1/12 Airfix Imperial Guard Grenadier

[Steve Jones]

True dedication to the art of modelling. The hat braid and badges are exquisite. A joy to see

[Neil Merryweather]

OOh thank you very much guys!

[Neil Merryweather]

I made two moulds from Milliput, each with about 12 impressions. I coated the pattern with WD40 as a release agent ,rather than Vaseline as I didn’t want to obscure the detail.


I left it 24 hours to be sure of a cure and then, with more WD40, I pressed in a couple of blobs of Duro.
The first attempt distorted the impressions because I removed it immediately, so I just left it to cure overnight as well.


I sliced the buttons off with a new scalpel blade and tried them on the model


I wasn’t happy that they were not all perfectly round with a crisp edge, so I added styrene discs first and then glued the buttons to them.




They don’t bear microscopic inspection but the texture will look better than the blobs of the original when they are painted.
That’s it for now, I think it’s probably cross-belts and epaulettes next- and I’m still sweating over those bloody Raquettes!

thanks for looking.

Neil

[yak face]

Amazing work neil , your knowledge of stuff like this is incredible . And as for making buttons from scratch , youre a madman ! Brilliant work , cheers tony

[Neil Merryweather]

Amazing work neil , your knowledge of stuff like this is incredible . And as for making buttons from scratch , youre a madman ! Brilliant work , cheers tony

cheers Tony

[Steve Jones]

The styrene discs have worked well. The buttons certainly look a lot better now.

[Neil Merryweather]

Thanks Steve

[Jason Crausby]

Blimey Neil... I'd missed some of this... that's what I call dedicated modelling!
Bravo!
Jason.

[Neil Merryweather]

I've had a little bit of real life distraction lately, but I have paid Jacques some attention over the last few days.
He got some eyes, some hair and ears for his earrings


I finished the texturing of the bearskin and made the crown grenade.

I still need to re-sculpt the detail on the front plate, which is very poor

I’m still having the Heebie Jeebies about the Raquettes :flushed: :tongue-out3:
Thanks for looking

Neil

[yak face]

Holy lookalikes batman ! Im getting a Cesar Romero vibe neil !

[Guest]

Gulp!

[colin m]

Totally splendid work. He made buttons...………..

[Neil Merryweather]

Holy lookalikes batman ! Im getting a Cesar Romero vibe neil !

would you care to substantiate that,Tony?
this is the nearest I could find, and it took a while

actually, I CAN see it now

[yak face]

I was thinking more this !!

[Neil Merryweather]

Are you saying his eyes are rather too prominent...?