120mm British Paras

[papa 695]

Just seen this one Peter a very nice start indeed

[Guest]

John - Thanks. He does look like a Brit I agree. Just put that dirty nappy on the floor.....

Steve - Glad you like him.

Ian - Thank you.

I decided on a long slog today to get the Denison smock done:



The pattern itself wasn't too problematic as Denison camo was very loosely drawn. I gave the whole thing a dark base of Russian Uniform mixed with German Camo Black Brown, then worked on small sections in turn, highlighting and shading as I went along. The basic background is again Russian Uniform, with Medium Olive for the green and mixes of Flat Earth and Dark Red for the brown. All were mixed with black brown and Off White to shade.

You'll notice that I had to add a neck scarf, made from Miliput to accommodate the head, as the neck was rather thin.

Anyway, that's the hardest bit done, bar some touching up.

[JR]

Peter.
Think you should be happy with that, a very subtle camo indeed. The scarf looks perfect, like the colour.
Nappy in bin !!
John .

[Richard48]

Now thats a nice sight as i sit down after gadding around.Really nice Peter Grandaddy D.Really nice Denison mate.
Coming along a treat.
Richard.

[Guest]

Thanks chaps. Guess what? I'm going to have to put it on hold for a few days - have had to rush down to Lewes for some emergency Granddadding. Just when I was getting stuck in........

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Safe journey and hopefully not too much emergency when you arrive?

Catch up when you recover

Regards

Steve H

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
Enjoy the Granddadding. I spent yesterday with our little poppet. She's 18 months now. Fed the ducks, went to the kiddies playground, did some shopping etc. Her mum and dad were there and my missus but I still came home exhausted!!
Face is up to your usual high standards but the smock with the scarf is exceptional - I really like that.
Jim

[Guest]

Steve and Jim - many thanks for looking in. I won't be able to get back to this one until Monday, which is a little frustrating. My daughter is having a lot of post caesarian pain, poor thing, so it's all a bit full-on.

[rtfoe]

Nice rendition to the Denison smock Peter, this being the first pattern style which smudged and faded because of the dye used. :thumb2:
The smock is of the first pattern as well without the long zipper. You have also painted him in between operations as the webbing isn't blancoed and are in basic khaki.
The face and stance makes him more officer material.

Cheers,
Richard

[papa 695]

Cracking work, I just don't know how you do it.

[Tim Marlow]

Nice rendition of the camo Grandiddy, really looks the part. Hope your daughter improves quickly as well. I think because it’s so common that people forget a C section is a relatively major operation....and new kids don’t let you rest like you need to....

[Guest]

All looking good, Peter.
I hope your family members are okay now, or heading that way at the very least.

[Guest]

Richard - I bow to your expertise on the uniform details, but it looks like Moz Corry (for it is he again) got it right. I agree about the stance, but Moz always makes them long and lean.

Ian - I still get quite apprehensive when tackling camo. I decided on a slightly different approach on this one, completing each small section in turn.

Tim - Thanks. A Caesarian is considered major surgery. She's had a lot of pain, but I think has turned a corner.

Save - Glad you like him my friend.

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Peter
Our daughter was born by emergency C section....six weeks early. I was told by the midwife “you can be present at the birth, but keep out of the way, and if you faint you’re on your own”. Didn’t go down too well when I asked if I could watch
Best thing is the Dad gets to cuddle first....and she was born on Father’s Day...

[Guest]

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