The Marvelous Miscellany of MMcV

[mmcv]

You really see all the little bits of static grass when you have the pictures of them that you don't notice in person. Haven't varnished yet though so will give a good shake off before I do!

(New photos on previous page)

[paulr]

    

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Brilliant

[mmcv]

Thanks! Another unit for the ECW, a mishmash of Royalists in a commanded shot unit under Colonel Ratcliffe Gerard.



Some more cavalry on the painting sticks at present.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Looking good

[paulr]

   

A touch of light blue paint on the edges of that light blue flag would get rid of the white edges
I'm impressed with your hand painted flags

[mmcv]

   

A touch of light blue paint on the edges of that light blue flag would get rid of the white edges
I'm impressed with your hand painted flags

I think it's just the light reflecting off it oddly as I do paint the edges of them. The standard bearers are rebased from an older unit so suspect just the lighter bit of varnish reflecting as it's not really notable in real life. Gave them a quick dab of blue there anyway!

[fred.]

Good looking unit, with a nice variety of figures!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Very impressive work there.

[mmcv]

Thanks, these are mostly just quick paint jobs. Started out this project painting everything down to the buckles on the shoes but as the scope of it and other projects increased pared it back to a basic tabletop speed paint. Think I've another 8-10 horse units to paint up to get to the next stage of this project and a fair few foot units too. The horse are not the most fun to paint. I quite like painting the foot though.

Have another unit of horse painted and dirtied up with a wash and a start made on another unit of foot. 

Once they're done onto something else, though as we're expecting the arrival of our first child any day now I suspect hobby time may take a back seat in the near future. Unless my recent Pendraken order that has just dispatched arrives first. 

[fred.]

Good luck with the little one   

First ones are normally late - so should get chance to start on that next Pendraken order!

[paulr]

Best of luck with the new arrivals, Baby & from Pendraken

[mmcv]

Thanks! Still waiting for the arrival (of both!) as well as some new paints, so will have to have a go at something else in the meantime.

Some more Royalists finished off though:

Sir Edward Hopton's foot:




And Sir Horatio Carey's horse:


He famously bore cornets with phrases like "come out you cuckolds" and "cuckolds we come" possibly as just a general insult or referring to the marital issues of particular parliamentary rivals. However, one wonders doth the gentleman protest too much...

[paulr]

    

[jimduncanuk]

You really see all the little bits of static grass when you have the pictures of them that you don't notice in person. Haven't varnished yet though so will give a good shake off before I do!

(New photos on previous page)

Note

I use a bit floppy make-up brush on figures I have just done the static grass on. It cleans off the figure but leaves grass on the bases alone.

[mmcv]

Note

I use a bit floppy make-up brush on figures I have just done the static grass on. It cleans off the figure but leaves grass on the bases alone.

Thanks for the tip, don't think my wife would appreciate me using hers but will have to see if she's any old ones. I usually give them a bit of an upside down shake and a light blow before doing the varnish spray which dislodges most debris. 


Probably doesn't help that I try and do the basing all at once, rather than waiting for various stages to dry. Usually comes out okay in the end though.

I realised I only had one foot regiment left to do for this phase of the ECW project so cracked on with it today. Still to do a few artillery and command bases, oh and far far too many horse. But once they're done I'll be good to go for my "medium" Naseby game.

Think I'm going to find a way to speed paint my parliamentary horse. I've seven units of them to do along with the last couple royalists. I see a lot of buff coats in my future... 

[mmcv]

I usually give them a bit of an upside down shake and a light blow before doing the varnish spray which dislodges most debris.

Note to self, check glue is fully dry before doing this...


Not sure if it's the cold or just a bit too much water in the mix but it's been taking well over 24 hours for my bases to dry lately.

[mmcv]

My packages all arrived:

[fred.]

Are you going WWI?

Are the top MDF items from Pendraken? They look like trench breast works?

[mmcv]

Are you going WWI?

Are the top MDF items from Pendraken? They look like trench breast works?

Well spotted old chap! Planning a "big battle" early war project with old contemptables and spike heads then a mid-late war skirmish and trench raiding game. Interest in the period has been peaked on and off over the past couple of years and been reading and listening to a lot recently on it so took the plunge.


Trench works are from here: http://www.supremelittleness.co.uk/sld-10mm/trenches10mm-25mm.htm