The League of Augsburg
Russian Big Wigs of the GNW #3 - A middle wig
This final piece in the series of three is painted as a brigadier of infantry. He is a slight conversion from the cornet figure in WLOA48 with an officer's arm replacing his original open hand.
The sentinel beside him is painted as a Semenovski Guardsman.
The uniform and Russian sash in national colours contrast very well with the black horse. I chose a smaller round base for this fellow.
These three...
Russian Big Wigs of the GNW #2 The General
This vignette feature three figures. The hat waving general from WLOA48 a senior officer from WLOA54 and a Russian musketeer from R01.
I use some interesting pieces of dead wood to create the fallen tree effect. You may also notice the two cannon balls and ploughed up ground to the front of the tree.
This is buckshot supplied by a friend.
I was very pleased with this piece of work and will copy it...
Derry's walls part 8 -tragedy,triumph and the use of interior lighting
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| coffee stained concept sketches probably done in an airport |
Well, with one serious piece of real estate to complete I ran into the long grass. I have been keeping my options open all the way through this project but with the last building I had several make or break decisions to take.
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| The Big Hoose before all the joins are cemented in |
These included whether to have an elevated main doorway requiring...
Ireland book Vol 1 : Personalities : King James II
I have a bit of a soft spot for old Seamus of the Dung. I think over the years he has suffered from some smearing (pun intended). Perhaps it was a mid life crisis. Perhaps it was the pig headed stubbornness of the Stuarts.
Whatever it was all his good works seem to have been more than cancelled out by his reputation post 1685. I can't help but think much of that is a production of 17th century...
Awakening Derry from hibernation
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| taking shape now but still plenty to do on the ground work |
The nature of this project and too many conflicting priorities over the winter months meant that my Derry- Building went into stasis for a while.
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| Lots of work to be done on the ditch and drawbridge |
With a couple of weeks at home, Tactica behind me and some new ideas in my head I took inspiration from the non hibernating family of squirrels...
Featured unit: Jim Masson's Grey Dragoons 1679?
Jim likes to model Scots units from the late 17th Century and he has done a very fine job on this unit of Dragoons who are I believe the Scots Greys in their original incarnation.
The pictures were taken on my iPhone very quickly but the creativity in Jim's work is very obvious when you look at the attention to details.
The observant amongst our members will notice a little homage to a certain...
The Battle of Penny Burn Mill, Part Eight
Clarence Harrison - Right! Hotel rooms have been reserved. Our games have been submitted to the HMGS. Mr. Hilton is preparing to sacrifice a kidney with all of the plane tickets required. We are all set for Historicon 2016.
We are tentatively scheduled (won't know for sure until the PEL is released in May)...
1pm-5pm... Thursday, July 14th
8am-12pm... Friday, July 15th
2pm-6pm... Friday, July 15th
8am-...
We are tentatively scheduled (won't know for sure until the PEL is released in May)...
1pm-5pm... Thursday, July 14th
8am-12pm... Friday, July 15th
2pm-6pm... Friday, July 15th
8am-...
The Battle of Penny Burn Mill, Part Seven
Clarence Harrison - Just a quick post to show off the water...
I used Woodland Scenics Realistic Waterfor the effect rather than the Envirotex I normally use. The main reason is that the Woodland Scenics product remains flexible when it dries. The Envirotex dries hard as stone. Again, without the wooden base, I was worried about the foam warping a bit and separating from the resin. As an added...
The Battle of Penny Burn Mill, Part Six
Clarence Harrison - Now we are getting somewhere!
Most of the painting is finished. The deep water at the rear of the photo above has been blended from black to a deep blue to a muddy brown. The streams and pools in the marsh are mostly brown with some blue and black blended into the widest parts to simulate deeper water. It will be time to make all this water shiny, but first I wanted to add a...
Most of the painting is finished. The deep water at the rear of the photo above has been blended from black to a deep blue to a muddy brown. The streams and pools in the marsh are mostly brown with some blue and black blended into the widest parts to simulate deeper water. It will be time to make all this water shiny, but first I wanted to add a...
The Battle of Pennyburn Mill, Part Five
Clarence Harrison - Right! Now I've added some details and the initial painting, on the land areas anyway, is finished.
There's a lot of work left to do, but it's all fun! I need to paint the streams and open expanse of river, which is probably up next, add additional details like marsh grass and other foliage, and finish of the water and bog areas with water effects. I have several buildings to...
The Battle of Penny Burn Mill, Part Four
Clarence Harrison - We are now going to get into the fun part - painting!
Again, if you've just stumbled upon our site for the first time (welcome), this isn't really a tutorial. You can find a twelve-part series detailing my techniques to use on your terrain here. This series is mainly to record the progress on this project and point out a few details on this that may be different from what I've...
Again, if you've just stumbled upon our site for the first time (welcome), this isn't really a tutorial. You can find a twelve-part series detailing my techniques to use on your terrain here. This series is mainly to record the progress on this project and point out a few details on this that may be different from what I've...
The Battle of Penny Burn Mill, Part Three
After the glue was dry on the grass mat, it was time to use the filler to seal all of the remaining exposed foam and blend the roads and river banks into the grass. I use DAP joint compound, but there are dozens of alternatives.
I snuck in two older pics to show the application because I didn't manage any 'action' shots during this build...
Still not much to look at...
Basically, you are just...
I snuck in two older pics to show the application because I didn't manage any 'action' shots during this build...
Still not much to look at...
Basically, you are just...