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Hello Everyone! Winter Village Build
Hi This is a great idea. Whilst I haven't built a snow scene I have built a number of houses etc so here is a couple of tips. !. you can see that this house is built on its own base so that the batteries etc can be concealed underneath. You could do this with your village and simply place the...- wotan
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- Forum: Introduce yourself
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Felting bust
having our new acquisition I decided to have a go at felting a bust. Here she is.- wotan
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- Forum: Completed Animals
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Latest Acquisitions (2024)
latest addition. What did we do.....? John -
Does it take time or talent?
And here is a few 3D models. John- wotan
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- Forum: Figure building related chat.
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Does it take time or talent?
Steve Your figures look very nice, and I must say that I paint almost exclusively in oils when I am in my studio. For outdoor stuff (plein air) I use gouache since it is more convenient to transport. For figures I use Acrylic as a base then use oils over the top. Incidentally you might want to...- wotan
- Post #24
- Forum: Figure building related chat.
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I remember when. . .
I'm another Woolies fan, 2/6 for a kit and glue. John -
Total eclipse
We were fortunate enough to be directly in the path of the total eclipse. I couldn't get a real photo of the event but I did get one of my wife and I enjoying it in our back yard. I must say it is such an amazing event, the temperature drops a lot and the stars come out for about 2 minutes in... -
Pledge Polish
Mick I guess this is not much help to you, since I am a part of a "foreign field", but this is what I use on my figures.- wotan
- Post #23
- Forum: General Modelling chat
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Colin M's 1/48 Eduard Fokker D VII (Build a Bi-plane GB)
Nicely done Colin. Amazingly we have one of the few remaining original D VII's, in our little local museum in the backwoods of Quebec. John- wotan
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- Forum: Completed Group builds 2017 on
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A bit of figure painting
Still working in 2D. My local sketch club set a challenge of making a self portrait in the style of a great artist. I chose Jan van Eyck. 5 inch by 5 inch oil on panel.- wotan
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- Forum: Other Hobbies and interests
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A bit of figure painting
Some of you may know that I spend more time painting in 2 dimensions than in 3. This is my latest attempt at painting our granddaughter. John- wotan
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- Forum: Other Hobbies and interests
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Sculpt for art classes: Barry
Thanks Mick So Barry has been painted and he is very happy about it. There is no green it's just the lighting, BTW if you want to get a subtle shine on something here's a tip use furniture polish, That is what I used to get a boney shine and of course the highest bits get the most shine as...- wotan
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- Forum: Other Hobbies and interests
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Sculpt for art classes: Barry
Hi all From time to time I give classes to one of our local art groups. My next one is on portrait drawing so I decided to sculpt this as an aid to facial structure. He is called Barry since early on his teeth made him look like Barry Gibb. He is at approx 1/3 scale so just over 3 inches high...- wotan
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- Forum: Other Hobbies and interests
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Ok other hobbies, erm?
Good for you Neil. My summer passion is golf I'm afraid. This is part of my beautiful Golf Club. And this is me at one of our team events. John- wotan
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- Forum: Other Hobbies and interests
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Sadistic Christmas gift
So someone bought me this for Christmas (SWMBO). This is an almost impossible kit to assemble, as anyone who has ever had one of these Metal Earth kits will know. It is all made out of steel photo etch that is prepainted. It is a sadistic gift for someone like me, who is not a great model...- wotan
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- Forum: Completed Aeroplanes
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Best model you ever made?
I have a few favorites. Box dio Airborne forces D Day 9th Armoured Div on the Ludendorf bridge The old North bridge at the Battle of Concord John- wotan
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- Forum: General Modelling chat
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Spots on the Internet (2023)
Those figures are pretty much the same set that has been around for years. Made about 3 years ago. -
Snowy morning!
White here already. Squirrels have been running along the rail on our deck. John -
Napoleon the movie
So since it was snowing today and it's cheap tickets Tuesday here SWMBO and I decided to go and see the movie Napoleon. I'll give my detailed comments below but if you want to avoid any spoilers ,not worth watching! Now you can skip the rest. If you did stay around then here's what I thought...
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