Old Collingwood
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Amazing work and at 1/600 scale - superb work, tidy clean and really sharp painting. I too have done a few of these kits SS France, QE2 and Canberra, but not as nice as you have, looking forward to more. OC.- 28 replies
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I know - told them the damage it had caused (my fault apparently)😲 OC.
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Thank you Edward, yep they are the last Three I have primed before my Rattle can ran out (Thats why the Brits have been getting a normal flat coat of Acrylic paint to act as a primer - but dont think it did the job) I have been able to raid the penny jar - so to speak and order some Vallejo surface primer - should be here in a few days, so I will be able to get back on more British. Also I am in debate with the company were I got that Mr Hobby/Gunze/Sangyo Flat topcoat, they are trying to say not all Acrylics are the same and I should have used it with thier own range of paints. OC.
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Evening all, French time again - another Three 55th Ligne Voltigeurs. OC.
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Thank you so much Kevin. OC.
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Yeah its good stuff used it on my planes and first few figures but ran out now, OC.
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Can you get a Good brush on primer to use with acrylics ontop? as in place of my Tamiya rattle can surface primer, I have just been using a basic Tamiya Flat Black Acrylic paint to prime them, perhaps normal paints acting as a primer are not good enough and dont have enough of a key/grip to the plastic - making paint layers not really bite down on to the plastic - resulting in the flat clear reacting? Should have remembered back to my Warspite build and picked up some Vallejo Surface primer. OC.
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Indeed Ken, I dont understand it - why would Acrylic Clear coats react with Very dry/hard Acrylic paint layers, thought they were supposed to be 100% compatable? OC.
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Evening all, more work today but back on the first Two KGL 5th,, with the help from "Percy - Percy Verance" I had orderd a small jar of Mr Hobby / Gunze/Sangyo Acrylic Flat Clear and it arrived this morning I had heard excellent comments about this clear coat so i was expecting high things from it, so first things first I gave it a good shake and stir, then with a soft brush I worked it over the figure - the Acrylic paintwork was easily 2-3 days old, but to my ((shock)) the paintwork started to react and fade/mix in with each other, so I dried it then when set - I mixed the clear coat about50/50 with distilled water and tried again, this time it didn't react but instead of leaving a flat finish, it was shiny like a satin finish - so not what it was supposed to be, so I then decided to fit Two back packs on them and tidy up the paintwork a bit, by re applying the Red and Grey and then re shading etc etc. So this is about as good as these Victrix figures are going to get with my skills. OC.
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Evening all, I have been doing some comparisons between the main Two makers of these figures - Perry and Victrix and Perry are hands down the better detailed and scale accurate, so after I finish my next Two Victrix KGL 5th Light, I will move on to something else. I still have Two cuirassiers to build and some more French Infantry, then when my green paint arrives I can start on a couple of Perry KGL Green/Grey Light Riflemen. My thinking is - whne I get the buildings I can hide the lesser detailed figures away firing from windows etc. OC.
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One of those combinations of factors that lead to the result but could have swung either way, I know wellington screamed out for more troops from England but they were not sent, and on top of that Napoleons health. Intersting events. OC.
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Indeed Mark, could have been so different by the toss of a coin. OC.
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No problem Roger, basically it was just a farm with wall that was close enough to the English line to be both an annoyance to the French or a pain in the back side to the English, dependent on who captured it. Oc.
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Hi all, no photographic evidence of my latest work - but basically I worked on the faces of another Two KGL 5th, also I altered a couple of the cross straps as they would not be there unless the packs were worn, then I layed down the red coat colour on Two of them. After talking to an actual reinactor from a KGL reinactment unit, he told me the plumes should be Green, as the the detachments from the KGL were all from the Light regiment and Green represented thier unit colour - so as I have Dark Green on order for the various jackets, I will paint the plumes when it arrives. OC.
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Thanks mate for explaining all that, fits in with what I have been researching - certainly was a close call, also make you wonder what might have happened if Grouchy with his 33.000 troops sent off to fight the Prussians - had returned back to Waterloo in time. OC.
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Finding this Black Pearl Real McCoy
Old Collingwood replied to Origamifan92's topic in Wood ship model kits
Certainly would and even more so with so dry brushing ontop of the flat paint after its dry, just like adding a gentle dusting to bring out the high spots of the grain and details like edges of planks and fittings< but remeber to cover/mask the windows first. OC. -
Napoleon wanted to use it as a forward attack base to attack Wellingtons lines with some cannons, both sides knew the importance of the farm. OC.
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Finding this Black Pearl Real McCoy
Old Collingwood replied to Origamifan92's topic in Wood ship model kits
I strongly recomend getting the Revell plastic kit of the Pearl then just do a few mods like I did - follow my build if you want to, its a very accurate kit and very well made just needs the mods I did to Improve it and bring it to life. OC -
This is kind of what I am trying to re create but at a slighty earlier stage (so without as much frenzy) as this very fine piece of art (not mine) represents the scene late in the day after the farm had repulsed Two or Three attacks. In the center is Major Baring on his horse directing his men as best he could. I think to build something to this level of detail might take me a few years. As I stated its not my picture its off the net. OC.
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Thank you Edward, yep its slow work but to be honest its best that way as If I rushed myself I think I would make a real bad job of it - kind of cant be rushed. OC.
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Loving tha addition of the figures - it so brings it to life. OC.
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Hi all, another day spent completing my second KGL 5th then more pics. OC.
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Thank you Edward, thinking about how to do the KGL 2nd and British 95th as I think I can use the same figures for both with Rifles instead of the Muskets, very simlar uniform also save for the 95th being all in Green except for the Shako, the KGL 2nd had Grey trousers. OC.
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Yesterday I spoke with a few Waterloo reinactors who attended the 2015 event at Waterloo and also a few historians I speak to, regarding the back pack subject and the opinion seams to be that It would be a 50/50 thing, so I am going along with the idea to have some wearing it and some not. OC.
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Straps were just a couple of hand painted layers of white including one in Brown. OC.
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