120mm Vistula Infantry Legion Figure, 1812 (x2)

[Guest]

Jim - I'm quite pleased with how the second figure turned out, especially considering the amount of cutting required to get the legs to fit under the waistcoat. Pain today.

[Guest]

The first head:

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A complete nightmare to paint.

[Guest]

Looks great to me Peter :smiling3:.

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Looks good for being such a PITA to paint, the yellow looks fine, I guess it was multiple coats to get that finish?

Will you continue with the body or tackle head No.2 today?

I guess you will need to do some hairdresser milliputing and add some whiskers first?

Its turning cooler and back to Autumn, but without the rain so far!

Have another good day with heads or bodies?

Regards

Steve H

[Neil Merryweather]

Please stay with this one, Peter, I think it will look excellent

[Guest]

Ralph - Thank you.

Steve - The face is a rotten sculpt, but if I think of it as a small part of the whole figure I can live with it. It has put me off the second head somewhat, but as I have no alternative, I'll have to use it and supply it with a Milliput beard. I think I'll work on each figure in turn. Oddly hot yesterday, but back to normal today.

Neil - I nearly did abandon it, but I think I will persist for the time-being.

[adt70hk]

Peter

Just caught up with this. Sorry to hear of all the problems but the head looks great nonetheless. Keep up the good work.

Andrew

[Guest]

Hi Andrew. Thanks for dropping in. I'm slightly disappointed with the sculpt, but now that I've accepted it's limitations, I'm quite enjoying it:



Yellow is a really nasty colour to paint with, but I've found that even a tiny amount of white thickens it up considerably. The purer yellow can then be added onto the lighter upper coats to build up depth.

[Guest]

Very nice Peter :smiling3:.

[Guest]

Cheers Ralph.

The top half:



The back will be almost entirely covered with the backpack, cartridge box etc, so please excuse the roughness. The blue is also very shiny and will need a coat of matt varnish. At least that's all the yellow done.

[Tim Marlow]

Looking good Peter.
Agree ref yellow....it’s horribly transparent. I find that a final coat of Vallejo game colour yellow ink increases the intensity no end!

[Neil Merryweather]

it's looking good so far .
strange sculpt-his back looks very '21st century gym bunny'
I'm sure there were muscle men in those days, but it does look odd.
One of the things that jars for me with modern WW2 movies(especially Pearl Harbour), is the 'buff'-ness and un-hairyness of the actors.
Hey ho, nobody dies, so what does it matter?
sorry for the hijack
N

[Guest]

Tim - Yep, yellow, who needs it? I think the answer is to beef up the pigment with a bit of white body colour.

Neil - Same sculptor - Moz Corry - as the RAF Battle of Britain pilot I did for the GB, and a very similar 'odd' sculpt. The back won't look as broad with the back-pack covering it. I think the problem is that Moz tends to make the legs very long and thin, so they look slightly out of proportion to the torso. However, I still like the individuality of his figures.

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Your muscular soldier looks good, not too bright a yellow and nicely detailed blues, the sleeves look really good against the lightness of the yellow.

Perhaps the sculptor is particularly long legged and is doing self portraits?

Another interesting day with all the accessories too, then rinse and repeat with figure 2 after a visit to the milliput hairdresser.

Enjoy the day, bright and fresh according to the BBC

Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Morning Steve

I've often wondered if Moz Corry is physically like his sculpts - wouldn't mind betting. On to the breeches and leggings today, accessories tomorrow.

I'm actually pretty pleased with the way this has gone so far, and I don't often say that. The sculpt hadn't looked that promising, but the detail is actually clear and robustly modelled, allowing for a clean paint job.