Friday, January 10, 2014

Wet weather

The howitzer

12 pounder plus Guard Chasseur figure

Comparison of Italieri and Del Prado 

For the first time I painted a leopard blanket on a figure! Pretty cool really.
I managed to get the majority of my project finished over a couple of days. The weather in North Otago has been pretty patchy this year and this has resulted in quite a few hours at the dinner table in my mum's kitchen painting. None of the figures are display quality but I really had fun painting them and listening to documentaries on Youtube. Next job is to base the figures and do the final gluing of the equipment. 1/32 painting is really quite fun and actually quite a lot different from the massed ranks painting that I usually do. Who knows maybe I will do some more!
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3 comments:

  1. Kevin KimJanuary 11, 2014 at 5:13 AM

    Although I'm not an aficionado like you, I have to commend you on your painting job. How in the world do you paint such tiny lines and buttons? I imagine that thick paint, even if you're using a thin paintbrush, tends to form large droplets that make painting thin lines impossible. What's the solution, then? Repeated coats using thin paint?

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  2. PhilJanuary 11, 2014 at 9:02 PM

    Very nice work!

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  3. James FisherFebruary 3, 2014 at 2:46 AM

    Great looking artillery team John. It sounds like you are enjoying the larger scale figures!

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