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Title: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
Post by: M.P. on 27 April 2019, 12:24:08 AM: Hi,

this time I'd like to present you my current project in 1/72 scale - early XVIIth century swashbucklers. I plan to use them in playtesting my fantasy Prague campaign as well as in Frostgrave.

First my own sculpt based on previously sculpted dolly.

(https://i.imgur.com/BDUyRTx.jpg)

Some of my conversions of Mars miniatures (w.i.p.):

(https://i.imgur.com/DAlscfT.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/CkEngvY.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/PjtMzqp.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/3HDUCIu.jpg)
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Post by: Captain Blood on 27 April 2019, 01:40:29 PM: Very nifty! :-*
Positively Shakespearean :)
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Post by: Friends of General Haig on 28 April 2019, 11:02:45 AM: They look great!
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Post by: AWu on 28 April 2019, 12:04:51 PM: They are getting nicer and nicer!
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Post by: Paul Richardson on 28 April 2019, 12:05:53 PM: Marvellous
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Post by: M.P. on 28 April 2019, 01:49:30 PM: Thank you 😊. I'm trying to do my best 😊.
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Post by: M.P. on 28 April 2019, 08:38:26 PM: More w.i.p., this time city guards/militia

(http://imgurl.pl/img/img201904282115025_5cc60049774e3.jpg)
Title: Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
Post by: M.P. on 03 May 2019, 01:37:35 AM: Small update

(https://i.ibb.co/9sM8htN/IMG-20190503-002458-7.jpg)
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Post by: DivisMal on 03 May 2019, 07:25:11 AM: They look gorgeous! Absolutely amazed how good 1/72 can look.
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Post by: M.P. on 03 May 2019, 09:09:44 PM: Thank you :).
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Post by: M.P. on 05 May 2019, 03:02:01 AM: W.i.p. of a swashbuckler based on the Witcher.

(https://i.ibb.co/prmLqnB/IMG-20190505-035257-1.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 15 May 2019, 11:06:23 PM: Here's finished witcher in 17th c. attire.

(https://i.imgur.com/B8Pcptor.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/6rP3Oi2r.jpg)
Title: Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
Post by: M.P. on 18 May 2019, 02:01:58 AM: This time I'd like to show you w.i.p of my arquebusers.

(https://i.imgur.com/NuBnFnJr.jpg)
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Post by: Captain Blood on 18 May 2019, 11:27:00 AM: Some great little characters there 8)
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Post by: Sunjester on 19 May 2019, 10:44:54 AM: Fantastic, I can't wait to see more.
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Post by: Bloggard on 19 May 2019, 10:59:15 AM: remarkably well done.
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Post by: M.P. on 26 May 2019, 01:11:27 PM: Thank you very much Captain Blood. Sunjester and Bloggard :)

Here's a small update :)

(https://i.imgur.com/V3Ize1gr.jpg)
Title: Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
Post by: Captain Blood on 26 May 2019, 04:59:29 PM: These are really very nifty :)
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Post by: M.P. on 16 June 2019, 12:40:54 AM: Thank you :). Small update after a brief hiatus.

(https://i.postimg.cc/bwQvhjDZ/IMG-20190616-013421.jpg)
Title: Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
Post by: DivisMal on 16 June 2019, 07:51:40 AM: I’m still stunned when I look at your great sculpts. The „Witcher“ is a particularl favorite of mine. Takes the character into a new setting, but still keeps him believable and recognizable.
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Post by: DintheDin on 16 June 2019, 07:55:15 AM: You are doing an amazing job here!
I mark this thread to be watching your progress with great interest!
Cheers!
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Post by: Paul Richardson on 16 June 2019, 08:46:15 AM: Brilliantly well done. Out of interest, what type of plastic are Mars figures made from?
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Post by: M.P. on 17 June 2019, 10:14:35 AM: Quote from: DivisMal on 16 June 2019, 07:51:40 AM
I’m still stunned when I look at your great sculpts. The „Witcher“ is a particularl favorite of mine. Takes the character into a new setting, but still keeps him believable and recognizable.

Thank you, I'm currently working on the not-Dandelion mini :)

Quote from: DintheDin on 16 June 2019, 07:55:15 AM
You are doing an amazing job here!
I mark this thread to be watching your progress with great interest!
Cheers!

Thank you, I hope you'll enjoy upcoming stuff :).

Quote from: Paul Richardson on 16 June 2019, 08:46:15 AM
Brilliantly well done. Out of interest, what type of plastic are Mars figures made from?

Thank you, I'm flattered :). The plastic that Mars is using is quite bendy but with a thin coat of elmer's glue as a primer will protect paint from chiping.
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Post by: M.P. on 22 June 2019, 11:13:58 AM: Another update

When you take a closer look in to de Gheyn's engravings depicting arquebusers you'll see alot of small details like passemanterie details on power flasks or a bag containing balls and holding the larger power flask or different methods of fastening stockings to pludernhose. While those details are really fun to spot, sculpting them is a rather tedius work.

(https://i.postimg.cc/zzXrrDyD/IMG-20190622-115627.jpg)
Title: Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
Post by: M.P. on 23 June 2019, 04:04:11 PM: Here are my three musketeers minis from Ultima Ratio slightly converted (changed blades, repaired surfaces after cleaning mold lines etc.). Still they need a lot of work paint-wise.

(https://i.postimg.cc/W3HFCrQd/IMG-20190623-164416.jpg)

(https://i.postimg.cc/wM4VW7k2/IMG-20190623-164652.jpg)

(https://i.postimg.cc/fb6kvZXd/IMG-20190623-164623.jpg)
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Post by: Friends of General Haig on 24 June 2019, 09:13:40 AM: Excellent - surely the ultimate bucklers of swash ;)
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Post by: Sunjester on 24 June 2019, 09:20:08 AM: These are looking really good!
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Post by: M.P. on 26 June 2019, 11:58:17 PM: Thank you :).
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Post by: M.P. on 06 July 2019, 09:29:34 PM: I've finally finished my arquebusiers :)

(https://i.postimg.cc/445xqkvd/IMG-20190706-222328.jpg)

(https://i.postimg.cc/wTCZk3ts/IMG-20190706-222304.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 06 July 2019, 09:58:18 PM: They came out with style!
Eager to see them painted!
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Post by: DivisMal on 06 July 2019, 09:59:52 PM: These are awesome! You should make a mould and cast a smal series. I would love to have such awesome minis in my collection!

Brilliant!
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Post by: Paul Richardson on 07 July 2019, 08:11:57 AM: I'm afraid there would be IP issues over casting converted figures and selling them. The IP rights in the original figures would belong to Mars, and the converted figures would rely on these original figures.
Title: Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
Post by: DivisMal on 07 July 2019, 09:12:39 AM: Quote from: Paul Richardson on 07 July 2019, 08:11:57 AM
I'm afraid there would be IP issues over casting converted figures and selling them. The IP rights in the original figures would belong to Mars, and the converted figures would rely on these original figures.

That’s understandable, but doesn’t lessen your effort in this wonderful work.
Title: Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
Post by: Paul Richardson on 07 July 2019, 11:36:24 AM: I must say that this is completely different from my attempts to convert Airfix figures when I was a boy - putting the figures into boiling water, bending the limbs to the position I wanted and holding them in that position under a stream of cold water. These conversions are just marvellous.
Title: Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
Post by: M.P. on 08 July 2019, 01:50:51 PM: DintheDin
Thank you :).

DivisMal
I'm flattered :),

Unfortunately I can't cast them because the IP-thing :(.

Paul Richardson
Thank you :).

The whole legal thing from what I know is more complicated - you can use other producers' mini parts in your sculpts as long as they do not constitute more than 30% of the surface of your miniature. But it's a controversial thing which I won't do.

I've converted those minis just for playtesting a supplement for my game (which might turn into its own thing). If there will be interest in it I may sculpt minis for it (using only wire dollies and putty).
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Post by: DintheDin on 08 July 2019, 06:09:36 PM: From what you have shown us, you really have the talent to make your owns sculpts, you prove that you have both the historical knowledge and the skill to produce convincing minis of this so interesting period!
I will continue to be following this thread with great interest! Cheers!
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Post by: Metternich on 08 July 2019, 07:49:26 PM: Am quite enjoying the progress on this thread. You display real talent, and your figures certainly have the look and feel of the period.
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Post by: M.P. on 08 July 2019, 10:03:29 PM: DintheDin, Metternich
Thank you for your kind words :). I'm always trying to keep my sculpts/conversion as close to the source material as possible, so your words are a cery special compliment for me :).

Here's next batch of finished conversion.

(https://i.postimg.cc/VLV8wdYs/IMG-20190708-224859.jpg)

(https://i.postimg.cc/Fsf6jG4m/IMG-20190708-225240.jpg)

(https://i.postimg.cc/h4CF8fQ8/IMG-20190708-225102.jpg)
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Post by: Paul Richardson on 09 July 2019, 07:40:19 AM: Amazing. You should be so proud of these.
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Post by: M.P. on 09 July 2019, 10:49:54 PM: Thank you :).

Here is my long term w. i. p. - zaporozhian cossacks. I've based them on some contemporary engravings depicting cossacks and peasants from the time of the Khmelnitsky's Rebellion as well as archeological findings found at the site of the battle of Beresteczko.

(https://i.postimg.cc/4ytmz46b/IMG-20190709-234118.jpg)

(https://i.postimg.cc/3rpRfRG2/IMG-20190709-234250.jpg)
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Post by: Friends of General Haig on 09 July 2019, 11:27:58 PM: Great work! Really like the look of these.
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Post by: M.P. on 09 July 2019, 11:57:43 PM: Thank you, I'm trying to do my best:).
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Post by: mweaver on 10 July 2019, 12:08:46 AM: Woah! Those little dudes are just awesome! Excellent conversions, every one.

-Michael
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Post by: Thaddeu on 10 July 2019, 04:14:21 AM: Love them! The westerners are neat, but your Cossacks are always a special treat.
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Post by: DintheDin on 10 July 2019, 09:38:05 AM: Conversions very well done and action poses! Eager to see them painted!
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Post by: M.P. on 15 July 2019, 03:08:34 AM: Mweaver
Thank you :).

Thaddeu
Thank you :), the westerners are just a break after sculpting over 50 eastern minis for my hopefully commercial project. As for the Cossacks, those are just conversions - in a month or so I'll show my sculpts (cossacks as well) :).

DintheDin
Thank you :), unfortunately they are in a long painting queue :(.
Title: Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
Post by: M.P. on 17 July 2019, 01:25:41 AM: Here's another w.i.p. - this time of captain of city militia :)

(https://i.postimg.cc/RFvTJ1n3/IMG-20190717-021743.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 17 July 2019, 09:41:40 AM: Imposing posture! :-*
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Post by: M.P. on 19 July 2019, 12:34:08 AM: He will be holding a sword :).

(https://i.postimg.cc/fbzV2rZp/IMG-20190719-092827.jpg)
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Post by: Metternich on 19 July 2019, 09:38:20 PM: That's a lovely figure.
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Post by: M.P. on 19 July 2019, 10:10:01 PM: Thank you Metternich, I've changed my mind a bit - he'll be holding a polearm and a sword or a pistol :).
Title: Re: Early XVIIth century swashbucklers
Post by: M.P. on 21 July 2019, 10:16:13 PM: Small update:

(https://i.postimg.cc/GbgxGcVN/IMG-20190721-221723.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 21 July 2019, 10:18:36 PM: Coming out very nice!
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Post by: M.P. on 22 July 2019, 09:00:49 AM: Thank you:), next in the pipeline are the Jewish Kabbalists :), based on the most awesome contemporary iconography by Roelandt Savery and Paulus van Vianen :).
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Post by: DivisMal on 22 July 2019, 10:29:17 AM: Looks pretty good to me.
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Post by: M.P. on 23 July 2019, 12:41:48 AM: Thanks DivisMal :).
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Post by: M.P. on 25 July 2019, 07:45:51 AM: Yet another small update :)

(https://i.postimg.cc/281Pff0n/IMG-20190725-031523.jpg)

(https://i.postimg.cc/q74bgfxb/IMG-20190725-031410.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 25 July 2019, 09:57:47 PM: W.i.p of my Prague table

(https://i.postimg.cc/DwhqwWWK/IMG-20190725-213834.jpg)

(https://i.postimg.cc/26t6bt2Z/IMG-20190725-213852.jpg)

(https://i.postimg.cc/pLSTGTwF/IMG-20190725-225422.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 26 July 2019, 10:41:02 AM: Wow! You are preparing something really BIG! :o
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Post by: M.P. on 26 July 2019, 09:45:19 PM: It's not that big considering that the board is roughly 50cmx80cm ;).

Next 10 or so buildings are waiting at my friend's home. Then probably some barricades and of to go for some Passauer kriegsvolk skirmish. Or maybe Pragueheim, or Praguegrave or something else that strikes our fancy ;).
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Post by: Galloping Major on 28 July 2019, 03:13:23 PM: Splendid conversions 8)
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Post by: M.P. on 28 July 2019, 04:45:04 PM: Quote from: Galloping Major on 28 July 2019, 03:13:23 PM
Splendid conversions 8)

Thank you :)
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Post by: M.P. on 31 July 2019, 01:36:19 AM: I've finally finished my captain of city militia:).

(https://i.postimg.cc/C534gPMY/IMG-20190731-020001.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 03 August 2019, 10:25:57 PM: Board ready for some terrain features

(https://i.postimg.cc/sxjg5T7p/IMG-20190731-231616.jpg)

(https://i.postimg.cc/fyqDmDwN/IMG-20190731-223811.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 04 August 2019, 10:18:35 AM: After some changes:

(https://i.postimg.cc/CMJZqxwW/IMG-20190804-111248.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 07 August 2019, 01:06:20 AM: Some work done on my city guards :)

(https://i.postimg.cc/C1GGM36s/IMG-20190807-020122.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 07 August 2019, 08:27:27 AM: Wow! They really look the part!
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Post by: M.P. on 07 August 2019, 09:58:29 PM: Thank you :).
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Post by: M.P. on 12 August 2019, 10:36:25 AM: Finished city militiaman :).

(https://i.postimg.cc/vTG5fddf/IMG-20190812-113130.jpg)

(https://i.postimg.cc/hv47hb90/IMG-20190812-113106.jpg)
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Post by: Paul Richardson on 12 August 2019, 12:28:15 PM: These are just so good. Next you'll have to have a go at The Night Watch.
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Post by: M.P. on 12 August 2019, 04:08:50 PM: Thank you:). You mean that one by Rembrandt?
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Post by: Paul Richardson on 12 August 2019, 04:16:03 PM: Yes, indeed. And there are some life-sized statues in Amsterdam based upon the figures which appear in the painting.
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Post by: M.P. on 12 August 2019, 04:35:10 PM: It's an awesome painting but painted in 1643, while my project aims at the first decade of the century :).
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Post by: Captain Harlock on 12 August 2019, 11:17:18 PM: Most people dont realise how difficult it is to sculpt 1/1 in this scale and manage to put so much detail and character. Great work!
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Post by: M.P. on 13 August 2019, 12:19:54 AM: Thank you :), indeed it's quite hard, that's why I'm doing more heroic style proportions :).
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Post by: M.P. on 31 August 2019, 01:46:56 AM: The watch is almost finished:

(https://i.postimg.cc/mkLxL0r9/IMG-20190831-024250.jpg)
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Post by: Metternich on 31 August 2019, 09:13:09 PM: Bravo. A lovely group of figures.
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Post by: DintheDin on 31 August 2019, 09:38:27 PM: Good job! I like them!
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Post by: M.P. on 02 September 2019, 10:59:48 PM: Thank you Metternich and DintheDin :), next are the Jews of Prague :) (including the famous Maharal - the creator of Golem)
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Post by: Metternich on 08 October 2019, 04:24:12 AM: Wonderful - a little paint and they look ready to patrol the streets of Prague
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Post by: M.P. on 10 October 2019, 08:38:45 AM: Thank you Metternich :), they still need some work though (faces, "wings" on the doublets etc.), but having a newborn son makes things hobby-wise a tiny bit harder ;).
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Post by: DintheDin on 10 October 2019, 09:52:03 AM: Quote from: M.P. on 10 October 2019, 08:38:45 AM
Thank you Metternich :), they still need some work though (faces, "wings" on the doublets etc.), but having a newborn son makes things hobby-wise a tiny bit harder ;).

This is the most wonderful toy life could give you!
Best wishes to you and your family and all the best for the newborn son!
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Post by: v_lazy_dragon on 10 October 2019, 12:31:09 PM: Quote from: M.P. on 10 October 2019, 08:38:45 AM
having a newborn son makes things hobby-wise a tiny bit harder ;).
Congratulations!
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Post by: Swordisdrawn on 10 October 2019, 04:09:52 PM: Excellent
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Post by: Metternich on 10 October 2019, 10:16:38 PM: Congratulations on the family additioni ! I suppose you are building your own future gaming opponent ! To this day, my soon-to-be (tomorrow, in fact) 25 yrs-old son still paints figures and wargames.
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Post by: M.P. on 01 November 2019, 05:07:01 PM: Quote from: DintheDin on 10 October 2019, 09:52:03 AM
This is the most wonderful toy life could give you!
Best wishes to you and your family and all the best for the newborn son!

Thank you :).

Quote from: v_lazy_dragon on 10 October 2019, 12:31:09 PM
Congratulations!

Thank you :)

Quote from: Swordisdrawn on 10 October 2019, 04:09:52 PM
Excellent

Thank you :).

Quote from: Metternich on 10 October 2019, 10:16:38 PM
Congratulations on the family additioni ! I suppose you are building your own future gaming opponent ! To this day, my soon-to-be (tomorrow, in fact) 25 yrs-old son still paints figures and wargames.

Thank you :), I hope so :) (I even bought some schleich dinosaurs to start some pulp gaming early on ;)).

I've finally manged to finish my city watch.

(https://i.postimg.cc/NfdN28fr/IMG-20191101-122135.jpg)

I'm not satisfied with them, maybe later some paint will change it.
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Post by: M.P. on 02 November 2019, 11:30:04 PM: W.i.p. of Hungarians and Jews, next will be Poles (with famous Sendigovius)
(https://i.postimg.cc/D239xLdW/IMG-20191103-002032.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 14 November 2019, 12:26:36 AM: First Jewish townsman almost finished :).

(https://i.postimg.cc/tgG7RXyg/IMG-20191114-011459.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 14 November 2019, 10:59:49 AM: Ooh! He looks the part! Bravo!
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Post by: Patrice on 14 November 2019, 11:12:21 AM: :o Astonishing!

Congratulations.
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Post by: M.P. on 14 November 2019, 06:27:06 PM: Thank you DintheDin :).

Thank you Patrice, games you host are one of my primary inspiration :).
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Post by: Metternich on 17 November 2019, 01:00:46 AM: Excellent work, full of character and true to the period costuming.
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Post by: cahrn on 17 November 2019, 06:04:25 PM: I only just saw this excellent thread and read through your progress until now. The city guards are great and full of character as others have already mentioned! I'm definitely looking forward to seeing how you continue to progress with this project.
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Post by: M.P. on 17 November 2019, 06:36:45 PM: @Metternich
Thank you :), it takes a lot of time to find enough period iconography for certain groups to know how to sculpt accurately period dress (in case of central european Jews it took me like 3 years and yet still there are few things, which I know for certain), but the research is a part od the fun as much as scultping. Now I'm researching spanish and italian fashion from the first quarter of the XVIIth century.

@Cahrn
Thank you for your kind words :) , this is just first part of the project (fantasy part is the other one).
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Post by: M.P. on 29 December 2019, 11:41:21 PM: Small update on my Hungarians and Jews :)

(https://i.postimg.cc/tX9rqcmx/IMG-20191230-003247.jpg)

(https://i.postimg.cc/cJjYf676/IMG-20191230-003715.jpg)
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Post by: Codsticker on 30 December 2019, 04:46:13 PM: Really wonderful to see such attention paid to an under represented segment of figures.
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Post by: DintheDin on 30 December 2019, 06:21:52 PM: Quote from: Codsticker on 30 December 2019, 04:46:13 PM
Really wonderful to see such attention paid to an under represented segment of figures.

I fully agree! And you do a well-studied job! Cheers!
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Post by: M.P. on 01 January 2020, 08:51:21 PM: Thank you :). I think those minis are the last humans I'm converting for this project. Now I will focus on reworking my buildings in PCV. Then I'll proceed to the fantasy part of the project.
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Post by: M.P. on 04 January 2020, 10:40:43 PM: Hungarian magnate is ready :)

(https://i.postimg.cc/5t3dvMYB/IMG-20200104-233643.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 05 January 2020, 08:40:56 AM: Imposing posture and one of your best works, I think!
Eager to see your collection painted! Cheers!
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Post by: M.P. on 05 January 2020, 10:59:28 AM: Thank you :), I think I'll Star painting them in June. I've based my sculpt on the portrait of Kekes Istvan.

(https://i.postimg.cc/j2ywSqvb/kakas-istvan.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 05 January 2020, 11:02:27 AM: Very well done! Good luck to the continuation of your project!
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Post by: M.P. on 15 January 2020, 11:06:59 AM: Thank you :).

The Hungarians are ready for painting :)

(https://i.postimg.cc/JzKtgVgV/IMG-20200115-110314.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 15 January 2020, 11:13:39 AM: You made nice characterful figures! Eager to see them painted! Cheers!
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Post by: M.P. on 15 January 2020, 01:31:08 PM: Thank you :), now I need to finish the Jews for the Kabbalah warband :).
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Post by: M.P. on 29 January 2020, 07:50:58 PM: First of the Jewish Kabbalists is ready :). Sorry for the poor quality pic, I'll try to take a better one tomorrow.

(https://i.postimg.cc/zD6j63sL/received-220551055646209-2.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 30 January 2020, 08:04:22 AM: One more nice job of yours! He looks the part! Keep them coming!
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Post by: M.P. on 31 January 2020, 01:31:04 PM: Thank you :), three more left to convert :)
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Post by: M.P. on 13 March 2020, 12:25:29 AM: Short break between converting - windows and doors which later I'll cast and glue onto my buildings :)

(https://i.postimg.cc/0yxvgW8q/IMG-20200313-011653.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 13 March 2020, 06:02:08 AM: They look good, I like the wood grain!
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Post by: M.P. on 13 March 2020, 09:52:53 PM: Thanks :).
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Post by: Codsticker on 14 March 2020, 03:40:32 AM: Really smart idea Mr.P; very handy when you start banging out buildings.
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Post by: M.P. on 28 March 2020, 10:45:18 AM: Thank you Codsticker - I'll be using them for city buildings.

In the meanwhile I've bought nice lasercut village.

(https://i.postimg.cc/ncGVdKJS/IMG-20200328-015718.jpg)
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Post by: Mad Lord Snapcase on 28 March 2020, 02:44:19 PM: Nice looking village, looking forward to seeing how this develops.
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Post by: DintheDin on 28 March 2020, 06:19:26 PM: Quote from: Mad Lord Snapcase on 28 March 2020, 02:44:19 PM
Nice looking village, looking forward to seeing how this develops.

+1 ! Cheers!
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Post by: M.P. on 29 March 2020, 12:11:34 AM: Thank you:), doing central european stuff is very refreshing after more than 7 years of doing exclusively stuff for my eastern european project.

The village is nów fully assembler. I even found minis, which I'll convert to look like Xviith century Czech peasants and farmstock.

(https://i.postimg.cc/XnS95n7H/IMG-20200329-003421.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 03 April 2020, 08:17:17 PM: Some progress in converting my Jewish Warband :)

(https://i.postimg.cc/csfRwgRf/IMG-20200403-210647.jpg)
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Post by: Paul Richardson on 04 April 2020, 10:31:05 AM: Lovely work, but for a warband they don't look particularly warlike :D
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Post by: M.P. on 04 April 2020, 07:37:45 PM: Thank you :). Well, they don't look partucularily warlike, but who need to, when they are powerful Kabbalists with the Golem at their side ;).
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Post by: DintheDin on 04 April 2020, 07:48:43 PM: They look the part for Jewish and this is what I like! Very successful conversions! Cheers!
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Post by: M.P. on 04 April 2020, 08:58:29 PM: Thank you :), they are based on contemporary sletches by Savery ca. - 1606.
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Post by: M.P. on 05 April 2020, 01:20:39 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.

(https://i.postimg.cc/9QRxqZRy/IMG-20200405-125059.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 14 April 2020, 12:35:52 AM: Another Jewish kabbalist is ready :)

(https://i.postimg.cc/tC779ncG/IMG-20200414-012556.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 14 April 2020, 04:01:26 PM: One more nice conversion! Cheers!
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Post by: M.P. on 15 April 2020, 02:04:20 AM: Thank you, now I'm finishing the last one :).
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Post by: M.P. on 15 April 2020, 10:26:15 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.

(https://i.postimg.cc/XjvK6L3C/IMG-20200415-231638.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 16 April 2020, 06:34:56 PM: These I think are the best and most historically accurate conversions you have made! :-*
Keep up the good job! Cheers!
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Post by: M.P. on 17 April 2020, 11:10:53 AM: Thank you :), now I'm researching bohemian peasant dress to accurately convert my minis :).
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Post by: DragonWyrm on 17 April 2020, 01:26:53 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.
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Post by: M.P. on 18 April 2020, 12:49:19 AM: Thank you :), I hope I'll be able to show something new by thursday :).
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Post by: M.P. on 16 May 2020, 07:34:08 PM: I'd like to show you a wip of a bohemian peasant :).

(https://i.postimg.cc/HxdGywWv/IMG-20200516-155424.jpg)
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Post by: Metternich on 16 May 2020, 09:38:11 PM: Great sculpt. Will that be a cudgel in his upraised right hand ?
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Post by: M.P. on 16 May 2020, 10:52:57 PM: Thank you :).

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

(https://scontent.fwaw3-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s960x960/38071680_260752101390530_615521220707745792_o.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_sid=e007fa&_nc_ohc=WNXXBWWrOxEAX_XQY6c&_nc_ht=scontent.fwaw3-2.fna&_nc_tp=7&oh=449be05629b80c3ab84750dc68d5420a&oe=5EE62944)

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

(https://scontent.fwaw3-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/37994138_260709704728103_4684984553071181824_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_sid=e007fa&_nc_ohc=2zd635FOS-IAX9XiYfF&_nc_ht=scontent.fwaw3-2.fna&oh=0ad714c6325003d43657f5c8a3d71c71&oe=5EE789FB)
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Post by: M.P. on 16 May 2020, 11:00:02 PM: Oh and my Jewish warband is based on those:

(https://scontent.fwaw3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/38085760_260839088048498_258001760667303936_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_sid=e007fa&_nc_ohc=s3HUeqTLCy8AX9lVHjO&_nc_ht=scontent.fwaw3-1.fna&oh=f09497e2295bd3ddb25d63241887e67f&oe=5EE6D67A)

(https://scontent.fwaw3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/53506271_390330308432708_3092817653635481600_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_sid=0be424&_nc_ohc=_MDNDl2-JRwAX_lgbfx&_nc_ht=scontent.fwaw3-1.fna&oh=358be4e7259d91bc18ab2d1a8020559b&oe=5EE6F80C)

(https://scontent.fwaw3-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/38118948_260840954714978_3559398393589530624_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_sid=e007fa&_nc_ohc=VOvEDj6LLqgAX8n-UE6&_nc_ht=scontent.fwaw3-2.fna&oh=c4afbaaff63265ec6b2a2852c9e58c19&oe=5EE7121F)

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).
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Post by: DintheDin on 17 May 2020, 12:22:54 PM: I stands in awe for your deep historical research!
And your figures I see are better and better! Cheers!
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Post by: M.P. on 19 May 2020, 09:52:01 PM: Thank you :), I simply love researching such stuff :).
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Post by: M.P. on 20 May 2020, 02:23:12 AM: My peasants are slowly taking shape :).

(https://i.postimg.cc/pPqFqBbC/IMG-20200520-031206.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 25 May 2020, 11:44:45 PM: The peasant women is ready and the rest still needs some work. Unfortunately scultping "nasiekaniec" was beyond my skill so I'm scultping a simple hatchet as in the image few post ago.

(https://i.postimg.cc/ydw4DB1F/IMG-20200526-003817.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 26 May 2020, 11:23:23 AM: The czech peasant women is based on this:

(https://scontent.fwaw3-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/38016494_260752468057160_5379622503050117120_o.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_sid=e007fa&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ohc=fFVQJW0V4sEAX9TIo-8&_nc_ht=scontent.fwaw3-2.fna&_nc_tp=14&oh=2ca170f98da2a01b5afb0f2b1fa1373f&oe=5EF281CE)
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Post by: DintheDin on 31 May 2020, 08:25:31 PM: I admire your research! Very convincing conversion!!!
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Post by: M.P. on 01 June 2020, 11:15:56 AM: Thank you for your kind words :).

My next peasant is slowly taking shape :).
(https://i.postimg.cc/fLS3bTS9/IMG-20200601-
121025.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 08 June 2020, 01:15:23 AM: Another update :)

(https://i.postimg.cc/Pqx3Qn3Q/IMG-20200608-015736.jpg)

(https://i.postimg.cc/D28P66f6/IMG-20200608-020323.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 10 June 2020, 07:25:05 PM: Very good :-*
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Post by: M.P. on 16 June 2020, 12:36:38 AM: Thank you :). I've finally finished something.

(https://i.postimg.cc/JhW7mczc/IMG-20200616-012411.jpg)

(https://i.postimg.cc/L5h2vxxR/IMG-20200616-012530.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 18 June 2020, 12:41:49 AM: Another update :), I hope to finish them all before the end of this month.

(https://i.postimg.cc/nL1hS2Yd/IMG-20200618-013524.jpg)

(https://i.postimg.cc/nc6rXCh1/IMG-20200618-013627.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 23 June 2020, 12:50:25 AM: Finally I've finished minis for this project, time to paint :).

(https://i.postimg.cc/GhTVXqCH/IMG-20200623-014622.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 23 June 2020, 02:51:41 PM: Time to paint, yeah! Eager to see them painted! Cheers!
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Post by: M.P. on 24 June 2020, 08:19:15 PM: I've primed them with diluted elmer's glue and white paint. I'm also working on some terrain features.

(https://i.postimg.cc/fRWJXHsk/IMG-20200622-152209.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 26 June 2020, 12:30:08 AM: More forest stuff.

(https://i.postimg.cc/vB1wKQDx/IMG-20200626-012536.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 26 October 2020, 11:43:57 PM: Wip of my upcoming ottoman-egyptians :-).

(https://i.postimg.cc/hPHJWxvn/123046391-1774755482674091-6637568806507158548-n.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 27 October 2020, 01:57:05 PM: I admire your sculpting skills! Keep them coming!
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Post by: M.P. on 28 October 2020, 09:18:39 PM: Thank you :).
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Post by: M.P. on 08 November 2020, 02:25:59 AM: So first two minis for my ottoman-egyptian warband are ready 8).

(https://i.postimg.cc/QNkqNV0m/IMG-20201108-030951.jpg?fbclid=IwAR1dc8lTa4lanI1J19lD9bnaaoLTqlOivBzBbqD4nNHzUnuRbSPE-zs90Hs)
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Post by: M.P. on 16 November 2020, 10:33:45 PM: This time an Afro-Spanish gentleman :). Inspired by the painting by IRC Diego Velazquez.
(https://i.postimg.cc/MKq0krZx/IMG-20201116-225838.jpg?fbclid=IwAR3F9hK4wjwqfVAEA_aOJf8wtZ7tyIg0epBvQ0LPpYv75LvUYKJzq277LzM)

(https://i.postimg.cc/KcNkTcFS/IMG-20201116-225924.jpg?fbclid=IwAR33By7GiFC-jqpd4guiN_deR2h4TF3HYH3rIgZEvMrKo44bLAv8L7QQjDc)
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Post by: DintheDin on 17 November 2020, 02:31:59 PM: More very good jobs! Congrats!!!
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Post by: M.P. on 18 November 2020, 09:59:07 PM: Thank you :).
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Post by: Captain Blood on 19 November 2020, 10:00:55 PM: A splendid little character :)
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Post by: M.P. on 20 November 2020, 06:27:57 PM: Thank you Captain :).
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Post by: M.P. on 23 November 2020, 10:20:46 AM: This time I'd like to show you a sipahi from Cairo, based on the image from Claes Ralamb's collection of ottoman fashion (https://i.postimg.cc/jj1rMJ4n/IMG-20201123-104552.jpg).
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Post by: M.P. on 05 December 2020, 10:47:49 AM: This time janissary aga :)

(https://i.postimg.cc/XNGJ3jMq/IMG-20201205-112129.jpg)
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Post by: Totleben on 05 December 2020, 11:47:44 AM: Fantastic :-* :-* and I have only seen the last two pages so far :o
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Post by: M.P. on 05 December 2020, 03:44:10 PM: Thank you :). Now I'm working on Egyptian janissaries and Mameluke warband.
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Post by: DintheDin on 05 December 2020, 05:19:50 PM: Your sculpting skill is enviable! Eager to see your new creations! Cheers!
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Post by: M.P. on 05 December 2020, 08:09:34 PM: Thank you :), apart from the janissaries I'm working on some movie characters but in XVIIth century dress (Djinn Djardin is in my other thread) - here's Henry Jones a treasure hunter from England ;p

(https://i.postimg.cc/hv5qrZDD/129070959-997303260758264-220916415366884819-n.jpg)

He's dress is based on the engraving by Villamena ca. 1608.
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Post by: Paul Richardson on 06 December 2020, 08:56:43 AM: Tremendous work.
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Post by: M.P. on 06 December 2020, 12:58:47 PM: Thank you :).
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Post by: Metternich on 06 December 2020, 11:39:59 PM: You capture such period attitude in your little sculptures. Bravo.
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Post by: M.P. on 07 December 2020, 05:24:24 PM: Thank you :).
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Post by: M.P. on 07 December 2020, 06:53:27 PM: Oh and here is the aformentioned engraving:

(https://i.postimg.cc/qqrTGNs5/933030697030491cdbed39d9336f5f56.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 08 December 2020, 07:58:53 AM: You have a keen eye for detail! Congrats!
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Post by: M.P. on 09 December 2020, 08:02:59 PM: Thank you :), my baroque Indiana Jones is taking shape:

(https://i.postimg.cc/2jhwyXNv/indiana-jones-baroque.jpg)
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Post by: v_lazy_dragon on 10 December 2020, 01:57:30 PM: He's great!
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Post by: M.P. on 10 December 2020, 02:50:17 PM: Thank you :), my Mandalorian in 17th century attire/armour is taking shape as well :

(https://i.postimg.cc/13p7q65z/mandalorianin-kolejny-wip.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 14 December 2020, 01:35:39 PM: W.I.P. of my egyptian janissaries warband:

(https://i.postimg.cc/hcpqBPK2/egyptian-janissaries.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 14 December 2020, 02:25:11 PM: Wow! You start creating an army! Nice they are!
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Post by: M.P. on 14 December 2020, 02:49:22 PM: Thank you :). No, not an army just this band for some skirmishing in Cairo :).

(https://i.postimg.cc/Df4X1y7F/46508309-2726577984047712-2149142699377164288-o.jpg)

(https://i.postimg.cc/L6zg0Cqb/ralamb-69-janissary-of-egypt.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 14 December 2020, 09:47:24 PM: I've finally fonished my renaissance Indiana Jones :-)

(https://i.postimg.cc/vm2r6dC4/IMG-20201214-224340.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 19 December 2020, 12:19:30 PM: Another finished warband :).

(https://i.postimg.cc/vMrDYSD3/egipscy-janczarzy.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 22 December 2020, 11:45:38 PM: Here's my Mameluke emir based on Melhior Lorck's engraving.

(https://i.postimg.cc/63ZgJ6s6/IMG-20201223-004156.jpg)
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Post by: Metternich on 02 January 2021, 09:11:31 PM: Marvelous little figures ! The very "spirit of the Age." (or, given the Janissaries, is that spirit of the Agha ! ?)
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Post by: DivisMal on 02 January 2021, 10:15:57 PM: There’s so much diligence and love in this ongoing project that it’s a real joy o read about your progress.
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Post by: M.P. on 04 January 2021, 10:24:02 PM: Thank you :). This entire project set in the early XVIIth century is a great joy to work on I must say. Now I'm finishing a noble from Cairo based on Sloan's costumebook from 1620s and theb I'll return to researching XVIIth century urban architecture ;p.
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Post by: M.P. on 07 January 2021, 11:22:35 PM: My Ottoman-Egyptian warband is ready for painting :).

(https://i.postimg.cc/V1X6yCFb/IMG-20210108-001737.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 08 January 2021, 11:10:09 AM: They look really great! Nicely sculpted figures, full of character! Congrats!
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Post by: M.P. on 08 January 2021, 03:20:18 PM: Thank you :). I've found information about bohemian burghers' dress from early XVIIth century - they wore hungarian dress, so I'll sculpt or convert a few;p. But I'll need to do a bit more research.
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Post by: Paul Richardson on 08 January 2021, 04:10:26 PM: What you're doing is really tremendous, and, I imagine, totally unique.
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Post by: M.P. on 09 January 2021, 10:38:49 AM: Thank you :).
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Post by: M.P. on 13 January 2021, 12:30:04 AM: W.i.p of my Venetians based on Giacomo Franco's engravings :)

(https://i.postimg.cc/s3V2wvww/IMG-20210113-012406.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 13 January 2021, 10:10:31 AM: Well done! Congrats!
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Post by: M.P. on 13 January 2021, 11:20:03 AM: Thank you :), I think (hope) that this is my last warband for the Prague project, still have to finish Dalmatian mercenary for them as well as work on the burghers in hungarian attire.
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Post by: DintheDin on 13 January 2021, 11:37:26 AM: You need extra congratulations for the rare historical information you are gathering and for your efforts to sculpt figures as accurate as possible!
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Post by: M.P. on 13 January 2021, 03:35:23 PM: Thank you :), I'm lucky that during XVIth-XVIIth century was the period of extensive publishing of costume books, so those informations are not as rare as they seem :).
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Post by: M.P. on 14 January 2021, 01:45:53 PM: Here's the aformentioned Franco's engraving ca. 1605
(https://i.postimg.cc/zfPxwj0Y/dae-11238466.jpg)

And another by anonymous from late XVIth century
(https://i.postimg.cc/CKKvftC4/5d4e0e82d2f46674f8850f767b058bd8.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 16 January 2021, 01:36:05 AM: My Venetian warband is ready :).

(https://i.postimg.cc/8z8VrLXn/IMG-20210116-023140.jpg)
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Post by: WillPhillips on 16 January 2021, 02:36:11 AM: I am just blown away by your sculpting, Mr. P!
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Post by: M.P. on 16 January 2021, 02:59:40 PM: Quote from: WillPhillips on 16 January 2021, 02:36:11 AM
I am just blown away by your sculpting, Mr. P!

Thank you :). Most of the minis from this project will be used in playtesting your game :), I just need a few more monks for my Prague Uprising of 1611.
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Post by: M.P. on 24 January 2021, 12:59:42 AM: Beggars

(https://i.postimg.cc/xjJCLn0t/IMG-20210124-015414.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 24 January 2021, 11:13:02 AM: Very good job on them! Congrats!
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Post by: M.P. on 24 January 2021, 09:38:24 PM: Thank you :), they are based on Jacques Callot's engravings :).
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Post by: M.P. on 26 January 2021, 10:02:10 PM: Next batch of swashbucklers :)

(https://i.postimg.cc/m45s6Ctm/IMG-20210126-225737.jpg)
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Post by: WillPhillips on 27 January 2021, 03:01:13 AM: Quote from: M.P. on 26 January 2021, 10:02:10 PM
Next batch of swashbucklers :)

(https://i.postimg.cc/m45s6Ctm/IMG-20210126-225737.jpg)

Looking good!
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Post by: M.P. on 28 January 2021, 04:38:31 PM: Thank you :).
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Post by: Metternich on 28 January 2021, 09:12:56 PM: You go from strength to strength. Your Prague even has beggars !
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Post by: M.P. on 29 January 2021, 05:03:13 PM: Thank you :), more civilians to come (including burghers, sex workers and priests).
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Post by: DintheDin on 29 January 2021, 06:35:21 PM: I'm always following with extreme interest!
With your sculpts you shed light on a somehow unknown period and I congratulate you as you try hard your works here to be historical and well-documented!
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Post by: M.P. on 31 January 2021, 11:30:39 PM: Thank you :), I'm flattered :).

Burghers are ready :).

(https://i.postimg.cc/8zvkf1NW/IMG-20210201-002258.jpg)
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Post by: Metternich on 05 February 2021, 03:20:06 PM: You get so much character on such a small "canvas." Love the burghers' faces.
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Post by: swiftnick on 10 February 2021, 09:10:26 PM: Simply wonderful!
Would happily buy all of those if released as a range.
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Post by: M.P. on 11 February 2021, 01:58:12 PM: Quote from: Metternich on 05 February 2021, 03:20:06 PM
You get so much character on such a small "canvas." Love the burghers' faces.

Thank you :), I've sculpted face of the one on the right, on the left I've just added pointed beard :).

Quote from: swiftnick on 10 February 2021, 09:10:26 PM
Simply wonderful!
Would happily buy all of those if released as a range.

Thank you :), these are mostly just very extensive conversions, so I can't sell them. But I'm working on eastern European minis (mostly civilians), which I'll hope to mould in a year or so.

Here're another swashbucklers

(https://i.postimg.cc/B6cgzLjy/kolejni.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 11 February 2021, 04:36:55 PM: This time Švejk from "The Good Soldier Švejk" by Jaroslav Hašek in early XVIIth century attire. Montero cap might be a bit of a strech for my project's period, which is set in the first decade of the XVIIth century, while proofs for monteros are from late 1620s, but It suits Svejk well :).

(https://i.postimg.cc/Q83zrP5p/szwejk.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 12 February 2021, 06:26:27 AM: Your sculpting quality is upgrading gear! Congrats!
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Post by: M.P. on 12 February 2021, 04:02:05 PM: Thank you :), next will be Franz Kafka :).
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Post by: Thaddeu on 12 February 2021, 04:18:06 PM: Quote from: M.P. on 12 February 2021, 04:02:05 PM
next will be Franz Kafka :).

Well that's a twist I didn't see coming. Your work never ceases to impress!
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Post by: M.P. on 12 February 2021, 06:19:52 PM: It will be a cockroach with a head of Franz (like in the Metamorphosis) ;p.
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Post by: Szary on 13 February 2021, 01:39:58 AM: If you go with a headless cockroach, you will cross out Kafka's "The Trial" with the very same miniature. ;)

Also, splendid miniatures as always.
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Post by: M.P. on 13 February 2021, 06:57:18 PM: Thank you :). Well, that's a good idea :).
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Post by: M.P. on 27 February 2021, 04:31:38 PM: Some reinforcements for my army of passau

(https://i.postimg.cc/fwQhsZCJ/arkebuzerzy.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 28 February 2021, 08:02:14 AM: :o :-* ;D
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Post by: M.P. on 08 March 2021, 06:10:10 PM: Here's almost ready army for 15XX game and my swashbuckling skirmish.

(https://i.postimg.cc/Pdcp4TyY/passau-arke.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 16 March 2021, 12:31:17 AM: Small update on my targeteer :).

(https://i.postimg.cc/bzM55vyP/IMG-20210316-012531.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 16 March 2021, 03:12:16 PM: Pikeman ready for casting. When I'll get them casted I'll sculpt different helmets (cabasets, morions maybe burgonets).

(https://i.postimg.cc/wqJX04Dw/pikinier.jpg)
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Post by: WillPhillips on 16 March 2021, 05:40:51 PM: Quote from: M.P. on 11 February 2021, 04:36:55 PM
This time Švejk from "The Good Soldier Švejk" by Jaroslav Hašek in early XVIIth century attire. Montero cap might be a bit of a strech for my project's period, which is set in the first decade of the XVIIth century, while proofs for monteros are from late 1620s, but It suits Svejk well :).

(https://i.postimg.cc/Q83zrP5p/szwejk.jpg)

This may be your best sculpt yet! The face is so expressive!
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Post by: M.P. on 18 March 2021, 09:03:10 AM: Thank you :).
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Post by: M.P. on 31 March 2021, 09:39:10 AM: This time I'd like to show you a dolly, which I've just sent to the caster. As soon as I'll get them back I'll start making musketeers and dragoons.

(https://i.postimg.cc/xnqy5mFp/musketeer-dragoon.jpg)
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Post by: Metternich on 01 April 2021, 06:21:38 PM: The Good Soldier Sveik figure is a hoot ! Looks just like a 17th century transformed figure of the WW 1 illustrations from the book ! Bravo !
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Post by: M.P. on 06 April 2021, 03:54:25 PM: Thank you :).
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Post by: M.P. on 04 May 2021, 07:04:48 PM: This one is for my future units of arquebusers, cuirassiers and schwarze reiterei.

(https://i.postimg.cc/TfHYt0Nc/180197693-909155729883494-3450845234458107510-n.jpg)
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Post by: Bloggard on 06 May 2021, 07:24:47 PM: amazing work and ideas throughout the thread :-*
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Post by: swiftnick on 08 May 2021, 04:24:42 AM: Beautiful work!
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Post by: M.P. on 08 May 2021, 05:02:35 PM: Thank you :).
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Post by: DintheDin on 08 May 2021, 10:01:14 PM: Very good sculpt! Cheers!
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Post by: M.P. on 14 May 2021, 06:23:39 PM: Thank you :).

Here's command for the Bishop's of Passau army that took part in the Passauer Kriegsvolk. All based on the contemporary engravings :).

(https://i.postimg.cc/BvcbJ1T9/command.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 15 May 2021, 05:35:18 PM: You are making a prolific work, very original sculpts and it is worth of every respect that they are done after historical research!
Cheers!
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Post by: M.P. on 21 May 2021, 06:59:40 AM: Thank you :-* - next: some more beggars and probably nuns.
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Post by: Metternich on 22 May 2021, 07:52:42 PM: You put so much period detail into your tiny sculpts. Wonderful
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Post by: M.P. on 26 May 2021, 06:27:58 PM: Thank you :). Now I'm waiting for the casts of my pikeman, musketeer, rider and horse dollies. Next - more beggars :).
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Post by: swiftnick on 16 July 2021, 12:05:59 PM: I hope we see more updates here soon.
I also wish you would update your blog. It is great to see your painted figures.
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Post by: M.P. on 16 July 2021, 07:20:31 PM: Yes :), I'm finishing beggar and still waiting for the casts. In the meanwhile I'm finishing more fantasy stuff for this project.

As for the blog - I think I will make a new one just for wargaming in 1/72 scale.
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Post by: swiftnick on 16 July 2021, 10:25:28 PM: Great looking forward to seeing it.
I have always fancied the Red box cossacks. Makes me wonder about doing some vampire hunting but further East.
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Post by: M.P. on 17 July 2021, 08:15:08 AM: Great idea :-*, you 've got vampires in the Orion's Vlad the Impaler set.
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Post by: swiftnick on 17 July 2021, 10:04:46 PM: Oh will look out for that!
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Post by: Baron von Wreckedoften on 19 July 2021, 04:57:18 PM: Quote from: Captain Blood on 27 April 2019, 01:40:29 PM
Very nifty! :-*
Positively Shakespearean :)

OO/HO Shakespearean, no less!
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Post by: M.P. on 27 July 2021, 10:07:13 AM: My Army of Passau (and possibly Prague Militia) is expanding.

(https://i.postimg.cc/z8QqKhLm/passau-army.jpg)
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Post by: M.P. on 05 August 2021, 06:32:56 PM: Arquebusers ready for some paint :)

(https://i.postimg.cc/RhJG9JJm/226252860-224878932867018-3371383417567595274-n.jpg)
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Post by: DintheDin on 07 August 2021, 08:32:10 AM: Staying tuned :)
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Post by: M.P. on 11 August 2021, 03:14:55 PM: :)
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Post by: M.P. on 12 November 2021, 09:37:15 PM: After a long break here's another beggar for my Prague project :).

(https://i.postimg.cc/8cgMhGMr/254159030-1032154507583615-5347806230003824557-n.jpg)
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Post by: Paul Richardson on 13 November 2021, 08:12:13 AM: He's marvellous. So much character.
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Post by: M.P. on 13 November 2021, 02:15:07 PM: Thank you :). Next - sex workers.
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Post by: Paul Richardson on 13 November 2021, 02:57:44 PM: Enough of your private life. lol
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Post by: M.P. on 13 November 2021, 07:39:26 PM: lol lol lol
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Post by: M.P. on 05 December 2021, 11:25:30 AM: Group shot of my beggars with additional new one.

(https://i.postimg.cc/2rMC32Nk/zebracy.jpg)
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Post by: Cacique Caribe on 05 December 2021, 11:39:42 AM: Wow, impressive progress!

Dan
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Post by: Paul Richardson on 05 December 2021, 12:38:32 PM: Great work
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Post by: Metternich on 08 December 2021, 08:40:06 PM: The beggars are a wonderful period addition
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Post by: DintheDin on 10 December 2021, 12:34:19 PM: Very characterful! Congrats!