Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)

[Old Collingwood]

2 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

they look fantastic OC.......you really have the knack of painting them!    got some cool detail there!

Thank you so much  Denis,   I think its a combination of factors  why I seem to be doing a reasonable job on these figures  -  Good magnifaction, good light,  some better thinner brushes   and a more controled way of painting them,  I have to be honest  - I am quietly impressed myself.

 

OC.

[captain_hook]

Fantastic paint job. And they all have an individual look! Very nice.

[Old Collingwood]

5 hours ago, captain_hook said:

Fantastic paint job. And they all have an individual look! Very nice.

Thank you kindly Captain.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,    got some more progress on my little armies   - have started on Five more KGL   the  light regimant in thier Green uniforms, Five is a good number to do in a go  as thier easy  to work on  without feeling  too repetetive,   although  they  have only Two positions  I will try to make them look slightly different  - I will post some more pics when I have done a bit more.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

I have been measuring up how much room I have for my display board  and it will be  36 Inches   x  20 Inches  (91.4cm  x  50.8cm)    the farm  building complex I will be getting  measure  (62cm   x  46cm)   but that doesn't leave a lot of space at the front where a lot of the action was, so I have decided the best option is to make the rear  stables  building a "False Building"   I will just show the face of the wall with a  cut out for the rear entrance and will paint a false hoizon view,   by doing this I think I will free up another  5-6cm's  to give me more room at the front where the road will go.

 

OC.

[Canute]

That's a common techniques by builders of shelf based model railroads. A backdrop with structures of a quarter to half inch depth, just in front. Sets up the scene nicely. Looking forward to your interpretation of this.

[Old Collingwood]

1 hour ago, Canute said:

That's a common techniques by builders of shelf based model railroads. A backdrop with structures of a quarter to half inch depth, just in front. Sets up the scene nicely. Looking forward to your interpretation of this.

Thank you kindly Ken, 

 

I will be leaning on folk for direction and  advice when I start on my scenery  as I have never done anything like this before.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,    right I have the next Five  KGL  Light infantry  assembled  -  I tried to vary the poses of them a bit  as they only come in Two  position varieties  so I just had to move thier arms  around a bit.

 

OC,

[Edwardkenway]

Are the arms separate on these figures? They should look real good when painted OC😉

[Old Collingwood]

1 minute ago, Edwardkenway said:

Are the arms separate on these figures? They should look real good when painted OC😉

Yep its a sprue  of Two figures  with  seperate arms  -  One has the Two arms attached to the rifle, and the other  are a seperate  arm holding the rifle and an arm with clenched fist,   I  have about  Five sets of them and they are all the same  moulding and arm positions, the heads are seperate also  - so in theory  if the arms were placed in the same position  - there would be just the Two positions.

None of these show firing positions  to do I would have to use the other figures  arms but alter thier cuffs.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   a bit more progress   -  I got them primed Two coats brush coated, then I painted thier Green jackets.

 

OC.

[Kevin]

are they looking for my cheese and onion crisps, looks like over kill to me lol

 

lovely work

[Old Collingwood]

6 minutes ago, Kevin said:

are they looking for my cheese and onion crisps, looks like over kill to me lol

 

lovely work

Don't you mean  Salt and Lineker?

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   Three hours work this evening just painting the haversacks and straps  and then touching in where I had gone over the Green coats slightly   - where does the time go when you are concentrating.

 

OC.

[GrandpaPhil]

Nicely done!

[Canute]

Concentrating like that OC, sucks time out of your watch.

[Old Collingwood]

45 minutes ago, GrandpaPhil said:

Nicely done!

Thank you kindly Phil.   pleased that your looking in mate.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

34 minutes ago, Canute said:

Concentrating like that OC, sucks time out of your watch.

Tell me about it Ken,   even made my eyes go cockeyed  - my right eye is now looking left - and my left is looking  right   - did a good job of slowing my heart rate and breathing down though while trying to keep a 5/0  brush steady.😰

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Here is another pic  from the site where I will be getting the farm building pack  - its made of MDF  all un painted   needs assembly  - then as much weathering and bashing as my heart desires   - its gonna get quite a bit as the farm was heavily attacked  by both canon and small arms fire.

 

OC.

[Canute]

Yes, working on all the fine detail s of your painting, you need to take frequent breaks to lessen eye strain. When my club built an N scale diorama (1/160 scale), I kit-bashed a number of structures, some of which had double hung windows. I built an L shaped fixture to stack the window layers up square, but if I got 3 pieces assembled in 20 -30 minutes I was cross-eyed, too. Even with good light and an Optivisor.  I understand full well, mate.

[popeye the sailor]

very nice progress OC........they really look great!  the diorama is going to look super.  

[Old Collingwood]

47 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

very nice progress OC........they really look great!  the diorama is going to look super.  

Thank you denis.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all, another tiny bit of progress  but Two hours lost on this  this evening  -  the Shakos  are painted  dull black,   they have thier hair painted  - Two have  "Toshes"  painted on,   the shako plates "horns"  are painted, also  I have painted thier collars  and cuffs  - and lastly  painted thier  tunic buttons   -   "yep -I'm ciockeyed again"   lol.

 

OC.

[king derelict]

The best yet, completely excellent. The control to pain the moustache is impressive.

Alan

[Old Collingwood]

47 minutes ago, king derelict said:

The best yet, completely excellent. The control to pain the moustache is impressive.

Alan

Thank you so much Alan,     yeah I'm quite pleased how these are working out   - lesson I have learned  "Don't Rush"

 

OC.

[Kevin]

the footprint of the layout is going to be quite something, 

must have quite a few figure's completed now

 

well done

[Old Collingwood]

13 hours ago, Kevin said:

the footprint of the layout is going to be quite something, 

must have quite a few figure's completed now

 

well done

I am hoping to place about 100  in total, when they are  made and painted, I will then  (next year)  get the farm building kit and  start work on the scenery -  tree's / grass /  stone road way  etc, then I will  remove the little plastic base's  the figures are moulded to - by cutting them away and tidying then up. they will then be super glued down in place on the dio,     the idea is  to get a made to measure  display case next year and fit in inside, it will then go ontop of our living room  unit.

 

Thats the idea.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,     Serous   "Grrrrrrrr"    moment  that has brought All my building to a sudden  stop   - my  over head  table strip light has given up the ghost   and I am blinded without it, I have the magnification but no light, just when my figures were going  quite well.

 

Oh well another thing that will have to wait.

 

OC.

[Edwardkenway]

Relax back in your easy chair with a glass of your tipple of choice and watch the world slide by til you can get your light bulb and other sundries, start Christmas early  with the Admiral and have a good one OC 🙂

[mtaylor]

Sorry to hear that, OC.   What Edward said goes for me too.