Well hello chaps, long time no post!
I do apologise for the long gaps between updates on this thread, but as often happens I’ve had a large dose of real life and work to disrupt the important stuff we do here.
I must also confess to a loss of mojo on this one which led to a serious amount of distraction researching a new project, which I will start properly when this one is done. I know if I start the new one this will never get finished, and I am trying to avoid having too large a ‘shelf of shame’.
Anyway there is some progress to report with our Scots Grey Gentleman.
He now has overall stripes and buttons, braid up his front, coatee tails and a girdle (yes, mrs…!)
And some clumsy dolt broke his sword……..
I had a little PE and fuse wire fun to keep messrs Jones , Scottie and Mike C interested, although not quite up to their standard
In case you can’t tell, the PE is the toggles , which were little T-shapes cut from the fret holding something or other.
The stripes on the girdle (navy and yellow) are actually woven and therefore not exactly 3- dimensional, but I scribed them on the pewter because I know I will never be able to paint them straight without.
I also made the leather inserts in his overalls from tissue because I wanted a different texture when it comes to the painting stage.
I guess I have learned something from my limited painting experience, and that is that it’s best to have all the detail in the sculpting, because I can’t just ‘suggest’ things with the painting technique.
Anyway that’s all for now, but I am back in the swing of things a bit more now, so hopefully it won’t be another 6 weeks before the next post!
Thanks for looking
Neil