Morning all
Been frantically busy at work recently so I've been struggling to find much time for anything else
That said I've usually got a few things on the go at the same time and these are two I've been working on recently which are now getting near to completion. Both are sculpted by a certain Mr Blank in resin around 70 mm and sold by Steve at SK.
Nice simple castings which I set about with a scalpel and Dremel to hollow out skirts and cuffs etc. (Sadly I'm not good enough to make solid masses look like thin clothing and find it much easier to do this than fool the eye with paint)
All painted in my usual acrylics (Vallejo/Andrea) apart from the red of the Lifeguards coat for which I thought I'd try a couple of the new Sacale 75 tube acrylics. Red is a colour I always find either looks too bright or too dirty, but I've got to admit I was quite sold on these and will be buying some more in the future. They are quite transparent, mix well with my usual colours and are slower drying which gives a little more time for blending techniques.
I broke the resin swords (as usual) so they are replaced with brass/wire/putty replacements and since the spurs were missing in the lifeguard kit a quick email to Steve ensured that some replacements will be cast and sent when they arrive.
Both figures have great faces and the rather plain uniforms mean you can have fun with paint to bring them to life rather than spending hours painting details - Recommended
Cheers
Paul
Been frantically busy at work recently so I've been struggling to find much time for anything else
That said I've usually got a few things on the go at the same time and these are two I've been working on recently which are now getting near to completion. Both are sculpted by a certain Mr Blank in resin around 70 mm and sold by Steve at SK.Nice simple castings which I set about with a scalpel and Dremel to hollow out skirts and cuffs etc. (Sadly I'm not good enough to make solid masses look like thin clothing and find it much easier to do this than fool the eye with paint)
All painted in my usual acrylics (Vallejo/Andrea) apart from the red of the Lifeguards coat for which I thought I'd try a couple of the new Sacale 75 tube acrylics. Red is a colour I always find either looks too bright or too dirty, but I've got to admit I was quite sold on these and will be buying some more in the future. They are quite transparent, mix well with my usual colours and are slower drying which gives a little more time for blending techniques.
I broke the resin swords (as usual) so they are replaced with brass/wire/putty replacements and since the spurs were missing in the lifeguard kit a quick email to Steve ensured that some replacements will be cast and sent when they arrive.
Both figures have great faces and the rather plain uniforms mean you can have fun with paint to bring them to life rather than spending hours painting details - Recommended
Cheers
Paul
