Verlinden 120mm Napoleonic Grenadier Peninsular War

[Guest]

Thanks Dave - the work you posted today has really inspired me.

[Guest]

Real nice whites Peter:smiling2:.
Now dirty him up a bit, that's the hard part:tongue-out3:.

[Guest]

Cheers Ralph - thanks for reminding me about the weathering!

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Well done, the white looks spot on.

Nice contrast with the emerald green.

Same again today with the trousers and its well on the way.

Looks like a good day for painting, cold, crisp and clear

Enjoy beating your nemesis

Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Morning Steve

Might not get anything done today as my wife's planning a trip to town -yippee!

As you say, good painting light, but it will be gone by 1.30pm. Darn this time of year (for a variety of reasons!). Off to my daughter's on Thursday to hold her hand while the baby has her MMR jab, so the two days left between then and now should be enough to get the grenadier finished.

[Guest]

Work-life balance...!

[Guest]

The good news is, that neither of us could be bothered to go to town. So.....



I went for white trousers in the end, and they took ages. I haven't added any dirt yet - I want to enjoy the white for a while, and anyway, I haven't decided on the colours for the base yet. My first all-white uniform - relief mixed with a bit of elation the result.

[Guest]

Superb

[Guest]

Cheers Dave

I've just attached him to the base and done a bit of weathering. Too dark for photos.

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Don't think you have escaped the ""Shopping trip""

It will return and bite you hard in the A$$ LOL

Just smile and accept your fate, it will be better in the long run, and there might be Brownie points too,
if you play nicely!

Great trousers, Gromit LOL

Another first and really well done.

Have a good day weathering that white uniform, if the shopping trip doesn't sneak up on you from behind?

Regards

Steve H

[rtfoe]

Peter, you must tell me which brand of bleach you use for the whites. :smiling2: Painting is superb for this one. :thumb2: Could this be attributed to the longer painting time alloted to each part of the figure? Good thing is no more fear of white now. :smiling4:

Cheers,
Richard

[Guest]

Steve - We went out in the end, but only to buy me some new walking boots. My wife prefers to do the Christmas shopping alone, partially because I did it for years and she felt left out, but also because I moan so much.

Richard - If it's worked out well, I think that's purely down to the sculpt - despite the oversized head this is one of the best figures I've ever worked on.

I've also changed my approach to painting whites. In the past I spent ages building up layer after layer to get an opaque white, the worked in the shadows after. This time, I've found that by adding even a tiny amount of black brown, the pigment becomes more opaque and one can paint as 'normal'. The main reason it takes longer is because of the need to build up opacity in the purer whites. I've really studied Ian Succamore's approach, which is to use a range of greys and only use the brightest white for the highlights. It is hard to photograph though - I've used Vallejo Off White throughout, but it looks very bright in the pics.

I stuck him on the base last night:



I've also added all the weathering he's going to get. Less is more in my book, and anyway It's very difficult on white - dirt naturally rubs onto the most exposed areas, which is also where the highlights are, so one runs the risk of losing the contrasts (clothing does not get dirtied in the same way as armour). My aim is to suggest grubbiness and suggest context.

[Guest]

I've now painted and mounted most of the equipment:



All of the straps were made from paper as usual.

[Guest]

Hands and pipe:



Just the musket to do now.

[Steve Jones]

I watched Waterloo yesterday and thought of you:smiling2::thumb2: