend, John

Brilliant John. These will look lovely when painted.

Cheers,
Grey

 

[Obee]

Another 3 figures finished,



which leaves the last 4 including the Bass Drum and Schellenbaum (seen here assembled and undercoated)



When these are completed I'll line up the whole band ready for the Kaiser's inspection, hopefully next week???

John

 

[wayne556517]

Look forward to seeing the patade mate.

 

[BHogan]

Nice work John. I'm looking forward to seeing the whole band.

Brendan