Elan13 75mm (1/24) Corporal Philip Smith VC 17th Regt Sevastopol 1855

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Next victim(s) on the model bench is this two figure vignette from the excellent Elan13 models , available here -



Corporal Philip Smith VC 17th Regt Sevastopol 1855 rescuing an officer.

Corporal Smith won his VC at Sevastopol for repeatedly going out in front of the advanced trenches against the Great Redan, on the 18th June 1855, under a very heavy fire, after the column had retired from the assault and bringing in wounded comrades.



Everything has been base painted with Tamiya acrylics via airbrush and will then be painted in oils. Work has ben started on the trousers, couple of touch ups needed and the bandage to be finished.




 

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Hi Steve
Looks very nice. Quite compact and intricate. Off to a good start.
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You have my total respect Steve as your figure painting talents are fantastic. This is off to a great start, but that must have been a hell of a battle. Lotsa blood and the poor blighter lost his head and leg too.........Seriously, this is wonderful stuff Sir!!!...

One day, before I go tits-up, I would like to try and paint a big figure myself. Does paint stripper come in 55 gallon drums???.........

Prost
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Excellent work so far Steve.

I'm going to be honest and say that when I first came back to the hobby several years ago, large scale figures like this did nothing for me.

But the work of people on here such as yourself and the departed Peter Day have helped greatly in me developing an appreciation for them.

Keep up the great work.

All the best.

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You have my total respect Steve as your figure painting talents are fantastic. This is off to a great start, but that must have been a hell of a battle. Lotsa blood and the poor blighter lost his head and leg too.........Seriously, this is wonderful stuff Sir!!!...

One day, before I go tits-up, I would like to try and paint a big figure myself. Does paint stripper come in 55 gallon drums???.........

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Allen
Haha , yep thats gonna take more than a sticky plaster to sort out . Sure you wont need any paint stripper.
Excellent work so far Steve.

I'm going to be honest and say that when I first came back to the hobby several years ago, large scale figures like this did nothing for me.

But the work of people on here such as yourself and the departed Peter Day have helped greatly in me developing an appreciation for them.

Keep up the great work.

All the best.

Andrew

Many Thanks, Pete is still at it , over on Planet figure - https://www.planetfigure.com/members/peter-day.11141/
 

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Arms, heads and legs just blue tacked on.
Get the reds painted, baked in the slow cooker for 30-40mins to dry out, then matt varnished, now need to be dusted/dirtied up a bit. Started on the heads, again painted in Oils. Need to sort out Phil's bulbous right eye and give the wounded chap a right eye !, can hopefully then get on with the 'whites' and the cuffs.







 

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Hi Steve
Coming on a treat. The more I look at it the intricate I realise it is.
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Coming on very nicely Steve!!
 

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Looking good Steve. Great that you’ve gone with the brick red colour for the tunic as well. Certainly brings authenticity to them.
 
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