Old Collingwood

Evening all,   so  here  is  my water  wheel ruts  and  wall extension.

OC.

Or........perhaps  I could  ease out the  set  gel water, and  re  do  it  but using  coloured  water gel  -  with me  adding a  few drops  of wash  to the  mix  before  brushing it back in.

I could still  do the  dry brushing using  the  dust - sand  in areas  I can  reach.

OC.

Morning all,  more pondering s  -  I decided  to  play around with  my  water gel  product that  I made my pond  with,  the  idea  was  that  the  wheel ruts  in the  road way  would  probably  still  had  small pools  of water   sitting in them, - so  (not thinking about colour)  I  brushed  in a  bit  into  a  few of the   wheel  ruts,  its  thick and  White at first  but  after  about  Ten hours  it hardens  clear.   The problem  is  it  just looks  like a  clear  line  not  a  slightly  coloured water  like it should  have been.

Its  got me thinking  if I could  do a  very thinned  dark  wash  all  over  the  base - roadway  etc  (Yep  includes  trying to  get in with a brush  around all  the figures)  -  then  if I could  go over  the top  later when the wash  has dried  thoroughly   with  my  dry brushed  sand  dust  colour as a  high light.

Yep  would  certainly be a  job and a half  -  but  it might  work to  blend  it all  in together.

What  do  you  think?

OC.

Hi there  all,   a bit more  progress, I have  re done  the wall  extension  (well  turned it over and added a  small piece at the bottom)  its  been  painted  White  and waiting to dry.

I also  added some of my  resin water  in puddles  in the ruts  on the  road way  and against the wall  (waiting for  these to  harden and  go  transparent)

I  have also  placed  a  few more  figures  in the shape of  Four  2nd KGL   casualties  in the  orchard.

OC.

Excellent work Ron.

OC.

6 hours ago, Canute said:

Sharpe and the Sergeant in action. 😁

Indeed  Ken.

OC.

7 hours ago, Darius359au said:

Love the picture of the Rifle Men ,great scene with The Rifles doing what they did best and skirmishing the French!

Window view looks good too.

 

Richard

Thank  you kindly  Richard.

OC.

That is  looking so nice  Craig  -  love  your  car  builds.

OC.

57 minutes ago, king derelict said:

The photos really capture the feeling of the moment 

alan

Thank you Alan,  I had  Two options  due to the  depth of field  -  focus on the  95th rifles  or the  French  3 feet away,  and  the  house window view  that  was  just  a bit  different.

OC.

10 minutes ago, chadwijm6 said:

Great photos OC

Thanks James.

OC.

A bit more of my  arty  pictures  (ignore  the  wall  section it isnt  finished yet)

OC.

Looking  good.

OC.

Loving all the  delicate intricate work you  are putting into this.

OC.

Right then  -  I am  not  too happy with  the  size of the  bricks  or the  height  of the  wall  -  so I may change things   - watch this  space....

OC.

2 hours ago, Darius359au said:

OC have you see "Napoleon's army 1807 - 1814 as depicted in the prints of Aaron Martinet" by Guy C. Dempsey jr? ,(the titles a mouthful😄)

 

It's the prints done by Aaron Martinet ,the prints were hand painted and show's pretty much every unit in the French army from Napoleon down through the Marshall's ,the guards ,line units, Cavalry etc, up to Waterloo!

Probably too late to help now😎😄 ,but depending how deep down the Napoleonic rabbit hole you are it's a great reference And it's pretty cool just to browse through it!

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/title/napoleon's-army-1807-1814-as-depicted-in-the-prints-of-aaron-martinet/author/dempsey-guy-c-jr/

 

Richard

Hi Richard  many thanks  for  the  link,   I  have been using  this  aswel  as Google search  and  other  Napoleonic  figure  builders  for research   -    http://centjours.mont-saint-jean.com/detail_uniformes_uniteBR.php?rubrique=U&uniformes=112&drapeau=

OC.

Incidently  that section of wall  is using larger size bricks,  well  that's  my excuse and im sticking to it.

OC.

Evening  all,    so  work has started on my  little  section of wall  -  I  cleaned  the edges  then  scraped and cut out  an area  of exposed  bricks, and  profiled a  section of bricks  that  where just painted  over at the bottom,  then I painted in the  mortar  and  then the bricks  then the  first  coat of white  to  replicate the  thick white  paint.

OC.

Its  only this  size  I am filling with  wall   -  the  area  behind  the Two  95th Rifles - the  length  of my  Green  plastic base.

OC.

Evening all  I have  started work on the  wall extension  -  first  I measured  the  gap  and  transferred this onto the  MDF sheet  I have, I then  cut  it  into  Two  equal  pieces  and  glued them together, they  have been  put aside  to bond,   when  set  I will  smooth  the  edges  then  start  to create  some  brick  profiles  exposed  under some  rendering.

OC.

Those are  nice looking figures  there.

OC.

My  next  job  will  be to work on my  extension of my wall,  I have  found  some  MDF  off cuts  that will  be  large enough for  me  to be able to  double up to  get the  thickness  I need.

OC.

Some nice work  going on there  -  cant wait  to  see  more  as  you progress  with them.

OC.

36 minutes ago, king derelict said:

Very nice work OC. The Life Guard is excellent; lovely painted detail.

Alan

Thank you  kindly Alan,   not my best  painting  I think my  Cuirassiers  are  better.

OC.

I think Im calling these  Two done  -   I had a  hick up  I  knocked the  LGs  plume  off  but  I have  found it and  glued  it back in place,  right  so these  are now put a side  ready  for  my  wall  work.

OC.

I will  then work on my  other  British  Cavalry  figure  after  placing  my  Two  on the  roadway.

OC.