Keith Black

Thank you to all for the comments and likes. Thank you, Eric. I'm kinda getting into painting these Shapeways figures though the 'less is more' approach is one I'll be taking going forward. It takes far too long to paint details that are not seen at normal viewing distance. I'm exercising myself needlessly.

Daniel, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.

Simply amazing, Roel.

If you hold the bottle neck down........skip taking a picture.

I guess branding and banding is also not spoken of? Jeez, there's lots of "B" works cows don't like. I certainly hope boats isn't on the list.

Glen, that looks so cool! Cows are naturally pessimistic and rightly so.

Very nice, Andy.

Clive, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.

If I say yes I'm gonna have to burn my computer.

No because I don't wanna give my wife any more excuses than necessary to have me committed to the senile community center.

I admire your tenacity Mr Glen. Me, I'd be building a SIJ.......ship in a jar. It's looking positively grand, Glen.

Martin, welcome to MSW. A ballpark guess would be 28 deadeyes and as many single blocks. Glad to have you aboard

See Tennessee post #1030, pg 35.

Amazing work.

Wow, Glen, that's perfect! I think I see some rifles in your future.

Keith, everything is looking peachy including Erebus's landing craft.

Tony, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.

I think it's our eyes playing tricks because the planking isn't completed.

Eric, she's becoming a dandy little model. Looks every bit like the photos, ya can't beat that.

Thank you. Spraying of any product either paint or finish is out of the question because of the droplet sizes. These figures are so small they can only be painted/sealed with a brush, IMHO and I don't have a airbrush. The Minwax Polyurethane does a great job of sealing the figures before painting. At normal viewing distance one can hardly tell they have a head let alone a face. Tom, the photo where they're wearing leggings/gaiters is staged and not daily attire. Thank you, mcb. I never tire of looking at the Tennessee photos and I've looked at them thousands of times. Thank you, Rob. Henceforth they'll be referred to as leggings. Thank you, Eberhard. Let me share an idea that's a bit ambitious and attempted only when the Tennessee is completed. When I came up with the idea of painting the figures with leggings the next thought is where/how do I stage them. I thought, wouldn't it a cool vignette to recreate the photo, Equipped For Landing. It would be an extremely ambitious project because...... 1) I'd have to make a camera and at scale it'ed be tricky but I have ideas. I've already picked a figure for the cameraman. 2) Creating the leather backpacks and belts (masking tape) canteens and rifles. I think the rifles would be the hardest part of the exercise. Speaking of rifles. While exploring the above idea and thinking of ways to make rifles to scale, I started looking at the rifles closely for the first time. Goes back to that looking at photos a thousand times then seeing something new. In the Equipped For Landing photo the rifles appear to be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_model_1870_Remington—Navy# In the below photo, Color Guard, the rifles appear to be be the rare Remington-Keene 45-70 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remington–Keene_rifle https://www.coltforum.com/threads/photo-of-the-day-remington-keene-remington’s-first-bolt-action-rifle.391974/ If in fact the rifles are the Remington-Keene, the above photo would have to be taken after 1880 and at least ten years later than the Equipped For Landing photo. It's amazing the little discoveries one makes along the way. Thank you to all of you for the comments, the likes, and for following along.

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Pat, it's so good to see you back working on Victoria. I'm really looking forward to this part of your build.

Welcome to MSW. It's an admirable first attempt, mistakes are part of the process. Glad to have you aboard.

I'm down the rabbit hole lost like Alice. I mentioned one of the Shapeways figures drawbacks was they didn't have bellbottom trousers. Well, they ones I originally ordered didn't because I ordered the wrong figures, Danged old people. These do. https://www.shapeways.com/product/4C7Q8NVES/1-125-royal-navy-seamen-set-102?optionId=301259175&li=marketplace https://www.shapeways.com/product/5623PZANY/1-125-royal-navy-seamen-set-101?optionId=301259178&li=marketplace So how do I make lemonade out of lemons. I remembered this photo and thought maybe I could paint gaiters. So that's what I did. Sorry for the photo quality, I'm desperately trying to come up a solution. The three figures in my previous post went into the tank to have their paint removed. I am in early testing trying to develop techniques that will produce the best results. I can do better. Regarding the three figures from the earlier post...... 1) The resin is very porous and needs to be sealed before painting. All the 'wrong' figures have been sealed with polyurethane and once the correct figures arrive Tuesday they likewise will be sealed. 2) I have used FolkArt craft paint (matte finish) for years with good results. When I bought paint last week I bought FolkArt satin. Big mistake, it's doesn't flow like the matte finish plus it made the figures look too shiny. So I went back and bought matte finish paint. Danged old people! 3) I've been wanting to try Minwax Polycrylic so I bought a half pint of MATTE finish to seal the figures once finished. Matte finish my backside, shiny finish. Obviously I need to try something other than Minwax products, I'm open to suggestions. How/where to stage the 'wrong' figures eludes me at this time but both my little wheels are turning. As lovely as this rabbit hole is, it is after all, just a rabbit hole. I'll play a little bit with the the 'right' figures when they arrive but I need to get back to that which brung me and get on with making my grids for weaving ratlines. Again, thank you for following along. Keith

Eric, I like the position in last photo, it seems right. And by the by, they look great.