A look back at 8099 Russian Miltia
The Russian Militia set was another one of those sets which were expanded during the double-set run. The set started off with 7 poses. Another 9 poses were added to make a set with 17 poses (different sculptors and size of master figures) and 25 impressions in the mold.
Discussion here.
The 17 figures are:
1 Petersburg Officer
1 Cossack of Nizegorodsk or Pensa Militiaman with pick in flat czapka
2 Cossacks of Nizegorodsk or Pensa Militia [in tall czapkas]
3 Moscov Militiamen
3 Petersburg or Ryazan or Kazan or Tula shooters [in flat caps]
3 Shooters from Moscov or Wladimirsk Militia [in cossack long cap]
4 Petersburg Militiamen
There were a lot of picture resources
And from that and other resources a series of sketches were made.
Some pictures of master figures
Sizing
Test shots
Correction test shots
Some painted examples
By BOKI
Andrés Galindo
Julio Lahoz
Peter Styk
Thomas Willers
Sketch to finish:
I hope you have enjoyed this little look-back!