Tomatoes for the Red Guard, milord? (1 Viewer)

[White Knight]

65mm civilian figures for the 17th century are hard to come by and so far, there is only one available in the King & Country Pike and Musket range. So one has to be creative and source other figures that have the right potential. In this case, I took a gamble. I knew the Lemax christmas figures had the right size and bulk to fit with the larger K&C models, but could they be made to look like? The apple vendor looked like she was fairly period neutral and would work well in the 17th century.

A promotional picture of the donor figure. Mine wasn't as well painted...

Matching the K&C painting style closely enough to make it fit in was a bit of a challenge. I didn't succeed completely but I think it's close enough to use. The skintones I picked ended up being a bit more pink than the K&C figures, so I will amend the recipe on the next ones. I do worry that I made the colours a bit too drab in my attempt to make her look like someone from the poorer class. The base is still unfinished as I will change that a bit more to fit in with the K&C figures. The apple vendor also gained a few years and became a tomato vendor instead

"What... what did you do to me? I feel old..."


Sizewise it's a very good fit as can be seen from her posing with young d'Artagnan here:

Buy some tomatoes, milord?

"They look awfully ripe, good woman." - "All the better, in a few days time they'll be perfect for chucking at the cardinal's guards, milord." - "... I'll take ten."
And a quick side by side

You say apple, I say tomato...

The paintjob on this one is far from perfect, but I picked up a few things and hopefully the next one will be better.

 

[Ivanhoe]

65mm civilian figures for the 17th century are hard to come by and so far, there is only one available in the King & Country Pike and Musket range. So one has to be creative and source other figures that have the right potential. In this case, I took a gamble. I knew the Lemax christmas figures had the right size and bulk to fit with the larger K&C models, but could they be made to look like? The apple vendor looked like she was fairly period neutral and would work well in the 17th century.

The paintjob on this one is far from perfect, but I picked up a few things and hopefully the next one will be better.

You did very well with this !

Great adaptation of an available figure to complement your "Pike and Musket" collection.

Congratulations.

 

[White Knight]

Thanks, I have a few more that I think should make welcome additions.