#captain general

[royalty-nobility]

Isabel II and Her General Staff, on Horseback

Artist: Charles Porion (French, 1814-1884)

Date: c. 1862

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Description

This large-format group portrait is an ideal representation of the General Staff of the Spanish Army. In the centre of the composition Queen Isabel II, dressed in the uniform of captain general, wearing the Golden Fleece around her neck and the band of the Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III with its scallop shell across her chest; on her chest and under her lapel two other Grand Crosses can be seen, that of Charles III and Isabel la Católica (Project cataloguing heraldic and phaleristic elements, Royal Academy of Heraldry and Genealogy of Madrid).

The queen heads the cavalcade accompanied by her husband Francisco de Asís de Borbón y Borbón Dos Sicilias , also dressed as a captain general, and by Francisco de Paula , infante of Spain . Accompanying the young queen, Porion portrays some of the military men who took part in the final days of Isabel II 's government: Narváez, O'Donell and Prim, who appear prominently alongside other generals who had already died at the time the work was created, such as Digo de León and Palafox.

[simon-newman]

I have once again reminded myself of this masterpiece.

[marinesfromaroundtheworld]

[harryandmeghansussex]

Oh man, it hit me hard seeing that new video of Harry and Meghan at the Royal Marine Mountbatten Music Festival. "Three cheers for Prince Harry" 😭 Meghan's applause for her Husband and Harry's genuine emotion and appreciation. Just wow.

Made me think of Bryony's quote about this being a wound that will take a while to heal and it being the one thing that saddens Meghan. It still saddens me too 💔

[jerseydeanne]

Princess Anne is 'poised to take over' and succeed Prince Harry as Captain General of the Royal Marines - making her the first ever female in the role

Princess Anne is ‘poised to take over’ and succeed Prince Harry as Captain General of the Royal Marines – making her the first ever female in the role

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have told the Queen they will not be returning to frontline duties  Buckingham Palace said their decision meant ‘it is not possible to continue with the responsibilities’ they have Within minutes organisations released their own statements confirming they had parted ways with Sussexes  [contentcards…

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[theironwarsmith]

Captain-General Tethys Mimas of the Shadowkeepers Shield Company.

A stray strike from one the unimaginable horrors that dwell in the Dark Cells beneath the Imperial Palace removed the sight in her left eye and permanently scarred her face. The denizen's attempted escape did not succeed as injury was not sufficient for it to gain the upper hand.

However, due to the Cicatrix Maledictum's appearance and the inexplicable disappearance of a few of the inhabitants of the Dark Cells. Captain-General Tethys Mimas and her Shadowkeepers Shield Company head into the stars to find the prisoners and bring them back before they can wreak unimaginable horrors throughout the Imperium.

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Here is the final HQ choice for my Custodes, she'll use the rules for the Captain-General in the codex but I wanted to make my own character that suited the rest of the force.

The name, unlike the Shield-Captains, are two of the moons of Saturn as opposed to Jupiter. Both moons bare large craters on them which suited her, as she bears a scarred face which I sculpted beforehand.

[simon-newman]

Warhammer update post.

So... I’ve got another bonus at work and spent about 1/3 of it to get myself an Imperial Knight... Despite my backlog... Yes - i am aware.

Anyway - I’ve spent 3 days assembling the thing and for a miniature it is HUGE.

Photo 1 - The knight legs, partially assembled, compared to a Space Marine Intercessor.

Photo 2 - Assembling the body. A tight fit I held together with some rubbers. Also - I’ve got myself a Tamiya glue and I must admit it’s far better than Citadel one even if it takes a bit longer to get a bond. It bonds STRONGLY.

Photo 3 - not glued the body with carapace armor. Carapace weapon magnetized.

Photo 4 - Size comparison - Yarrick, Brother Biggus (Tactical Marine, sorry - he’s been gathering dust), Captain General Kitten.

Photo 5 - Size comparison 2 - Brother Biggus, Kitten and Ancient Silus - the Casteferrum Dreadnought.

Photo 6 - Size comparison 3 - Kitten, Silus and Space Marine Razorback (partial assembly).

Photo 7 - Size comparison - Kitten, Silus, Razorback and Imperial Knight. Since then I’ve applied magnets to both arms and completed 3 weapon options.

Some 3 more weapons need magnets to work with the setup + the other carapace weapon + faceplates.

Then the painting which I’ve been neglecting in the past months (this includes the Razorback which needs it’s interior painted) as I’m trying to make a DIY wet palette as the paints dry almost instantly in the summer.

I’ll probably get to painting anything in late Spetember and it’ll likely be the Razorback, Kitten and the Albatros I’ve been working on as well.

PS. Turns our spending 3 days assembling plastic models with glue can make you sick. Don’t be me and make sure your place is sufficiently ventilated when you’re spending a lot of time assembling plastic models.

PS2.

No - I am not collecting Astra Militarum. I’ve got myself a miniature of Yarrick as a part of other order since it was the “Last chance to buy”. He’ll be only a display miniature.

[simon-newman]

WIP I haven’t told you about

So. Okey - I’ve been kinda busy with my hobbies lately.

I AM preparing a post about my spiders - I am currently trying to get at least some pictures of them - some are harder to catch on camera than others.

But this is not what I wanted to talk about. What I wanted to talk about is Plastic Crack.

Or to be more precise - Warhammer 40k and Plastic Scale Models.

So...

Which one should I start off with? I guess scale models.

I’ve posted about HMS Hood scale model I’ve got that I really, really want to do justice.

I’ve started on a scale tank and a plane before but both are much smaller - I’ll update you on progress with those when I have something worth showing.

Anyway - as I’ve mentioned the stuff (especially the detail up sets0 are actually smaller than those for HMS Hood in general. I was kinda afraid that the experience might differ a lot from the assembly of a 1/350 scale ship.

This is why I did what had to do.

Brother Biggus for scale.

I’ve got another ship when I noticed a particularly good deal on it (a full set of PE, metal parts and the model itself at the price I paid just for the basic model of Lady Hood).

Try to guess which ship it is!

Anyway...

That’s that. We’ll see how well the assembly goes.

And now I’ll need to think about a shelf to display more than one ship at this scale - preferably one that won’t let any dust in.

Now for the Warhammer.

Guess who!

Yes - I am converting the miniature of Trajann into the one true Captain General - Kitten.

The basic assembly and conversion work is done. There are some gaps to be filled on the weapon - left from the cutting and cleaning the parts. Exchanging weapon heads was the most difficult phase and I am glad it looks as good as it does. Filling up that little gap should be easy enough.

Other than that the cape of the miniature fits really badly - unlike the image on the box the assembly lines are disgustingly visible - i am going to fix those as well while I’m already working with the greenstuff.

Next phase will be to magnetize the lion’s pelt - It can be put on or not. It seems Kitten does wear it but the cape itself looks great and covering it up after I go out of my way to fix it seems like a total waste. 2 magnets in the pelt and 2 hidden in the cape should do the trick.

Then I’ll paint everything before completing the assembly - other than the weapon hand the parts i didn’t glue on would make it hard to reach some spaces with a brush.

Look forward to the completed conversion.