Time for something different....Napoleonic Dragoon.
Apr 18, 2013 16:10:52 GMT -5
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Post by RossGary on Apr 18, 2013 16:10:52 GMT -5
OK Lads,
I'm sure you've all been there.. Boredom sets in!
So.. Time to step out of my comfort zone and attempt something I haven't done in about 25 years.. Yep, that as well, before you all start!
Poking about in the loft the other day yielded a choice find, a bag of Historex bits & bobs I'd forgotten about! Now, me being the archetypal Yorkshireman.. You can see what's coming, can't you!
The next project, a Napoleonic Dragoon c.1812. Now these Historex parts, some of them are well detailed but, the poses! Tailors dummies look better! Time for a bit of hacking and putty methinks!
First up, a fair bit of rescribing, followed by sawing the bits apart and joining with flexible wire, so I could get the pose right. I wanted to make it look like an 'After action' sort of pose, so it took a fair amount of messing about to get it right. The pose was then solidified with putty. A resin head i had laying around comleptes it. Needs a moustache though!
I think it's starting to look OK...
To get the pose right, first off I had to make the scenery.
The pavement was cast in plaster from a mould from J's Works. I had to cut it to size, then smarten up the edges to match the rest of the stones. The wall was carved from two blocks of plaster. One for the wall and one for the coping.
So, that's where I'm up to so far. Still a long way to go but, this is going to be a learning curve for me.
All the best Lads,
Gary
I'm sure you've all been there.. Boredom sets in!
So.. Time to step out of my comfort zone and attempt something I haven't done in about 25 years.. Yep, that as well, before you all start!Poking about in the loft the other day yielded a choice find, a bag of Historex bits & bobs I'd forgotten about! Now, me being the archetypal Yorkshireman.. You can see what's coming, can't you!
The next project, a Napoleonic Dragoon c.1812. Now these Historex parts, some of them are well detailed but, the poses! Tailors dummies look better! Time for a bit of hacking and putty methinks!
First up, a fair bit of rescribing, followed by sawing the bits apart and joining with flexible wire, so I could get the pose right. I wanted to make it look like an 'After action' sort of pose, so it took a fair amount of messing about to get it right. The pose was then solidified with putty. A resin head i had laying around comleptes it. Needs a moustache though!
I think it's starting to look OK...
To get the pose right, first off I had to make the scenery.
The pavement was cast in plaster from a mould from J's Works. I had to cut it to size, then smarten up the edges to match the rest of the stones. The wall was carved from two blocks of plaster. One for the wall and one for the coping.
So, that's where I'm up to so far. Still a long way to go but, this is going to be a learning curve for me.
All the best Lads,
Gary
