king derelict
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I added the figures. They are a bit sparse possibly but they are all I can glean from the sets I bought and I didn't really want to have a display loaded with figures. A couple more for the howitzer team would have been nice though. That officer might have to get his hands out of his pockets and get them dirty! I muddied boots and added some splashes on some of the puttees So the photos This was the image that inspired the whole production. Hopefully I got the general impression This is a bit self indulgent but it looks good to me I think that concludes this build apart from building the usual case. A lot of new ideas, techniques and experiments here but I think it came out OK. At some point I would like to try a Mark V tank on a base depicting it crossing a trench so lessons learnt will be useful. Having already broken two resolutions before the New Year reaches double figures (no more new books, no more new kits) I'm trying to hang onto the third and complete the part built projects and bits before starting anything else. Many Thanks for all the support, helpful information, likes and views Alan
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Thank you very much Jack. You are right. There isn't enough detail to work with. The figures will be deep in the display so I'll add the matte coat and continue. I have a couple of Verlinden 120mm figures on the shelf which I'm keen to attempt especially after watching the technique video you posted recently. Many Thanks for that Alan
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Thank you very much OC. I just read an interesting article about the quality of 1/72 figures which said Hat figures dominated the scale and were generally poor quality in terms of detail. The Emhar offerings were considered better but marginalized by Hat. I imagine they would look good en masse for wargaming. Alan
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HB11 Stirling Hot Air Engine by Diver - Böhm
king derelict replied to Diver's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
A beautiful and interesting model. And straight onto the wish list Alan -
I touched up a few places on the base and painted the black edges. I dunno why I always end up leaving that until the end; it would be much smarter done at the start. An order to TAP Plastic now for the case parts. I continued with the figures. With some varied shades of khaki and some dark washes I am fairly happy with the majority of the figures but I am struggling a bit with the faces. The detail is poor to start with and on one I did a poor job of scraping the flash off. I'm trying to build up shades of skin tones but there really isn't a lot of detail to catch the washes. The three marching figures are not too bad and the seated figure is OK but the rest are disappointing. The officer has almost no facial features If nothing else this has given me a new appreciation of the figure painting excellence of Jack @Jack12477 and OC @Old Collingwood. I'm still a bit surprised at the lack of options for 1/72 scale WW1 figures. Given the level of devastation it always seemed to be an underrepresented war Thank you for looking in, the likes and commenting Alan
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Happy New Year to Everyone. i hope it brings a lot of good things I added a canister under the tarp on the Whippet alongside the tin helmet. I made some tie downs out of scrap PE for the ropes securing the tarps and decided that was enough fiddling about. Everything got a dose of clear matt coat and once they were dry I added the vehicles to their final positions on the base. I made up some mud with a mixture of white glue, brown craft acrylic, ceramic dust and a little water. This was used to blend the vehicles onto the base. So far so good. There is no excuse I; now need to get serious with the figures. Thank you all for looking in and the likes and comments. Alan
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