Hello,
Long time since my last posting but a regular reader of the excellent food for thought and feedback on this site.
The reasons for this message is to ask Martin to consider adding advancing ACW Zouaves and above all to ask the ACW experts if that pack of heads (94) Italian Fascist Cap would be valid for ACW zouave headgear, the chèchia, which as you know is that soft fez cap. The picture of the headgear on the website is not that helpful as it is seen straight on and the picture below, which would clarify it, does not zoom.
Thank you all for your time.
Q
The ACW zouave head is a chechia wrapped in a turban. The Italian fascist head looks like it might make a good proxy, but it doesn't appear to have a tassle.
Thanks Leman!
That's the thing, I can't see if it has a tassle or not, if it does, it seems perfect for the zouaves. Come on Martin , tell us if it does or not! ;-)
I will go and have a look see.
Yes it does have a tassle.
If you make an order for anything else, do ask for a sample of the head and we will put one in.
martin
Thanks Martin and Leman for your time and effort. Wow, I'm really happy to hear that they could fit for the zouaves! I'll definitely make an order for them in the coming days and maybe even post a picture or two to inspire other ACW fans here. Thanks.
Thanks for raising it Q - it would also be useful for giving some standard figures a zouave head as those who have given up most of the uniform, eg 4th Michigan. Also for some variety such as among Wheat's Tigers, who wore a real fish mash of zouave and non-zouave 'uniform'
Hello folks!
Heads and figures have arrived...and I've got a painted sample to show the RFCMers. Unfortunately, I'm a bit of a computer dunce when it comes to doing anything other than typing...The figure looks pretty nice is all I can say as way of a teaser!
Could somebody be so kind as to help me? I don't think I'm uploading the photos correctly
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Eureka! But it's sideways!
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Right....methinks the Italian Fascist Cap head works really well with the ACW zouaves, in fact for Louisiana Zouaves it's practically perfect. The tassle for this unit should be blue but it doesn't look so good so I have opted for red. Clipping the head of the original marching Zouave was a nightmare as the head does come into contact with the musket, but for other zouave figures it would be pretty straightforward. Now my units for Civil War battles have 6 figures to a base, so with the exception of the 4 command figures, I've only got another 31 heads to complete which as you can all imagine is an absolute nightmare. Anyway I hope to have inspired Zouave fans to give those Italian caps a go.
Martin, I love your range...it's without par in the 15mm world, but it needs an advancing zouave pack! ;-)
Nice painting, Quebec!
How's this:
(https://i.imgur.com/KInI69L.jpg)
The "how to" is here - let me know if it needs more explanation:
(https://i.imgur.com/xq4swly.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/v9JM2Ot.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/F5nr5WE.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/ToPK1D4.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/iwvm4c7.png)
In the upload ("Move") step, I simply dragged the .jpg file from its folder into the web browser.
Note that I've edited the 2nd and 3rd links by adding "height=500" to limit the size of the photo.
Does this help any?
It corrected itself anyway when clicked on. Very useful head indeed and nicely painted - will get some for the 4th Michigan and the Tigers. He certainly has a lot of bottle (chuckle).
Really nice paint job. 10/10 for the Obelix trousers.
Thanks all.
Colonel KIlgore, sir.....I must be fick, in fact I know I am because I cant do all that magic you just explained how to do. Do you have to register on that site? Anyway, could you be so kind as put up the other two images I sent in. I'll get back to this when I get back from class.
Quebec,
There's no need to sign up for Imgur (although you can if you wish to, which is helpful when trying to find stuff you've posted previously - otherwise it's anonymous). Simply go to imgur.com from a web browser.
Then click on the green "New post" box in the top left-hand corner of the screen, as per my screenshot.
My other screenshot posts were intended to be a step-by-step guide, but I was a bit lazy in filling in the detail!
Does the above help you get started, or should I try and do a fully-detailed guide?
I'll post up your other two shots shortly.
Here are the previously-missing shots:
(https://i.imgur.com/uNiu0YS.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/RkLSELM.jpg)
You can also use Imgur (as you get familiar with it) to crop shots more tightly for posting purposes.
Painting looks excellent, must look great on mass
Quote from: Stewart 46A on November 08, 2019, 05:28:02 PM
Painting looks excellent, must look great on mass
It looks very good on a paint bottle :)
Thank you again Colonel Kilgore for your help, and not for the first time. Sincere thanks.
Thanks to those fellow members for those kind words, I've never had those adjectives piled on my figures before so I'm feeling kind of bashful right now. Inside I'm glowing.
The Vallejo bottle job-to add to the puns sprinkled around here- is also very useful for Peter Pig figures. Once I finish a bottle or two or three, I throw them into warm soapy water and help peel off the labels. I take off the top and add water until the very top so it adds some heft to what is, in essence, a new figure holder. Put back the droplet thingy, then the top and it's ready to use. As it's without a label you can easily identify it from the full ones. I use blue tack or the tiniest drop of superglue to stick a figure on top-with the superglue it won't budge at all and as the base goes over the edges of the top just use your thumbnail to dislodge and if you're lucky you won't even have to scrape off the glue from the figure base.
I wouldn't have been able to paint those "Obelix trousers" without them! ;D ;D ;D
I hope my contribution is deemed interesting by the RCFMers. Many thanks, folks!