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popeye the sailor reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Thank you kindly Phil, I have seen artists use a stick in one hand balancing the paint brush hand against it. I like the idea of the sponge but alas I wont have room to place that as the scene is quite congested and busy.
OC.
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popeye the sailor reacted to GrandpaPhil in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Rest your wrist and hand on a sponge and use a 000 brush.
I bought the Qualrite set of detail brushes (note: these are artist’s brushes and not model brushes) off of Amazon and they have worked amazingly well for miniatures.
The 000 brush works great for insignia at 28mm scale.
The sponge soaks up the vibration from your wrist.
Given the choice, I would prefer to put my wrist down on something solid to ground it out, but with where you’re trying to work, the sponge would inflict less damage.
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popeye the sailor reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Evening all, I decided to scan over my build pics earlier and it struck me - some of my 5th KGL (Red Jackets) I dd not paint the White stipes on their bird nest shoulder epaulettes, trouble is they are placed in the farm / glued down (a few under the doorway) If I wanted to try to apply these incredibly small fine White lines - how couuld I do it - keep my hand staeady without a hand support and even see withought being able to get up close to them. any thoughts or ideas folks?
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popeye the sailor reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Its amazing where the time goes - Three hours painting just in those few details.
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popeye the sailor reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Evening all, more details painted including painting some of the Dark Blue jacket details inside the pile up.
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popeye the sailor reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Thank you kindly Alan, I have tried to make the wonded/dead more sombre with less colour in their faces.
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popeye the sailor reacted to king derelict in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Impressive detail in those resin figures. Its easy to forget how small those figures really are. The photo of the lane with the injured soldier and the long shadows looks very convincing.
The pile of casualties is quite a challenge. I look forward to the end result.
Alan
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popeye the sailor reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
And then I cut the First Two resin KGL 5th figures away from the 3D pips, the detail on them is amazing.
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popeye the sailor reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Next I have started on mission impossible - I have painted and detailed their faces/hands and hair details and the lozeng hat plates and straps.
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popeye the sailor reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Evening all, quite a bit done today - I finished the sole injured figure and placed him slumped against the hedge.
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popeye the sailor reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
So, after some touch ups and weathering to mr injured man, he will be put aside and I will tackle the mess (I mean pile of injured/dead) my admiral is real keane for me to start this - as she has no clue how I will be able to pull it off "I have my ways" lol.
This is were they are going to be placed after I have doen some more groundworks - scenery at the back of the farm.
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popeye the sailor reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
I am not too worried about tha face on the injured french man (its not the best for detail how it was sculped) as he will be partially burried in the hedge (will still be seen but obscured a bit)
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popeye the sailor reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Evening all, I have been working on a wounded 55th Ligne Fusilier, he will placed slumped into the hedge, and also see what's arrived -
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popeye the sailor reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Their all glued together as a mass - yep will make for some interesting painting.
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popeye the sailor reacted to mtaylor in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Are you pre-positioning the bodies or will they individually painted and the re-piled?
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popeye the sailor reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
I think the Black primer will help as it will help to form shadows - it will be a test of my ability and If I pull it off should look quite interesting.
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popeye the sailor reacted to AJohnson in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
“Interesting” is one way of putting it! Such a complex shape, to get your brush into every nook and cranny. 🤔
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popeye the sailor reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Evening all, the bunch of casualties are complete and primed - will be interesting painting these.
OC.
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popeye the sailor reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Thank you mate.
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popeye the sailor reacted to Kevin in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
keep up the great work
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popeye the sailor reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
I'm using the Perry supplied figures I have - just need to alter some of the arm positions - will get there in the end (I hope) lol
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popeye the sailor reacted to Kevin in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
a mass of dead people, might be easier said than done, unless you were to use a modelling clay with bits of the soldiers added
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popeye the sailor reacted to Old Collingwood in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
So - my idea (plan) is to pile them across and up - to become the the pile of dead that was well documented - when the 2nd KGL fired down inside the barn with such ferocity that they killed so many French trying to gain access to the barn.
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popeye the sailor reacted to Javlin in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
It's called a torch
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popeye the sailor got a reaction from Old Collingwood in Coca - Cola FB Freuhauf Trailer by Popeye the Sailor - AMT / Round 2 reissue - 1:25 scale
some were like that, and some went all the way to the top. Pine, Trailmobile {AMT has the 'double header' kit out there}, they built them like that as well. Great Dane and Hyundai got away from that and started lining them straight up to the roof in 14 1/2 strips, either in wood or fiberglass / plastic. the posts are so thin, that they only give a wall depth of around 1/4 of an inches! I've never seen one with a sky light, but we have some that have round clear discs along the tops of the side walls. they don't fair very well though...........many times I see one with one or two missing.
Wally is adamant about the inside wood lining........holes no bigger than your fist must be patched or the panel replaced, they view it as a form of asset protection.....and rightly so. I replaced a inner wall panel one day and found several CD cases of a popular game at the time.......the cases and instructions were there, but the CD's were gone. I turned them in to the boss and he took it from there. I did find out about the slider mechanism........I'll tell yaz in a bit....Gibbs needs to go out
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