Old Collingwood

Cavalry   "Charge........"

OC.

Amazing work Craig  -  still  don't believe  that  photo  I  replied  to is  your model  -  looks  just like  the  real thing  - Amazing.

OC.

On 4/13/2024 at 6:52 PM, Johngr said:

Too many very small items to be placed on the deck. The process will take some time but I have to say that the wooden deck is very nice even though in many places I had loosened it and had to re-glue it with super glue. It seems that the first gluing I did with the PVA glue did not have the result I expected. Maybe they needed more.

 

Stupid question I know  -  did  you  peel  the decking off  the  plastic backing  before  placing it?

OC.

That is some engine bay  -  but wheres  your  build  photos?

OC.

Just as a  little teaser  -  I  have  placed my  Two  British Cavalry  figures   on the  roadway  just  in front of the  Two 95th rifles,  I will  take pics  of them  later.......

So  this side of my dio  is  getting close to being finished - I will  also add  some  loose left items  like  - muskets  -  backpacks - hats perhaps even a shoe or Two,  then I will  be turning the dio around  and starting to  work on the scenery  on the other side.

OC.

56 minutes ago, king derelict said:

Your dry brushing brings out the roadway texture very nicely.

 

Alan

Thank you kindly Alan.

OC.

16 minutes ago, Canute said:

That muddy rut turned out well, OC.

Thank you  kindly Ken.

OC.

And a bit  of dry brushing  catching some of the  rocks.

OC.

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.