Imperial Gallery 120mm Falklands Gurkha

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

You do seem to look down the wrong end of the telescope when assessing your camo painting abilities.

A superb job, and I am more than sure it is even more impressive in the flesh than on screen.

Your recent parcel has more than proven that point.

guess its equipment day, today?

Good to finish before the 48 hour heatwave strikes and assaults your paints.

I need to shake off this lockdown lethargy and get going again!!!!

Time to do some walking up and down the top 3 stairs with the Resident Patient

Have a good day with the paints

Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Morning Steve

The trouble with camo is that it can be adjusted forever, so getting to a point when you feel yyou can leave it alone is difficult. I don't think I'll get it finished today, as there is quite a lot of equipment to do that needs delicate painting.

So far, I've got the bandolier and gun done:



The addition of more detail has pushed the camo back a bit. These were both white metal parts, which I never like, but they proved quite nice to paint. I'm not sure what the grass(?) taped to the gun is for; camouflage, insulation?

[Neil Merryweather]

Well I think it's looking wonderful,Peter

[Guest]

Very kind of you Neil. Thank you.

That's it for today:



I also painted and attached the water bottle and ammo pack, the kukri, and the magazine for the gun. I've still got quite a bit of equipment to do, but one more session should see it done.

[wasdale32]

Peter

this is looking great - you have a very distinctive style - if we ever get to any model shows in future I'm sure I'd recognise it.

My only observation is that his DPM combat jacket and trousers actually match - he must have a very friendly Quartermaster!

Mark

[Guest]

Cheers Mark. I must admit that it never occurred to me that the jacket and trousers wouldn't match.

PS - I don't do shows.

[wasdale32]

Different items of DPM fade at very different rates - in general the trousers get washed more frequently and tend to be a bit lighter in colour.

[Jason Crausby]

Brilliant... Once again! ( The camo is superb!)
Jason

[Guest]

Mark - A bit like the German experience with field grey. They found during WW1 that the trousers faded more quickly that the jackets, so switched to stone grey trousers to eliminate the mismatch. It wasn't until the middle of WW2 that field grey trousers were re-introduced.

I intend to do a bit of weathering with pastels, so that should create some variation.

Jason - Glad you approve. Thanks for looking in.

[Guest]

I found a small reserve of mojo, so decided to place him on a base and do some weathering:



I weathered the trousers by initially dry-brushing mixes of Vallejo English Uniform and Off White onto the knees etc, then went over all of the camo with pink/beige pastel to kill it off a bit.

Just the back-pack, two ammo packs and smoke-grenade to do now.

[Richard48]

Blooming heck Peter,A real cracker i see before my mince pies,Really looks great and base really Tussocky for Falklands.
Mightily impressed.
Rich.

[Neil Merryweather]

Blooming heck Peter,A real cracker i see before my mince pies,Really looks great and base really Tussocky for Falklands.
Mightily impressed.
Rich.

That's pretty much what I was going to say!
Brilliant!

[Guest]

Many thanks chaps. Not finished yet.......

[scottie3158]

Peter,
very nice work mate.

[Guest]

Cheers Scottie. It's getting there...