Ian and Peter, thank you.
So, as promised , here comes the Milliput!
Over the years I have found it well-nigh impossible to balance the quantities in a very small amount of Milliput correctly so I don’t bother any more. I always wait until I have a few things to do to justify a larger mix – hence the variety of little jobs in this post.
First up are the highlander’s arms.
I split the coat tails so they can fly a bit .
Next came the main event- the legs.
With a previous mix I had roughly coated the wire with Milliput to provide a key for the sculpting
I find otherwise the putty just slips around the wire making it impossible to keep it in place to do the actual sculpting. I’ve straightened his right toe as well.
You’ll notice the finish on the legs is a bit iffy, but as I’ve said before, I envy people who can model correctly right off the bat- I have to be thereabouts with the Milliput and finish off with filing and carving and sanding. Most of this will be covered by the kilt, anyway.
The painting shows socks with no gaiters, and I don’t know whether it is correct but I’m sticking with the gaiters.
The Scots Grey’s left arm was next
The Cuirassier’s helmet tail
His epaulettes
I flattened the portmanteau and re-sculpted the cloak where it would be squashed by the weight of the horse - I was grateful to Bob for his assistance
I made new coat tails, using the existing ones as a template.
You have to a wait until the end of a session to do this kind of thing as you need the Milliput to be more cured and therefore less sticky or likely to break up.
So that’s where we are currently.
Thanks for looking in and for the encouraging comments
Neil
