discussion 'A Tale of Two Horses' RDG Miniatures 1/9th Burthe and Trumpeter Bust

[adt70hk]

Steve

Some outstanding work on display there. In the full frame shot of the horses head it looks almost real.

Very well done.

Andrew

 

[Steve Brodie]

Steve

Some outstanding work on display there. In the full frame shot of the horses head it looks almost real.

Very well done.

Andrew

Many thanks :flushed:

 

[Ian M]

Those are coming along rather nice!

 

[Steve Brodie]

calling the face done. other colours on the shako blocked in ready for the oils.

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[PaulinKendal]

That looks fabulous!

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Nice job, Steve

 

[Jim R]

Hi Steve
Great stuff.
Jim

 

[Steve Brodie]

Wasnt happy at all with the lace work. might be as i had painted the lace area red after misunderstanding 'reverse' uniform. tried painted blue over the top and then added on the lace - gold, which wasnt correct either. so a total cock up;



I had heard on a message chat that Mr muscle oven cleaner will remove oil paint from resin, so he was sprayed and left for 30 minutes and this was removed with a toothbrush and warm water. this removed about 85%, so a couple more coatings of the spray and a clean down and it was 99.99% clear of the oil paint, ready for round 2;

 

[Guest]

Thant's some determination Steve, good for you.

 

[Steve Brodie]

Think the pain was worth it !

Before;



After stripping all the paint off!

 

[Tim Marlow]

Think the pain was worth it !

Before;

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After stripping all the paint off!

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Looks a lot sharper Steve, so well worth the effort to me.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Steve
Oh yes, definitely worth stripping the first attempt. As Tim says it now looks very much sharper.
jim

 

[PaulinKendal]

Good job!

 

[Guest]

Really worth the effort Steve.:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

 

[Steve Brodie]

Started to flesh out Col Burthes face;



Obviously the eyes have to be painted and detailed.

 

[adt70hk]

So out of my comfort zone it's scary.

Some outstanding work on display.

Keep up the great work Steve.

Andrew

 

[Steve Brodie]

All 3 horse busts taken from above. there are some noticeable size differences between all 3 of them positioned like this, maybe when all at the correct display angles it will look okay. the flag bearers mount is a lot larger than burthes and the trumpeters.



Front on with their riders

 

[JayCee]

Excellent work Steve. The discrepancy in the horse sizes shouldn't be noticeable when all together. Anyway horses are like humans, they come in all sizes.
John.

 

[Andy the Sheep]

Stunning work, Steve.
Nice to know that oven cleaner works so nicely with oil on resin.
Flag bearer (an Italian cavalryman would slap my face with his precious peccary glove for that: in the Italian Army cavalry has standards, not flags :cold-sweat mount, but this is my personal view, should be larger than the other regimental mounts to give the flag more visibility and, not secondly, a safer and sturdier mount.

 

[Steve Brodie]

lace work this evening
L to R
Eagle Bearer, first coat of yellow applied
Col.Burthe, gold painted in , silver buttons added
Trumpeter, yellow painted in, buttons painted and black wash around them. yellow trim 1st coat;