WIP Critique "Welcome The Dawn", Rorkes Drift 1879

[Eludia]

Ok, you got me Paul, maybe I did a little housework (just to get it all in shot )

 

[peedee]

Fair cop!
Mate the reason I spotted it......It's only what I do
No way will any of you see the tip, sorry bench I work on without a tidy up
Paul

 

[Viking Bob]

Glad you are back on track and that your paints arrived in the nick of time.

Looks good

 

[Eludia]

First pass completed on trousers....nice matt finish after only 2 hours in the hot box:



I'm a very happy man at the minute

 

[Eludia]

A bit more progress. First pass on his jacket, I'm fairly happy with the shading but it probably needs a scarlet glaze as it looks a bit dull and brownish at the minute.



I also painted some sacks

 

[swralph]

Re start is coming along well billy,trousers looking good.
the way you have painted the bags makes the ghostly face stand out even more.

 

[clrsgt]

I have this one in my grey army. I am following your progress with great interest.

 

[Eludia]

A bit more progress. And after looking at the photos I realise that there is much to do, he's looking a bit rough and shiny at the minute i.e. the painting's a bit rough and the finish is a bit shiny (in the photos at least, he looks a little better in the flesh).



Cheers,
Billy

 

[Eludia]

A few suicide-zoom shots to show how rough he's looking at the minute - today will mostly be a rescue mission methinks

 

[swralph]

Coming along well.
Things can quite often look rough until the end.

 

[peedee]

These pics look fine to me, good progress I think.

Paul

 

[Viking Bob]

Nice progress so far and looking good.

 

[Eludia]

Its been a while since I took any WiP pics of this one but I've not been slacking (promise). I started to put together some of the main parts this morning which turned out to be a bit emotional (note to self: don't do such a good job of gluing stuff to temporary bases in future) but its starting to come together. As a result of this morning's debacle I've now got a bit of repair work to do (chipped paint, glue spots etc.). I've also still got a bit of detail work to do on the base and the shield only has a base coat on it for now.

Anyhoo, here are some pics of progress so far:



Thanks for tuning in, comments and critique are heartily welcomed, as always

 

[billyturnip]

That's looking very good Billy, one final push and it'll be done I think.

 

[megroot]

I like what you are doing.
Keep up the great work.

Marc

 

[peedee]

Lovely stuff.

Paul.

 

[OldTaff]

Lovely work, recently finished this one, and an additional chap with it.

Alan

 

[malc]

Hi billy, I
You have all my sympathy mate, i used to get the same problem of shiny pants etc, and now just use
Either a touch of Tamiya xf 86 clear mixed into the thinned paint on the palette, (thanks for that tip Housecarl),
it goes an extraordinarily long way!
Or Tamiya rattle can Matt v overall, just a light misting does the job, and then selective varnishes over metals etc.
Best of luck for round 2.
Paul

 

[malc]

Sorry guys a cock up on my part

 

[YongA01]

Nice worK Eludia