Three 120mm ACW Figures

[Guest]

John - Thanks for looking in my man.

Steve - Yes, finding time to paint will be the issue over the next couple of weeks. One of the main reasons my daughter's home with the baby is to get her university work finished (she's in her final year), so I'll be holding the baby and cracking the whip. Fortunately the other two kids are about, so they'll be roped in.

The two Verlinden figures represent a member of the 3rd New Jersey Cavalry, nicknamed 'The Butterflies' because of their gaudy uniforms, and a generic Union zouave. In both cases, such regiments were raised locally and funded by sponsors who wanted their men to look as splendid as possible. Zouave regiments featured in both armies, though those of the South quickly wore out their uniforms and became almost indistinguishable from the rest of the army.

[Guest]

Managed to get the top half done despite granddad duties and having to take the dog to the vet to have a claw removed:



The sculpt was a bit rough in parts and I think I'll have to give him a knapsack to hide the back, but otherwise......

[Guest]

Real nice painting Peter :smiling3:.

[Guest]

Cheers Ralph.

I've just taken advantage of the softer evening light and found some more detail:

[SteveH]

Morning Peter
Quite intricate with the piping, waistcoat, belts & buttons.
Nicely done and a busy day too.
Hopefully another successful day today and no vets today.
It's getting warmer, slowly!
Perhaps we might have a visit from that unicorn of British life?
A nice Bank Holiday weekend!
Have a good day with the family and the paints
Regards
Steve H

[Guest]

Hi Steve

Looking very good for the weekend, temperature in the 20s. Whatever next?

Bad day with the paints I'm afraid and this one has gone in the bin. Dammit!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just couldn't make a decent enough job of the lover half of the figure. It was very rough in places and the drapery was poorly done (deftly blames sculptor and casting!). The boots were also terrible, and all in all the whole thing resisted my best efforts with the brush. To be honest, I wasn't at all happy with the top half, so it's best left.

I will do the other two in due course, but will close this thread down in case it's jinxed.

[Guest]

That's just the way it sometimes works out.
There is no point continuing with something you are not happy with.

[Neil Merryweather]

sorry to hear that,Peter.
better luck with the next 2
regards
Neil

[Guest]

Ralph - Yes, sorry about this, but I just couldn't make it work.

Neil - It happens. I'll start the next figure on a new thread.

[Lee Drennen]

Looks like another nice figure Peter

[Fernando N]

Too bad the fig didn’t work out for you Peter.

Good luck with the next one.

[Steve Jones]

Best of luck with the other ones Peter. Why do the same manufactures generate good figures and other times really bad ones?? Is it different sculptors or just a bad batch??

[Guest]

It happens Fernando...

Steve - This one was by Michael Roberts, not Verlinden. I've only built one other before and that also had some issues, though overall it was better:



I know I go on about this, but say what you like about Verlinden, the quality of their castings was second to none.