Polish infantry from the opening phase of the Thirty Years' War, small castings at a ratio of 1:72 for a firing line and a marching column.
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The infantry of the turn of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries fought in ranks that took turns at firing, and it is precisely from that that the most rewarding picture on the groundwork arises. The first rank kneels or bends down after the shot, the second loads in an upright stance, the third waits with the weapon resting on the shoulder. Three different heights one behind the other create a rhythm that the eye reads as a continuous action, even though no figure is moving.
The mistake that is easy to fall into is the opposite one: placing twelve identical stances in a straight line. The impression that arises is of tin soldiers, not of an army. A small thing helps: turn every second figure a few degrees about its vertical axis. The shape of the rank is preserved, but the group stops looking as if someone had drawn it with a ruler.
In color the beginning of this war is still close to the sixteenth century: more natural tones, less uniformity and almost no regimental marks. It is therefore enough to keep one common color in the small things, for example on the sash or the headgear, and to leave the rest free. The group thereby gains coherence without losing the variety of the period.
Once the formation is finished, try rearranging it the other way round, from the back forward. It not infrequently turns out that a figure pushed into the background has a more interesting view of the action and belongs at the front.
Naši poradci a znalci sortimentu jsou připraveni odpovídat na Vaše dotazy (Po–Pá, 8–18 hod).
Zeptejte se na co potřebujete, odpovíme co nejdříve.
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