Completed Imperial Guard Horse Artillery

[NigelR]

Looking superb, and the next project also looks like it will be a cracker.

 

[clubcat]

Fantastic work Paul an excellent figure. Have a bit of an issue with your back story though. The Wagram campaign was notorious for the wet and muddy conditions, lack of supplies and general hardship, he looks too pristine for having gone through that. Otherwise brilliant.
Melanie

 

[Paul Handley]

Fantastic work Paul an excellent figure. Have a bit of an issue with your back story though. The Wagram campaign was notorious for the wet and muddy conditions, lack of supplies and general hardship, he looks too pristine for having gone through that. Otherwise brilliant.
Melanie

Well, he’s had a chance to spruce himself up a bit since then.

 

[Paul Handley]

Looking superb, and the next project also looks like it will be a cracker.

I’ve got a couple of stock figures I think I’m going to paint as a bit of rest from the Historex kits. Creatively Historex kits are very flexible and satisfying to do but they are very time consuming and labour intensive. It’ll be nice to just enjoy painting after someone else has done all the heavy lifting (and done it better than me )

 

[Paul Handley]

Hi Paul

That gunner looks great , really neat lacework on him , love the dark blue as well as the pose , nice groundwork with the horse matching the figure in modelling skill

The other project looks fun , look forward to seeing more on that in a separate V Bench

This has been a fun V bench to follow , hope to see the final piece soon in the Completed forum

Have fun @ the bench

Nap

Thanks Nap - I’m very keen to get him done and off the bench this week.

 

[Paul Handley]

Beautiful work Paul, he's going to look stunning with a green backdrop. Good luck with the varnish testing.

Love the conversion of the H&V figure.

Cheers Simon

The varnishing has been a bit of a pain finding exactly the right balance of matt but not too matt. Once I find a recipe I’m going to stick with it…forever.

 

[Paul Handley]

Fabulous paint and a very pleasing and realistic pose. Great work Paul.
Gary

Thanks Gary (thumbs up emoji etc. - which I don’t know how to do on here ).

 

[Steve Ski]

Fabulous work, all of it!

 

[Paul Handley]

Fabulous work, all of it!

Thank you Steve.

 

[Nap]

Thanks Nap - I’m very keen to get him done and off the bench this week.

Look forward to that and seeing the stock figures being painted up

Enjoy

Nap

 

[Paul Handley]

Done but not dusted as I’ll probably be tweaking a few things for a little while. As usual when I’ve finished a project he just seems like the aggregation of all my mistakes but I’m sure I’ll be kinder to him when I haven’t looked at him for a while.

 

[Historex Rob]

Done but not dusted as I’ll probably be tweaking a few things for a little while. As usual when I’ve finished a project he just seems like the aggregation of all my mistakes but I’m sure I’ll be kinder to him when I haven’t looked at him for a while.

We are our own worst critics.

Lovely piece.

 

[Briggsy]

I second what Rob said, also agree that taking a step back helps you see the figure in a more positive light. Then there are the rest of who see a fantastic figure beautifully displayed, it's all differences in perception and if you were 100% happy with it there wouldn't be the drive to improve!

Cheers Simon

 

[Tecumsea]

Lovely work Paul, we'll find away to get your pieces up to Easingwold for the Xmas bash.

Keith

 

[Paul Handley]

Lovely work Paul, we'll find away to get your pieces up to Easingwold for the Xmas bash.

Keith

Hi Keith and thank you. They’re your Metal Modeles light cavalry bits up there /\ - thank you for those too - I’ll be ordering some more of those.

 

[Paul Handley]

We are our own worst critics.

Lovely piece.

We certainly are - I do find the mistakes ‘settle’ a little bit after a while though …and thank you.

 

[Paul Handley]

I second what Rob said, also agree that taking a step back helps you see the figure in a more positive light. Then there are the rest of who see a fantastic figure beautifully displayed, it's all differences in perception and if you were 100% happy with it there wouldn't be the drive to improve!

Cheers Simon

Yep, dissatisfaction does have its uses - someone should tell Mick Jagger.

 

[MCPWilk]

Very nicely done across the board - the figure, the horse and the setting.

Mike

 

[Merryweather]

All I see is a masterpiece!

 

[Paul Handley]

Very nicely done across the board - the figure, the horse and the setting.

Mike

Thank you Mike.