Sidetracked Yet Again

[zak]

Working on the farm house at La Haye Sainte.
Scratch built from card.
The progress so far.

[Bigkev]

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

[zak]

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!

[zak]

The firing line. Grass yet to be added to some bases.

[zak]

95th Rifles from Wargames Atlantic.
Small details to add and bases to complete.

[MSea]

Looking great - soon have the whole battlefield of Waterloo made - by next week maybe - hohohohho

[chriswil42]

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.

[Bigkev]

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

[zak]

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.

[zak]

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.

[chriswil42]

Are you using the smaller scale so you can include the whole battlefield?

[zak]

Are you using the smaller scale so you can include the whole battlefield?

Maybe!

[zak]

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.

[zak]

Now working on the gatehouse and piggery and the buttery on the other side.

[chriswil42]

Looking very good Dave.