Simon De Montfort

[Paul P.]

Hi all. ive had to stop with Boudicca for a while as she is all packed away ready for our move at the end of the month so in between packing, decorating,and working ive done another sculpt. This is of Simon De Montfort who was the 6th Earl of Leicester 1208 -1265, if you have never heard of him we have him to thank for our system of government today, a good or a bad thing whichever way you look at it, and became the de facto ruler of England, he abolished the absolute rule of the monarchy and included ordinary citizens in local parliaments.

He would have had a red surcoat with a white Lion

Ive done him with a choice of helmets, either with the cross nose guard or a full face plate. I still have the sword and scabbard to do but they may have to be done after the move, the cloak was an absolute firkin pain in the a$$ and I had to re do it 5 times .


































After seeing the photos ive seen a small problem, the buckle bar on the sword belts is on the wrong side so ill have to change them and ill also have to add some spurs, but apart from that im very pleased with it


Paul

[Paul P.]

I knew you would notice it straight away, yep move imminent, well 3 week to be precise

Paul

[Deleted]

Darn....Ole Neems beat me to it!!!! Where ya moving to,Sapper?...Not coming Dahn Sahf are ya?

[Paul P.]

Cheers Cee Bee, well we are moving a bit further south, about 12 miles we couldn't get the rosetta stone speak sarf course so we will have to stay here


Paul

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[wbill76]

Looks like you're making the most of your available time in between packing Paul, nice start to Mr. Simon!

[Paul P.]

Thanks for the comments guys, ive been looking over this today and there was something that wasn't quite right and its the right shoulder, its to big, its actually quite a bit bigger than the left, so Ill have to change that before I make the sword


Paul

[Deano]

Mighty fine sculpting as usual Mr P

[nicusi]

Very, very interesting, congrats! It reminds me a little of Richard Lionheart, a nice figurine from Crecy Models.

[dennis]

Hi Paul, you are lucky, every time we moved my missus made me pack models and modelling kit first so I did not keep sneaking away from doing her bidding. Simon de Monfort looks great is he a 90mm or larger?. hope the move goes/has gone OK and you end up with a bigger modelling room.
Chhers
Dennis