Afternoon all
I wanted to keep the brushes flowing so I dug through the grey army and found this fella which I'd already prepped, but was yet to prime (I originally was going to buy the companion RFC pilot to go with it, but decided he would work as a Sgt. about to introduce some new recruits to life in the RFC)
The figure is still available from Tommy's War and is 54 mm, although I must say that it is one of those very delicately sculpted 54's rather than the giant 54's sometimes available: It reminded me very much of Sid Horton's figures in terms of size.
Anyway I picked this one up at last years BMSS show in London (along with a few others) It's not really the sort of thing which I go for, but for £3.00 I could hardly say no
The sculpting in resin is very sharp which is something I'm not a fan of although some people find it easier to paint. The figure comes with two heads and I'd already glued this version on so I left it as it was and dived right in with the paints, which were my usual acrylics. Not much in the way of details (apart from the badges) so I've tried to create a bit of interest using strong contrasts and slight differences in the shade of Khaki which was an interesting exercise.
Comments welcome.
Paul
ps - just spotted the cap buttons need a lick of paint which I'll do before popping him in the case
I wanted to keep the brushes flowing so I dug through the grey army and found this fella which I'd already prepped, but was yet to prime (I originally was going to buy the companion RFC pilot to go with it, but decided he would work as a Sgt. about to introduce some new recruits to life in the RFC)
The figure is still available from Tommy's War and is 54 mm, although I must say that it is one of those very delicately sculpted 54's rather than the giant 54's sometimes available: It reminded me very much of Sid Horton's figures in terms of size.
Anyway I picked this one up at last years BMSS show in London (along with a few others) It's not really the sort of thing which I go for, but for £3.00 I could hardly say no
The sculpting in resin is very sharp which is something I'm not a fan of although some people find it easier to paint. The figure comes with two heads and I'd already glued this version on so I left it as it was and dived right in with the paints, which were my usual acrylics. Not much in the way of details (apart from the badges) so I've tried to create a bit of interest using strong contrasts and slight differences in the shade of Khaki which was an interesting exercise.
Comments welcome.
Paul
ps - just spotted the cap buttons need a lick of paint which I'll do before popping him in the case
