Flintloque - One figure at a time part seven

The painting has progressed and we now have most of the figure finished. I still need to paint up some of the detail and then varnish the mini, but for now - here is the Flintloque Todaroni.

Tony

1/35th Scale Narrow Gauge Wagons - part seven

The new narrow gauge wagons have now had their couplings fitted (Hornby R8276) and some additional weathering. Here are the two coal tubs on a section of PECO O-16.5 track.

And the image below shows the same two tubs with the finished bolster ended wagon.

Tony

Flintloque - One figure at a time part six

The painting continues.....

The basic tunic was painted in a dark bottle green colour with red facings and the bicorne was done in traditional tar black. Other details were picked out with various acrylic paints and washes.

My favourite part of the painted mini is his tongue which I painted in a pinkish red!

Tony

1/35th Scale Narrow Gauge Wagons - update part six

The painting of these two coal tubs was done with a large brush and involved lots of drybrushing and washes. I wanted a very worn old metal look. The wooden beams were painted with acrylics in a very similar manner to the earlier wooden wagons and the remains of a long forgotten load was done with fine cat litter and some weathering powders.

Prior to taking these photographs, I have varnished the tubs with Galleria matt varnish and added some streaks with gloss varnish. The final detail was to add some graphite (2B pencil) to the exposed edges, particularly the top edges of the tubs.

I still need to add couplings but for now the bulk of the work is finished.

Tony

Flintloque - One figure at a time part five

The painting started with the green flesh. I used a variety of different green paints to build-up the deep green skin colour then washed the area with both black and green washes. The eyes were originally picked out in white but later tinted yellow.

Tony

Weekend visit to Swansea

Sue and I have just returned from a long weekend visit to Swansea where we had Joe's ice-cream and a walk along the promenade down Mumbles, before meeting up with family. On Monday Sue and Mum had some time in Swansea city centre shopping and I took a walk along High Street to check out some of the charity shops.

This collection of 20 second-hand magazine was just some of the collection I spotted in one charity shop. I was very good and only picked up 20. There were a lot more for sale at just 25p each and it took ALL of my willpower not to purchase the full collection! The images below give more details of exactly what I bought.

Before leaving with this hoard, I spotted some fantastic Railway books and magazines in another charity shop and after telephoning my Uncle John and informing him of what was for sale at bargain prices, I picked up a number of magazines and books for him. Later when I dropped of the books to John, he rewarded me with these two books. They are part of a series and I already have book one in the series.

All in all a very enjoyable break and a very rewarding one.

Tony

Flintloque - One figure at a time part four

The modified miniature was spray painted with black rattle-can paint, then sprayed from above with grey paint and finally drybrushed with white on the upper surfaces. My version of Zenithal Basecoating.

The second image shows the model from the rear all ready for painting proper. 

Tony