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Re: Horatius Cocles and 2 companions on the bridge - modern style
« Reply #240 on: August 01, 2021, 01:53:05 PM »
How did you get on with spraying from top and bottom etc?

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Re: Horatius Cocles and 2 companions on the bridge - modern style
« Reply #241 on: August 01, 2021, 08:46:32 PM »
Not good Howard - my fingers playing me up at the time - so brush painted the figures instead of spray and i lost a lot of the effect i was after. Thinking about it , if i had used a lot of thinned down coats of brush painted coats it might have gone better - will try again on another figure.
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Re: Horatius Cocles and 2 companions on the bridge - modern style
« Reply #242 on: October 18, 2021, 08:11:28 PM »
Decided to try and make one of those old Chesterfield type sofas for Horatius Cocles to rest on.
It was some thick tube material (as show at the last club meeting) with a cross pattern scribed into it, when all the sections  are fastened together, will add a button at each cross section with some PVA and then paint it old brown leather colour.
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Re: Horatius Cocles and 2 companions on the bridge - modern style
« Reply #243 on: October 19, 2021, 07:33:09 AM »
This is a blast from the past.
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Re: Horatius Cocles and 2 companions on the bridge - modern style
« Reply #244 on: October 19, 2021, 09:39:18 AM »
That's a good idea - if it doesn't work well I can blow it up and just have the bits as a damaged sofa - hohohoho
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Re: Horatius Cocles and 2 companions on the bridge - modern style
« Reply #245 on: October 19, 2021, 12:30:39 PM »
That's a good idea - if it doesn't work well I can blow it up and just have the bits as a damaged sofa - hohohoho
And have springs poking out?
« Last Edit: October 19, 2021, 01:23:03 PM by chriswil42 »
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Re: Horatius Cocles and 2 companions on the bridge - modern style
« Reply #246 on: October 19, 2021, 01:07:41 PM »
Your thought patterns are getting very worrying Chris - you will soon be as bad as me - hohohohoh
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Re: Horatius Cocles and 2 companions on the bridge - modern style
« Reply #247 on: October 19, 2021, 01:22:33 PM »
Your thought patterns are getting very worrying Chris - you will soon be as bad as me - hohohohoh
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Re: Horatius Cocles and 2 companions on the bridge - modern style
« Reply #248 on: October 19, 2021, 04:26:20 PM »
Seat and arms fastened together and a new thicker back under construction. When all solid will fasten both sections together and then add the buttons and colour it.
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Re: Horatius Cocles and 2 companions on the bridge - modern style
« Reply #249 on: October 19, 2021, 06:17:49 PM »
Two sections fastened together and a start made on the buttons. The sections at the front are to be cut and added to the front of the arms and sides of the back sections.
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Re: Horatius Cocles and 2 companions on the bridge - modern style
« Reply #250 on: October 21, 2021, 01:09:54 PM »
Looks the part Martin.
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Re: Horatius Cocles and 2 companions on the bridge - modern style
« Reply #251 on: November 11, 2021, 04:21:49 PM »
Photos show a base coat of German camouflage black brown, then burnt umber stippled on top, then highlights of mahogany brown and then a wash of smoke to unify all the above shades.
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Re: Horatius Cocles and 2 companions on the bridge - modern style
« Reply #252 on: November 11, 2021, 05:33:36 PM »
Very comfy looking.
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Re: Horatius Cocles and 2 companions on the bridge - modern style
« Reply #253 on: November 12, 2021, 07:42:53 AM »
Speachless!

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Re: Horatius Cocles and 2 companions on the bridge - modern style
« Reply #254 on: November 12, 2021, 12:33:07 PM »
Comfortably brilliant!
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