54mm Airfix Scots Greys

[Neil Merryweather]

Richard please stop.you're setting the bar too high!
I must say your original model seems incredibly soft in the detail.

mine isn't quite so bad, although I will have to fettle it now you've done it!

[Si Benson]

Hi Richard,
Seems I completely missed this thread:flushed: As I looked through I was amazed firstly by your excellent painting skills and then all the refinements you made to enhance the kit....brilliant Richard:thumb2::smiling4:

[rtfoe]

Hi, sorry for the late replies guys...

Scottie, thanks. Been a while in my stash and planning the approach. Thank goodness it worked.
Neil, :tears-of-joy:...the plastic must have been different then. Yours look much more crisp. I see no bar except the one that's ahead of me :smiling2:
Si, glad to have you around. It's so surprising many from the past have not seen it either. Thanks.

Here's just a bit more...



Bits and pieces put together and posed...



Getting the head and hat braiding angled right. Also the belts and straps the right pull...





At this angle his left arm didn't look right which I would later cut and reposition. Also whatever thats hanging loose ought to be flaing by his sides.









After this it was primed which would hide all the added detail.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

The horse needs feeding and the rider has a a little sack of oats...



The kit part came flat at the opening so I burred it hollow...



I primed all the paraphernalia with flat black...



...and dry brushed them with white with more white where light would catch. This also brings up detail.







Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Hi, now to the main subject...

The rest of the figure was primed as well but after repairing the spurs with thin wire curled at one end and inserting the other to a pre-drilled hole on the heel.



This was a good time to spot any blemishes and glue build up...



Then a coat of white is sprayed from the top to catch highlights. The horse had a bit more white coating to make it easier for final painting as it will predominently be white.



On the base that I will work the ground. I would insert a similar wire to the drilled hole and work the surface.



It's slightly off center...well have to work on my woodworking skills. :smiling6:

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Hi,

I'll keep you company Neil, I always like to get the face painting out of the way as it sets the mood. The sculpt of the face lends well to painting so it was down to putting in the right colors.



I have also reset the left arm much higher and given the coat a base of bright red.




Sorry to say I didn't keep track of the painting as I was in a rush...but I have though some on the base...



I mixed up some cement and slate stones for the ground base and coated with fine spackle and generous amounts of thinned white glue and fine sand. With this attack the base had to be masked as above.



I wanted some of the battle debris on the ground so I fashioned a wagon wheel from card, rod and strips following dimensions from an ESCI wagon wheel...



Placed it to check out the composition and then I added a a strip of foil for the iron outer rim and painted it...tall and short staitic grass was added and painted too.



Cheers,
Richard

[Neil Merryweather]

very nice Richard
That is a very good face - one of Airfix's better ones and your painting has really brought it to life

[scottie3158]

Richard,
Really looking nice.

[rtfoe]

Thanks Neil and Scottie for the kind comments. Yes it is one of the better faces I've seen from Airfix. I've not checked the others in my inventory...hope they are just as good.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Hi,
The wheel looked quite alone on the base so I decided to add a discarded or dropped lance from the opposing French Lancers. I've never made a lance before so I had assistance from references on how they looked.



Below is a closer look at the business end of the lance and I believe the two rivets was where the pennant was mounted.

I made the shaft from satay sticks, the spear and ball carved from sprue and two part putty with the rivetted strip from two lengths of pla strip and stretched sprue. The strap was masking tape cut thin and taped and the excess folded back to act as the wrist tie. I shortened the end that will be dug into the earth.



I positioned it protruding so the pennant would flow down the side. The figure and the horse as can be seen with their base coats. The foil straps were flexible and moved out of the way for easy painting.



Cheers,
Richard

[Steve Brodie]

Cracking work.

[rtfoe]

Thanks Steve.

Cheers,
Richard

[scottie3158]

Richard,
It is details like this that make all the difference to a build.

[rtfoe]

Thanks Scottie, this only happens if there is reference available and the interest to go beyond what's only given in the kit.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

The rider now painted up with full regalia except his canteen and pouch. The horse and harness are still in base coats.



The kit heavy cavalry sword hand guards weren't very good so I looked up some reference and made modifications...

I had a choice of the sword or the pistol, I chose the sabre and used the pistol as a prop.



Cheers,
Richard