Completed Officer of the 24th, Anglo-Zulu War

[Rob]

Lovely clean work on him, with painting like that he should not be the last one of these that you do.

 

[Richie]

Hi Simon,
He's looking well, I actually have one of these on the way after seeing your post.
I might make a few modifications on mine when I get around to it.
Keep going thoroughly enjoying it.
cheers
Richie

 

[Briggsy]

Lovely clean work on him, with painting like that he should not be the last one of these that you do.

Many thanks Rob, that means a lot, yes I am enjoying it but I'll revert back to.my normal fare after this, that said I doubt he'll be the last.

Cheers Simon

 

[Briggsy]

Hi Simon,
He's looking well, I actually have one of these on the way after seeing your post.
I might make a few modifications on mine when I get around to it.
Keep going thoroughly enjoying it.
cheers
Richie

Cheers Richie, mighty pleased I influenced you choice of figure. As I have said before it's enjoyable but not something I'd like to do too often. Intrigued to see what mods you'll make.

Cheers Simon

 

[MarquisMini]

Trialing smaller photos after my fright last night. Today I have done the lace and braiding, not all plain sailing though. I was going to paint it all dark grey and work from there, however the desk gremlins have been out and my one pot of dark grey has gone AWOL. No doubt it'll be back tomorrow, that's usually the way it goes.

Anyway, I mixed V London Grey with varying amounts of Army Painter (AP) Matt Black using less and less black. I made the highlights fairly prominent and left it to dry for a while before applying a couple of washes of SC75 Deep Blue, just enough to bring the highlights down a bit and tint everything a dark blue.

I have also underpainted the water bottle strap a straight V Off White, the haversack strap is a light mix of V Khaki and SC75 Mojave White. I then started to paint the pistol lanyard, this is a straight V Khaki with high lights from the haversack colour. It was while painting this I discovered a fault with the figure. A lanyard is a simple length of cord, doubled over so a loop can go round the neck, this would mean that going round the neck it would only be single stranded. Unfortunately the lanyard carries on around the neck ad a double strand, which would be impossible. It doesn't distract from how good this figure is but now I know it's there I can't unsee it, oops now neither can you.

Anyway pictures.

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Cheers Simon

Cracking job on this chap,
The tunic looks superbe!!!

 

[Briggsy]

Cracking job on this chap,
The tunic looks superbe!!!

Many thanks, still got some highlights to add, again they'll be subtle but I need to bring the blue up a little I think.

Cheers Simon

 

[Steve Ski]

Coming along very well, Simon!

 

[Briggsy]

Coming along very well, Simon!

Cheers Ski, coming up to the closing stages now, did a little today but looking after a mates dog hasn't left me much time, hopefully piccies on Friday.

Cheers Simon

 

[Rocco82]

Looks awesome mate. Nice job so far.

Fine finish on that jacket. Colour and shading looks just right.

 

[Briggsy]

Cheers Bud, nearly all finished now just waiting for a plinth to arrive.

Cheers Simon

 

[Nap]

Cheers Bud, nearly all finished now just waiting for a plinth to arrive.

Cheers Simon

Look forward to seeing this all done ...happy basing

Nap

 

[1969]

Nice bit of painting there Simon, coming along well now.
Cheers
Steve

 

[MarquisMini]

Many thanks, still got some highlights to add, again they'll be subtle but I need to bring the blue up a little I think.

Cheers Simon

I haven't done a figure larger than 40mm in a while, i know when i ge back to them it will be hard to be subtle with contrasts.

 

[Briggsy]

Nap, Steve and Daniel, many thanks gents, been itching to get to the bench today but not a chance with little miss bossy britches running me ragged.

Cheers Simon

 

[NigelR]

Looking really good, except that darn lanyard which is driving me mad now! A great job here considering this isn't your usual type of thing.

 

[Briggsy]

Looking really good, except that darn lanyard which is driving me mad now! A great job here considering this isn't your usual type of thing.

Sorry mate I should have considered before mentioning it. That said I don't think everyone quite understands the issue and not sure I would have liked to try and correct it either. Just touch ups now and a wooden plinth for a change and it's done, I can get back to normal sized figures.

Cheers Simon

 

[Steve Brodie]

Excellent work

 

[húsar14]

Nice work painting the eyes!

 

[Briggsy]

Excellent work

Many thanks Steve.

Nice work painting the eyes!

Thanks for that, with eyes the size of the faces I normally paint I had the advantage.

Cheers Simon

 

[Nap]

Nap, Steve and Daniel, many thanks gents, been itching to get to the bench today but not a chance with little miss bossy britches running me ragged.

Cheers Simon

Bless ya .....get some Harry black tape

Hope you’ve recovered ready for the next

Nap