Evening one and all.
I've eventually managed to finish the vignette which I've been working on (although I've done a few other things in between) I've already posted some photos of the hussar in a previous thread so you'll find further details of it's progress there.
The Engineer officer is another MM figure with a few minor modifications. I removed the braid from the right shoulder since he's in the field and I suspect these would have been carefully wrapped and stored. I also carved and hollowed out the coat-tails (casting these as a solid lump with the legs always looks a bit odd IMO)
Painting is all in the usual acrylics over a black primer (Vallejo and Andrea over Citadel respectively). Base was made to the requested size by Oakwood studios again (Thanks Richard)
The groundwork is built up with DAS before adding coffee grounds and dried compost for dirt. This was completely painted and finished before adding the grass and frost. An initial arrangement showed it was lacking something so the trees were added after I'd shaped the DAS and frame the scene as well as providing a nice vertical element on the left. These were collected from the garden, spliced to give the correct shape and painted with PVA before finishing in acrylics so they matched the rest of the scene. A bit of ivy was added to tie them into the ground elements. I'll try to get some better photo's taken this week, but these'll give you a general idea.
Cheers
Paul
I've eventually managed to finish the vignette which I've been working on (although I've done a few other things in between) I've already posted some photos of the hussar in a previous thread so you'll find further details of it's progress there.
The Engineer officer is another MM figure with a few minor modifications. I removed the braid from the right shoulder since he's in the field and I suspect these would have been carefully wrapped and stored. I also carved and hollowed out the coat-tails (casting these as a solid lump with the legs always looks a bit odd IMO)
Painting is all in the usual acrylics over a black primer (Vallejo and Andrea over Citadel respectively). Base was made to the requested size by Oakwood studios again (Thanks Richard)
The groundwork is built up with DAS before adding coffee grounds and dried compost for dirt. This was completely painted and finished before adding the grass and frost. An initial arrangement showed it was lacking something so the trees were added after I'd shaped the DAS and frame the scene as well as providing a nice vertical element on the left. These were collected from the garden, spliced to give the correct shape and painted with PVA before finishing in acrylics so they matched the rest of the scene. A bit of ivy was added to tie them into the ground elements. I'll try to get some better photo's taken this week, but these'll give you a general idea.
Cheers
Paul
