Montcalm au Québec (1 Viewer)

[PolarBear]

Portrait de Louis-Joseph de Montcalm 1758
Artist Unknown
Oil on Canvas
Private Collection

 

[debrito]

The Patriots Québécois will be very proud to see this pic.

Cheers

 

[PolarBear]

The Patriots Québécois will be very proud to see this pic.

Cheers

This is such a nice figure I felt it should stand alone from its set. I tried to make it look like an official portrait of the period,

Randy

 

[Nick Nasta]

You did a good job in doing so. Thanks for the picture, I mean portrait.
Nick

 

[marco55]

Randy,
Is this figure matte or glossy and does it match up with jenkins figures?
Mark

 

[PolarBear]

Randy,
Is this figure matte or glossy and does it match up with jenkins figures?
Mark

Yes it's matte and goes perfectly with Jenkins. See my JJ Skirmish in the Wilderness thread for proof.

Randy

 

[Leadmen]

Nice photo Randy. Montcalm and his officers is one of my favorite sets. John

 

[Russell]

Hi Randy, I also like the Montcalm figure. Here are some of his Frontline Indian allies. Or are they Iroquois?

Cheers

 

[PolarBear]

Hi Randy, I also like the Montcalm figure. Here are some of his Frontline Indian allies. Or are they Iroquois?

Cheers

Russell

That is a beautiful diorama. Where did you get the great looking wigwams? Are they Barszo? I like the mood conveyed by your photo. John Jenkins will be doing an Indian camp I believe for his Raid on St. Francis series.

I think the Indians could be Hurons as well as Iroquois. Some Iroquois actually sided with the French too.

Randy

 

[REVWARBUFF]

Russell,

I love your diorama!!! Thanks for posting a picture of it. I have those figures too and was seeking some wigwams for them. Which wigwams did you use? They appear to be Barszo wigwams only touched up a little. Please tell.

Mark

 

[Russell]

Gentlemen,
Thank you for your kind words. These Frontline figures are truly beautiful. I also like the peacefulness of the Indians: one is smoking a pipe, another is cooking fish, and yet another is playing a small drum. The Indians in the canoe could be a war party, but I doubt it with the woman in the middle of the canoe reloading their muskets. I choose to believe that they're hunting. There must be a moose hiding nearby. Frontline also has a nice set of three Indians returning from a successful hunting expedition. Maybe I'll get it for Christmas.

I bought the wigwams from The Hobby Bunker when I was in Boston last spring. It's not expensive and comes in a gray finish if I remember correctly. It's made of styrofoam. The two wigwams and the ground/platform they sit on are one piece, including the fireplace you see in the foreground. I painted the wigwams with Liquitex water-based paints. The sand is just my reserve for the walkway during our icey winters. For the water I made my life easy and just bought a blue piece of cardboard, cut it to the size of the cabinet shelf, and painted a bit of white where the bow of the canoe is breaking through the water and where the paddles are cutting through the water.
Yes Polar Bear, I think you're right, they could be Iroguois or Hurons. Afterall, they (Hurons, Mohawks, Seneca, etc.) all spoke the same language and culturally they where the same or at the very least, very similar.
I also have a Barzo longhouse which I'll post when I've gotten around to painting it. The Barzo buildings don't need much painting though.
Cheers.

 

[PolarBear]

Russell

Thank you for taking the time to provide very useful information on your diorama. Here is a photo from Hobby Bunker of what you used. At $15 it is a real bargain. We will look forward to the longhouse. I lived in Onondaga County in New York for 30 years and we were close to the Iroquois who were so important during the French & Indian War. The thruway that runs from Albany to Buffalo was built upon the original Iroquois trail.

Randy

 

[Russell]

You've got it Polar Bear, although my memory of it being grey was a off. I don't know how far north you are in the Granite State, (the land with the best wine prices) but Boston and the Hobby Bunker aren't all that far. If you've never been there, it's a nice shop with lots of toy soldiers to look at and maybe buy.
The land of the Iroguois, where you used to live, is truly beautiful. Truly a land of milk and honey with all the lakes and rivers acting as the Interstates connecting them all for better and worse.

 

[PolarBear]

Russell

I have been to the Bunker and it is an overwhelming experience. We are in the southern part of NH so it is about an hour's drive. As a fan of the French & Indian War I have been lucky to have lived in 2 areas associated with it. Rogers Rangers started here in the Granite State.

Randy

 

[Russell]

Here are a few close up photos of the same Indians. Sorry for the shadows. I took the photos without any natural light. The sun is down around 4:30 these days.

 

[mikemiller1955]

Nice job on the wigwams, a steal at $15, Michael