ACW Petty Officer

[Nap]

Hi Guys,

Another that has made the journey to the display cabinet is this one , originally from our very own chimp Richie's range 1879 Miniatures , picked this up at FW , liked the idea of a naval chap but had references for the ACW including original caps and the arm badge .
Lengthened the scarf and neck piece at the back , put a PO whistle in his pocket and reworked the cap to the ACW style.
All stars are handpainted as is the capband .
Bit of a challenge trying to do the "dirty" white ...painted him looking to the left ...as usual it looks a lot better in the flesh!!!

Thanks to Richie for sculpting the original , his range are well worth looking at.

Cheers for looking in

Nap

 

[swralph]

Nicely painted Nap,Can't have been to easy all that white and the stripe's

 

[megroot]

excellent job.

marc

 

[Nap]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the comments ...you are right Ralph the stripes and stars were interesting to say the least involving me holding my breath!

Went for a dirty looking white rather than pristine

Thanks for looking in

Nap

 

[Viking Bob]

Excellent bust, really nice.
Bob

 

[Nap]

Cheers Bob ..

.....Our pet monkey has some nice stuff in his 1879 range ..so well done that man!!!

Thanks for looking in

Nap

 

[Ben-nl]

fine paintingwork Nap! Nice details.
Ben

 

[Nap]

Cheers Ben

Appreciate you looking in

Nap

 

[arj]

Nice adjustments and very neat painting Kev.
Painting the badge on the left arm must have been a nice alternative to medals.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Nap]

Hi Andrew,

Hope all is well , thanks for the comments , the arm badge was based on a surviving example as was the cap and band ..?and yes it was a nice alternative to medals ...fear not lots in the GA !

Thanks for looking in

Nap