Both Charlie and Finley are enjoying me telling them stories of Robin Hood at the moment and I've been using some old Crescent City plastic models to illustrate the tales - these models are in a very bad state having been well played with and re-painted - as you can see.....
My first job in renovating the toys was to strip the paint and this was done with some mild soap and a cocktail stick to remove all those tiny flakes of paint.
I mounted to 54mm tall figure onto a 40mm round base and built up the groundwork with DAS modelling clay (applied over PVA glue).
The model was primed with Dulux Endurance house paint. I was researching how to paint plastic figures when I read of using Dulux paints. I had assumed that Endurance (the tough, washable variety) would be better than plain emulsion and gave the model a coat of Endurance Putty colour.
A second coat of the Dulux paint and the base has been decorated with some sand applied over PVA glue. The model was undercoated with pure white to which I had added some PVA glue.
The figure of Alan A'Dale was painted with standard acrylic paints and varnished with Galleria matt varnish before the base was decorated with a couple of static grass tufts.
I thought the red jerking was too red and toned it down a little with Leather Brown before re-varnishing. And here you have the finished model, ready to act his part in the stories of Robin Hood.
Over the weekend, we had Charlie and Finley visit, I allowed them to play with the model and even with some rough handling, I can report that the paint has NOT flaked off.
Stay safe and
Keep Calm and Carry On Modelling
Tony
1 comment:
Excellent work ! I also love to take damaged and "dead" miniatures and bring them back to life!! He 'll be a happy bard now :)
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