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No particular Coats-of-Arms, more or less "just for fun" Valdemar bods and one of the nags is from Italeri Continue reading...

Another two dismounted kniggits and thier nags , this time a Fantasy Coat -of- arms on the right and Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln, on the left. Gilberts´been added to the Medieval Lords and Ladies list Continue reading...

Another two Magna Carta suretie Knights and their nags..easy enough paintjob. De Saye, Quarterly, or and gules..yellow top left, red top Right De Mandeville, the oppposite, red top left, yellow top Right. Added to the Medieval Lords and Ladies list bringing the total up to 113. Another 12 are...

Nope, not that lot..the below were a real bunch of rohirrim, the influencial and powerfull French Family of Rohan. I wasn´t Hunting for anything to do with LotR when I came across them. TBH, I can´t remember what I was researching..something medieval for sure but what exactly.. no idea. The...

Another Project, along the lines of Painting the Coats-of-Arms of the Magna Carter Knights. This time only 12 in total..the ones that sat at the table but there´s quite a few others so I might just add one or two others along the way. Knights of the Round Table I´m taking the C-o-A Patterns...

Blimey!!..nearly 6 weeks without a peep and now two Posts in a row!!!* Another load of sea dogs to add to the previous 10. Again, as with the Spanish sailors, a Tiny bit of Flash to deal with. Over at PSR the set gets bad marks for the mold but as I´ve said on previous Posts , it probably...

The reason I haven´t posted in the last couple of weeks. I read somewhere that this kit requires 70 plus hours to complete….I reckon that´s About right. Ok, it´s not medieval but why not ? * The kit Comes with "pre-waved" stickyback Flags which are slightly shiny so I created my own...

R.I.P Ghost. After hiding in the Woods near our house for two weeks, She finally came inside our home on the 22.10.16 and it became her home as well. Originally we named her Smokey but she had a way of dissappearing from one place to another, almost as if she could go through walls and she...

What can you paint with a broken middle finger Right Hand? This lot :-) 24 poses in the set, one of which is a Streltsi so there´s actually 23 gunners. The set includes Two Cannons which are..well, not bad but not up to the Standard of ones from the likes of Zvezda, a brazier, a big Barrel and...

There, see? Continue reading...

There they are, bobbing in the bathtub or sitting next to the soapdish, wearing, similar to you, nothing but a smile. Nearly everyone and that´s the clue, nearly everyone has one somewhere in thier living space. Big ones...small ones...ones that squeek when squeezed. Mainly yellow but they come...

Unlike the US, the Confederacy had no Access to a lot of White silk so used Coloured silk from a Dress maker supplier. Silk because it´s light and they then covered it with varnish to make it gas tight. History Link to a pic of the fabric used to make the Gazelle. I went for a Overall colour as...

Another "it´s gonna take more than a couple of days" Project finished This one completes the Collection of the Revell/Zvezda Cogs 24 Crew from Valdemar, Caesar, Airfix and LW (the hooded priest) I added some Holding rings to the aft Castle for the tent. Tent on a ship? I suppose it has a stable...

Recently, in a effort to create a wooden Palisade fort and after a couple of ideas that didn´t really work, I came up with this method. Simply cut old pencils to the desired length, re-model the Surface with a pair of pliers, which works fine on all different types of pencils, round, 6 sided...

One of those subjects that, when you go looking for references for clothing Colours and the like, there´s virtually nothing. Over at PSR the set gets a decent review (HERE) Why am I painting late Renaissance bods? Well, you´ll have to wait and see. Continue reading...

Well, I waited for a few years and then two turn up within a month. The Zvezda Cog is basically the same as the Revell cog except it has a different stern, prow (prowsprit) and has the addition of a crows nest. The crows nest made adding the rigging a bit more difficult than the Revell Version...

It actually comes as part of the Zvezda Crusader Cog, shown, as per instructions, placed upright on the deck with the oars etc inside but IMHO, it looks a bit too modern (17th century?) to be a medieval rowing boat let alone a "lifeboat". There´s a few contemporary Images about of medieval...

A set of bods (VA174) showing what happened after and in a lot of cases, during, a medieval battle. "Frank! This one´s a wriggler ! Give him the chop!" The "Total Body" Strip Mixed in with previous "Battlefield casualty" bases. The Background doesn´t fit that well to the foreground but it´s a...

Historical innacuracies aside..it turned out alright Close ups of the balloon. Nope, I didn´t paint the lettering etc..they are print outs. The Pilot I tried using a Party balloon covered with paper mache = Fail! Then a lightbulb covered with paper mache = Fail! Solution = hardfoam shaped...

So, the Bamboo stick worked but wasn´t quite what I had in mind, it didn´t have that air of feasabilty so.... Using three Strands of Florist wire. The winch was made with bits of CD casing, a thick bit of sprue and Florist wire for the handles. The strand of Florist wire going to the basket is...