Thanks lan
54mm Charge of the Scots Greys
- Thread starter Neil Merryweather
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Neil
Sorry I got behind on this, it is looking very good indeed.
Keep up the good work.
Andrew
Sorry I got behind on this, it is looking very good indeed.
Keep up the good work.
Andrew
No worries Neil, there was no thought of competition but admiration on the modes of the figure accoutrements and carbine.
Cheers,
Richard
G
Neil .
First you bring us lessons in surgery and now foil, and just when I'd recovered from the foil harness you come up with the piece de resitance the sword and the musket part.
Brilliant work. Well worthy of the Race Towers :thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2: of the week award.
First you bring us lessons in surgery and now foil, and just when I'd recovered from the foil harness you come up with the piece de resitance the sword and the musket part.
Brilliant work. Well worthy of the Race Towers :thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2: of the week award.
thank you kindly John, I shall treasure this award for ever!
"I would first like to thank my parents who, in a bygone age, left me alone as a child to glue my fingers together, leave Humbrol fingerprints on the furniture, to cut my fingers repeatedly with the orange Swan Morton craft knife, not to mention allowing me to inhale glue and paint fumes to my heart's content."
..............which probably explains my happy-go-lucky disposition as an old man..........
"I would first like to thank my parents who, in a bygone age, left me alone as a child to glue my fingers together, leave Humbrol fingerprints on the furniture, to cut my fingers repeatedly with the orange Swan Morton craft knife, not to mention allowing me to inhale glue and paint fumes to my heart's content."
..............which probably explains my happy-go-lucky disposition as an old man..........
Right then!
I’ve added buckles and straps to the valise, mess tin and rolled up cloak.
And I fitted the rest of the tack to the horse (except for the reins), which was nice and simple.
And then I made myself knuckle down to the creases in the right sleeve.
I realised I needed to depict the cuff lace, so I added that, and a sword knot around his wrist.
Strangely, the painter has shown it flying free, which may add a bit of movement to the picture but is surely nonsense in a battle situation?
I was having issues with the left hand and the eventual position of the reins, so I decided to leave off the mane and reins until after assembly. I also discovered that the crotch pin I was using to keep everything in position would be very visible, so I trimmed that to the saddle and pinned the rider to the saddle blanket through the calves.
These were trimmed flush (and proved very difficult to replace later…..)
So now he really is ready for paint as far as I'm concerned(or I'll lose the will to live), and here are a couple of shots of the story so far.
Thanks again, one and all,for watching and commenting and for being my conscience- by which I mean pointing out nastinesses that I had (mostly)deliberately overlooked.....!
But as I say, that's IT now, I'm going for paint.
There will now be a (not so)short intermission, no doubt filled with much swearing ,tearing of hair, gnashing of teeth and throwing of toys out of prams.......
Or I might just make a Spitfire OOB for some light relief!
cheers
Neil
I’ve added buckles and straps to the valise, mess tin and rolled up cloak.
And I fitted the rest of the tack to the horse (except for the reins), which was nice and simple.
And then I made myself knuckle down to the creases in the right sleeve.
I realised I needed to depict the cuff lace, so I added that, and a sword knot around his wrist.
Strangely, the painter has shown it flying free, which may add a bit of movement to the picture but is surely nonsense in a battle situation?
I was having issues with the left hand and the eventual position of the reins, so I decided to leave off the mane and reins until after assembly. I also discovered that the crotch pin I was using to keep everything in position would be very visible, so I trimmed that to the saddle and pinned the rider to the saddle blanket through the calves.
These were trimmed flush (and proved very difficult to replace later…..)
So now he really is ready for paint as far as I'm concerned(or I'll lose the will to live), and here are a couple of shots of the story so far.
Thanks again, one and all,for watching and commenting and for being my conscience- by which I mean pointing out nastinesses that I had (mostly)deliberately overlooked.....!
But as I say, that's IT now, I'm going for paint.
There will now be a (not so)short intermission, no doubt filled with much swearing ,tearing of hair, gnashing of teeth and throwing of toys out of prams.......
Or I might just make a Spitfire OOB for some light relief!
cheers
Neil
All the scratch work is wonderful Neil, looking forward to paint.
Cheers,
Richard
Cheers,
Richard
G
Marvellous work Neil. You've done an incredible job.
G
Neil while searching the net I came across these.
Now for those of us not blessed with your skill I wonder what your thoughts are, not saying I would even think about trying them, as I don't think I could do the clothing.
Now for those of us not blessed with your skill I wonder what your thoughts are, not saying I would even think about trying them, as I don't think I could do the clothing.
Thanks Richard, I don't think my painting will come close to your version, though.
Thanks very much Peter.
Now for the pain! (T missing deliberately)
They look good John, why not give them a try?
The main thing to remember about adding clothing from any kind of putty is not to make it too thick.
Or if you don't want to sculpt on them you could use them as LAY figures for planning poses and relationships in a diorama, and then copying them using converted figures?
In fact I like that idea so much I think I'll try it myself- can you post a link?
G
Yes certainly Neil ,it's on afvmodeler.com/product /135-resinsculpting -mannequins/
Can unfortunately do copy and paste from this tablet, hope this is ok .
Great work Neil.
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