king derelict Posted September 4 Share #1 Posted September 4 I opened the box while I was waiting for some glue to set on the Argosy and somehow I started to fiddle with the bits - and here we are off again. I'm trying a few ideas to see if I can make life easier. The weight of the parts makes it hard to get the components to adhere even if you leave the glue to almost set. If I paint the components separately and I'm gluing up the painted parts its really easy to spoil the paintwork; especially with epoxy glue. so I have drilled the neck and hands and added 0.5 mm brass rod which has been epoxied into place in one half of the joint and the fit and position checked satisfactorily for later. A few more cast lines to remove on this one but nothing too bad. A lot more polished metal too and again I would rather polish the kit metal instead of painting it. Based on a suggestion by @Jack12477 I decided to try a mini engraver / polisher and a few wooden shafted cotton buds. With jewellers rouge they made quick work of it and got into the corners well. Everything not polished then got a coat of Mr Metal primer hand painted on The polished parts of the body were masked and a coat of Mig One Shot black primer was air brushed on Next will be the directional white primer to provide a base for the glazes. Thanks for looking in and I hope you enjoy another metal figure. Alan GrandpaPhil, Egilman, ccoyle and 9 others 8 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted September 4 Share #2 Posted September 4 These are such excellent sculpts Alan - lovely work. OC. Egilman, Jack12477, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted September 4 Author Share #3 Posted September 4 19 hours ago, Old Collingwood said: These are such excellent sculpts Alan - lovely work. OC. Thanks OC. The figure sculpts make the work a lot easier and they do look great. I really enjoy watching the figure develop as I paint it. Alan Canute, Egilman, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted September 5 Share #4 Posted September 5 Wow Alan, what a great start! I love the way you painted the clothing - looks like it has fabric texture. Nicely done! Jack12477, Canute, AJohnson and 3 others 6 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted September 6 Author Share #5 Posted September 6 On 9/4/2024 at 10:11 PM, Landlubber Mike said: Wow Alan, what a great start! I love the way you painted the clothing - looks like it has fabric texture. Nicely done! Thank you very much Mike. The excellent sculpting by Art Girona helps a lot along with the glazing technique demonstrated by the Nightshift YouTube. The sculpts have excellent folds in clothing and the glazing really brings it out. Alan Canute, mtaylor, Landlubber Mike and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted September 6 Author Share #6 Posted September 6 The directional shading with white over the black primer is done and the first glaze coat has been applied. The Argosy has been occupying most of the recent days. Thanks for looking in, the likes and comments Alan Jack12477, Old Collingwood, Baker and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted September 7 Share #7 Posted September 7 A bit of info about this gentlman mate - here is one of the battles he took part in fighting against the Royalists, its amazing my gran used to have a cottage in a village not so far from the location of this battle, and infact the Royalists where camped up in her village and there used to be some writting scibed into one of the cottage beams off one of the soldiers. OC. https://www.battlefieldstrust.com/resource-centre/civil-war/battleview.asp?BattleFieldId=35 Egilman, CDW, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDW Posted September 8 Share #8 Posted September 8 Every figure you do gets better and better. Great work, Alan. Old Collingwood, Canute, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted September 8 Author Share #9 Posted September 8 8 hours ago, CDW said: Every figure you do gets better and better. Great work, Alan. Thank you very much Craig. Each one is a learning experience and I am starting to build up some of the tricks that make it easier. They really are a lot of fun to paint. Alan mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted September 8 Author Share #10 Posted September 8 On 9/6/2024 at 11:28 PM, Old Collingwood said: A bit of info about this gentlman mate - here is one of the battles he took part in fighting against the Royalists, its amazing my gran used to have a cottage in a village not so far from the location of this battle, and infact the Royalists where camped up in her village and there used to be some writting scibed into one of the cottage beams off one of the soldiers. OC. https://www.battlefieldstrust.com/resource-centre/civil-war/battleview.asp?BattleFieldId=35 Thank you OC. Its interesting history. Near where I used to live in Derbyshire there is an old manor house that still has a Civil War cannonball embedded in one of teh outer walls. Alan GrandpaPhil, Old Collingwood, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted September 8 Author Share #11 Posted September 8 More glazes and detail painting added and we seem to be moving right along here. According to the notes the breastplate and helmet rivets and decoration is gilded. I had read somewhere that Tamiya transparent orange acrylic looks like gold when painted over polished metal so I thought I would try that. I really like how it came out, in this instance probably better than opaque gold paint. It is also easier to get the light touch needed for the rivet heads. The face is a work in progress. I am trying for lighter skin tones and hair colour and its harder than painting dark hair. For some reasons the moustache is being awkward even though it is well sculpted. The traditional cat hair seems to have arrived too. The beard is definitely going to get reworked. Thanks for looking in and the likes and comments Alan Landlubber Mike, CDW, Jack12477 and 5 others 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDW Posted September 9 Share #12 Posted September 9 (edited) I’ll bet those breast plates were very uncomfortable to wear. Heavy, too. That treatment you applied to the metal looks splendid. What color did you use on the boots for leather? Edited September 9 by CDW mtaylor, Old Collingwood and Canute 3 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted September 9 Share #13 Posted September 9 Excellent work Alan, that breast plate has come up a treat. OC. mtaylor, CDW, Egilman and 2 others 5 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted September 10 Author Share #14 Posted September 10 On 9/9/2024 at 8:41 AM, CDW said: I’ll bet those breast plates were very uncomfortable to wear. Heavy, too. That treatment you applied to the metal looks splendid. What color did you use on the boots for leather? Hi Craig From what I have read Fiennes command a troop of cavalry at the Battle of Edgehill so I'm guessing this figure is representative of that time. He certainly isn't marching far in those boots. It sounds like plate armour was still pretty effective in the 17th century and infantry still wore a breastplate but it must have been a hot and heavy thing to put up with. The paint is Ammo Acrylic F-552 Red Leather. It is part of a six colour pack intended for face painting. I use it for the lips mostly but it was perfect for those boots. Alan mtaylor, GrandpaPhil, Jack12477 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted September 10 Author Share #15 Posted September 10 On 9/9/2024 at 2:40 PM, Old Collingwood said: Excellent work Alan, that breast plate has come up a treat. OC. Thank you very much OC. I'm starting to get an itch to do a figure in full armour. I will have to look back at the Art Girona catalogue Alan Canute, mtaylor, Jack12477 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted September 10 Author Share #16 Posted September 10 Suddenly I seem to have reached the end of the Nate build. Taking the time to pin the head, arm and sword scabbard made all the difference. No more trying to hold everything in place and then watching it slowly fall out of place leaving a trail of half cured epoxy behind. This time things popped into place and stayed. I've added the spurs, and scabbard. The face piece for the helmet was a bad fit and needed a lot of filing to get it to slot into place the nose guard and helmet piece are very delicate but they stayed intact. The base was gussied up with Woodland Scenics grass and foliage. If he is supposed to be at Edgehill that was in October so the grass is starting to die and lose its green. I reworked the hair with Vallejo Cork Brown and didn't like the uniform colour so I dry brushed it with Yellow Ochre and I think its better. I think I have read that blonde hair is even worse to paint. I still have a few more A-G figures on the shelf and the interest is still strong so I think I will try another one to distract me from the Argosy when it gets annoying. Thanks for looking in, for the likes and the helpful comments. Alan Jsk, Canute, Jack12477 and 7 others 5 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted September 10 Share #17 Posted September 10 Alan, Excellent work! mtaylor, Old Collingwood, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted September 10 Author Share #18 Posted September 10 31 minutes ago, GrandpaPhil said: Alan, Excellent work! Thank you very much Phil. alan Old Collingwood, GrandpaPhil, Egilman and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted September 11 Share #19 Posted September 11 Excellent work Alan - he so looks the part ready to take part in the action. OC. mtaylor, Egilman, Jack12477 and 1 other 4 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDW Posted September 11 Share #20 Posted September 11 That’s just beautiful. It’s my favorite of all you have done thus far. What a nice collection you’re building. Canute, Egilman, Jack12477 and 2 others 5 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted September 11 Author Share #21 Posted September 11 20 hours ago, Old Collingwood said: Excellent work Alan - he so looks the part ready to take part in the action. OC. Thank you very much OC. I gather he survived Edgehill and the round ups after the Restoration eventually died peacefully in old age. alan mtaylor, Old Collingwood and Canute 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted September 11 Author Share #22 Posted September 11 13 hours ago, CDW said: That’s just beautiful. It’s my favorite of all you have done thus far. What a nice collection you’re building. Thank you kindly Craig. I think it’s helpful for developing better paint brush skills although you wouldn’t guess looking at the argosy prop tips. It’s a nice distraction from heavy going in another kit and they don’t take up much space. i just ordered a couple more for the shelf alan mtaylor, Jack12477, CDW and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted September 12 Share #23 Posted September 12 56 minutes ago, king derelict said: Thank you very much OC. I gather he survived Edgehill and the round ups after the Restoration eventually died peacefully in old age. alan Yep I think so, Edgehill was really close to my grans cottage just a few miles, even closer than the other battle I mentioned above, love all stuff ECW. OC. mtaylor, Canute and Egilman 3 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsk Posted September 12 Share #24 Posted September 12 Well, now you've done it! Inspired me to take a diversion from ship building and finish up a few figures. Athene awaits. Old Collingwood, Egilman, Jack12477 and 2 others 5 Quote --jeff In Process: Skipjack Kathryn 1/72 Card (scratch build) Completed Builds: Slavic (Viking) Longship 1/72 (Falconet), US Revenue Cutter 1/72 Card (Seahorse), Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted September 12 Author Share #25 Posted September 12 6 minutes ago, Jsk said: Well, now you've done it! Inspired me to take a diversion from ship building and finish up a few figures. Athene awaits. Its a terrible thing. I just wanted to paint Nabopolassar as a gift for a friend and now I've got half of Vallejos paint range and more brushes that I know what to do with along with yet another from Art Girona on the way. Its all worth it for the inner tranquility that it brings Alan Canute, Jack12477, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted September 12 Author Share #26 Posted September 12 22 hours ago, Old Collingwood said: Yep I think so, Edgehill was really close to my grans cottage just a few miles, even closer than the other battle I mentioned above, love all stuff ECW. OC. Good stuff OC. Interesting times certainly Alan mtaylor, Egilman, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted September 13 Share #27 Posted September 13 Really nice job Alan! I agree with CDW, you've got a nice collection now. mtaylor, Old Collingwood, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted September 13 Author Share #28 Posted September 13 6 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said: Really nice job Alan! I agree with CDW, you've got a nice collection now. Thank you so much Mike. The Art Girona range has several more tempting subjects. alan mtaylor, Jack12477, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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