New version of FeR Queen's Ranger

planetFigure

Help Support planetFigure:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
ghamilt1

ghamilt1

A Fixture
Joined
Mar 13, 2005
Messages
1,599
Location
St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
DSCN0814.jpgDSCN0815.jpgDSCN0817.jpg

This is my version of FeR's Queen's Ranger. Proving to be a very popular figure judging from the number of posts, which is hardly surprising given the quality of this release. I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have so feel free to comment.
 
The more I see this figure, the better I like it. After seeing your outstanding work, it could be the inspiration I need to break down and buy my own.

As an aside, my son lives 2 or 3 miles from the Brandywine battlefield. Not a lot to see- rolling hills, couple of historical markers, and a cannon or two (one of which is actually of ACW vintage). In your mind's eye tho, it's easy to stand there and picture the British army, including these Queen's Rangers, advancing on Washington's army.
 
Awesome finish!
Every aspect is very well done.
Maybe you can share some info regarding lace and eppaulets... I can't tell from the pictures but are they white or silver? I haven't found a definitive answer in my research and that's where I'm stuck now.

Fantastic job on a most beautiful figure... well done.

Colin
 
Glen, Great job on the Queen's Ranger! Love the staging of the figure. Can you share how you pulled off the birch trees please. Really like the way it turned out. A picture of your finished Queen's Ranger is my screen saver for a few days!

And what is your take on the FER kit? I have never purchased any of them. Know of their Civil War line and have seen the Tarleton's Legion bust. Any details, feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks for sharing your work! I appreciate it...:cool:

Kindest Regards, Terry Martin-Member of the Atlanta Miniature Figure Society of Atlanta, GA
 
mikec55 said:
The more I see this figure, the better I like it. After seeing your outstanding work, it could be the inspiration I need to break down and buy my own.

As an aside, my son lives 2 or 3 miles from the Brandywine battlefield. Not a lot to see- rolling hills, couple of historical markers, and a cannon or two (one of which is actually of ACW vintage). In your mind's eye tho, it's easy to stand there and picture the British army, including these Queen's Rangers, advancing on Washington's army.
Click to expand...

Love the fact that you live so close to the battle filed. I've had the chance to walk a fair amount of them in Europe and here, and never tire of feeling so connected to history in that way. Thanks for the comment, and hope I get to see your version soon.
 
ChaosCossack said:
Awesome finish!
Every aspect is very well done.
Maybe you can share some info regarding lace and eppaulets... I can't tell from the pictures but are they white or silver? I haven't found a definitive answer in my research and that's where I'm stuck now.

Fantastic job on a most beautiful figure... well done.

Colin
Click to expand...

Hi Colin.

It looked to me that the lace and eppaulets were white, but to be honest the extent of my research was looking at the pictures people posted on your thread. I think if you tried to paint them using a non-metalic metalic method - using shades of grey and white to give the appearence of silver, you couldn't really go wrong. Thanks for the kind words and good luck with finishing up your project!
 
bucsfan21 said:
Glen, Great job on the Queen's Ranger! Love the staging of the figure. Can you share how you pulled off the birch trees please. Really like the way it turned out. A picture of your finished Queen's Ranger is my screen saver for a few days!

And what is your take on the FER kit? I have never purchased any of them. Know of their Civil War line and have seen the Tarleton's Legion bust. Any details, feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks for sharing your work! I appreciate it...:cool:

Kindest Regards, Terry Martin-Member of the Atlanta Miniature Figure Society of Atlanta, GA
Click to expand...

Thanks very much Terry.
The birch trees are really small branches taken from a "natural stick style hand broom I picked up at Michael's craft store. But I'm sure any small twigs would work so long as they are relatively straight. I selected a few branches and painted then white using Vallejo's acrylics. A word of caution here - make sure you paint them BEFORE adding the figure to the base, so that you can avoid the little flecks of white paint all over your finished figure! Once you have the satisfactory shade of white, a fine brush is used to paint the characteristic little black marks found on birch trees. I cut the tops off to show just the trunks, mostly to avoid having to worry about *%#%%$@ leaves, and it serves to tighten up the composition a little.

This FeR kit was implay outstanding in all aspects. Smooth, flawless casting with no defects at all and minimum mold lines to clean up. I didn't use any filler at all in attaching the arms and other parts, most of which have convenient locating pegs for accuracy in fitting parts together. I too have one of their civil war series busts, and have another on order, but I have also completed quite a number of their 75mm offerings. FeR is probably my favorite manufacturer at the moment, and I hope to aquire more of the range, just as soon as the Canadian dollar scrapes itself off of the sidewalk! In any case, I can't recommend these kits highly enough. Thanks again for the kind words.

Cheers;
Glenn
 

Similar threads

RadekKotecki
Review European Knight, 75mm, from Mitches Military Models
Replies
11
Views
3K
Babelfish
Babelfish
Babelfish
How many is "big-selling"? How "Limited" is "Limited"?
Replies
8
Views
652
Steve headley
Steve headley
Nap
Rendall Patton
Replies
16
Views
959
kevininpdx
kevininpdx
Carlo Borella
Mischief - by Carlo's Miniatures
Replies
3
Views
739
Carlo Borella
Carlo Borella
Kimmo
Completed IBG Polish Infantry 1939 (35048)
6 7 8
Replies
148
Views
7K
Kimmo
Kimmo

Latest posts

Back
Top