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11-05-2007, 05:37 AM
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You might consider a balsa base. It'd be light and still pretty rigid.
This model is going to look really cool on the shelf no matter how you decide to base it 
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11-05-2007, 08:57 AM
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11-05-2007, 03:42 PM
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Heh, thanks all!
And Jason, this is from Hobby Factory if you didn't know :D Thanks for the tip Dan, I'll see what I can find. I guess it'll have to be the weekend though.
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11-14-2007, 02:40 PM
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*drum roll*
It's done, aside from the base! Now I just have to make sure it doesn't tip over until I get that done... his center of gravity is near his chest  The photoshoot:       Excuse the light, it's cloudy today. I'll take more and in a better spot once the base is done.
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11-15-2007, 05:18 AM
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Spectacular model Gharbad!
Photo looks fine in the light you had...  Feathers ("wings") on the Hussar look like they could have just as easily belonged to a plains Native American warrior - odd historical coincidence. Terry Ping-Pong Ball Cannon and N/Z scale Old West paper models (free samples) at: http://www.paperbeam.com
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11-15-2007, 07:41 AM
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The Hussar is magnificent! I appreciate all the photographs.
Terry -- You make a thoughtful point. Feathers seems to have been widely used across several cultures -- Native Americans, as you point out, Polynesia, Africa. For some reason, they do not SEEM to have been used much in Europe except as hat decorations. The Polish winged warriors SEEM to be the (very dramatic) exception. I admit I've never thought about this until seeing your comment, but perhaps other Forum members know of other European military feather decoration. This site (http://www.jasinski.co.uk/wojna/comp/comp06.htm) on Polish Rennaissance warfare speculates on the reason for the feathers; “Various proposals have been put forward for the reasons for their use; from them making a rushing sound in the charge, hardly likely above the general din of battle, or to stop tartar lassoes carting nobles off for a ransom. Most probably, combined with the wild animal skins and lance pennons, their effect was psychological. By increasing the size and magnificence of the horse and rider they made them look more fearsome.” This site also says that the use of wings for warriors was “unknown elsewhere.” Don B.
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