More Figures for Richard

[Guest]

The head:

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I haven't painted an Alpine head for ages, and I must say I really enjoyed it. Made a change from Dragon anyway.

And as if in approval, I'd just finished it when I heard the roar and this was swinging low over the house:

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(Not taken by me today, but I believe it's the same aircraft).

We get them once or twice a day at this time of the year - very expensive hire trips down to the south coast from Biggin Hill. They've only just started buzzing the cathedral though.

[Guest]

Very nice start Peter :smiling3:.

[Guest]

Thanks Ralph. Have since done a little refining, but it's a stayer.

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Wonderful finish on No. 4 and another great head on No. 5.

I always found 1:35 Alpine very difficult to paint as they seemed to have such smooth youthful faces, not as craggy as Hornet!

2 days of chopping daffs and bluebells, rehanging solar lights, and the result is an aching back and sore shoulders,

SNAP LOL

A trip to the chiropractor to crunch things back to rights and a quiet birthday lunch with my son on his 30th should settle the week back in to something like a ""holiday""!

WOW, ......who am I kidding!

Looks like you will have fun with the body today, is that a smock I see?

How are you going to paint that?

Another sunny day in paradise,

Have a good day with the paints

Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Wow Steve - sounds like you've been busy. I've been excused gardening for the foreseeable future as the back pain has migrated to my neck, seized that up completely and given me a constant headache. Just can't do that stuff any more. Don't know where the weakness came from; just part of ageing I suppose.

Many happy returns to your son. Thirty eh? Does it make you feel young?

Yes, a camo smock in the offing. I'm going to do Italian.



I haven't perfected this yet and thought I'd give it another go. The Germans requisitioned a lot of Italian camo material after Italy's capitulation, and the SS in particular had it made up into various items. Smocks are rare, but were made. The Luftwaffe ground forces wore SS smocks, so it's not impossible. At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

[Neil Merryweather]

That's a very respectable pocket , Peter.
The thing with milliput is that it gets firmer as it cures, so some operations are best left for a while, so even a small thing can take up to ninety minutes. It tests my patience no end!
And if I try to come back to later it I often forget it and then it's too hard to work with:rolling:

[Steve Jones]

If I remember rightly it's a few grand for an hour in a spit??. You could buy a lot of figures and busts instead. What would you do Peter?? Spifire or figures? Lol

[Neil Merryweather]

If I remember rightly it's a few grand for an hour in a spit??. You could buy a lot of figures and busts instead. What would you do Peter?? Spifire or figures? Lol

spitfire for me, no contest!

[Steve Jones]

Money for me Neil. However if it was an hour in a Tiger then that's a totally different ball game

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
Well done with the pocket. I can see you sculpting more and more extras. I like the face of fig 5.
Jim

[Lee Drennen]

Very nice I hate to see this journey end but I know you will come up with something

[Guest]

Neil - Thanks re the pocket. It looks OK surprisingly.

Steve - Depends who you go with, but you can do the White Cliffs trip for as little as £789.00. I'd be sorely tempted if someone offered to buy it for me (!), but I'm also terrified of flying, so......

Jim - I am getting slightly more confident with the bodging side.

Lee - Stick it out my friend - nearly there.

[Guest]

The camo smock:



More or less done, bar a bit of fiddling. I didn't bother too much with areas that will be hidden by equipment.

[Lee Drennen]

Neil - Thanks re the pocket. It looks OK surprisingly.

Steve - Depends who you go with, but you can do the White Cliffs trip for as little as £789.00. I'd be sorely tempted if someone offered to buy it for me (!), but I'm also terrified of flying, so......

Jim - I am getting slightly more confident with the bodging side.

Lee - Stick it out my friend - nearly there.

Peter that was supposed to read “hate to see it end” I guess spell check wanted to say “have”

[Guest]

No worries Lee! I've got Dragon's Screaming Eagle to do after this lot. I'll start a new thread with it.

In the meantime, I did make some adjustments:



The trouble with painting camo is that it can be adjusted forever. Knowing when to stop can be a problem, but I think I'll leave it now.