Royal Horse Artillery 1815

thor14 · Jul 13, 2015

megroot · Jul 13, 2015

Looks good, but the sword straps should be longer.
http://www.militaryheritage.com/swords1.htm

mick3272 · Jul 13, 2015

I agree very nice but the sword slings should be longer, If you can imagine putting /placing your left arm at a relaxed attention with your wrist at right angles the top of the hilt should nestle in the palm, I believe the slings should also be attached to the belt at two locations one as shown and the second towards the rear.

Mick

housecarl · Jul 13, 2015

Brilliant sculpt.

Mat Lambert · Jul 15, 2015

Excellent figure , real action and great sculpting.
Cheers
Mat

Mat Lambert · Jul 15, 2015

mick3272 said:
I agree very nice but the sword slings should be longer, If you can imagine putting /placing your left arm at a relaxed attention with your wrist at right angles the top of the hilt should nestle in the palm, I believe the slings should also be attached to the belt at two locations one as shown and the second towards the rear.

Mick

Thanks for the tip Mick, I'm doing something similar with Historex RHA in 54mm and needed to know this.
Cheers
Mat

arj · Jul 15, 2015

mick3272 said:
I agree very nice but the sword slings should be longer, If you can imagine putting /placing your left arm at a relaxed attention with your wrist at right angles the top of the hilt should nestle in the palm, I believe the slings should also be attached to the belt at two locations one as shown and the second towards the rear.

I've no comment regarding the length of the slings. However, the slings were slung from one ring when a shoulder belt was used.
The attached article (Airfix Magazine, 1977) by Bryan Fosten is quite a good one. The second page, top right shows the method(s) of suspension.

Most prints, when they actually show the left side, tend to depict the shoulder belt suspension.

Cheers,
Andrew

mick3272 · Jul 15, 2015

Thor , Andrew.

Yes sorry, Sling lengths do need to be longer. Don't know why assumed the sword was being carried via a waist belt not a Shoulder belt. It must me my idiot tablets not having kicked in. So yes Shoulder belt as you have shown ( As per Sculpt). Waist belt as stated earlier but either way the slings need to be longer.

Mick

thor14 · Sep 15, 2015

Thanks to all for help and for andvices. I'm sorry, but this is my first attempt to an historical sculpt. Here some pics with changes: I'v added spurs and I've changed the sword straps.
Is someone is interested in order to have a copy, can send to me a pm.
Thanks again.