Skirmisher
Added 2017-09-13 01:15:48 +0000 UTCAnother Patreon reward. This time for a longtime friend, client, patron, and all around nice guy Richard Westberry. In fact he's one of the individuals who got me into fandom back in 1989. Now he's built up quite a few months in his favor so I decided to surprise him and do something special!
He has a passionate love for blackpowder firearms and in particular a fascination with the Baker Rifle and the Prince Consort's Own of the Napoleonic Wars. Commonly known as the 95th Rifles. Link made famous in the Bernard Cornwall's novels and the TV series that arose from it.
Now before Napoleonic military buffs pick me apart about certain details I may have gotten wrong in this piece please understand that from getting the idea to do this. Quickly gathering the reference for it. And doing the final drawing, it was only 4 and a half hours. So this was not an extensively researched.
Also from what I've read about the Napoleonic Wars, units that spent any extended amount of time in the field quickly lost their crisp, consistent, uniform appearance as garments and shoes wore out and were either replaced with whatever the soldiers could buy, trade, steal, or loot from the bodies of the dead.
Comments
In a furry version of the Napoleonic wars, Sharp probably would have been as Badger...suits his personality! Good one! THE COLONEL
WILLIAM C JOHNSON
2017-09-15 18:11:45 +0000 UTCWell I wanted to do the character justice and unit he represented since you are both very knowledgeable of the 95th Rifles and the Baker Rifle itself. Of which I had never realized how big the bayonet was for the Baker until I did some homework!
Baron Engel
2017-09-13 16:37:44 +0000 UTCOh wow, I don't have the words. This is the best piece of art done of the character to date.
Richard Westberry
2017-09-13 16:17:59 +0000 UTC
