I know everyone says that entering the competitions is fun but I was quite surprised by just how much fun I actually had. Putting an entry in was a really good incentive for getting the scene finished; comparing my entry to those of my opponents showed me how I could have done things better, which is very useful; and I recieved a lot more votes than I expected, which was very pleasing.
All of the other entries were really great and I thouroughly enjoyed the whole experience.Many thanks to everyone who voted for my scene, and congratulations to my two opponents on worthy wins.
When I made a small conversion to the Duke of Brunswick figure in the Waterloo 1815 set I had a spare civilian type cane left over. Since the Waterloo 1815 set also had a good mounted figure of Picton it meant the Strelets figure here was also spare. A perfect opportunity to make a figure of The Duke of Richmond at Waterloo.
I've always liked Richmond from what I read about him at Waterloo, he seemed to be very brave and decent. And I was most interested when I found out it was he who popped up from behind a hedge and shouted "Now's Your Chance" at the start of the charge of the Union Brigade. (rather than Ponsonby as in the movie). The other aspect of the Union Brigades charge that really interested me is Cpl. Dixon's account of the Gordons taking hold of the Grey's stirrup leathers and charging with them; so, the combination of those two things resulted in this scene. Originally I had a slightly different composition in mind but things got shifted around a bit to get everything in focus for the voting.
