Thank you very much for your compliments. Again cheers and applause for all other competitors, especially Nono for a very good runner up.
I wonder why you all have recognized my fig being painted by me. Because I used a different forest this time (about one kilometer away from our house)....
Here is an additional picture of "Uli" (by the way: this is not the famous "Liechtenstein" where my rich countrymen bring their money to save it from taxes,
Ulrichs Liechtenstein is a castle in Styria / Austria.
Ulrichs appearance is a bit more "combat like", without crest. In Codex Manesse he is painted with a statue of Venus on his helmet.
The fig is painted with acrylics in different brands (mostly GW) on black primer. Flag is made from aluminium foil.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrich_von_Liechtenstein