1/12 Airfix Imperial Guard Grenadier
- Thread starter Neil Merryweather
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I'm still spinning from looking at the braid. The backpack is a work of art.
Cheers,
Richard
Cheers,
Richard
Cheers Jason
Thanks very much, Richard
“Well”, I thought, “you’ve done faces and hands at 1-72 scale, so what’s so scary about a little eagle on a 2mm disc?”
So I broke out the Duro and had a go.
The bigger one is 2mm diameter, the smaller one is 1.5mm.
They are supposed to look like this
They’ll do.
Next thing is to mould them. I will try a press mould from Milliput for starters, and see how I get on.
While I had the Duro out I attacked some of the other insignia
And I had another go at the Sabre Briquet hilt, which I wasn’t happy with first time around.
Whilst the Duro was out I also finally started work on the 'Flying Scotsman's' kilt, so there will be an update there shortly.
Thanks for looking
Neil
So I broke out the Duro and had a go.
The bigger one is 2mm diameter, the smaller one is 1.5mm.
They are supposed to look like this
They’ll do.
Next thing is to mould them. I will try a press mould from Milliput for starters, and see how I get on.
While I had the Duro out I attacked some of the other insignia
And I had another go at the Sabre Briquet hilt, which I wasn’t happy with first time around.
Whilst the Duro was out I also finally started work on the 'Flying Scotsman's' kilt, so there will be an update there shortly.
Thanks for looking
Neil
Fantastic detailing....lifting the bar ever higher...
G
Such skilful work Neal. He's really looking very good indeed.
Very nice Duro work Neal.Its great stuff for detail work,Great for badges et al.Carry on Carruthers.
Rich.
Rich.
I made two moulds from Milliput, each with about 12 impressions. I coated the pattern with WD40 as a release agent ,rather than Vaseline as I didn’t want to obscure the detail.
I left it 24 hours to be sure of a cure and then, with more WD40, I pressed in a couple of blobs of Duro.
The first attempt distorted the impressions because I removed it immediately, so I just left it to cure overnight as well.
I sliced the buttons off with a new scalpel blade and tried them on the model
I wasn’t happy that they were not all perfectly round with a crisp edge, so I added styrene discs first and then glued the buttons to them.
They don’t bear microscopic inspection but the texture will look better than the blobs of the original when they are painted.
That’s it for now, I think it’s probably cross-belts and epaulettes next- and I’m still sweating over those bloody Raquettes!
thanks for looking.
Neil
I left it 24 hours to be sure of a cure and then, with more WD40, I pressed in a couple of blobs of Duro.
The first attempt distorted the impressions because I removed it immediately, so I just left it to cure overnight as well.
I sliced the buttons off with a new scalpel blade and tried them on the model
I wasn’t happy that they were not all perfectly round with a crisp edge, so I added styrene discs first and then glued the buttons to them.
They don’t bear microscopic inspection but the texture will look better than the blobs of the original when they are painted.
That’s it for now, I think it’s probably cross-belts and epaulettes next- and I’m still sweating over those bloody Raquettes!
thanks for looking.
Neil
Amazing work neil , your knowledge of stuff like this is incredible . And as for making buttons from scratch , youre a madman ! Brilliant work , cheers tony
cheers Tony
I've had a little bit of real life distraction lately, but I have paid Jacques some attention over the last few days.
He got some eyes, some hair and ears for his earrings
I finished the texturing of the bearskin and made the crown grenade.
I still need to re-sculpt the detail on the front plate, which is very poor
I’m still having the Heebie Jeebies about the Raquettes :flushed: :tongue-out3:
Thanks for looking
Neil
He got some eyes, some hair and ears for his earrings
I finished the texturing of the bearskin and made the crown grenade.
I still need to re-sculpt the detail on the front plate, which is very poor
I’m still having the Heebie Jeebies about the Raquettes :flushed: :tongue-out3:
Thanks for looking
Neil
Holy lookalikes batman ! Im getting a Cesar Romero vibe neil !
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