Old Collingwood

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.

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

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After I have finished  working on these   Two  Cavalry  figures,  before I can place them on the  road way  - I will  be  doing a wee bit of scenery work, by extending  the  wall  behind  my Two  95th Rifles, as  in real life it would have extended  perhaps another  Ten Yards or so  from the  place mine  cut off,  it will  just be  the  smallest  piece  of MDF  to go  on then  painted - weathered  to match the  wall.

This is  a  mdern view  of  LHS  it was   slightly  different  in 1815  -  the  wall  to the  Left  by the  duck pond  - other side of the main gates  was  taller  (same hight as  the  rest  of the  wall)

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1 hour ago, Loracs said:

Nice painting...  Black/dark brown is hard to get right.  Same for gold.

Thank you kindly,  the  camera on my phone  did  not show  the true colours  to  well, and  I could not be bothered  to alter them in Lightroom,  the  trouble  I had was  my  Acrylic  top coats  are either  too  shiny  or  with  the  ultra matt  -  not  matt enough.

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Nothing to  grand  to post   -  I  decided  to apply  a  coat  of  Satin top coat  on my  (Now Black)  LGs   steed,  but  its  gone  too far  the  other way  now and is  too shiny  -  so  some Flat will  be  needed  over the  top,  I have  also  been  doing some  careful  shading  with  my wash  with a  wee bit  of  matt  added  -  so  here  are the  pics  -  not much to see  compared  to the others.

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That  has really surprised  me  with  the  rear  outer upper  planks  being fitted  in a  Featheredge  way  by over lapping.

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That camo scheme  looks  excellent  - really  authentic,  love  the ideas   you  mentioned  about figures  etc.

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1 hour ago, Darius359au said:

Thanks ,found pictures of the actual models and their pretty much the same as came with the kit ,though if i want crew i need to get something and try to make the best of it..

Not  many period   sailor  figures   around  at  the  moment  in 72nd scale  -  you would  think there   would  be  more.

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On 3/31/2024 at 8:04 AM, Darius359au said:

It's comes with crew figures so you can show the "guns in action" but theres not enough to make a single gun crew and the figures are cast in metal and are horrible - their worse than early 1980's metal warhammer figures ,atleast those looked like what they were supposed to be!

I'm going to look around and see if I can find actual 1/72 Napoleonic englishnaval crew or maybe pirates repainted for stripped down gunners.

I have come across  this  company  -

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https://www.newcapmaquettes.com/Crew-Figures.html

Evening all,   I have  been  working on my  LG  today  -  I converted his steeds  colour  from Brown to  Black,   the paint  is  still  slightly  wet  in places.

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So  sorry  for  your loss  of  your loved one  -  no  words   can   mean anything at  this  time   -  just  lots  of  love.

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2 hours ago, Haliburton said:

Chaaaarge!   Well done O.C.

Thank you kindly.

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So   I have  made up  my   Royal Horse  Guard  from a  miss match  of parts   - he is  just  dry fitted  on his  steed  that  will  probably need  some  re  painting  as wel  as the  figure.

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After   telling  you all  about our  sad  news  and  hearinh Kevins   Devasting news  about  his  Boi,  I thought  it  would   be  ok to  post  a  pic  of our  sad  loss  - 

Still  miss her.

OC

Superb  work.

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If memory serves me  I think the 1.5 x 3   is  for  your  First  layer of  planking  and the  1 x 4  is  for your  Second planking  to  go  over the   top of the first,    as long  as  you have coverd  the area  from the  keel  to  the  top  of the frames on both sides that will  be your  platform to start you second planking including  the  whale  and  profille  planks  that  stick out a bit proud of the  planking.

Oh  and  then to make up  the  upper   wall  width   (in my case  - 3.5)  after  planking both  layers on the hull,  you can cut back the  frames  level with the  false deck  and  add  the  inner   wall planks  of 1 x 3   or 1 x 4  what ever ones you  choose. 

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I am trying to  work a  wash  quiry  out   -  the washes I use  on my figures  (all acrylics)  tend  to  make the  Matt  paint surfaces  on my figures  slightly  shinny  like a  satin finish,  I wonder  if the washes  are  like a  satin  texture  to help  them flow well,   I was wondering if I could mix a 50-50  mix  of my  acrylic  ultra matt  varnish  in with  my  wash  in my wet  palette  -  wonder  if it would work  to stop  making the  figures  go shinny.

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Loving these   - really nice work.

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I have been looking through my stash  to  try to make up a single  Royal horse Guard,  and  I have a  mash-up  of  parts  -  bottom section from my old Hussars  -  torso and arms and head  from my  Union brigade,  I also  have a  single  galloping  horse  with the  correct  saddle  - pack etc  -  it should work   (perkaps......)

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I have decided after doing some  research  -  to  change the  colour  of the  Horse  under my  LG  as  it should really  be a Black  large horse  and not a  Bay,  also  I have decided  to add a  single  Royal horse Guard,  as they  where also involved in the  mass  attack on the  French lines, he will be placed  near the  kitchen gardens  hedge.

The  Blue  in the  jacket below  will  be darker  as  it will  be just a  Dark  Blue.

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Excellent work.

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Sorry  about the  quality of the  pictures  (hand  (((shake)))    still more progress  some  Yellow  in places  White  on one of the belts,  Haversacks and water bottles  done.

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13 minutes ago, king derelict said:

The Life Guard looks great. The horse is nice too; quite a dynamic pose.

Alan

Thank you  kindly  Alan.

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Looks  like a  nice  sharp kit.

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This  sure is  showing to  be  The Best  kit  of the Sea King  -  looking  so nice.

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