Anwerp 2011

I just came back from my short trip to Antwerp.
I attended the show at Crisis 2011 with my little Testudo bench. Indeed the name of the show can resume the real progress of my profits up there: a full crisis.
What I earned from selling miniatures it was more or less (maybe a bit more, but no so far enough) the same of what I spent to be there. Not a good business but I could have few contacts for next projects, for myself as sculptor and for Testudo as miniature models brand.
I guess in this period of deep economical sadness, we should enjoy much more the little things of life and to improve through the construction of a better future rather to expect that life might be wonderful right now, right tomorrow.
What we shouldnt never leave is the hope. The hope and the passion. The hope, the passion and the woman.
Women are the materiality on which to build up the passion. Men are the passion on which to build up the spirit. Spirit is the mean to build up a miniature.
A long spread circular chain who makes us prisoner of the art.
Life depends from art. Without art, there is no life. Without life, there is not the artist. Without the artist, there is no art.

Let's enjoy.

New 18mm figures for XVII-XVIII cent. Highlanders warriors by Christian Amerise for Testudo

Finalmente sono pronti gli Scozzesi in 18mm, adattabili sia per la guerra civile Inglese del 1600 che per le insurrezione Giacobite fino a Culloden 1746.
Gli ho appena scolpiti, quindi non me li rovinate!

Per ogni info riguardo disponibilità, contattate a info@g-rava.it e consultate la pagina web Testudo!

Finally the 18mm Scottish are ready, suitable either for the English civil war and the Jacobite uprising to Culloden 1746.
For info about availability, contact at info@g-rava.it and also check the website Testudo!

Comando di cavalleria / Mounted command

Comando di fanteria / Foot command

Fucilieri a cavallo / Mounted carbine

Lanceri leggeri / Light lancers

Guerrieri con spada / Warriors swordsmen

Guerrieri con Claymore a due mani / Two handed Claymore warriors

Clans con ascia Lochaber / Clansmen Lochaber ax

Fucilieri / Riflemen

Fucilieri in carica / Charging riflemen

Arcieri / Bowmen

Serventi d'artiglieria leggera o pesante / Light-heavy artillery crew

Tornano i Romani e i Galli Testudo! Welcome back Romans and Gauls!

Finalmente i Romani e i Galli dal De Bello Gallico di Cesare fanno il loro rientro nei ranges Testudo.
Godeteveli qui di sotto!


Finally the Romans and Gauls from Caesar's De Bello Gallico came back to Testudo ranges.
Enjoy them!


P.S. for any inquire, contact at info@g-rava.it

Gaul commander and chariot

Gauls mounted commanders

Gauls foot commanders, standard bearer and hornet

Gauls mounted standard bearer and hornet

Gauls light cavalry

Gauls heavy cavalry

Gauls foot warriors

Gauls javelinsmen

Gauls archers and slingers

Roman scorpio

Romans legati, tribunes, centuriones

Roman commander and Caesar

Romans aquilifer and cornicen

Romans signifer and littori

Romans auxiliary German cavalry

Romans legionaries throwing pilum

Romans legionaries standing upright

Romans legionaries with gladius

Romans archers from Crete and Balearic slingers

Pre-ordres and army packs available for Crisis Show, 05-11-2011 Antwerp, Belgium

Linked to the Testudo website (www.g-rava.it), you can book  pre-orders or army packs directly through my blog or by contacting at info@g-rava.it.
We will arrange to prepare your order ready for the Crisis show which you can pick up there from our stand of Testudo. Army packs and their costs are listed below, any other pre-order made before Sunday 30-10-2011 will be discounted at 10% of its real cost.
Anyway if you are not at Crisis and you cannot pick up your army pack, we can send it to your address as actual limited offer only for this period. Note that other pre-orders are discounted only if you pick them up to our stand, otherwise they are treated as a normal order.


Further ahead I will advertise the availability of my new range of Scottish Highlanders from XVII-XVIII century and the new arrangement of the old Romans and Gauls of Giuseppe Rava, both available for Crisis.
So keep looking at my blog!

Highlanders pronti alla carica

Eccoli finalmente. Ora prenderanno vita. Non li contraddire, sono molto incazzati!

Prossimo terribile progetto

I MERCENARI CROATI!

L'impetuosa carica degli uomini delle terre alte!

Dopo circa 8 mesi di lavoro ampiamente interrotto in varie fasi del suo progresso (al netto del cazzeggio, il tempo di lavoro è stato di 1,5-2 mesi), finalmente il mio primo range in 18mm di Highlanders incazzatissimi del XVII-XVIII secolo prende vita.
Manca solo di spedire i pezzi al fonditore, sperando l'iddio che le poste non mi frantumino le sculture durante i loro soffici trasporti a mano di fata, dopodichè i figurini in metallo verranno dipinti (dal sottoscritto, ovvio) ed esposti al mercato di collezionisti e dei cosiddetti "general armchairs" (ossia i generali in poltrona, i furiosi wargamers pronti a tutto pur di vederti soccombere sotto i loro colpi di dadi-artiglieria!). 

La mia passione artistica e storica mi ha portato a quest'attività, trascurando i veri valori della vita come: procurarsi il pane quotidiano con il sano sudore della fronte. Però devo ammettere che pur avendo il portafoglio in stato di desertificazione avanzata, mi sono pure ingrassato. Per ora...