Old Collingwood

Just now, Kevin said:

they look brilliant my friend

Thank you Kevin,   that mean A lot😊

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Dont know if this will help much Kevin,  its  from Pembroke in Wales  I took the photo  - it shows the town  fortification wall that extended out from the castle and wrapped around the town  giving the people some defence.

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Would the waterway  be  fortified I wonder?   how about some ramparts?   I would imagine most castles and fortified  areas close to the castle would be so, infact I have seen that myself  on some of our old hols.

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Evening all,    abit more progress with the lads,    I did my normal shading on the faces and hands  - basically just using the wash from a brush and runing it over so it settles in the details (between the fingers - side of nose - frown lines - around mouth)   then it was  time to paint the trousers in thier London Grey, I finished off tonights painting  by painting wood parts of the rifles -delicate work  - next off will be the  metal parts including the bayonets.

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8 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

Looking good OC !

Are they the Perry or the Victrix miniatures?

Thank you kindly Edward,   these Five are the Victrix ones - I have both types  - there are subtle differences between them  like the victrix ones have full backs with straps, the perry ones have cut outs on the backs to take the back packs, so by mixing them I can show some wearing the backpacks and some without.

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Does your admiral give you that look and utter those words  "if its going wrong and you are not enjoying it  -  why do it"?

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Hi Harvey, another warm welcome  from the UK.

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Your doing some fine work there mate  despite the hurdles  - you always come out ontop.

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33 minutes ago, Egilman said:

The town has an ordnance, "no skinnydippin when drunk" The town would have to build a much much bigger Gaol....

Spolisport.😁

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26 minutes ago, Ekis said:

@Old Collingwood Yep, perhaps a river... Later ! 🤪

Sounds good to me  - i'll  bring the dinghy.........."Wait  - did they have inflateables back then"?😊

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10 minutes ago, Canute said:

Oh, nice a pub crawl, too.

Yep  can't beat a good pub crawl  then a dip in the  pond in the middle of the square  "Wait ...........will there be pond"?

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5 minutes ago, Canute said:

Coming along nicely, OC. Good looking KGL infantry.

Thank you kindly Ken, they are nice pressings  just the hands a bit heavy and  mould lines I never spoted till they were painted.

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16 hours ago, Kevin said:

i seam to remember it being more spectacular than that, when i was on Sheffield (type 42) back in the 70's

On my bucket list  "Fortress of the Seas"   HMS Edinburgh.

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Here is a close up crop of Three of them.

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6 minutes ago, Ekis said:

@Old Collingwood I thought it was this building rather... 😁

OK, another pub  as there is a lot of us.😃

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That looks fine, I can not see what you mention with the headlights  - I was thinking its got almost a Batmobile look especially in Black  with those sharp lines.

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That could be the pub  - must have a pub  - please make a pub, we need a place to party.

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Evening all , I managed  pull myself back down to earth  and back on my figures,   I have been painting  the heads touching in thier sideburns, then the Shako's   with thier plates and braides, then the Blue colours on there lapels and cuffs, I also  painted the haversacks  and straps in the sand colour  - slowly getting there.

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1 hour ago, popeye the sailor said:

I never learned to play the piano......could have been cool,  I suppose.  I do have a couple of music creator programs for the computer......haven't messed with them in quite some time either........the playbacks were too scary   

You will have to have a go Denis.

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I used to own this  Ibanez SR   I had a small practice amp and used to practice in the room  with phones on, then when I wanted to record  I would hook the amp up to my laptop and  use one of my instrument recording apps like Reaper, then  adjust to tast in Wavepad.

My main VST  Virtual synth  is a Fab   Jupiter8  copy, also have a Moog VST   they are brilliant for messing about.

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2 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

so cool........I'd love to play in a band again......haven't picked up a bass on a few years now  

I tried the bass  some years a go   also tried the sax  but learning it in the house  - well you can imagine the noise  our  dog back then was no too impressed,   a digital synth  is a lot easier.

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Thats a good recovery mate.

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8 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said:

Guess I missed all the chairs, looks like the rafters for me, I'm in too🙂

Apparently Craig has set up a hammock  - but everyone is rushing for it.

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Same as everyone has said  - Truly Amazing work.

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Good to see you back on this Denis  - sure is coming on with the masts/wires added.

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