Friday, April 18, 2014

General Otho Holland Williams



The figure isn't modelled exactly after General Williams and is listed as a Continental officer and will likely often be used this way, but I like to give names to my figures and regiments to bring them more to life so to speak. More on his background can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otho_Holland_Williams. He will start off as commander of my Maryland Brigade.

I really like the sculpt of this figure caught in the middle of giving his command and is my favourite from the Perry's Continental officers from both their own range and earlier Foundry range they did.

Oh I just got the Perry plastic Continental Infantry box set to include the Washington figure of course and while I'm not a big plastic fan it's still pretty impressive in what you get. You get two standard bearers which is great as that allows for two units and a great selection of coats and hats which includes my favourite the hunting shirt and turns the sometimes mundane marching pose into something very interesting indeed. I have quite a few ideas bumping around in my head. Oh, they also give a great uniform guide(albeit I recommend avoiding the purple as it wasn't all that common) and some flags for those of you who don't have any.

Happy Easter Holidays!

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39 comments :

  1. Topnotch painting !!!

    Best regards Michael

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  2. Superb painting Christopher on a great figure.
    Looking forward to seeing what you do with the plastic set.
    Pat.

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    1. Thank you kindly Pat and I am eager to start on them.

      Christopher

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  3. Outstanding brushwork! The sheen on the horse is perfect.

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  4. Fabulous, I do love the pose, painting and basing. Happy Easter!

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  5. Your horse flesh is very good not over done, overall very nice work .
    Regards Furphy.

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  6. Hello.
    Stunning officer.
    Good and successful colors.
    And once again brings scrubs, fences, fields, is a good and natural
    Happy Easter

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    1. Thank you very much Maximex I'm happy you like the combo.

      Christopher

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  7. Outstanding work my friend! I'm honestly looking forward to have a closer look at him tomorrow. And please let me have a look at those plastic Continentals. I find the metal ones a bit too much of a pain in the ass to paint go on with them any time soon.

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    1. Thank you kindly Nick! Of course you can have a closer look. AWI is a challenging period to paint.:-)

      Christopher

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  8. Well painted and the background is excellent for him. Nice pose on the sculpt as well. Happy Easter weekend and Happy Painting!

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  9. Lovely work, especially the horse is nicely executed. Looking forward to those plastic Continentals too!

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    1. Thank you very much BP and stay tuned for the Continentals.

      Christopher

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  10. That's a cracking piece of work Christopher, I just love the pose.

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  11. Inspiring work as always, Christopher. I'm looking at a Foundry AWI Continental character pack at the moment and you've motivated me to open it!

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    1. Thank you very much Dean and I do hope you decide to try out the period.

      Christopher

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  12. An excellent paintjob.
    Great work, Christopher.

    Cheers & happy Easter
    Stefan

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  13. Excellent painting Christopher!

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  14. Splendidly painted in every detail Christopher. An excellent addition to your AWI

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  15. Great command figure Christopher! Looking forward to the painted Perry plastic regiments.

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  16. The AWI is really not my thing but that is a fabulous sculpt and you've done a cracking job on him Christopher (lovely horse as well)!

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  17. Hi Chris,
    A very good looking figure and a very good brushwork.
    And folks I can tell you that this figure looks even better in original.

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