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Thank you very much OC. Pegaso definitely go on the list for another try. alan

I'm still drifting a bit although the house is fully repaired again just in time for the electric cooker to turn its toes up. The joys of home ownership. Anyhoo, I'm adding a little paint to Oddone most days and added the missing arm, the shield and the polished helmet (battle beanie?). The figures on the shield were an exercise in breath control but they are raised details so they could be picked out with some light brush strokes. the clear orange didn't stand out as much as I hoped but I still like it better than gold paint for this application. I think its now probably as finished as I can make it. I'm pleased with the way the armour came out, a bit less so with the shield. Maybe it would have been better to mask the stripes rather than freehand them. I still like the Art Girona figures for their characters but the Pegaso figure went together better and a better painting guide was provided. Thanks for looking in, the likes and comments. Hopefully I will turn my attention to the Galatea in a more focussed way but I did do a bit of exploring on Etsy and picked up a couple of resin figures than would have to be described as whimsy - but we are approaching the holiday season so................... Alan

A beautiful model and complimented by the figure which is super and the tidy base. alan

The weathering really makes the model a spectacular work. The sand blasted window is great and very subtle. alan

A great idea and beautifully executed alan

Thank you very much Henry. That is very useful information. I couldn’t decide on a plan to shade the colors of the diagonal stripes on the shield and had decided that they would be solid red and gold. I’m not sure whether the box art is really the model or an image based on the model. There are a few minor differences between the box art and the model (and the painting notes). I honestly can’t see how one would paint the embroidery on tunic and cloak either. so far I have only found two other completed Oddones. One on Etsy and one in Kazakhstan. Both for sale at about $60. Neither attempted the squirrel fur, shaded shield or embroidered tunic and cloak. The lions are apparently ripping a piece of bread apart. Alan

Beautiful finish alan

Thank you very much Henry. I’ve seen the blue and white pattern in heraldry but never realized how it came to be. That does tie in with the painting notes from Pegaso too. I may work up the courage to try to enhance the cloak lining. thanks again alan

Coming together really well. Making a crowd of pets to ship onboard is a terrific idea Alan

I started adding some colour. I used Tamiya clear orange which does a good job of simulating gold on polished metal. The inside of Oddos cloak is supposed to be squirrel fur in an alternating blue / grey but I didn't like how that worked out so I used a light blue grey and dry brushed silver grey over it. As far as I can tell there are few references to what Oddone wore so I'm staying with this. The figure doesn't have any delineation on the fur so blue and grey looked wrong somehow. The cloak has had several glazes of red and the gold trim added. The purple kilt thing has the buff undercoat ready for the gold trim. I started on the shield with a coat of black primer which I then sanded back to bare metal for the lions and the edge. This got the clear orange treatment but its not as effective as I hoped. I may try another coat before stripping it back and trying again. At this point I decided it was going to be easier working on the face and the details if I assembled the majority of the figure. The gold has been added to the kilt (he doesn't look like someone you would accuse of wearing a skirt), the basic colour has been added to the face. The box art shows very fine embroidered patterns on the kilt and cloak but I cannot think of a way of doing that convincingly at my skill levels so he's going to have to put up with being plain. The arm, helmet, face and details next. I like the Pegaso figure; the metal is softer than the alloy Art Girona uses but the detail is still good and its easier to drill to add brass rods at the joints. Thanks for looking in, the likes and comments Alan

Welcome Ken. Its all new to me. Medieval Europe is far more complicated than I thought. Alan

Thank you Phil. It’s been a very enjoyable work alan

Thank you Phil alan

Thank you very much Ken. There a few times it nearly had a test flight into the bin. Not sure what the next aircraft will be but it WON’T be the Mallow Alan

Welcome OC, they are spectacularly good kits. I’m looking forward to it after the recent struggles. It will be.a waterline model and no diorama- I’m running out of space alan