discussion Verlinden 120MM Union Zouave

[Guest]

Tim - Cheers.

Neil - Ooooh yourself {cheers!}.

Steve - Blue trousers with two thick red lines on each side, and yes, I was considering making them lighter than the jacket. A quiet day, (wife at work, son at college} so should get a bit of painting done.

 

[adt70hk]

Looking good Peter

 

[Guest]

Looking great Peter :smiling3:.

 

[Guest]

Andrew and Ralph - Many thanks.

I've now got the legs done:


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As you can see, I've gone for the blue trousers with red stripes - there should probably be at least four of the latter on each sider, but two on each was tricky enough, and we'll let artistic license take up the slack.

 

[Guest]

Looks great Peter :smiling3:.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

nice one, Speedy Gonzales!

 

[Mickc1440]

That's looking so nice Peter, more great work

 

[Guest]

Hells Bells, give a man time to get comfortable Peter, just sat down and your done.
Love the buckle you did, most effective as the red piping.:thumb2:

 

[Guest]

Neal - A five-dayer, about right for a Verlinden 120mm.

Mick - Thank you. Nearly there.

John - Not finished yet. Another day should do it, but you have time to take a seat and have a coffee.

 

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

The trousers do look good, and excellent stripes too, well done

Looks like a finish today with the accessories and the base?

A nice day today too, before Storm Alex arrives and several days of stormy rain ahead!

Time to start the search for the next victim?

Have a good day with the paints

Regards

Steve H

 

[Guest]

Morning Steve, from a wet and stormy Garden of England.

This should get finished today. The accessories are fairly simple, except for the water bottle straps. which need careful aligning. I'm going to use a pre-used base, to save a bit of effort.

The next victim is a new Life Miniatures 1/16 figure, which is on order, and which I'm pretty excited about.

Have a good day in the home office.

Peter.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
He looks excellent. The braiding on the jacket is beautifully done and really adds to the look.
Jim

 

[Guest]

Many thanks Jim.

He's done:

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All the fiddly stuff today, which always takes longer than I think it will. Things weren't helped by the fact that I knocked him over at one point and lost the bayonet to the carpet monster - fortunately I had a spare. The base is an old Verlinden one with grass tufts added. Once fixed in place I dusted him up slightly with pastels

 

[Tim Marlow]

Nice job on this one Peter. Really sharp finish.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

A very suave Zouave!

 

[SteveH]

A very suave Zouave!

Nice one

Morning Peter

Lovely finish, to a very colorful figures, they always look good even for a 3rd one.

Looks like Storm Alex is going to give us all a good dousing or the next few days!

I have a virtual training day today, that should be fun!

Enjoy the next victim

Regards

Steve H

 

[Guest]

Lovely finish Peter :smiling3:.

 

[JayCee]

Superb painting once again Peter. Very very nicely done.
John.

 

[adt70hk]

Absolutely nothing wrong with that at all Peter.

ATB

Andrew

 

[Guest]

Tim - Thank you.

Neil - Thanks also funny man.

Steve - Storm Alex is raging away outside, but hopefully we'll get some respite here in the South East over the weekend. I hope so, as we're off to visit my granddaughter in Lewes tomorrow. As I'm going to be away for a couple of days, I may not start anything new, but we'll see how bored I get. Virtual training should be fun - not!

Ralph - Cheers.

John - Thank you. Glad you like him.

Andrew - I do need to touch up a couple of rough points which I noticed last night, but I'm quite pleased with how he turned out.