Tamiya 1/16 Figure Vignette

[SimonT]

If you’re at a loss for something to do you could always wind a lot of very very small springs around a 0.4mm drill bit, separate each cartridge and stick springs to each one to represent the links like I did with that bust I did on the old site.

Looks the part as you can get each round sitting right but is very time consuming

[Guest]

Very nice start Peter :smiling3:.

[Guest]

Simon - Good advice, but enough to drive the average figure-builder to Bedlam!

Ralph - Glad you like him.

Cracked on today and got the uniform done (the boots are just blocked in):



I found it quite hard to make the surface interesting.The sculpting of the arms in particular was a bit flat, making it hard to get some good contrasts going. Hopefully the equipment will lift it all a bit.

[Guest]

Looks great to me Peter :smiling3:.

[JR]

I was laughing at your reply to Simon, Peter. you don't want to end up like poor Steve, he's gone completely to the other side , even mounting his builds on glass bases. ------- so you can see underneath.

Love the face, he has a sort of look that says " I've had enough and i'm hungry tired and fed up with this war .

[Guest]

I used to work in Bedlam John (and it was). The Imperial War Museum was originally built as the Bethlem Royal Hospital and opened in 1815.

The office I worked in was once part of one of the truncated, wings and my desk was just inside the far door on the right, facing the two windows on the left.

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[Steve Jones]

I cant see you Peter. Are you near the back??

[Guest]

I'd just stepped out to the cafe for a danish when they took the drawing.

[JR]

I was more concerned for the naked lady on the left. ! Was she in your office too !

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

John, the lady is a statue, What history your old office must have had?

A selection of restless ghosts/spirits walking the halls?

Puts a different twist on "who moved my pen?"

Only ever seen one ghost/spirit, on the coastal path to the Youth Hostel in Tintagel, in the summer of 77.

Sounds like a song title!

Thanks for the ideas about the ammo belt, I'll see what the weekend brings bench time wise, fingers crossed for rain!

Great progress on your figure Peter, sorry about the above distraction.

The arms don't look that flat?

The whole looks the part with well defined drapery, bring on the equipment.

Feeling the ache of duff knees and age this morning, hopefully this time next year a 3 day week will be more than welcome.

Looks like it should be a good day all round for granddadding and some painting too.

Regards

Steve H

[SimonT]

it will drive you right round the bend but the rounds sit better and look more like the metal rings of the real thing :smiling5:

[Guest]

John - Funny isn't it that Victorian mores dictated that the women are almost completely covered, but they had statues of naked women as an ideal? No naked ladies in my time, though come to think of it....

Steve - There were supposed to be Victorian ghosts in the building, though I'm sure that there were more attached to the exhibits - the Biber miniature sub was found with the pilot dead inside for instance. My own ghost stories include my Grandmother's dead cat, and footsteps in the basement of the V&A (I worked there for a while) which was supposed to be crawling with ghosts. I also lived in a flat in Brixton as a young man, and on at least three occasions, friends who slept on the sofa asked who the young lady in the white nightgown was who walked through the room at four in the morning - she matched no description of my female flatmates, and there was a cold patch at the bottom of the stairs....

Exhausted by granddadding (she had a bad day yesterday), but should get some work done.

Simon - A labour of love, but well worth it. They sit much more convincingly than my effort.

[Guest]

The first figure is finished:



I left the gas mask canister positioned at the front, as the straps were moulded with the figure and would have been very difficult to remove - perhaps he's got some booty in it.

[Guest]

Excellent finish Peter :smiling3:.

[Guest]

Many thanks Ralph.