Bridlington & Wolds Scale Model Club Forum
Models => Modelling Projects => Topic started by: zak on February 14, 2024, 02:50:19 PM
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Well, I have been diverted as usual.
Here are some pictures of my latest projects. well two of them.
Any Ideas?
Well they are for my two granddaughters, one 10, the other 6.
They will have lights inside.
The first two are for Ellie (6). The time on the clock has some relevance.
The other is for Isabel (10).
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THe time Ellie was born at and your attempts to get Isobel on the housing ladder?
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THe time Ellie was born at and your attempts to get Isobel on the housing ladder?
Ha, ha - The time the clock stopped in Back to the Future!
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The street scene was impressive at the club night.
I'm sure you will have two happy and grateful grand daughters.
Cheers,
Kevin
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I can only hope!
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In its natural environment as a book nook.
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Looks good.
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Impressive.
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Sidetracking over, now back to something Gun Motor Carriage related - but first a major tidy up is required.
Here is "Back to the Future" Book Nook.
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Looks great - pity I can't read - hohhoho
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Looks good. You've built that one quick.
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All looks very good.
Bob c
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Thanks for the comments, but will the granddaughters like them?
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I'm sure the Grand daughters will love them,
Great skill and imagination.
Kevin
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I have always enjoyed painting figures, but never managed to achieve the results that I would like. I am always inspired by Howard's figures. I keep trying, but never seem to get there.
I bought some Victrix 54mm ones and thought I would have another go, I think one problem maybe that the quality of the mouldings is not as good as in resin (more expensive) kits.
My faces never look right. I will have to consult Howard on the next club night.
Here are two British Peninsular War Flank Companies. You get 16 multipurpose figures in the box.
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Look in the mirror to help with the face painting - thats why my figures look so bad - hohohhoho
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Look in the mirror to help with the face painting - thats why my figures look so bad - hohohhoho
Thanks Martin, as usual, useful advice!
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Not bad at all Dave. Really good.
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I agree, you could be Howard's apprentice!
Nice work.
Kevin
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Painted more, trying different techniques and still unhappy with the results, but as Martin says, it is for fun and relaxation - mmmm - maybe!
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They look great.
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Yes some greta painting there, well done.
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'great' painting............ damn predictive dyslexia!!!!!!!!
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Very nice Zak,
Your painting skills are very evident. Howard watch out!
Kevin
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These are 28mm figures.
They represent the 3rd Battalion of Detachments, "The Fighting Crocks".
These are from Warlord Games and are the remains of Sir John Moore's Army in 1809.
They are a dubious collection of ruffians and malcontents who got separated from their regiments after the retreat to Coruna.
Each Soldiers has been given a name.
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Good paintwork.
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Much improved on what I could get from a 70mm figure - well done
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Looking good.
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The collection of ruffians continues.
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The collection of ruffians continues.
Which ones me ::) ::) ::)
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The collection of ruffians continues.
Which ones me ::) ::) ::)
Still to do the really vicious ones!
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The collection of ruffians continues.
Which ones me ::) ::) ::)
Still do do the really vicious ones!
I think his spull chucker wasn't working properly.
Perhaps he meant to say, the 'good looking ones' are still to do.........creep,creep
Kevin
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Here they all are, based as well.
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Looking pretty good Dave.
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They are certainly not pretty though!
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They are certainly not pretty though!
I like them - you will be doing zombies next - hohohho ::) ::) ::)
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Napoleonic Zombies, now there is a thought!
Flags added.
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I think it will now be onto Howard's Left Overs.
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Howard's left overs, or should it be dregs.
These are the Victrix ones left after his square.
One was painted by Howard but which one?
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All excellent - if I was a betting man, which I am not -- I would say number 3
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All good - no idea.
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I cannot tell.
It just shows that you are Howards apprentice.......learning from the master.
Kevin
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Well done Martin, it was the third one.
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HoHoHo not just a pretty face then ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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HoHoHo not just a pretty face then ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Pardon?😁
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I have been trying different ways of lining these figures.
These were lined as follows:
A - Nuln Oil
B - Vallejo dip (figure actually dipped into the wash)
C - No lining
D - Oil pin wash
Which do I prefer, I am not sure, as yet, I now need to do some dry brushing and finishing off before I make my final judgement. I might try applying the Vallejo with a brush as well.
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A - but what do I know
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A - ditto.
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Yep,A. C looks like he's got Delhi belly.
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Looks like 'A' is the winner.......
Kevin
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Thanks Guys.
Here are Howard's Hoards en masse, these were the left overs from his foray into28mm modelling.
Bases painted but still to add grass and flags.
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Looking great - how about the same number of French attacking them ;) ;)
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Looking great - how about the same number of French attacking them ;) ;)
Maybe something Waterloo related, I was wondering about one of the farms as a backdrop - La Haye Sainte or La Bell Alliance?
At the moment the allotment is calling!
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Very nice Dave.
That reminds me, I'll bring in the Linka plans of La Haye Sainte for you to have a look at on the playday.
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Very nice Dave.
That reminds me, I'll bring in the Linka plans of La Haye Sainte for you to have a look at on the playday.
Thanks for that.
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The speed youwork at - why not the whole battlefield ::) ::) ::)
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The speed youwork at - why not the whole battlefield ::) ::) ::)
Dave would need the whole allotment for that.
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Working on it,
Howards Dregs now added to the remnants of Sir John Moore's Army.
Then probably some of the Chosen Men, yes Richard Sharpe and the 95th Rifles.
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Very impressive. Must get round to finishing my Romans.
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Impressive stuff, you're going to need a bigger garage!!!
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Working on the farm house at La Haye Sainte.
Scratch built from card.
The progress so far.
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That looked really good at Playday today.
Interesting to see how you laid the brick pieces on the walls using Elmer's Glue.
Will look great when. Will you be doing all the surrounding walls around the farmhouse?
Kevin
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That looked really good at Playday today.
Interesting to see how you laid the brick pieces on the walls using Elmer's Glue.
Will look great when. Will you be doing all the surrounding walls around the farmhouse?
Kevin
That is the idea but who knows, I might be sidetracked yet again!
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The firing line. Grass yet to be added to some bases.
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95th Rifles from Wargames Atlantic.
Small details to add and bases to complete.
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Looking great - soon have the whole battlefield of Waterloo made - by next week maybe - hohohohho
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The farmhouse is looking good Dave aswell as the figures. When you've finished Wellington's army you'll be able to start on Napoleon's.
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The farmhouse is looking good Dave aswell as the figures. When you've finished Wellington's army you'll be able to start on Napoleon's.
Zak doesn't need that sort of encouragement.....He's probably already thought about it!
Kevin
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Martin was on with some 1/72 scale figures, so I thought, I might have a go at some. Eyesight notwithstanding.
I don't think I realised just how much smaller they are the the 28mm ones for wargamers.
I think the photo shows this.
1:72 is 4.233 mm to 1ft.
1/56 is 5l442 mm to 1ft.
So in 1/56 a 6ft man is 32.65mm and 25.398 in 1/72.
1/76 is about 4mm = 1ft.
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The figures were removed from the sprues.
A hot needle was used to remove the seam lines and any flash. (the needle/pin was attached to a soldering iron, this negates the use of a candle to keep heating up the pin).
A black acrylic undercoat was then applied by brush.
Acrylic undercoats seem to be more flexible than enamels and allow the plastic to move without the paint flaking - well that's the theory.
A white acrylic (Tamiya) was airbrushed from above in an attempt to create shadows.
These should make it look like darker areas when the paint is applied.
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Are you using the smaller scale so you can include the whole battlefield?
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Are you using the smaller scale so you can include the whole battlefield?
Maybe!
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I was not all that impressed with my scratch built model of La Haye (Haie) Saint.
This is the Sarissa Precision one, it comes with some Italeri 1:72 figures.
It is laser cut mdf and card.
I have attempted to improve the original by adding roof slate and some plumbing, I am not sure of the extent of down pipes in 1815?
I am not convinced any glazing would have survived. I am not including any.
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Now working on the gatehouse and piggery and the buttery on the other side.
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Looking very good Dave.
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Certainly looks the part. Nice work.
Kevin
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The rest of the buildings under construction and painting.
Still lots to do.
The whole complex, bar the buttery, the barn(2) and the stables.
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Adding some static grass to the road side.
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It's looking mighty good Dave.
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Very Impressive.
When I first read your description, I thought you meant "you didn't know where to put the Bar!"
Will look brilliant when done and finished.
Kevin
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The buttery fits to the right of the house.
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Cobbling the yard. DAS clay marked with a round tool, a bit tedious but I think it will look the part when painted and weathered.
There was apparently a muck heap (midden) in the middle of the yard, I may/may not model this.
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Looking good Dave. Get Martin to do the midden - he's good at rubbish.
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Looking good Dave. Get Martin to do the midden - he's good at rubbish.
I don't want to upset him!
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Yard cobbled.
Next onto the pond and adding some details.
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Looks good Zak.
When will you be starting on the pot holes on the roads? We need your skill and speed.
The shot with the figures really starts to tell a story of this epic battle.
Kevin
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If you want a rubbish heap in the middle of the yard - I will give you one of my models to represent this - hohohoho - you are on the list again hohohho
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Excellently modelled Dave.
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While the pond sets, I have been working on the garden section behind the buttery.
There should be an orchard at the other side of the main buildings.
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Just keeps getting better!
Kevin
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Just keeps getting better!
Kevin
Maybe that should be BIGGER!
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No bigger and better
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Excellent Dave. Bigger and better.
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The actual size when completed will be 34 inches by 24 inches. The left had board will be a part of the orchard, grass and trees still to be added.
I need to add some plants to the garden.
Then general rubbish will need to be added.
Is it too big for a club night?
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No way Zak.
Bring it along, there will always be space for it.
We were a little sparse of models at the last meet.
We could always put Neil and Chris in the little room, so would gain a table. hohoho
Kevin
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Looks cracking Dave, hopefully see it for real next club night.
Bob c
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I'll say it again - excellent. Definitely bring it to the next meeting.
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I'll say it again - excellent. Definitely bring it to the next meeting.
I need to consult the committee first!
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Midden (muck heap) under construction.
The 95th Rifles prepare to defend the farm)historically inaccurate), but I don't have KGL figures!
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History before our very eyes.
Nice work Zak.
Kevin
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Yes history as it happend --- just as it happened in front of Zaks eyes, he was only in his teens when it happened - hohohohho
But joking apart excellent work
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Just working on the orchard.
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Nearly there!
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Looking great - when does the army arrive
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Looks great Dave, the army must be having it's lunch break out of the rain.
Bob c
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Lunch time I guess!
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It looks really nice Zak.
Look forward to seeing it finished and at a future club meeting.
Cheers,
Kevin
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Looking great - when does the army arrive
Just arrived!