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Cid! Cid! El Cid!

Written by Michael (Mike) Cannon

Thursday, 26 June 2008

I have had this figure on my desk for a long time (actually I have *2* of them as I like the figure so much). This is sculpted by Mark Sims of Crusader Miniatures and is based on the Charleston Heston's performance in El Cid.

The NYT referred tp El Cid as taking place in a time when "men were men and women were Sophia Loren"! I assume that means they liked the movie. I painted this with paints from a number of manufacturers but used mainly Reaper MSPs. I chose the horse breed because it was a different style than the normal monotones I use. It is based loosely on the Orlov Trotter (the illustration is pulled from The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds (Hardcover)).