You may have noticed on my 'what I'm reading now ' a biography of Lord Byron, a fascinating chap , one of the first "media personalities " (along with Nelson ?) , now I have a model of him in 40mm who graces my tabletop now and again aiding the struggle for the Hellenyk Republic, and I thought how about in 54mm ? .
I searched about and found this figure of a Montenegron infantryman on the Irregular Miniatures site . I ordered it with another head (Ian kindly sent me another alternative head as well) , here we see it just prior the decapitation of the original head.
Having cut the old head off I carefully drilled a hole into the neck and glued in the new one
This is the reference picture I'm using of Lord Byron in Albanian dress.
I've added a turban (?) to his head which will need a bit more work to it when the Milliput has set (knowing when to stop fiddling with the modelling putty is the secret I think) and I will be giving him a sword as well . There will be an update soon I hope.
The 42mm Lord Bygon figure is wonderful Tony, thanks mainly to your excellent paint job! I can't wait to see how your 54mm version turns out! Your reference picture makes the Lord look quite dashing, and ready for anything!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Byron was certainly a "character ".
Delete54mm conversion looks very promising: bigger is better, after all!
ReplyDeleteNeeds a bit more fiddling with , but we are getting there.
DeleteI only remember Lord Byron very vaguely, but his fez seems familiar.
ReplyDeleteGetting him right in 54mm is the challenge.
DeleteGreat work Tony - he really looks the part
ReplyDeleteNeeds a bit more work I think.
DeleteLooking good Tony…
ReplyDeleteAll the best. Aly
Thanks, looking forward to seeing how he turns out.
DeleteIntrigued to see how he turns out although I always liked your Irregular Bygon , hope you don't put his nose out of joint, these poetic types can be quite touchy.
ReplyDeleteYou know what these "media lovies" are like.
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