Sioux Warrior in 54mm

m60a3

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April 2005
From: I am at play in the fields of the Lord. (Texas)

Posted by m60a3 on Monday, December 4, 2006 6:05 PM

I appreciate that, aj. I am still in the process of learning my Sioux ancestry, so I can't tell you for sure. I have heard possible Oglala or Brule'. I am also Cherokee and good 'ol white boy.
Thanks for the interest and respect. Nice work.

60

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ajlafleche

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December 2002
From: Massachusetts

Posted by ajlafleche on Monday, December 4, 2006 5:57 PM

m60a3 wrote:

Nice representation of one of my ancestors. Good job, ajlafleche!!
60

Thanks, 60. I do try to paint these figures with respect to the native cultures.

Do you know from which nation your ancestors came? Oglala, Dakota, Lakota, etc?

Al

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m60a3

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April 2005
From: I am at play in the fields of the Lord. (Texas)

Posted by m60a3 on Monday, December 4, 2006 5:34 PM

Nice representation of one of my ancestors. Good job, ajlafleche!!

60

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 4, 2006 12:44 PM

Abit rough around the edges but the ground works pretty good.

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ajlafleche

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December 2002
From: Massachusetts

Posted by ajlafleche on Friday, December 1, 2006 7:13 PM

Thanks for the heads up. I did an E-bay search and there are some good items out there.

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reklein

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September 2006
From: Lewiston ID

Posted by reklein on Friday, December 1, 2006 5:50 PM

ajlafleche,something I just thought of, You might want to get hold of a C.M Russell art collection book. There'll be excellent examples of plains indians costumes and faces. I was born and raised in Montana and we think he's simply the best.

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ajlafleche

Member since
December 2002
From: Massachusetts

Posted by ajlafleche on Friday, December 1, 2006 10:52 AM

Thanks, Reklein. Here's a link to my postings at Armorama. The dio mid-page is by Bob Tavis and was at the Long Island Figure Show.

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reklein

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September 2006
From: Lewiston ID

Posted by reklein on Friday, December 1, 2006 10:04 AM

Nice work, do you do a lot of these western style figures? By the way the scale on my stage coach is 1/9 and the figure was carved from basswood using an old time photo to develope my pattern.

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SteveM

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June 2006
From: AusTx, Live Music Capitol of the World

Posted by SteveM on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 6:26 AM

Amazing. Groundwork is superb. SteveM

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Gun Tech

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August 2006
From: Oromocto, Canada

Posted by Gun Tech on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 6:12 AM

Awesome!

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Avus

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June 2003
From: Caput Mundi

Posted by Avus on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 2:06 AM

Not only I'm impressed by your work, which is great as usual, but also by the speed you manage to make these masterpieces!

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kenny_conklin

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May 2003
From: Staten Island, New York

Posted by kenny_conklin on Monday, November 27, 2006 8:09 PM

great job aj always impressed with your work

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HeavyArty

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December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Monday, November 27, 2006 5:39 PM

Looks good Al. I wouldn't want to meet him on the plains. Good job as usual.

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ajlafleche

Member since
December 2002
From: Massachusetts

Sioux Warrior in 54mm

Posted by ajlafleche on Monday, November 27, 2006 5:11 PM

Here is the relatively new Sioux Warrior in 54mm. The shield design is based on one I found at Prairie Edge and features a Thunder Pony motif. The original base has been mostly coverd leaving only the canteen which had an longer strap added. The glove come from the Andrea Custer's Last Stand set and the straw hat, noted to have been worn by cavalry troops on the plains was cut from a head of unknown origin (a set I bought and forgot I had...Don't you hate when that happens!) The grasses are from Woodland Scenics and from a friend and the ground work is Celluclay. He was painted almost entirely in Andrea and Vallejo acrylics with a bit of oil wash here and there.