Ton's thread.
Regards
FeR

Thanks for all the instructions until now.
I decided to picture Jan Rohac of Duba, a leader of the "master of Orphans" a radical hussit sect, in the battle of Lipany on may 30 1434, which he survived.
He was hung in Prague in 1437.
Behind him I will pose a straw wagon which they used in their "Wagenburgs" next to the religious wouden statue that you invited us to make. Do you know if the had those in hetat period?

greetings

Ton

Ton.

Yes. I have seen images of paintings and other depictions of those road shrines. Keeping in mind the background of your character, maybe you have to change the orthodox cross for a latin one...
Regards
FeR

OK, thanks for the info. Since i've already made the cross, do you think i can still fit it in the proposed diorama and if not what do you mean with a latin cross?
Lookin forward to the next lesson

Ton

The latin cross is the symbol of the occidental Christianity:
http://www.google.es/images?hl=es&x...=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1259&bih=606
The orthodox cross is the symbol of the Orthodox church:
http://www.google.es/images?hl=es&x...=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1259&bih=606
The battle you're talking about was fought some kilometers away from Prague, so any cross depicted there should be latin.
If you have done already the shrine, you just have to remove the lower small diagonal plank and you have a latin cross.
By the way, haven't you thought that the figure we are gonna paint is maybe too simple to depict a character like Jan Rohac of Duba, who was a military leader?
Regards
FeR

Good suggestion, I'll change the subject to a member of the hussit sect of which he was a leader. I will change the cross.

Thanks for the comments.