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The fine work continues. The kilt is looking the business.
54mm Charge of the Scots Greys
- Thread starter Neil Merryweather
- Start date
scottie3158
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Neil,
Love the work on the kilt and equipment I really must have a go at adapting some figures one day
Love the work on the kilt and equipment I really must have a go at adapting some figures one day
This just gets better and better each time I look in. The kilt looks great so far.
Neil Merryweather
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Peter ,Paul and Ian , many thanks indeed.
Almost there.....
Almost there.....
Neil Merryweather
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Here are a couple of new details;
sock ribbons
And shoulder tabs, made by shaping wire and infilling with Duro
They will be removed and added after the crossbelts.
That's it for now
thanks again for following
cheers
Neil
sock ribbons
And shoulder tabs, made by shaping wire and infilling with Duro
They will be removed and added after the crossbelts.
That's it for now
thanks again for following
cheers
Neil
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Superb work Neal, and 7K plus hits - this is becoming a build of the year.
Neil Merryweather
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Thanks Peter.
Yes 7k is quite a lot isn't it- but it has been going over a year, in fact it started 1 June 2019.
None the less gratifying, though, to find it's still keeping people interested after all this time.
I like the ribbon and foil work.
Looking fantastic
Steve Jones
Steve Jones Scale Modelling Site
Luv it to bits Neil. Great update
Neil Merryweather
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Richard, Ian and Steve, thanks chaps, I'm delighted you are still interested
Neil Merryweather
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It’s not been all World War One for me the last couple of days – we’ve stopped off at Waterloo for a while as well.
Jock needed work on his hands, so the Duro love was spread around a bit.
I’ve always admired Bill Horan’s technique of chopping off the fingers and re-sculpting them properly gripping the rifle, but I’ve never tried it for myself, mostly because I didn’t like Duro. So as I’m a bit more comfortable with it now I thought I would give it a go, and I’m very pleased with the result.
I will probably do it always from now on.
I also separated the hand and opened up the sleeve with the Dremel, and then inserted a nice long copper wire into the wrist to keep the hand and musket separate for painting. I’ve already knocked the bayonet off once, and that was being careful!
I was uneasy about the delicate wire pin attaching the right hand to the Grey’s stirrup, so I Dremelled out the right sleeve and inserted a fatter and longer wire into the right wrist.
The wrist had to be built up a bit.
A less lazy man might re-do the whole hand with Duro, having established it as a successful technique….
Actually, it was scary enough holding the finished Scots Grey and just doing the tiny amount of work that I did- I think I would just give up if I broke something.
And there’s that spot of brown paint on the horse’s leg, mustn’t forget that.
So this is sort of how it looks
I don’t think there’s any more excuses for avoiding the wet stuff……
But I’m going to do a practice run on the tartan first.
Many thanks for following
Cheers
Neil
Jock needed work on his hands, so the Duro love was spread around a bit.
I’ve always admired Bill Horan’s technique of chopping off the fingers and re-sculpting them properly gripping the rifle, but I’ve never tried it for myself, mostly because I didn’t like Duro. So as I’m a bit more comfortable with it now I thought I would give it a go, and I’m very pleased with the result.
I will probably do it always from now on.
I also separated the hand and opened up the sleeve with the Dremel, and then inserted a nice long copper wire into the wrist to keep the hand and musket separate for painting. I’ve already knocked the bayonet off once, and that was being careful!
I was uneasy about the delicate wire pin attaching the right hand to the Grey’s stirrup, so I Dremelled out the right sleeve and inserted a fatter and longer wire into the right wrist.
The wrist had to be built up a bit.
A less lazy man might re-do the whole hand with Duro, having established it as a successful technique….
Actually, it was scary enough holding the finished Scots Grey and just doing the tiny amount of work that I did- I think I would just give up if I broke something.
And there’s that spot of brown paint on the horse’s leg, mustn’t forget that.
So this is sort of how it looks
I don’t think there’s any more excuses for avoiding the wet stuff……
But I’m going to do a practice run on the tartan first.
Many thanks for following
Cheers
Neil
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Oh, come on now - sculpting fingers?!!!!! You are so lucky to have these skills. I'm full of admiration.
More great work...lovely!
Neil Merryweather
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John- That's very kind of you to say
Peter- it wasn't anything like as difficult as I expected- I should have done it years ago, but thanks. Believe me, sculpting a whole hand from scratch is a different kettle of fish ALTOGETHER! Bur now the other hand is niggling.........
Richard, Tim, Simon and Tony- thank you all so much, it's great to be appreciated.
That's what I love about this forum - like-minded people who understand the effort and concentration required to make these things.
My family are never less than complimentary about my stuff (when I show it to them), but I know they don't understand what's gone into it all and they aren't really interested on any more than a superficial level.
And my son (who does understand) just takes the pi$$!
So thank you all again, friends
cheers
Neil
Peter- it wasn't anything like as difficult as I expected- I should have done it years ago, but thanks. Believe me, sculpting a whole hand from scratch is a different kettle of fish ALTOGETHER! Bur now the other hand is niggling.........
Richard, Tim, Simon and Tony- thank you all so much, it's great to be appreciated.
That's what I love about this forum - like-minded people who understand the effort and concentration required to make these things.
My family are never less than complimentary about my stuff (when I show it to them), but I know they don't understand what's gone into it all and they aren't really interested on any more than a superficial level.
And my son (who does understand) just takes the pi$$!
So thank you all again, friends
cheers
Neil
Jim R
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Hi Neil
Wow and thrice wow. This just gets better and better. You are very skilled and this showcases it.
Jim
Wow and thrice wow. This just gets better and better. You are very skilled and this showcases it.
Jim