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

[Old Collingwood]

I  have  had a look at another way I could place the farm  on my board when it comes with the case - instead of placing it  flat against the back with the roadway along the front, I could place it at a slight angle - that way I could place some of the figures around the farm not just the front and left  sort of like this   - what do you think  - 

 

OC.

[Canute]

OC, I like your dio at a slant. Looks better than the straight away version; better visual interest.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,  after spending another afternoon in the yard (camera in hand scanner on)  I decided to  prime the happy little KGL group,  stariaght forward  (does as it says on the tin)  just a couple of brushed on coats with my  "go to"  Vallejo Acrylic Black  then dried off with the  HD (hairdryer)   then I thought it would be an idea to drag out some of the first  made figures and brush over a  couple of coats of my new  falt coat  - its Migs  Ultra Flat Acrylic  Varnish,  this stuff really works  its the best I have used so far that has to be brushed on, trick is to only put a small amount on in coats  dried between coats.

 

So here is a pic showing the primed KGL  along with the now very flat  varnished  KGL line.

 

Oh and a pic of the varnish.

 

OC.

[Edwardkenway]

The painted guys do look marvellous after the ultra flat treatment.!

The new riflemen promise to be just as good if not better because of all your practice with the other figures 😉 

Very nice 👌 

[Old Collingwood]

1 minute ago, Edwardkenway said:

The painted guys do look marvellous after the ultra flat treatment.!

The new riflemen promise to be just as good if not better because of all your practice with the other figures 😉 

Very nice 👌 

Thank you Edward  - much appreciated.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

I have done more scribbling  in Paint  to show an overhead how I could lay out LHS  on the base dimensions I have to play with,

 

OC.

[Canute]

OC, your skewed placement of the farm buildings will look good. The KGL lads look good, so the Rifles will be in good company, too.

[Old Collingwood]

3 hours ago, Canute said:

OC, your skewed placement of the farm buildings will look good. The KGL lads look good, so the Rifles will be in good company, too.

Thanks Ken,   gives a bit more room  that way.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,    paintwork has started on the new 2nd KGL figures  - I started with their Green jackets first, just Two brushed on coats.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

So wish I had been there that day   2015  at Waterloo   - Amazing.

 

OC.

 

 

 

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,     I  have been busy again this evening  - I managed another Three hours at the benchy thing,  I decided to carry on making more 2nd KGL,   I have been working form the box of nearly 30 figures  working on the different torso's  adding different arm positions  and creating some different poses,  I am doing one doing a handstand up the wall as he was bored  and another doing a jump over a  piece of gym equipment  (only joking  - I'm not that mad - yet),   the difficult thing is matting up the correct arm positions to the torso's  as there is no number sequence or construction guide  - only some box artwork of the completed/painted figures, so to an extent I have to use some heat and glue to get the arm socket positions as they need to be.

 

OC.

[FriedClams]

Those new figures have really crisp details and your painting is top notch.  I have never tried either Vallejo or Mig products, but they sure produce some nice results don’t they.  Of course that is mostly due to the person holding the brush.  You have a steady hand OC.

 

And I agree with the others, that placing the farm at an angle has greater visual interest and appeal. 
 

Gary

[Old Collingwood]

7 minutes ago, FriedClams said:

Those new figures have really crisp details and your painting is top notch.  I have never tried either Vallejo or Mig products, but they sure produce some nice results don’t they.  Of course that is mostly due to the person holding the brush.  You have a steady hand OC.

 

And I agree with the others, that placing the farm at an angle has greater visual interest and appeal. 
 

Gary

Thank you  Gary,   that is so kind of you to say,   I guess  its all about practice  and then more practice  - learning a skill  and finding ways to improve,  I have found my later figures are better than my first ones   for exactly that reason  - its an adventure  and loving having a controlled element  with small painting  rather than larger  things needing spraying.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all, I managed my Three hours on the bench  this evening  and I have another Six figures plus a dead/wounded  KGL  ready for primer,   the only issue  with these new set of figures is the rifles are moulded without straps on any of them  and It would be a pain to try to replicate any, so I will just  have to assume/pretend  use imagination that the infantry have taken the straps off to aid handling of the rifles.

They are moulded onto the  Two Perry ones though.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Also it struck me  - they are also missing the Black ruffs that should be on their shoulders  - I will try to paint these on with a few thick layers of Black paint.

 

OC.

[Canute]

Were the uniform jackets for the KGL and Rifles the same, OC?

[Old Collingwood]

2 hours ago, Canute said:

Were the uniform jackets for the KGL and Rifles the same, OC?

Indeed Ken,   they were rank and file Green jackets as warn by all the British/KGL  Riflemen, the only difference is the KGL wore the same grey trousers called  London Grey  and the 95th worse the same Green trousers as the Jackets, apart from that they are the same - Silver buttons, Black cuffs, and collar  stovepipe  hats and  Green  a Green plume on the hats.

 

OC.

[Canute]

OK, OC. Trouser color was the difference then.

[Old Collingwood]

3 minutes ago, Canute said:

OK, OC. Trouser color was the difference then.

Indeed Ken.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   more KGL made  - I am trying  to make as many positions  as possible from the Five set torso's, it helps having a few arm positions with different rifle positions  - getting there.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Doing some more  research  on the  regiments at LHS  during that afternoon  and there was  - 

2nd KGL   - All of the day.

1st KGL   - reinforcements - mid afternoon

1st Luneberg light battalion - mid afternoon

5th KGL  Line  -  came down the hill but was met by Cuirassiers   and a large amount was killed , the rest either made there way up the hill  or retreated in to the farm.

 

The 2nd KGL  had  riflers  wore Grey pants  and Black facings, small ball  hat plumes  and a small shoulder  detail.   the 1st/Luneberg  had  rifles  had Grey pants  Black facings, taller hat plumes  and a smaller shoulder  detail, the 5th KGL  wore a Red coat, Grey pants, Blue facings, White shoulder details  and had Muskets.

 

This helps a lot as i am able to create all of these from my stash.

 

OC.

[Edwardkenway]

Going to look splendid OC 

 

[Canute]

Quite a nice lineup you've worked out, OC. Will be a very nice dio when done.

[Old Collingwood]

4 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

Going to look splendid OC 

 

Thank you Edward.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

2 hours ago, Canute said:

Quite a nice lineup you've worked out, OC. Will be a very nice dio when done.

Thanks Ken.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening,   I am really struggling with the internet tonight  - keep  freezing on pages and so so slow to open  or loose connection all together  then do a diagnostic and it says the DNS server is not responding  -  maddening  grrrrrrrrr.

 

Anyway I have been amking more progress  putting together the remaining perry  riflemen, I have been mix and matching  with the other box to vary the arm postions, I think in totall I will have about  40  riflemen  and about 20-25  5th  KGL line, not a bad totall  60-65  fighting in/around the farm, then a  similar amount of French  - should be quite busy.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

And Thank you All  for the 20 Thousand  Views  - I am honoured and feel very grateful to all  who have taken the time to view and comment on my build.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,  I managed to get some more KGL  troops done tonight  - I am getting a few  decent poses  out of then now, this includes Three dead/wounded,  that in itself was difficult as I had to heat then distort  some of the legs to get the right  position, also the underside needed flattening a bit, I have Five more left to make  then it will be priming/painting time.

 

OC.

[Kevin]

this is going to look brilliant when complete

[Old Collingwood]

9 hours ago, Kevin said:

this is going to look brilliant when complete

Thank you Kevin.

 

OC.