Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Marshal of the Empire in 75mm

Painted this figure up today for my fellow ex-pat Hawaiian buddy, James (aka Kimo). It is a 75mm metal figure which he must've had for sometime, as the manufacturer - Chota Sahib, has been out of business for decades. It's a nice enough figure, but I found some of the details, like the lacing on the collar and cuffs, sculpted in rather low relief. In fact, some 28mm figures have details easier to pick out with the brush. I ended up giving it a quick block paint job followed by Minwax staining. After I sped up the drying process with a hair dryer I gave it a shot of Dullcote and gave it some highlighting and details. It ended up pretty nice and have no problem letting Kimo know it's done.

The prince himself was quite an interesting character and lived up to his noble heritage. As a youth he served as an Aide-de-camp in the war against the Ottoman Empire. He eventually served under Napoleon and survived the Russian Campaign. He was made a Marshal of the Empire for his heroism at the Battle of Leipzig. While covering the retreat he drowned while attempting to cross the White Elster.

This is what the figure looked like prior to staining; a fairly simple paint job with only a few colors. Note the broken blade; fixed afterwards.

A lot of the details were clarified after the staining.

Finally, here he is next to 28mm Front Rank Dutch Lancers and a 120mm Verlinden Polish Lancer which were painted several years ago.