Gellso
A Fixture
This is Gordon Mitchells Arnhem para in 200mm scale.
It goes together really well and also has lots of detail.
As he is a fairly large figure and I will have him running with only one foot on the ground I have put in a large steel rod which runs right through his foot and into his thigh. The other leg is pinned with brass rod. I've also drilled extra holes at the points where the arms meet for extra adhesion for the fixative.
The mortar round carrying case will be pinned through his hand for support as will the hand holding the rifle.
The base for the Denison smock is german camo brown beige and will be washed with green ochre sometime during the process..
The brown is flat earth with mahogany brown added..
The green is U.S. dark green.
I have applied a mix of both the green and brown camo to the parts where the camo crosses over as it is darker at these parts.
The swirl type pattern is done using a paintbrush which I cut the bristles to allow for uneven painting.
The webbing is painted green grey.
I've started the rank chevrons and painted the BBC (British Badge of Courage!) on his upper arm.
Both have a relief from the arm so it's easier to work out where to paint.
The person who commissioned the piece wants a battle worn soldier so I gave the rifle some grazes, cuts and bruises. The guy is a sergeant so I'll assume he'll have seen some action.
The Lee Enfield was painted rucksack tan then I used some watercolour pencils to add a wee bit more light and dark. Some very minute shades of a dark mix were randomly applied then raw umber oil paint was liberally spread and removed carefully to keep a gradual darkening shade where the metals meet the wood. The grain is also made by removing the paint with a make up sponge by pulling it lengthwise down the rifle. I wanted the bit where the hand would be when firing to be worn so made this lighter.
I then touched the metal edges with silver before going over the metals with ground pencil lead.
I personally added the sling which is the same as the one's we used on our old SLR's. I used card for the main strap and thinned model putty for the round shaped edges.
I replaced the D shackles on the rifle with ones I made from fuse wire which if you decide to do is extremely fiddly and time consuming to get them all the right size.
You need to trim the original ones off the drill a hole for the new ones. I also drilled the fore-sight guard, the rear sight as well as that wee bit in front of the magazine which I have no idea what it's for.
See what you think,
Gells
It goes together really well and also has lots of detail.
As he is a fairly large figure and I will have him running with only one foot on the ground I have put in a large steel rod which runs right through his foot and into his thigh. The other leg is pinned with brass rod. I've also drilled extra holes at the points where the arms meet for extra adhesion for the fixative.
The mortar round carrying case will be pinned through his hand for support as will the hand holding the rifle.
The base for the Denison smock is german camo brown beige and will be washed with green ochre sometime during the process..
The brown is flat earth with mahogany brown added..
The green is U.S. dark green.
I have applied a mix of both the green and brown camo to the parts where the camo crosses over as it is darker at these parts.
The swirl type pattern is done using a paintbrush which I cut the bristles to allow for uneven painting.
The webbing is painted green grey.
I've started the rank chevrons and painted the BBC (British Badge of Courage!) on his upper arm.
Both have a relief from the arm so it's easier to work out where to paint.
The person who commissioned the piece wants a battle worn soldier so I gave the rifle some grazes, cuts and bruises. The guy is a sergeant so I'll assume he'll have seen some action.
The Lee Enfield was painted rucksack tan then I used some watercolour pencils to add a wee bit more light and dark. Some very minute shades of a dark mix were randomly applied then raw umber oil paint was liberally spread and removed carefully to keep a gradual darkening shade where the metals meet the wood. The grain is also made by removing the paint with a make up sponge by pulling it lengthwise down the rifle. I wanted the bit where the hand would be when firing to be worn so made this lighter.
I then touched the metal edges with silver before going over the metals with ground pencil lead.
I personally added the sling which is the same as the one's we used on our old SLR's. I used card for the main strap and thinned model putty for the round shaped edges.
I replaced the D shackles on the rifle with ones I made from fuse wire which if you decide to do is extremely fiddly and time consuming to get them all the right size.
You need to trim the original ones off the drill a hole for the new ones. I also drilled the fore-sight guard, the rear sight as well as that wee bit in front of the magazine which I have no idea what it's for.
See what you think,
Gells
