[P/O W. 'Moggy' Cattermole]

looking VERY nice...but i wonder, why does the dude with the flag not actively defend himself?
i realize that such a figure is part of many paintings, but i never really
understood their passive stance.... :?

If we look at the painting of the last stand of the 66th (inspiration for 3 of
the soldiers [see if you can guess which!]) the colour bearer does have a revolver out:

http://www.britishbattles.com/second-af ... sacred.jpg

And in such things, they do tend to fight, with swords, pistols or the flag staff. Mine stands
there like a lemon because i'm not a good drawer. I'd've redone him entirely, but i rather
liked the way the colour was drawn, so he stayed. :lol:

--edit--
the drawing is darker, you can see more details of the ground and crowd in the real thing, i just
scanned it inneptly! Still, it was 1 o'clock in the morning! :roll:

guys, thank you very much indeed for the kind comments!