Four 1/16 Dragon Figures

[Guest]

Greg - Stop it!

Steve - On to the jacket today. I removed the shoulder boards as they wouldn't have been worn with this jacket (and because I did a bad job on them anyway).

Richard - Actually had a bit of a relapse, so may slow up again - quite short of breath, which is scary. Will endeavour to paint the jacket today.

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Super face painting, well done with sculpting too and a beard to add a difference to the last one.

Later update today as I am still a little shocked about yesterdays updates!

The lockdown is really serious, I also got an NHS do not go out for 12 weeks too, it has knocked me for 6, and is still sinking in!

I am sure Naomi will bounce back quicker that you are, the curse of being young, fit and usually healthy!

Its another cold one, and eerily quiet even on our usually quiet suburban street, no traffic at all this morning, cars all on the drive ways.

No dog walkers either, too quiet!

Just Owen and Katherine to get it now, I guess the clock has been set back to 14 days for them both?

Keep hydrated, and enjoy painting all that leather, that will be a fun day

Best wishes to the other patient/s too

Take care all of you

Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Hi Steve

Such weird times. Having an easily bored 17 year old at home can be a bit trying at times, believe me. We keep finding him lots of jobs, but somehow they never get done. Katherine's still OK and Naomi's taking it like the fit and healthy 20 year old she is.

Thank God for modelling and that daily escape! Look after yourselves.

[rtfoe]

Peter, do persist with painting the jacket and stay hydrated, you'll get over this.

Richard

[Tim Marlow]

Take it easy Peter. The relapse seems a part of the illness. Sue is suffering waves of illness, between which she isn’t too bad. Unfortunately I’m just starting to show symptoms myself....not bad yet though so here’s hoping. :sick:

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
Look after yourself.
Jim

[Guest]

Richard - :thumb2:

Tim - Thanks for that. Reassuring to hear that it can go up and down, though of course I commiserate with Sue and wish her well. Sorry to hear that you might be coming down with it, but perhaps it's better to get it out of the way?

Jim - Will do.

The jacket:



I used Vallejo Dark Blue Grey for this, considerably lightened with Off White. Not as blue as the colour one sees used on Alpine U-Boat figures, but perhaps more realistic. I've also given him the swordfish cap- badge of the 9th Flotilla.

[Guest]

Coming along great Peter :smiling3:.

[Guest]

Cheers Ralph.

Just knocked up a bit of decking for the base:

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[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Love the colour palette you have dark blue forage cap, dark grey hoodie, light grey jacket and well creased up too, your favourite drapery!

I guess colour period references are none existent?

As a sub-mariner would the leather have lost its sheen?

Would there be a salty white "bloom" after prolonged exposure?

Even mildew on badges, buttons and metalwork?

I have read these things but never really seem it live in historical photos!

Lovely piece of decking too, you do have a broad range of scratching skills even if you don't think so, as you have already been sculpting on this one.

Looks like another bright and crisp day ahead.

We have agreed to learn to play Mahjong as part of our ""captivity"" activities.

At 4pm ish we stop for an hour, turn all devises off and get out a 42 year old Mahjong set and play.

Even though Anna hates cards games, it tiles LOL

And she is getting it already, we just need to start adding in all the special characters next.

Have a good day with the paints

Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Morning Steve

Board games would be the last straw in this household. However they may be a better alternative to the current state of play in the evenings - me staring at the big screen and the three others staring at their I-Phones.

Glad you like our man so far. Quite hard to make a grey palette look interesting and I realised last night that the deck will be grey too. I'm sure the leather would have suffered from the damp and salt conditions, but that's hard to reproduce so that it doesn't look like bad painting - I'll see what I can do.

[Steven000]

Nice progress Peter, the deck looks good too :thumb2:
Steven

[Guest]

Steven - Thank you.

Another stage completed:



Today I painted the trousers and boots, painted the base and attached the figure, then painted and attached the holster and lens cap. I did paint the binoculars, by they turned out to be a bit too battered, so I'll root around for another pair.

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
He is coming on a treat. Hope you are on the mend.
Jim

[Steve Jones]

Wonderful work on the creases and folds. A dark art I still cant master. Cracking figure