Napoleonic fans will recognize this commander's name. The dashing leader of the Poles for Napoleon, he struck a pose quite equal to Murat.
DavidB, one of my wargame buddies spotted him in my last blog post. I thought I had previously posted about him but can't find it, so I thought I'd give Poniatowsky a quick spotlight.
My version of him was created from a miscellaneous metal horse I had lying about, added plastic cavalry legs, a saddle and cloth, modified the Poles's torso with a bit of green stuff, glued on arms. [These gave me the most grief to be honest as I needed them to look like they were holding the reins.] To the horse was added the lace and decorations to the horse (the horse coloration was apparently popular with him - and the much older Polish Winged Hussars if the classic 'uniformologist' Richard Knotel's illustrations are to be believed). Finally, the square topped chapska, a Polish particularity, was a chore too much -- I simply cut off a poor lancers metal head...
Not my best work but who doesn't like bright pink (my version of "Polish Crimson") on a uniform! Heck, even the German SS tankers gave their black uniforms pink trim!
