WHAT SILENCE !

[John Alberts]

Clever framing and pulled off expertly

[Richard]

From the short tour at the Sèvres competition in France, here are my two favorite pieces.
Richard

[Hannibal]

I shall have a look too!!!
Was in Francd for one week, now back home.... and to painting in three days....

[Joerg]

Ulrich Lehnhard edited fantastic figures for the battle of Nicopolis 1396.

In chapter 168 you can listen, how it came to this battle,
smashing the European Knighthood.
 

[Hannibal]

Thank you Joerg, I have seen several times flats related to this battle of Lechfeld, without understanding the background, and because it occurred before the first crusades, my typical starting point of the middle age ..
Now it gives me a clearer understanding and perhaps the tempation fo paint any character I might have in my grey army, or get some when opportunity shall occur.


I had the same attitude with the battle of Woerringen till I was briefed by U. Lehnart and I acquired the serie, still for painting , in Turkey ...


Thank you therefore, and perhaps other chapters of this link are as interessant as this one , to be looked in a second step...  Good for my general historical culture !!

[Joerg]

Further remark:
If you are keen to know, what happened and why, I clearly can recommend to listen here (in English)
https://historyofthegermans.com/6-2/

[John Alberts]

Appreciate the details and links!  Very nice

[Hannibal]

Fantastic diorama!! so impressive...

[Joerg]

Very interesting subject--Saxons at river Lech--do not see that every day.  Very nice paint work.

It was a battle faught by King Otto 1st (and his men) against the Hungarians.
His brother Ulrich, a bishop of Augsburg, led the defence of the town (Ulrich is the guy in the green cloak).

The whole topic is on display with three big dioramas in the vicinity of Augsburg
https://www.955schlachtaufdemlechfeld.de/infopoint-koenigsbrunn/

The dioramas were made by Martin Sauter, a collector and editor, who -sadly- passed away last year.
He developed a whole big series of German and Hungarian warriors and built the dioramas.

And since the King Otto is buried in my hometown it was -sooner or later- a must for me to paint him.
By now he is not visible in my display.



 

[John Alberts]

Very interesting subject--Saxons at river Lech--do not see that every day.  Very nice paint work.

[Hannibal]

Thanks Joerg !! still alive ...


I am showing here a German handgunner from B&S (Bähr und Schmidtchen), no I.D. visible on the base.
He is painted on one side.

[Joerg]

Hello friends,
thanks for the encouragement.
Since I cannot post it in my workbench, I will try it here.

First picture - some Prussian and Danish figures for teh war of 1864 (and a Austrian Hussar)

Second picture - German writer Theodor Fontane trying to have breakfast in France 1870 (my new series)

Third picture - a couple of German (correct -Saxon) cavalry for the battle at the river Lech 955.

[merlino]

thanks my friend ! 

[Hannibal]

Hi friends !!


Thanks for your sign of life, I was scared of your silence!!!
But Joerg, I have the same disease, I started several tasks since two years, not finishing anyone too.  Today at the dawn of 2025, I have no more flats finished for competitions in 2025, so the pressure is there.


Let's us all publish some of our WIP'sto re-activate the site, visited by many other people, but who might not come back is we are all absent.


Angelo, sorry to hear your health issue and let me wish you before 31 of December a restoration of your energy in your passion  .. I am close to publish your detailed pictures of Kulmbach this week and next week .... We are hungry for more next year, you last posted on Facebook is outstanding !!!!!


Thanks for your responses, let's go on further and attract more passionnates!  Christmas holidays are releasing time for painting for those who are still on a job, and should wake up the retired fellows spending more of theur time to internat than with their brushes and paints....

[Joerg]

Well problem is - there is only work in progress, but nearly no results.

Currently I am working at the promo-painting for my new series "Breakfast with dud bomb" in 45mm,
a story from the German-French War 1870.
(and at a number of other topics, but all unfinished...)