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Author Topic: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers  (Read 36061 times)

Offline M.P.

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Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
« Reply #120 on: April 04, 2020, 07:58:29 PM »
Thank you :), they are based on contemporary sletches by Savery ca. - 1606.
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Offline M.P.

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Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
« Reply #121 on: April 05, 2020, 12:20:39 PM »
Working now on some Czech peasants - doing a project in 1/72 makes it a lot easier when it comes to making civilian minis  - there is such an abundance of them. Still need to sculpt some historically accurate clothes on them.


Offline M.P.

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Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
« Reply #122 on: April 13, 2020, 11:35:52 PM »
Another Jewish kabbalist is ready :)


Offline DintheDin

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Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
« Reply #123 on: April 14, 2020, 03:01:26 PM »
One more nice conversion! Cheers!
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Offline M.P.

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Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
« Reply #124 on: April 15, 2020, 01:04:20 AM »
Thank you, now I'm finishing the last one :).

Offline M.P.

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Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
« Reply #125 on: April 15, 2020, 09:26:15 PM »
I've finally finished my kabbalist warband :)

They are all based on contemporary sketches of the Jews from Prague by Roelandt Savery ca. 1606. The one next to the Golem is based on a sketch, which according to historians depicts the great Maharal - rabbi Loewe the chief rabbi of the bohemian crown, and according to the legend - creator of the Golem.


Offline DintheDin

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Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
« Reply #126 on: April 16, 2020, 05:34:56 PM »
These I think are the best and most historically accurate conversions you have made!  :-*
Keep up the good job! Cheers!

Offline M.P.

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Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
« Reply #127 on: April 17, 2020, 10:10:53 AM »
Thank you :), now I'm researching bohemian peasant dress to accurately convert my minis :).

Offline DragonWyrm

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Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
« Reply #128 on: April 17, 2020, 12:26:53 PM »
This is wonderful. The conversion really feels special, and the research you did is just icing on the cake.
Can't wait to see more of your work.

Offline M.P.

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Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
« Reply #129 on: April 17, 2020, 11:49:19 PM »
Thank you :), I hope I'll be able to show something new by thursday :).

Offline M.P.

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Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
« Reply #130 on: May 16, 2020, 06:34:08 PM »
I'd like to show you a wip of a bohemian peasant :).


Offline Metternich

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Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
« Reply #131 on: May 16, 2020, 08:38:11 PM »
Great sculpt.  Will that be a cudgel in his upraised right hand ?

Offline M.P.

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Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
« Reply #132 on: May 16, 2020, 09:52:57 PM »
Thank you :).

I've based this conversion on an image of bohemian peasant from ca. 1620 map



His right hand will hold the so called "nasiekaniec", which is a cudgel sort of made of a young oak spiked with flint shards.


Offline M.P.

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Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
« Reply #133 on: May 16, 2020, 10:00:02 PM »
Oh and my Jewish warband is based on those:








They are all from the first decade of the XVIIth century - the first and the last one are by Roelandt Savery (court painter of emperor Rudolph II), the middle one by Paulus van Vianen (court jeweler and engraver of emperor Rudolf II).

Offline DintheDin

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Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
« Reply #134 on: May 17, 2020, 11:22:54 AM »
I stands in awe for your deep historical research!
And your figures I see are better and better! Cheers!