7TH Regiment of Foot - Royal Fusiliers.

[Tim Stevens]

Good afternoon,

Next project has arrived, 200mm figure sculpted by Pete Morton and what a lovely job he has made of it.

19 parts in all and very clean casting. Some large casting blocks to remove but should not pose much of a problem if one takes care.

So here we go with a parts shot -



and a couple of the head \ torso -





This should keep me quiet for a little while

More when prepared and undercoated.

Tim

[robbo]

Now this does look nice and crisp Tim

[TRM]

Looks real nice Tim!!! Can;t wait to see you have at it!

[Deleted]

Tim,glad this has turned up mate.Can't wait to see how you get on with this one!! ;D

[Deleted]

This looks like a nice figure, head and face is really well sculpted, so much so my wife wants to marry him

[multicam]

He looks like he'd be fun to paint. I gotta get some of these bigger figures:) I'll be hanging out for this one.

[bbd468]

Hello Tim,

That is a sweet fig there. I will be dropping in to check this out. I love the looks of the detail and facial features. Looks fun.

Gary

[Paul P.]

Tim nice looking figure, some great detail and 200mm........mmmmmmm lovely jubley

Paul

[spud]

ohh sweet Tim looking forward to this

[Tim Stevens]

Good evening,

Small update time.

Cleaned up and first parts assembled, some held in place by bluetac, so this should give an idea.





As can be seen a few imperfections but used liquid green stuff for the first time to sort those. Not sure if anyone else has used it but I found it to be effective.

Next up first prime - Holts auto primer.





This showed up further areas to work on and also the gaps when the tails were fitted. So out with the green stuff and then a dry fit of arms etc to see if all looks ok.







Next up a further coat of primer then........... break out the colour

More soon.

Tim

[Deleted]

We're off!!!!! ;D ;D

[multicam]

Lovely start Tim. Looks good so far:)

[bbd468]

Really nice fig Tim. Cant wait for the paint to begin.

Gary

[Paul P.]

let the colours begin

Paul

[Tim Stevens]

Good evening,

After what has felt like an eternity, update time.

Basic colours blocked in, trousers about finished, jacket progressing and all headed in the right direction - I think!

So here is where I am at present -







Time permitting, more soon.

Tim

[Paul P.]

Tim looks really good, very neat, do you add the shading when you have blocked in all the base colours ?

Paul

[Deleted]

I don't think I could get to this standard,but I'd like to try one of these figures......One day!!! .....Like the fellas said Tim,nice neat work so far,as is your norm ;D

[spud]

Fantastic

[bbd468]

Tim, very nice vibrant colors. Spot on by my eye!

Gary

[Tim Stevens]

Good evening,

Thanks for the interest and comments.

Paul,

More so now. I used to end up with what looked like a zebra and would then put washes \ glazes over the top to soften. Now I tend to go for the base colour, add high's and shadow and use glazes of the base to soften the transitions - I think!

DF & CB,

Thanks, I work on the principle of not giving myself more work to do than necessay

Spud & Gary,

Much appreciated - the colours will harden up in due course. For example, the blue is only a thin wash at present which will darken up as more washes are applied.

More soon.

Tim

[Tim Stevens]

Good evening,

Best laid plans of.......... Paint did not key with primer and so back to resin and start again. My fault, to many grubby hand prints all over.

So here is how things stand now -









More after Euro!

Sorry for the yellow tinge, daylight bulb has gone pop - more expense!!!!!!!!!

Tim

[bullardino]

Nice job.

BTW where do you get the daylight bulbs?

[Tim Stevens]

LUIGI,

Good question - not available through the outlet that I bought the lamp and everywhere else I have been, a sharp intake of breath followed by "never seen one of those before" seems to be the stock response. Need to quiz the tin'ternet!

DICKY,

Will be down on Sunday after Church Parade

Tim

[bullardino]

Tim, I found some time ago an internet source, but it looks like they're not producing daylight bulbs anymore...

[Steve Zuleski]

That's a fine sculpted figure and the painting is so exact. Wow, I got a steady hand, but not that steady Tim. Looks great so far!

Cheers, Ski.

[Tim Stevens]

Good evening,

Apologies for the long delay in posting.

Daylight bulb problems resolved - bought a new lamp

On the figure front, not such good news.

Have had a problem with oily like substances creeping \ seeping through the undercoat and top coats and the paint coming away from the surface. Had a word with supplier and the upshot is that replacement figure was sent and now received. So back to square one and more soon.

In the meantime, been working on preparing a bust purchased at Euro, so not sure whether to start a new thread on that, or get back to the Fusilier.

So many decisions to be made

More soon.

Tim

[Tim Stevens]

jackwagon,

No longer Nemo - morphed into Dr Who ;D

Get enough grief working on one - two or three may well tip the balance and I sure don't want to go down that path. Besides, fills up the drinking time

Tim

[Deleted]

Tim...don't throw the old figure......strip it off,then maybe seal it with celly clearcoat,then have another go,when it's well hard!!!!

[Tim Stevens]

Good evening,

After what seems like an age, back to the bench.

ChrisB,

Not able to keep figure MK1, sent back for investigative purposes

Figure MK2 has arrived and after a little clean up etc this is how things stand,



This time around the figure will be in sub assemblies, legs, torso etc. Such a large lump of resin requires it really. Looking back at MK1 pics, attempting to do it as a full figure with a pin in the head was not the best way to go

More soon, well that is the plan!

Tim

[Deleted]

Tim....a real pity you had issues with the old figure,after all the obvious hard work that went into him.Looking forward to seeing how you get on with MKII. ;D
BTW...are you free to get up to Gravesham show,3rd November?..Be good to see some of your figs on the table ;D ;D