SimonT - Sarnia Miniatures - ECW Musketeer bust 1/10

[SimonT]

musketeers arm now CA'd in place and held with elastic band until it sets


trimmed neck and collar jointing faces but still left with a bit of a gap all round, especially at the back, but nothing a little filler won't cure


also carried out a partial brimectamy and replacement - unfortunately I left it overnight to cure and the Duro sagged so it no longer fits around the musket so I may be doing this again :thinking:

[Steve Jones]

Nice progress shots. Hope all works out okay with the rifle

[SimonT]

Morning Steve - unfortunately the part of the hat pushing on the musket is the solid resin not just the Duro, which is a bit bendy.

I have had to remove the Duro repair section and cut back the resin feathers so that there is nothing pushing the musket barrel

This time I shall rebuild it in situ so that all parts fit together

[SimonT]

Morning all,

after a bit of a delay this one is back in play

Rebuilt the damaged hat and feathers again so that they sit around the musket without pushing on it




primed in Halfords white primer - this showed up a few dodgy bits so there was a little fettling required and then a re-prime




then base coated in Tamiya black

This is another one now ready for some paint......

[Jim R]

Hi Simon
Posting at silly o'clock in the morning I see. Nice to see this again although to be honest I don't remember it :rolling: Mind you at my age I often don't remember what I had for dinner yesterday!!
Looks good under primer and the hat brim fix looks fine. Strange about the resin peeling back in layers. Odd things happen though and, for you, it was a simple fix.
Jim

[SimonT]

Hi Jim - silly o'clock again, 3am. Have to be up for work at 5:20. Hopefully the repaired brim will look ok under paint

With the demise of the viking I made a start on Mr Ugly instead



this is work in progress and needs more work

as usual it looks terrible blown up to this size

[JR]

:flushed: scary looking up that close Simon.
See your up again getting ready for work.
I've been up since 0330,cup of tea, bowl of cornflakes U Tube and now here and back in bed. !

[SimonT]

:smiling5:
just off to get my breakfast then hi ho hi ho it's off to work I go

Rather go back to bed!

[JR]

:smiling5:
just off to get my breakfast then hi ho hi ho it's off to work I go

Rather go back to bed!

I shall be thinking of you trudging the street on your long walk ! While having another tea :smiling3:

[Guest]

Love the skin tones and the stubble Simon. Looking very good.

[SimonT]

Haha - thanks John
The other night I never actually made it to bed - keeled over about 11pm then woke up in a heap at 04:40. Alarm goes off at 05:20 so no point going to bed!

Peter - thanks

Evening all,

Spent the last three hours pushing paint around on this one

Changed hat to dark grey and shaded with German tank crew uniform then black

Dry brushed the feathers in red and orange - little bit of tidying need around the edges

Blocked in the main uniform and started building up the colour - still needs shading

As usual with VJ paint it has gone shiny again so he will need a good coat of matt varnish at the end


Think I had better go and clean the palette!

Tried brushing with Ammo paint for first time - not good, very thin. Much better suited to airbrush where it works fine

[Peter Gillson]

Coming along nicely - he really is an ugly chap!

Peter

[Mini Me]

Just caught up on this Mr. T, fine workmanship on the hat! And just for the record I, in my humble opinion, think you have exceeded the box art by far. Well done!

[SimonT]

Thanks Peter - did you design him ugly or did it just happen?

Rick - very kind of you but I doubt it will be better than PeterD's box art

[Jim R]

Hi Simon
You're making a cracking job of this.
Jim