Completed Carabinier - after Detaille

[Paul Handley]

I hace quie a colection from Osprey, always rely on them for my sculpt/ paint of uniforms.

I love those Osprey books, they’re inexpensive, very well written and the colour illustrations are always beautiful.

In other news, the Carabinier has had an overhead highlight of white acrylic to guide the painting (my airbrush has returned with a clean bill of health) and Monsieur l’Artilleur has moved on quite a bit - compared to the Carabinier he’s been a breeze. I’m going start painting the Carabinier this week - which I’m very much looking forward to - so the gunner might get put to one side for a while.

 

[MalcC]

That sets a nice scene.

Malc

 

[Briggsy]

Looking forward to this now, been a while getting here but worth the effort.

Cheers Simon

 

[Banjer]

Some very nice "old school" work there. Reminds me of the peak of military modelling in the 70's and 80's.

Bill

 

[Waterlooman]

Those are lovely looking sculpts.

W.

 

[Paul Handley]

Looking forward to this now, been a while getting here but worth the effort.

Cheers Simon

I don’t think I’ve ever spent as long on a figure build. To be fair, I tried out lots of techniques and materials I’d never tried before - (with mixed results) and had a series of Milliput disasters before I was pointed in the direction of MagicSculpt. Anyway, the painting is now well underway - the face is blocked in and i just need to wait for it to dry so I can work back into it. I thought the face might have a few ‘issues’ after all the chinstrap/sideburn mucking about, but I seem to have got away with it.

 

[Paul Handley]

Some very nice "old school" work there. Reminds me of the peak of military modelling in the 70's and 80's.

Bill

I’m definitely a ‘70s/80s modeller. Shep Paine’s ‘Building and Painting Scale Figures’ and Bill Horan’s ‘Military Modelling Masterclass’ is everything I need to know - and that Bill Ottinger Historex book.

 

[Briggsy]

Looking good, it is really surprising some times just how well Historex faces paint up. That said I have just bought a load from Figure in Italy, I really struggle remaking he ears. Is the Shep Paine book that good, I have never seen that, I have the other two you mention so probably be good to track a copy down.

Cheers Simon

 

[Nap]

Hi Paul

Great to see what you’ve been working on, and to see the paint flowing

Liking what you’ve done on the gunners furry bits

Following as always

Have fun

Nap

 

[Paul Handley]

Looking good, it is really surprising some times just how well Historex faces paint up. That said I have just bought a load from Figure in Italy, I really struggle remaking he ears. Is the Shep Paine book that good, I have never seen that, I have the other two you mention so probably be good to track a copy down.

Cheers Simon

That is a Figurinitaly head, although I’d say the Historex/Nemrod heads are just as good - the artillery gunner is Historex. The Shep Paine book is superb and I can’t recommend it highly enough. You can pick it up online for about fifteen quid.

https://onlineshop.oxfam.org.uk/bui...uIaAr3cEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds&sku=HD_301988739

 

[Briggsy]

That is a Figurinitaly head, although I’d say the Historex/Nemrod heads are just as good - the artillery gunner is Historex. The Shep Paine book is superb and I can’t recommend it highly enough. You can pick it up online for about fifteen quid.

https://onlineshop.oxfam.org.uk/bui...uIaAr3cEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds&sku=HD_301988739

Just ordered the book from Oxfam for £14.99, others were asking £30 plus, mind I did end up donating for Gaza as well so not as cheap as it could have been! When I can see my desk again I shall do more with my mounted Dragoon from Nemrod, must start posting that as soon as the Carlista is finished.

Cheers Simon

 

[Paul Handley]

Just ordered the book from Oxfam for £14.99, others were asking £30 plus, mind I did end up donating for Gaza as well so not as cheap as it could have been! When I can see my desk again I shall do more with my mounted Dragoon from Nemrod, must start posting that as soon as the Carlista is finished.

For some reason the price of that book varies wildly. In the States it’s fifty quid! There’s always a couple of copies doing the rounds online in the UK for about 15-20. I think you’ll enjoy it.

Which Nemrod dragoon do you have? They’re nice kits. I think the sculptor for a lot of that Nemrod stuff was a guy called Julian Hullis. He was a big name in the late 80s and early 90s. Maybe he’s still around?

 

[Briggsy]

For some reason the price of that book varies wildly. In the States it’s fifty quid! There’s always a couple of copies doing the rounds online in the UK for about 15-20. I think you’ll enjoy it.

Which Nemrod dragoon do you have? They’re nice kits. I think the sculptor for a lot of that Nemrod stuff was a guy called Julian Hullis. He was a big name in the late 80s and early 90s. Maybe he’s still around?

Yes looking forward to the book coming. The Nemrod is the Dragoon with cloak on holding the musket butt against the thigh. What I'm nervous about is painting the horse, haven't done that in 30 years or so. I'm sure I'll get back into it fairly easily.

Julian Hullis was a very good sculptor back in the day, I may be remembering it wrong but he was the creative force behind Almond Miniatures and he unfortunately died quite young.

Cheers Simon

 

[Briggsy]

Scratch that Almond Sculpture was Richard Almond who died in '89. Julian Hullis not sure about but a talented sculptor all the same. He sculpted for Poste Militaire.

Simon

 

[Paul Handley]

Dragoon with cloak

I’ve been having a ‘dragoon in cloak/overcoat’ daydream recently and thought bits of this could be useful. It’d need a bit of work but the basic shape is nice. It’s relatively cheap too.

 

[Briggsy]

I’ve been having a ‘dragoon in cloak/overcoat’ daydream recently and thought bits of this could be useful. It’d need a bit of work but the basic shape is nice. It’s relatively cheap too.
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Masterbox are pretty good kits, never done one of their 1/32nd ones though, but plenty of their 1/35th WWII sets have mysteriously turned into British Victorian period figures. It would be a good conversion, not sure about the bloke in the dressing gown though!

Cheers Simon

 

[Merryweather]

I have their Red Lancer and I would say be aware, as it's a bit small compared to Airfix and Historex figures

Left to right- Master Box, Historex , Airfix

 

[Briggsy]

Interesting the interpretation on scale a across three manufacturers.

Cheers Simon

 

[Paul Handley]

I have their Red Lancer and I would say be aware, as it's a bit small compared to Airfix and Historex figures
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Left to right- Master Box, Historex , Airfix

Thanks for the heads up - that looks more like 1/35 to me. I’m already getting flashbacks of an abortive attempt to use Historex figures with the horses from a Tamiya German field kitchen.

 

[Paul Handley]

the bloke in the dressing gown

I think that’s supposed to be an example of Russian womanhood - in a coat that’s arrived by time machine, courtesy of a panzer grenadier in Stalingrad c.1943.