Hello everyone,
there is a new project on the bench right now, a mounted one this time.

I will represent the Byzantine King Emperor Sir Manouel I Komnenos (Βασιλεύς Αυτοκράτωρ Κυρ Μανουήλ Α' Κομνηνός) at the battle of "Myriokefalon" (Μυριοκέφαλον) in the year of 1176 (September).

I am using Pegaso's 75mm horse, an excellent piece of resin which I made a minor conversion on the head's movement and mouth.
Under caparison there is horse's armor which is visible from the corners (I forgot to take some pics) and it consists by metallic plates stitched over a leather background.

Soon more pics, thank you
Christos.

Interesting theme and and a good start!

Regards

This will be very interesting.... You caught my attention!

Cheers,
Adrian

Very good start.
Hope to see more pictures when your sculpting is further in the proces.

marc

Looking forward to this one.

Steve

Will watch this with interest Christos.



Cheers David

Christos,
Interesting start.
Cheers
John

Excellent. I am waiting more...

Great start of a very interesting subject Christos!
Looking forward to the next steps.

Cheers,
Marcel.

Thank you all for your comments

a little progress on the caparison and saddle,

Yes, it is coming together. How did you build the saddle ???
Looking forward to the next step.

Hello Marc,
for the saddle I cut a plastic sheet to the size and pattern I wanted I glued it on the horse's back and I add epoxy putty to give shape and mass. (It is not over yet).

The caparison is done, now it's time for the harness.

It is very informative to see the progression, thank you!

The drapery on the horse is fabulous

Thank you Carl,

the horse is done and as you can see in the last two photos I have started with the rider's anatomic.
Thank you all.

Niiiice! Christos

I use the twisted wire method as well, helps to grab the putty and can also be rotated to shorten or lengthen, I use solder since it is easy to saw through

Thanks Gordy , you are a proffesional (it is an expression and meaning that you know what you are doing)

That twisted wire is awesome.

Hi Christos, late picking up on this one. Great work on the horse and looking forward to following the rest of your sbs.

Cheers Ken

Stunning horse.
Now, up to the rider. Gonna follow that SBS closely. Hope you show us alot of pictures of the proces.

Marc

It looks great so far! That twisted wire technique sounds quite useful too.