Airfix 54mm Life Guard 1815

[jcf]

We'll see if I can pull it off in the available time.

[zenrat]

Course you can Jon.  I have faith in your superpowers...

[loupgarou]

Nice. Horse and rider in the same box.
You could use the body of one and head/torso from the other and build a Life Guard centaurus! 

[CANSO]

Or make something like this (my favorite fantasy idea - especially the half-mechanized monster!):

[Captain Canada]

Cool ! Always neat to see things so completely different ! And that zombie/ mecha horse is wild !

[NARSES2]

Really looking forward to seeing what you do with this Jon.

And Canso, I love that figure you posted

[CANSO]

And Canso, I love that figure you posted

If you haven't seen those Riders of the Apocalypse before, they are Death Korps of Krieg riders (Warhammer 40000).
I love Uhlans from any historical period, but I guess the more modern ones (WWI) were used as a guide for the above mentioned figures:

[jcf]

Progressing, fit is the remembered mix of OK and execrable.   

[zenrat]

Memories of building these are coming back.  Your mention of the fit is ringing a bell.  I didn't use putty back then - would flood tube glue into any large gaps followed by globs of paint.  No sanding either.  They must have looked abominable but I enjoyed building them.
IIRC reins and harnesses are cut from paper?

[Librarian]

Must say, with those memories including the Bird kits and the Scout Trooper, I'm looking forward to the result. Horses are not easy to paint ...and at that scale Watching with interest.

[Mossie]

Intrigued....

[NARSES2]

IIRC reins and harnesses are cut from paper?

My memory says very thin shiny plastic sheet ?

Horses are not easy to paint ...and at that scale Watching with interest.

Very much so. I seem to remember a friend using oils and a sponge but it was all magic to me.

Really looking forward to this one.

[NARSES2]

And Canso, I love that figure you posted

If you haven't seen those Riders of the Apocalypse before, they are Death Korps of Krieg riders (Warhammer 40000).

Thank you, really interesting 

[jcf]

Cheers folks.

Tack and trooper's equipment straps are indeed to be cut from thin sheet plastic,
which never conforms to the horse or rider.


Haven't decided yet whether I'll use thin foil or just cut the templates out of the
instructions and use them as is, the paper is only slightly thinner than the plastic,
smooth and coated, and more flexible than the styrene.

[Captain Canada]

The paper sounds like a good option. The kit is looking good as well !