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I decided to do my new figure as my next build.
It’s a French grenadier.
Unfortunately there was a bit of damage in transit. A bit of filler was required for some. The broken buckle was a bit more of an issue.
I drilled out the hole and super glued some florists wire into it, then trimmed it to length. It’s not perfect, but better than a broken buckle.
It’s a French grenadier.
Unfortunately there was a bit of damage in transit. A bit of filler was required for some. The broken buckle was a bit more of an issue.
I drilled out the hole and super glued some florists wire into it, then trimmed it to length. It’s not perfect, but better than a broken buckle.
Thanks Henry.
It’s not my first choice of subject either, I wanted to try another figure and this one looked interesting from a face / expression point of view.
I’m going to do a motorcycle next. The great thing about this hobby is you can either stick with the thing you’re really good at and enjoy, or try different things. Always new challenges keeps it interesting..
Anyway, here’s today’s update
The head is done (bar the inevitable tinkering) I have started to get the colours down on the torso.
It’s not my first choice of subject either, I wanted to try another figure and this one looked interesting from a face / expression point of view.
I’m going to do a motorcycle next. The great thing about this hobby is you can either stick with the thing you’re really good at and enjoy, or try different things. Always new challenges keeps it interesting..
Anyway, here’s today’s update
The head is done (bar the inevitable tinkering) I have started to get the colours down on the torso.
Time for a new project.
I was in a model shop in Northampton this lunchtime looking for a quickish project for the weekend.
I really fancied doing another figure and the shop had quite a good selection of figure kits, but unfortunately no resin stuff.
I picked this up, I didn’t even know that Tamiya did 1/16 figures. Every day is a school day.
I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the moulding. Being Tamiya I guess I should have expected it to be good.
It didn’t take too long to get the parts off the sprue.
The two halves of the body caused the biggest assembly issue and a bit of clean up was required. Only a few minutes work though in honesty.
After clean up I couldn’t resist a trial assembly.
I mounted the parts on to cocktail sticks ready for paint.
The first job is to add highlights and shadows using white and nato black.
Then I blocked in the basic colours with the airbrush.
And that’s where I’ll call it a night... more tomorrow.
I was in a model shop in Northampton this lunchtime looking for a quickish project for the weekend.
I really fancied doing another figure and the shop had quite a good selection of figure kits, but unfortunately no resin stuff.
I picked this up, I didn’t even know that Tamiya did 1/16 figures. Every day is a school day.
I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the moulding. Being Tamiya I guess I should have expected it to be good.
It didn’t take too long to get the parts off the sprue.
The two halves of the body caused the biggest assembly issue and a bit of clean up was required. Only a few minutes work though in honesty.
After clean up I couldn’t resist a trial assembly.
I mounted the parts on to cocktail sticks ready for paint.
The first job is to add highlights and shadows using white and nato black.
Then I blocked in the basic colours with the airbrush.
And that’s where I’ll call it a night... more tomorrow.
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