Where were we?
Ah yes, waiting for Milliput to set.
Having established that the Scots Grey should be wearing the foul-weather cover on his bearskin, I started to think about how to achieve the look of oilskin. Screwed up tissue paper was the answer that came to me.
I figured it would be easiest to use the hat from the kit, so I carved away the surface texture to leave the bare form.
Next I screwed up a piece of tissue paper, unfolded it and stuck it to a piece of double sided tape
I folded the edge over to give a bit more thickness and wrapped it around the bearskin
I added a disc of tissue to the crown
It’s actually quite difficult to ascertain exactly how these were made, since, being black , all the illustrations are rather indistinct. There is probably a large amount of artistic licence being taken as well, so I have done my best to make it look believable.
It seems there is another flap which wraps around the helmet and laces at the front, so I made that from more tissue , scrunched it up at the front ends where it will tie and left it at that.
I started to make the tied lace from wire but gave up. I’ll try again later.
In the meantime I have added a mane and tail to the French neddy and I realised I needed to reinstate the dog tooth on the shabraque.
This I did with 10 thou plasticard. I cut the teeth out first, I scraped it down and smoothed it off a bit,
and then cut the strip off the sheet.
I glued short lengths in place with liquid cement
After this I cleaned up the Historex horseshoes ready for the grey, and look what else I found on the sprue…………
My photography doesn’t do it justice, but it’s nice to think that Historex have given the issue some thought…..
Had I known I could have saved some Milliput!