54mm Charge of the Scots Greys

[Neil Merryweather]

Well thank you very kindly, chaps, for the encouragement.
I forgot to mention that I have left the bit and reins off until he is finally in position on the base.
thanks again
Neil

[Steven000]

Wow very nice paintwork Neil! :thumb2:
Love the figure pose etc
Steven

[Windy]

Looking really good Neil. Might I make a suggestion though? Give the brasswork a wash of thinned black or very dark brown, it'll bring out the detail more. If it dulls it down too much you can dry-brush it with gold to bring out the highlights. Looking forward to seeing some paint on the Sweaties!

[rtfoe]

Well done Neil:thumb2:...for posture and pose as well as painting. Accentuating the finer details with a little wash as Alex has mentioned can pop things out.

Cheers,
Richard

[Neil Merryweather]

Steven, Alex, Richard
thanks very much for your comments and input
I did actually wash the metallics but I guess made it too subtle!

[Steve Jones]

Nice to see you are sticking with this project Neil. Keep up the great work

[Neil Merryweather]

Thanks Steve,
Just because I wasn't posting doesn't mean nothing was happening, I just wasn't comfortable posting my faltering (and sometimes backward ) steps with the painting.
I'm manfully resisting the temptation to start anything else as I know it will never get finished otherwise!
cheers
Neil

[Tim Marlow]

Looking good Neil....excellent work on the pose and detail.....with respect to the brass work, try Vallejo game colour sepia wash, it is made for just this sort of situation....

[Neil Merryweather]

Well hello chaps, long time no post!

I do apologise for the long gaps between updates on this thread, but as often happens I’ve had a large dose of real life and work to disrupt the important stuff we do here.

I must also confess to a loss of mojo on this one which led to a serious amount of distraction researching a new project, which I will start properly when this one is done. I know if I start the new one this will never get finished, and I am trying to avoid having too large a ‘shelf of shame’.

Anyway there is some progress to report with our Scots Grey Gentleman.

He now has overall stripes and buttons, braid up his front, coatee tails and a girdle (yes, mrs…!)


And some clumsy dolt broke his sword……..

I had a little PE and fuse wire fun to keep messrs Jones , Scottie and Mike C interested, although not quite up to their standard



In case you can’t tell, the PE is the toggles , which were little T-shapes cut from the fret holding something or other.

The stripes on the girdle (navy and yellow) are actually woven and therefore not exactly 3- dimensional, but I scribed them on the pewter because I know I will never be able to paint them straight without.

I also made the leather inserts in his overalls from tissue because I wanted a different texture when it comes to the painting stage.



I guess I have learned something from my limited painting experience, and that is that it’s best to have all the detail in the sculpting, because I can’t just ‘suggest’ things with the painting technique.

Anyway that’s all for now, but I am back in the swing of things a bit more now, so hopefully it won’t be another 6 weeks before the next post!

Thanks for looking

Neil

[scottie3158]

Hi Neil,
Not sure I'm in their class but I'm certainly interested

[minitnkr]

Nice detail work Neil. First pic on this page reminded me of an Elvis pose & costume. PaulE

[JR]

Hi Neil, just having a catch up.
Really admire the skill and idea you have for this, great work all round .

[Guest]

Phenomenal work Neil. Wish I could do that.

[Neil Merryweather]

Hi Neil,
Not sure I'm in their class but I'm certainly interested

Of course you are Paul, and I am glad you are watching

[Neil Merryweather]

Nice detail work Neil. First pic on this page reminded me of an Elvis pose & costume. PaulE

I see what you mean - sounds like a job for someone with photoshop skills(not me,unfortunately)