Old Collingwood

1 hour ago, PAPA said:

How many little soldiers have you painted for this diorama so far? What will the final count be?

Hi there,    I have  made/painted about  30  so far   but I am hoping to  do about  100-150  for the dio.

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Very nice  work.

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The admiral and myself once had a strange thing happen to us  -  in the countryside  a load of cows came over to us shortly followed by the farmer  - he shouted at use   "Dont talk to the  xxxxxx  Cows  they are too busy"     so I thought stuff this  and stood there  having a right moan at the cows about the farmer  - 

Oh  - should have said  Its my own pic from that very day.

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I dont have a pic of it  but  - I once saw a sign at a castle  saying   "Please Do Not feed the  Ravens as they are on a diet"

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1 hour ago, mtaylor said:

The question is though... to which model?   I have a feeling they will show up in a most unexpected model.

I  bet it will be a "Rambo"  conversion.

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Some nice detail work going on there mate.

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Hi there all,  I have decided my next bunch of figures will  the 1st  Tirailleurs   - they are very similar to the Ligne regiments  but for a higher plume instead of a pom pom  and  knee high gaitors.

Pics when I start them.

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What a Gorgeous build   - just shows what is  possible with a little imagination.

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Evening all,   over the last couple of days I have been re - working  some of my figures  - starting with the French 54/55th Ligne regiment  as firstly I wasn't happy with the tunic shade of Blue, I mixed quite a bit of Flat Black into my dark Prussian Blue  and got a slightly darker shade, I the set about re painting the Blue areas,  to day I have been concentrating  improving some of the details  including giving the faces  Two/Three levels of shading and colour variations  - from slightly rose'y cheeks to highlight areas on the noses and over the cheek bones - same with the hands,   I think they look better  - they are  more tidy now than when I first painted them  - guess that's what happens to us  - we all improve the more practice we have.

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Welcome back mate   - great seeing your progress.

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I have to say It  (but please don't shoot me)    - you know what she is Crying out  for ?  -   some  superbly painted  figures,       that would so compliment a Fantastic design and  give the ship  some life  to go with all the details  - I  am not biased   - of course I am not  lol.

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Very close in scale to my Waterloo figures  at 28mm.

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Looking very  sharp mate.

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Found another Excellent video on the 200th  anniversay event at Waterloo  best  played with sound up  (Epic Stuff)

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Evening all,   right  that's Five more KGL Light  finished and put away in the box  - ready for my next instalment.

Oh,   I also gave one of the chaps and eye patch after he received and eye injury.

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Just brought a really cheap boomerang  - ok its just a stick  - seller said  not to return it.

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Tommy was out walking with his lad in the woods when all of a sudden  the lad sees a dear  wearing an eye patch  he  says to Tommy  "What's that"?    -  Tommy replies  - "No idea".

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23 minutes ago, Waitoa said:

Look amazing, you have done a great job

So nice of you to say.

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9 hours ago, Kevin said:

They look fantastic

Thank you kindly mate  - I still have someway to go till I get them better  - getting the faces right is the challenge as  most figure painters  use different shades to hightlight/shadow the face and some use a fine Black pointed pen for the eyes.

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Looking smart Greg.

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Deacon Blue  Dignity.

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The only kit I ever built in 1/700   was a Dragon  type 42 Destrorer  RN,   I had to fabricate the front bulwarks to replicate the only version to have it HMS Edinburgh,  I never  bothered with any PE  for it as it was my first road back into modelling.

Sorry for hijacking your thread mate.

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Im also here Edward  - wont be long before the rest of the clan turn up.

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Evening all,   a bit more progress tonight  - I have been carrying on with the detail painting on 2nd  and 1st KGL  - takes so long  even to work on Five at a time  - the Sixth one is having some time out for swearing,   lol  - have also done a bit of shading on the faces - not quite as good as the Perry ones as the moulded details are not quite as crisp.

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2 minutes ago, Bedford said:

Ah yes the old boat build three step. One step forward and two steps backwards!

 

Never mind Chris, you'll get there and more importantly you'll be happy with it.

 

I had an old town plastic canoe which I had to sell to make way for my dinghy build but it had a hand hold in the breast hook / deck at each end so I just made an eye splice in three strand rope around the hand grip and left the line long enough to almost reach the forward roof rack and attached a dog clip by way of another eye splice. I then had a short webbed strap with an eye in each end that went around the roof rack for the dog clip to attach to. This had the effect of creating a fixed length lanyard with which to set the longitudinal position of the canoe on the car while providing the required mechanical restriction against it sliding forward in an accident. I used a ratchet strap to do the same thing aft, this allowed me to pull the canoe against the forward strap. Then just two straps over the hull.

 

Why have I told you this? Well if you went this way you wouldn't need cleats but I'd recommend two screw pad eyes such as the last one pictured in your previous post and I'd probably through bolt them.

Nah  I know Chris  - he  will have his sanding block with him even on the lake.

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