tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post2596591551111758525..comments2024-03-29T08:54:56.064+00:00Comments on Hinton Hunt Vintage Wargame Figures: A horsey mysteryStrykerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-31648094279610292962015-10-24T11:06:45.175+01:002015-10-24T11:06:45.175+01:00Archduke - I have a couple more so maybe!Archduke - I have a couple more so maybe!Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-84235494696263383622015-10-23T10:09:46.418+01:002015-10-23T10:09:46.418+01:00I see what you mean about the leg position. And I ...I see what you mean about the leg position. And I share your view about Roy's response. If this is the only one of these you have, it deserves celebrity status. Pity you've already done the trumpeter. Maybe a nice officer conversion?the Archdukenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-913288338369415982015-10-21T19:45:16.282+01:002015-10-21T19:45:16.282+01:00Kev - yes I could place him near an exploding cass...Kev - yes I could place him near an exploding cassion!<br /><br />Roy - if you haven't seen one it must be rare indeed!Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-70623573971121261452015-10-21T19:29:51.258+01:002015-10-21T19:29:51.258+01:00A stunning find. Never seen one of those before!
R...A stunning find. Never seen one of those before!<br />Roylewisgunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935143236897047636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-58170318846771710682015-10-21T12:56:03.109+01:002015-10-21T12:56:03.109+01:00Horses IAN...something I cannot do - sculpt a beli...Horses IAN...something I cannot do - sculpt a believable Horse. The horse on the right looks to be in the sort of pose a rider might expect if there were an explosion nearby and the horse flintches back...just a thought. KEV.KEV. Robertson.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03057624752614080866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-61143217920202133342015-10-19T00:10:59.993+01:002015-10-19T00:10:59.993+01:00No I'm sure they are different - zoom in on th...No I'm sure they are different - zoom in on the photo and look at the relative positions of the legs on the base. There are also some differences with the saddle cloth etc. however the head position is identical!Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-88048779032937299352015-10-18T23:08:47.192+01:002015-10-18T23:08:47.192+01:00At the risk of being thought a bit prosaic, (it ha...At the risk of being thought a bit prosaic, (it happens when you represent the Austrians) are you sure the horse on the right is not the same casting, but suffering from downward pressure on what I shall call its haunches? You can change the whole aspect of some of the foot figures by a twist or push in one direction. I suspect the same has happened here, and that if you levered the rear end of the mystery horse upwards and forwards, it would conform to the shape of t'other. Just a thought.the Archdukenoreply@blogger.com