Completed Airfix 54mm French Line Infantry

[Historex Rob]

That's very kind, Rob, thank you, but one is enough and I AIN'T doing any more after that one!

Lol. Understood.

 

[Merryweather]

Moving swiftly along, Fusilier 14 is ready for the wet stuff.
Here's where we left him

And here’s how he looks now.

I'm not so sure about how the chin scales would hang with the shako upside down like this- I reasoned they are more flexible inwards (around the face) than outwards, but if anyone has any information to the contrary I will be happy to change it.
So on with the paint - I much prefer painting these guys individually rather than in batches as it means I take a bit more care...!
Cheers
Neil

 

[Nap]

That's very kind, Rob, thank you, but one is enough and I AIN'T doing any more after that one!

....so you say at the moment.....lol

Figures looking good Neil

Happy converting

Looking forward to seeing more

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[NigelR]

Another excellent animation.

Moving swiftly along, Fusilier 14 is ready for the wet stuff.

I'm not so sure about how the chin scales would hang with the shako upside down like this- I reasoned they are more flexible inwards (around the face) than outwards, but if anyone has any information to the contrary I will be happy to change it.

Not sure either, but I agree with your logic given the way the chinscales were constructed.

 

[Merryweather]

Fusilier 14 is painted, YAY!
I changed the chin scales ,they just didn't look right.

Only 2 more to go......
Thanks for watching
Neil

 

[NigelR]

Very nice work. The suspense is killing me.....

 

[Merryweather]

Very nice work. The suspense is killing me.....

thanks Nigel
.....Me too, believe me!

 

[Oda]

Commitment,dedication,vision and countless hours above the bench.How could this be anything but gorgeous?Looking forward for the final result.The global stash of Airfix figures is running low anyway and since Airfix itself has not decided to release these figures anew ,very soon you are going to run out of new fusiliers (you have sigle handedly wiped out the entire global stash for these figures).

Oda.

 

[Merryweather]

Commitment,dedication,vision and countless hours above the bench.How could this be anything but gorgeous?Looking forward for the final result.The global stash of Airfix figures is running low anyway and since Airfix itself has not decided to releash these figures anew ,very soon you are going to run out of new fusiliers (you have sigle handedly wiped out the entire global stash for these figures).

Oda.

Well thank you kindly,sir!
I agree about the global supply of these figures drying up but I don't think there's much of a market for them. I watch them on eBay all the time and people don't pay high prices for them ( I certainly don't), and I'm absolutely not looking for any more Fusiliers! Maybe airfix have got it right?

 

[Nap]

Hi Neil

#14 is looking good .....2 to go = 16 eh ! ..........might as well go to 20 ....just saying ......lol

Look forward to seeing #15 and #16

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Merryweather]

Hi Neil

#14 is looking good .....2 to go = 16 eh ! ..........might as well go to 20 ....just saying ......lol

Look forward to seeing #15 and #16

Happy benchtime

Nap

You're a wicked man,Nap,!
Anyway 16 is the number of fusiliers, you forgot about the officer and the deuxieme Porte Aigle, so that makes 18 OMG!

 

[Nap]

You're a wicked man,Nap,!
Anyway 16 is the number of fusiliers, you forgot about the officer and the deuxieme Porte Aigle, so that makes 18 OMG!

Only 2 away from 20 ...lol

Have fun with the fusiliers

Nap

 

[Merryweather]

Well a couple of weeks’ break turned into 5 months! But after a spell in the trenches with my Tommy's War Motorcycle , a LOT of 3D printing bits for people, wedding preparations for my son and now an actual private commission (I'm making an architecture model for a local architect), I’ve got the urge to get back into French dark blue, and hopefully the final furlongs of this marathon
I dug out fusiliers 15 and 16 and decided the reason I had paused was that I wasn’t really sold on their poses.
Here’s where we left fusilier 15

And this is him now

I was even less inspired with Fusilier 16, so he has gone from this

To this

So here we go again, and I've got another furry pack to do-JOY!
I still don't really know what I'm going to do for the final composition, although I think it might be interesting to have them facing slightly uphill at the Scots Greys thundering down towards them.
Thanks everyone for sticking with this for two and a half years (OMG), and welcome to any newcomers to the party!
Cheers
Neil
(back in the game)

 

[Briggsy]

Wow drastic changes to the fusiliers, the standing firing position is a difficult one due to the twists one has to adopt, especially with a weapon that has a lot of recoil. Going to take time a read through properly as this is really interesting with all the conversions.

Cheers Simon

 

[NigelR]

Good to see this back on the bench, and it's good to see a (much) slower builder than me.....

I still don't really know what I'm going to do for the final composition, although I think it might be interesting to have them facing slightly uphill at the Scots Greys thundering down towards them.

Great idea! Now all you need to do is convert three or four Scots Greys to represent the charge.....

 

[Rob]

Looking good Neil, great to see this project back on the bench.

 

[MalcC]

Some very good conversion work going on.

Malc

 

[Warren SMITH]

Keep up the good work...

 

[Merryweather]

Thanks everyone for the kind comments- much appreciated.
I’ve done a bit more to our guys. They’ve been filled and filed and fettled and are now ready for the detailing of buttons and piping etc.

Fusilier 15 has all of his kit already and I have made a start with fusilier 16’s pack-I couldn’t face another session with the heated knife so I wimped out and used the green stuff instead.

It was marginally less effort but more difficult to control, we’ll have to see how it looks painted, but I’m bloody well not doing it again!
That’s all for now- thanks for following
Neil

 

[Nap]

Hi Neil

Nice to see this progressing ,pack looks good using putty ...saves burns or cutting yourself with a heated knife

Look forward to seeing more on this fascinating project

Happy benchtime

Nap