Blazing Saddles (Sheriff Bart) & True Grit (Rooster Cogburn), Knuckleduster Miniatures 28-32mm Metal

[KenBoyle]

I decided to do some strictly fun and fairly quick painting to relax. Moving down in size from Oniria's 36mm to Knuckleduster's 30mm, I selected Sheriff Bart from Blazing Saddles and Rooster Cogburn from True Grit.

Sheriff Bart is painted as is with only minimal cleanup and comes complete with his Gucci saddle bags. His horse is in Prancing mode just because he's cool.

Rooster Cogburn was a little more challenging. He comes with the horse reins similar to Sheriff Bart's but also has the reins being held in Rooster's mouth. Since the reins between horse and rider don't really connect, I decided to fully remove them with a rotary grinder/polisher and replace them with new ones made from black electric tape.

I love these Knuckleduster figures and will definitely be doing more. I am also waiting for some more Oniria 36mm figures to arrive and in addition ordered some Boot HIll 28-30mm miniatures of Crocket, Travis and Bowie at the Alamo.

Exciting times ahead!

As usual painted all in acrylics with Magic Sculpt groundwork.

Finally, as a size comparison for my non-hobbyist friends and family I included a photo of Rooster Cogburn next to a U.S. Nickel.

Thanks for looking, take care and stay safe.
Ken

 

[Dimonikus]

Superb paintjob!

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Great paintwork again Ken

Mobo

 

[Nap]

Ken

I just love these ...the details you achieve in this scale is amazing to see and well,painted of course but must mention the way the groundwork is done on both

My favourite film ...your sheriff is clever and recognisable ...like the saddle bags

Roosters nice as well !!!

Out of interest how long to pint a piece like this

Thanks for sharing

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Wings5797]

WOW.
That's all I can say Ken
Cheers
Keith

 

[Steve Brodie]

awesome

 

[KenBoyle]

Superb paintjob!

Many thanks sir!

 

[KenBoyle]

Great paintwork again Ken

Mobo

Thanks Mobo! Much appreciated.

 

[KenBoyle]

Ken

I just love these ...the details you achieve in this scale is amazing to see and well,painted of course but must mention the way the groundwork is done on both

My favourite film ...your sheriff is clever and recognisable ...like the saddle bags

Roosters nice as well !!!

Out of interest how long to pint a piece like this

Thanks for sharing

Happy benchtime

Nap

Thanks Nap! I overdo the groundwork on some of the smaller figures to give them a bit more substance. Otherwise they can be overshadowed by the wooden base.

It took me several hours to clean them up but most of that was due to removing and replacing the reins on Cogburn's horse. Actual painting was probably 1.5 day or 6 to 8 hours for each. A series 77 averages me a week or two, probably 20 to 30 hours for comparison. It's good to be retired.

 

[KenBoyle]

WOW.
That's all I can say Ken
Cheers
Keith

Thanks very much Keith!

 

[KenBoyle]

awesome

Many thanks Steve!

 

[arj]

Very nice detailing on such a small scale Ken.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[KenBoyle]

Very impressive paintwork Ken......You should have been a neurosurgeon. At this stage of my life I would probably blow out an eyeball trying to paint those little buggers. Keep up the great work.

Wayne

Thanks Wayne! Being nearsighted and using an optivisor helps considerably.

 

[KenBoyle]

Very nice detailing on such a small scale Ken.

Cheers,
Andrew

Many thanks Andrew!

 

[clrsgt]

Awesome work Ken. You do the little guys so well.

 

[KenBoyle]

Awesome work Ken. You do the little guys so well.

Thanks Mike!