Waiting from my first sets to come, i got back in time when i was only painting, and i enjoyed this time. Now something about this set: it is definitively not the HAT standard. I believe is made for fast painters, probably very easy with black priming, but not very fancy for detail painters, the undercuts fillings are really taking away a lot of details, like in the shoulders where the greatcoat is, and the flesh very difficult to take away so i gave up and painted them with it on.

I think i did my best and after all the effect is no too bad, Hat forgiven though .......

Here the painted test cast of the second Limited Editions of Franznap Miniatures, King Murat depicted as King of Neaples, i used the horse from the Gros painting, and the uniform from other prints of his time in Neaples, you can see he is wearing mustaches, as i found in the portrait from the time 1812/14
Will be released in 100 numbered copies under the label  Limited Editions , soon available here.

Finally today the first test cast arrived, very very  few defects , and fantastic detail quality. 
I will start with 60 copies per set .

the first sets will be the following:

Austrian Hussars Command  3 mounted figures +2 spare arms
Austrian Hussars Team : 4 mounted figures 
French Line Lancers Command (3 mounted figures +spare arms and saddles)
French Line lancers Team (4 mounted figures + various interchangeable arms)
French Lancer in winter Dress (1 mounted figure)
French ADC (1 Mounted figure)
Austrian Cavalry Artillery Pack horses (2 horses, 1 standing figure, 1 mounted figure +pack cover)
Neapolitan Mounted Generals (5 mounted generals + interchangeable saddles)

and two Limited Editions:
Marechal Davout  1 mounted figure designed for the French Forum Addict Figurines (100 copies available through the forum, 30 copies still available by us)
King Murat (1 mounted figure in 100 numbered copies)

SOON THE WEBSHOP WILL BE RUNNING.......

I tried some dimensional test with  a beautiful Zwezda grenadier body, here the result with some of the already realized heads; it is funny but the headgear was a part of the uniform which could variate so much, if we trust  see the many sources sources of the Napoleonic era... 
 






























 

Just keeping trained in my favorite work:
i'm now doing some  horses for a preparation work,
i will cast some copies and transform them in different
units, as artillery, hungarian saddles etc...
I'm doing the different movements, standing, walking,
trotting, cantering, galloping , and falling;
i will produce spare horses sets .

I started to sculpt the french pontonniers, which can fit with for example Hat pontoons....
here the first two figures, i'm experiencing for the first time  part of human anatomy to sculpt....

 

Here the two sets of the Veliti / Granatieri della Guardia of Kingdom of Neaples;
they can be easily painted as westphalians....

 

Finally due to the W/E i finished the test shots of the two sets of austrian Hussars.
Here in the uniform of the 2nd Rgt, Joseph Anton.
I must say i had a pleasure in painting all the details, although this is the set which was ruined and repaires so it is 90% of my aimed quality. the next sets will be 100%....
The sets are:
Austrian Hussars Command: 3 mounted figures
Austrian Hussars Team: 4 mounted figures
Will follow Austrian Hussars casualties :5 fallen hussars, 5 fallen horses