A Town in Manchuria - p.11 - Somewhere in Outer Mongolia, upd.01/05

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Here we go with the first painted miniature. Perhaps my favorit miniature from the shown unpainted lot.

Marina Semenova is a cold and beautiful russian noblewoman who appears in the Corto Maltese comics. There she has some business in Manchuria and plays one of the main roles in the "Corto Maltese in Siberia" book. I was immediately thinking of her seeing this lovely Bob Murch sculpt. Okay, I've changed the hair color from blond to black but that's only due to the color of her hat and fur cloack.







If you interested to see how the lady looks in the Corto maltese comics, here I've found a nice Youtube video featuring some shots with her from the comics:

[Dr. The Viking]

This is the stuff of legends almost! 

I soo recall looking at your web site with all these gorgeous figures and finding the forum that way.


Wonder why I never picked up BoB...

[Dr. The Viking]

Very WWI like, cool. What do you think how long you'll need to paint the lot?

we'll see, I guess ca. 4 weeks

 

[OSHIROmodels]

Very nice 

cheers

James

[Prof.Witchheimer]

we'll see, I guess ca. 4 weeks

Well, you know, youthful recklessness

[Mancha]

One of my first posts in the LAF is in this thread.   

[Prof.Witchheimer]

One of my first posts in the LAF is in this thread.   

Your post was even the last post in this thread in 2007, the next one came yesterday

[Blackwolf]

Lovely figure Alex :-*I heartily approve; she looks how I imagine my forebears would look,however they were probably much more prosaic. I do have an early 20th century newspaper article about my great grandfather that you might be interested in? All about his escape from The gulags into China and beyond real ripping yarns stuff!

Guy

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Lovely figure Alex :-*I heartily approve; she looks how I imagine my forebears would look,however they were probably much more prosaic. I do have an early 20th century newspaper article about my great grandfather that you might be interested in? All about his escape from The gulags into China and beyond real ripping yarns stuff!

Guy

Of course, I'm interested, Guy! I didn't know your forebears came from Russia. So maybe I can implement one of the older Black Wolves in my project  I'll contact you via PM.

[Blackwolf]

Excellent

[von Lucky]

Lovely painting - good colour choices.

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Lovely painting - good colour choices.

Thanks, I'm quite pleased with how the blue of the cloack turned out at the end.

[Centaur_Seducer]

I soo recall looking at your web site with all these gorgeous figures and finding the forum that way.

Me too!

Great to see an "old school" project of yours again, Prof!

[Vanvlak]

Brilliant - that Corto tale has loads of characters and plenty of settings, and the Duchess is a splendid example. 

[argsilverson]

Ahh Prof. a stunning paint of a lovely figure. Once again you set the standards.
And after so many years you start to inspire!

The duchess you made is excellent, though I would think of here as a hybrid between this figure and the smoking lady by Copplestone!