Queen Boudicca of the Iceni

[Guest]

Heres a pic of my model

Paul

[Guest]

Hi all

Did a bit more work on the horse, Colin perhaps you can ask your partner if the neck is better, ive also added some detail to the hair on the fetlocks and hooves

You can also see ive added the yoke blanket with the indents of where the yoke will sit

more to come

Paul

[Guest]

Much better she says ...

Great work as per usual Paul ... I'm still impatiently waiting for the end result though.

Oh and Mississippi can apparently come and live with us

[Guest]

Colin you and me both on the end result, i sometimes get a bit impatient when im doing a lot of sculpting as i want to get onto the painting part

Mississippi unfortunately belongs to our local farmer who bought it for his daughter, but i think we look after her more than they do

Paul

[Guest]

Bit more done to the horse, this time the mane and tail.

Im always dissapointed with the manes and tails that come with kits, on the whole they are very static with little or no movement and even though the horses are stationary there would still be movement in them, mississippis tail is never still swatting flies so with that in mind heres the mane from the kit

using my pyrogravure ive added extra length on using bits of spru

and carried this on for the whole length

I also added some bits onto the other side

Then started to add the hair texture

This needs to be done in several sittings

this will need sanding and then finer detail adding later on

Paul

[Guest]

An exceptional work...

[Guest]

What are you using to rescribe the detail Paul, power tool or heated tool?

Looks good anyway.

[mossiepilot]

My Goodness Paul, speechless at the talent on show. Awesome sculpting mate.

Tony.

[Guest]

Thanks for the comments guys, Colin i use a pyrogravure, like a fine soldering iron, i made several different points for it ranging in thickness, A useful tool

Paul

[Guest]

Tony sorry just realised you are just accross the border from me in sunny Darlington

Paul

[mossiepilot]

Not so sunny at the moment Paul, can I ask, where are you.

Tony.

[tr1ckey66]

Brilliant work Paul, exceptional skills. I can't wait to see the finished thing should be really, really impressive (and quite large I think)

Keep up the great work

ATB

Paul

[Guest]

Tony just in also not so sunny Penrith

Paul cheers mucka, yep it will be quite big, give the wife time to get a shelf ready

Paul

[Guest]

Ok on with the hairy bits o_O ill leave the mane as it is for now but i may add a bit more to it later, im not sure its messed up enough. so on to the tail, Missys tale never stops so ive given this a lot of movement

just heated it up a bit then bent it round

then added the detail in as per the mane

again still a bit more to do but its getting to where i want it

Paul

[Gern]

Hi Paul. That pyrogravure tool looks like just the thing I need for cleaning up the seams on my soft plastic figures. I've checked it out on the web and apparently it's no longer available. A few sites recommend using a normal soldering iron and grinding the tip to the shape you want. They also mention you need to adjust the temperature and some have made gadgets to do that. As I know even less about electrics than I do about the backside of the moon, can I pick your brains and ask if you can let me know the technical specification of your pyrogravure please?

Gern