Metal Modeles Chausseur trumpeter

[Chris Oldfield]

Blending & shading of the flesh tones & clothing look fantastic, so smooth & gradual.

 

[DaddyO]

Thanks gents.
What with the very 'shouty' uniform and the (originally) white horse he's quite a colourful figure.
cheers for now
Paul

 

[Nap]

Hi Leggy

Nice to see this updated and I really like the yellow and green together ...it's going to look great

Happy benchtime

Hope to catch up soon

Nap

 

[Nap]

Thank you folks


Praise indeed Mike - Love Mr L's work; it always paints up well and the castings are excellent and so encourage you to spend a bit of time tweaking them and trying out different things. I had wondered about a pair of coarse brown trousers for this fella, but decided to try and reproduce the illustration he's based on instead (I'll save the baggy trousers for another figure . . . .There's a great picture of a Cuirassier in Spain with bags of forage slung behind the saddle and some of the rough cloth trousers made locally which springs to mind)
Cheeripip
Paul

This one Paul

Talking of baggy trousers

Nap

 

[Edorta]

It looks really great Paul, superb, I follow.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

 

[Viking Bob]

Troop54 did a 75mm figure of the bottom pic of the 13th Dragoons in Spain

 

[DaddyO]

Indeed Kev - the very same (although that's the first time I've seen it in colour)
I remember that one Bob now you mention it (I do try and ignore everything that's not 54 mm otherwise my Bank manager would be knocking on the door)

Thanks Edorta - nice to have you following along too

 

[Viking Bob]

Indeed Kev - the very same (although that's the first time I've seen it in colour)
I remember that one Bob now you mention it (I do try and ignore everything that's not 54 mm otherwise my Bank manager would be knocking on the door)

My bank manager just shouts at me and clips me round the ear

 

[DaddyO]

My bank manager just shouts at me and clips me round the ear

 

[santi fernandez]

Well done.

 

[Chrisr]

Coming along very nicely Paul. I am very interested in how you make and attach the reins, etc as I have a couple of MM mounted figures which I have not attempted before.

Regards
Chris

 

[DaddyO]

Coming along very nicely Paul. I am very interested in how you make and attach the reins, etc as I have a couple of MM mounted figures which I have not attempted before.

Regards
Chris

Thanks Chris. I'll take a few pictures as I go along for you (Not that I think it's an ideal method, but I'm getting better at it) I find that getting the horse and rider painted feels like you've nearly done, but all the fiddly bits take ages . . .

Cheers
Paul

 

[Chrisr]

Many thanks Paul

Regards
Chris

 

[DaddyO]

Here you Chris (and anyone else taking an interest)

I make reins using a standard white paper/thin card (it's about 80gsm) I pre-colour with paint in a block as shown. Ordinary acrylics are fine for this or you can use a Sharpie for black. Then I cut a lot of strips using a scalpel (new blade please) and a straight edge. Most of these won't be used, but it's handy to have a selection of very slightly different widths I've found and these are glued into place using PVA. Once in place and the glue has dried I'll paint/highlight and touch up as required. I've also found with the French Napoleonic bridles and reins that it's much easier to do a couple at a time because it makes painting easier.

Final slightly dodgy photo shows where we are now with saddle straps (martingale?), bridle and lead rein fitted. I'll add the bits and reins once the figure is in place. I've also added the heart on the front from Historex and a couple of the rings have been replaced with fine wire wrapped around a pin.
(The number on the saddle roll is hand painted incidentally)

Hope fully I'll get some time later this week to get back to this one since it seems to have hung around for a while now . . .
Cheers
Paul

 

[housecarl]

Very nice Paul.

 

[KenBoyle]

Coming along beautifully Paul!

Cheers,
Ken

 

[Viking Bob]

Fantastic Paul, I will try the paper reins when (if) I do a horse. The good thing is I have two in the GA.

 

[DaddyO]

Coming along beautifully Paul!
Cheers,
Ken

Thanks Ken

Fantastic Paul, I will try the paper reins when (if) I do a horse. The good thing is I have two in the GA.

Do have a go at one of them Bob - they're very satisfying things to do.

I also meant to add that you can very carefully dampen them once in position to make them hang nicely. (Get them too wet and they will break apart, but it's a nice trick to have available if you need it

Cheers
Paul

 

[DaddyO]

Coming along beautifully Paul!
Cheers,
Ken

Thanks Ken

Fantastic Paul, I will try the paper reins when (if) I do a horse. The good thing is I have two in the GA.

Do have a go at one of them Bob - they're very satisfying things to do.

I also meant to add that you can very carefully dampen them once in position to make them hang nicely. (Get them too wet and they will break apart, but it's a nice trick to have available if you need it

Cheers
Paul

 

[Viking Bob]

Thanks Ken



Do have a go at one of them Bob - they're very satisfying things to do.

I also meant to add that you can very carefully dampen them once in position to make them hang nicely. (Get them too wet and they will break apart, but it's a nice trick to have available if you need it

Cheers
Paul

Cheers Paul.
One day mate, one day.....soon