Cameron Highlander, Egypt 1882 (DF Grieve, 65mm)

[arj]

Hi Folks,

Another DF Grieve figure (65mm); this time of a Private, The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, Egypt 1882.

I got this one together with the Naval Landing Party, which I finished a year and a half back.
It took me a while to work out how to tackle the tartan (Cameron of Erracht), and in the meanwhile, I got side-tracked by other figures / busts.

As usual with original DF Grieve figures, the sculpting and casting are first rate.

Painting was mainly oils over enamels; but I also started using the set of Scale 75 Artists paints which I acquired recently.

I hope you like him, but I’ve got a reasonably thick skin if you don’t.



Here he is with the Naval Landing Party.



Cheers,
Andrew

 

[akaryu]

Excellent work on these oldies!

Pierre

 

[Banjer]

Lovely piece of work Andrew. Like the red on the tunic, not an easy colour to do.

Cheers

Bill

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Looking great and very nice painted

Mobo

 

[arj]

Excellent work on these oldies!

Pierre

Thank you Pierre.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[arj]

Lovely piece of work Andrew. Like the red on the tunic, not an easy colour to do.

Cheers

Bill

Thank you Bill.
The red tunic didn't take as long as the tartan.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[arj]

Looking great and very nice painted

Mobo

Thank you Mobo.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[badger]

love it, / badger

 

[arj]

love it, / badger

Thank you Bill. I'm pleased you liked him.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[badger]

i have this figure but havent done it yet--if its half as good as yours--i will be happy.

 

[arj]

Hi Bill,

The biggest hurdle is the working out of how to approach the tartan (in this case Cameron of Erracht).
I prepared the stages on an Excel spreadsheet, using rectangles and lines, and grouping them (the colours are a bit bright, but easy to follow):-

Stage 6 above is impossible to achieve at this scale (unless you have extremely steady hands).
I simply painted slightly thicker lines.

I included a photo of an actual piece of tartan for colour matching.

The instruction sheet with the kit gives an indication of where the yellow lines should be.
I therefore matched two tartan pics to give me a better view of what I was trying to achieve:-

It was then a simple matter of scaling to the figure size, and getting the initial bands in place using masking tape of an appropriate scale width.

I painted the stages in Humbrol enamels, allowing each stage to dry before proceeding to the next.
That allowed me to correct errors, or even clean off when I made a bad mistake.

I hope you enjoy painting yours as much as I did with mine.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[badger]

thank you/badger

 

[KenBoyle]

Beautifully done Andrew!

Cheers,
Ken

 

[arj]

Beautifully done Andrew!

Cheers,
Ken

Thank you Ken.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Slowpainter]

Really well done. Congratulations on the tartan - that must have been a labor of love (or hate by the end). I'd like to acquire and paint a David Grieve figure at some point. I've seen them in photos and they have tremendous character.

 

[arj]

Thank you for your kind comment Marty.

The kilt has about 12 painting stages since I also divided the horizontal and vertical lines in each stage.
That took between 2 to 3 weeks to complete. It’s therefore best to have some other items on the bench to break the tedium.

If you’re after DF Grieve figures, then my suggestion would be to place a request in the Market & Commissions section

I don’t know what dealerships might have DF Grieve figures in the USA.

However, there are a few locations in the UK:-

Bonapartes have 8 figures (100mm).
CGS Military Figures have 8 busts (all five Guards regiments, a Black Watch Major, a Lifeguard and a Horse Guard.
Hawk Miniatures have a 150mm figure of a 15th King’s Hussar, a 150mm figure of Nelson, and a 1/12th scale bust of Nelson.
David Grieve has just started his own website with two or three busts (and more to come).

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Viking Bob]

Its a shame you can't get hold of these 65mm figures anymore, ( someone will prove me wrong) they were great.
Like your style of painting Andrew, very well done.

 

[arj]

Its a shame you can't get hold of these 65mm figures anymore, ( someone will prove me wrong) they were great.
Like your style of painting Andrew, very well done.

Thank you for your kind comments Bob.
I agree with your assessment of the 65mm figures.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Warren SMITH]

Excellent work

 

[arj]

Excellent work

Thank you Warren.

Cheers,
Andrew