Wallenstein and Gustav II Adolf from Warlords!

[Hammers]

Right nice, I think!

[Captain Blood]

I rather like the figures - bundles of character. Not so keen on the horses to be honest, especially Gustavas Adolphus' mount, which only vaguely resembles a horse at the front end. Supremely ambitious pose and concept, but I fear the sculptor hasn't quite pulled it off in the execution... 

[OSHIROmodels]

Yes, the first one looks rather like a raptor, but as you said, top marks for trying a differnet pose 

I like the jowls and bags on Wallenstein 

cheers

James

[Arthur]

Gustavus' horse definitely looks odd : the head angle seems wrong in relation to the neck. The Wallenstein figure is much better IMHO. There's a side view of him on the Warlord site and the horse looks okay - although I agree with our good captain that horse anatomy is a perennial problem with the Warlord C17th generals.

[Hammers]

- although I agree with our good captain that horse anatomy are a perennial problem with the Warlord C17th generals.

It doesn't stop there. There are not many that sculpt good horses. Perrys (which also means GW LotR) and Ebob do.

[Mancha]

As an aside, it always seems strange to me when a company credits the painter, but ignores the sculptor.  I never look at a mini and wonder who painted it; rather, my first thought is always "I wonder who sculpted that?"

[Yankeepedlar01]

It doesn't stop there. There are not many that sculpt good horses. Perrys (which also means GW LotR) and Ebob do.

Agree about Ebob horses, not so sure about the Perrys though, often on the small side it seems to me. Also, they have a limited range of horse poses it seems to me.
David

[Captain Blood]

Must admit, I do like painting Perry horses, especially the newer stuff. Very 'cleanly drawn'. Although of course it's all a matter of taste.

[dodge]

I like them

Gustav will look a bit silly at the head of an army with an out of control horse though 

[Mancha]

Gustav will look a bit silly at the head of an army with an out of control horse though 

He'll look great at the head of a cavalry charge though. 

[Hammers]

I like them

Gustav will look a bit silly at the head of an army with an out of control horse though 

A bit of trivia: GIIA's horse was named Streiff and a lot of Swedish boys and girls know this because his stuffed remains are on display in in Stockholm (Royal Amroury).

I am not sure that's how I want to spend eternity, starring fixedly at a wall, myself all stuffed with shredded newspaper.

[Phil Robinson]

He'll look great at the head of a cavalry charge though. 

I would think that is the point.

[dodge]

I would think that is the point.

was only joking 

[Tym]

Did a quick search on Google to find a horse with the same head position
could only come up with one. 
Horse being unloaded at a dock.  Head appears to be in that position because some men are pulling it.
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/3365460.jpg%3Fv%3D1%26c%3DIWSAsset%26k%3D2%26d%3D45B0EB3381F7834DC3C3E0F4AD3400C7F9C4AF33ED242BF5207CAAE8C4C94190&imgrefurl=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/3365460/Hulton-Archive&usg=__0U6eUNK_wW0NK-PNb7HAvlAvgTM=&h=594&w=473&sz=50&hl=en&start=11&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=BBBhCj_M2_KAJM:&tbnh=135&tbnw=108&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhorse%2Blanding%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1I7DMUK_en-GB%26tbs%3Disch:1
Saw figures in the flesh at the weekend and the usual problem of them being smaller than there own plastics
I like the idea of something different but I will stick to TAG

[Phil Robinson]

was only joking 

Oops! didn't word that very well did I.