Highland Warrior, Kirin 1/16th scale

[Jamie Stokes]

Ive got some Deer hair I used for long grass, and it was ok.

Found it in a fishing shop, used for making up fly fishing lures.

Tony, if you want some, let me know, I'll post it over. (Have more then I need right now)

Kens (Mil Mart) suggestion has a bit of a grounding; currently, the hair texture has a uniformity to it that seems a bit odd to the (a semi- practiced figure modeler) eye.

Deer hair, being of different texture, may help add in some natural variety normally seen in hair.

[Applause icon here] really good to see someone trying out textures on a figure. Many would cringe at the effort! (I had a small cringe)

Keep pushing that envelope Tony

Cheers

 

[DEL]

My sister was just looking over my shoulder and reckons she has a box in her loft that I left there years ago whe I was having my house converted.
She says that this figure is there with lots of books and other stuff. I'm going over tomorrow to have a look,
Christmas might well have come early.
Derek

 

[alamac]

G'Day Tony.
I like it, keep up the good work , I painted this figure a few years ago and it was rare as hens teeth then.
Cheers
Al

 

[PHIL WALDEN]

highlander..

morning cob....
like what your having a go at...its a great figure, I reanimated mine into a running subject started to paint him but never finished him,but that was some years back,.. I think I may revisit him and change him yet again.....Reading that you are going to make his flag out of paper, Stev made a flag out of cooking tin foil,mate it looked really great, creased and all beaten up with a very gentle paint job..but what made it was the thickness to scale....

 

[Chas Young]

Excellent work on yet another project... I wish I had your time!!

 

[tonydawe]

Hi Ken, Thanks for the tip about deer hair. I'll give it a go.

Hi Chris, thanks mate. When are you going to paint yours??

Thanks Jamie, I've got some deer hair at home which I intend to use.

Merry Christmas Derek, I hope Santa has given you this kit because you've been a good boy.

G'day Al, I bought this kit in Melbourne in 1997 for $40. Today you can buy this figure on ebay for 5 times that amount.

Thanks Phil, as you know I'm always experimenting with new textures and materials. Hopefully this will enhance the look of the final piece.

Thanks Chas, you've got to make time for modelling mate. There's no reason to do it unless you love the time you spend doing it.

 

[Christos]

I really don't know mate,I have to build some 90mm(at least one mounted),we'll see!

 

[tonydawe]

Texture

I'm taking my time with the texturing. The past 2 nights I've been wetting and applying toilet tissue and cigarette papers to my figure, and giving him strand-by-strand hair replacement.

Once the figure is primed, texturing becomes difficult, so I'm looking at ways of replicating the rough woollen texture of the kilt, the socks and the shirt now, before I start painting. Hopefully this investment in detail will pay off when the colours go on.

I'm using single ply toilet tissue paper on the shirt and Tally Ho cigarette rolling papers for the tartan kilt and socks.

The hair is still a WIP, I'm adding individual strands now. I've created the basic shape of the head and hair, and I now need to break up the uniformity of the shape of the hairs. I'll try applying heat to curl and shape the hair.

The cigarette paper worked well on the kilt and will create a smoother,more refined woollen texture than the rougher woven wool shirt. Hopefully the texturing of the kilt wont make painting the tartan pattern more difficult.

Much of the texturing I've added so far will be come loose and fall off when I do a surface clean up. The tissue will enhance the effects of the wind on the shirt and the cigarette paper will highlight the effects of the wind on the kilt and the socks.

It sounds silly to talk about movement and action with a static model, but as much as possible, I want to create the perception of movement using the shape and angle of the grass, the snow, the texture of the clothing, the hair, the flag pole and the flag. When you look at this model, I want you to feel the cold, biting wind, even if you can't see it.

Although this is clearly a single figure, I'm definitely seeing it more as a single figure vignette.

 

[mil-mart]

Tony,
What ever you're doing with the hair it's working, keep going.
This is a great thread you've started and it'll be interesting to see how you resolve any problems along the way.
Thanks for showing.

Cheers Ken

 

[tonydawe]

Cheers Ken,

I'll glue the longer straggly hairs in last. They will help break up the uniformity of the hair already glued in place, and enhance the wind effect.

 

[gothicgeek]

Very daring! and very nice, following this with interest



Mark

 

[shaunpekar]

Might I suggest for accuracies sake to keep the shirt rather plain. Men's shirts of the 18th century were either generally white, off-white or natural homespun linen. Although blue, red and brown (all with narrow white window pane checks) were seen, white or natural linen was definitely the more prevalent of the choices in that time period.

 

[tonydawe]

Thanks Mark & Shaun for yourcomments.

Shaun, I intend to paint his shirt a very pale ivory/ bone colour.

 

[Hardy]

Hi mate, looking great. Hardy

 

[tonydawe]

Cheers Hardy

 

[shaunpekar]

He looks fantastic so far!!!

 

[tonydawe]

Thanks Shaun, I'm just about to start another session on him now, so I should have some more pics soon.

 

[tonydawe]

Ginger Top

Hi guys,

Now I know some of you will like the hair and some of you wont, but I'd appreciate some guidance as to how much is too much?? Personally, I think more is more and less is less. I like my Scotsmen rough and hairy!!

I've applied some Orange Brown to see what his hair looks like painted, and to test if the hair volume is sufficient.

In addition to the static grass I used for the base layers of hair, I liberated some long white hairs from the tail of my dog "Bilbo" and glued and trimmed them one strand at a time. This has taken me two nights.

I'd appreciate any comments or criticisms

 

[tonydawe]

Thanks Jamie,

Yes its a bit cliche, but he's a red headed Scotsman.

 

[mil-mart]

Hi Tony,

IMHO The hair looks more natural simply because it's cut neater which is getting away from your original idea of being windswept.
Is the bandage lead strip?, if so perhaps that could be blowing up in the air and if you pulled the hair up and away on one side of the face that would look more windswept.
Like the idea of grooming hairs from your dogs tail, it works.
Wow, if you got an Old english sheepdog , just think what you could achieve.

Cheers Ken