Oniria Miniatures' Drum Major Stubert at Plancenoit (28mm)

Hi all,

Here are some pictures of the sculpts of the next vignette I will be releasing thru Oniria Miniatures.

The idea was to represent Drum mayor Stubert during the Old guards’  Plancenoit sweep up during the battle of  Waterloo.
You will be able to get the figures separately or the three together as a vignette. If there is demand we will also sell the heads spare ones.  (Also the grenadiers head).

Stuber’s head position may look awkward, but that is because the head goes with the neck, and there is a small “pin” that comes out of the body in order to securely fix the head.  You just have to accordingly drill the neck and the head will fit perfectly. Or just simply cut the pin if you don’t want to drill and rely on a two flat surface bonding.

As for the scale/size/compatibility nightmare:
 We think we can say these are 28mm, even though they are slightly taller than the average 28mm figure. For those of you who might want to mix them with other figures I can assure that they are totally compatible with other brands. To confirm this I’ve included a fun comparison picture, which I think is quite interesting and revealing.
We hope we can release these figures in about 4 or 5 weeks.

Hope you like them.

Saludetes

Oniria Miniatures first vignette (finished sculpts)

Hi all,

well, here it is. The finished sculpts of the first Oniria Miniatures vignette.

The scene represents the taking of the 69th King’s colours during the battle of Quatre Bras.

The figures are taller then the average 28mm figures, but comparing the heads for example, they are the same size as couple of manufacturers 28mm heads (I compared them with spare plastic ones) . That means that these figures have real body proportions.
Should someone want a comparison picture with another manufacturer’s figure please feel free to pm me or mail at  oniriaminiatures@hotmail.com  and I’ll send some pictures.

The basic vignette has been designed with the cuirassier struggling against the British officer for the flag, and the wounded drummer boy watching the scene, but we have added optional hands with swords for the cuirassier and the British officer in order to give more flexibility and several settings and display possibilities. This will allow making a vignette with these figures but avoiding the, for some people, intimidating flag’s freehand and painting. (But, I do encourage you to give it a try ;)

I think the cuirassier charging with the sword is a stunning stand alone figure by itself. His head has been modelled separately in order to allow it to be placed in several angles and positions. You could also add the wounded drummer boy and it would also make a real cool vignette.

Another option could be to cut the flags pole, drill an according hole and place a new brass pole. This would permit to have the cuirassier with the flag. Then it can be used as a stand alone figure or with the drummer boy or even with the British officer with the sword in his hand. So as I said, there are plenty of options you can create.

Besides the mentioned spare hands with swords, there is the cuirassier’s sword, that can he put hanging from his wrist if he has the flag, the British officer sword’s scabbard (these two are not in the pictures), the drum and the drummer’s belgic shako.

These will go to the caster next week, so I hope I can show the first castings in a couple of weeks, or maybe sooner.

We will have them ready in late July so, being in the middle of the summer holidays, the official release will most probable be in the beginning of September. We are sorting out the idea of maybe accepting orders by email if someone has THE NEED to have it before the official release. I’ll let you know once we make a decision after the figures are casted.

As for the price of the set , it will be announced in the Official release, but if someone is interested I think we will be able to have it fixed in a couple of weeks.(Yes it will be approximately the one you have in mind.;))

We do hope enough of you guys like the figures and are interested in this project. This will allow us to release more stuff shortly. Thanks for your time and for watching. All comments are really appreciated.

Should you have any other questions you want to make personally feel free drop us a line (or two, or three) at:

oniriaminiatures@hotmail.com

Saludetes

Voltigeur vignette at 75%

Hi all

Just a picture of the voltigeur vignette. It's 75% done so I may be able to finish it this week end.

Hope you like it.

Saludetes

French voligeurs ready to paint.

Hi all.
Figures primed arnd ready to paint. 

I did some wear and tear in the guy's uniforms, added moustaches and fixed the final poses.

Thanks for comments and for watching.

 

The Spanish Ulcer

Hi all

This a commission I'm working on right now. It represents a group of French voltigueurs ambushed by Spanish guerrilleros. The scene will be  based in 5 x 5cms.
The  figures are a mix of Victrix and Perry parts. After a lot of tests and parts combinations I finally came out with this setting. I decided to mix Perry heads with Victrix Shakos, inspired by Ridley Scott’s The duelists, where the shakos look a bit oversized on the actors’ heads. I don’t really know if it’s 100% historically accurate,   but I think it gave the actors (and gives the figures) a more impressive look.
This is just the posing of the figures, now I have to file carefully all the mould lines, add putty in necks , joints between heads and shakos, patches and torn  shako covers, and  all other minor details to give  the figures a real worn battle look.  Well, a lot of work ahead.

I’ll try to update the progress as much as I can.

Thanks watching.

Saludetes