Peninsular Naps British!

[Leon]

Tony's been working hard over the past month to get this next batch of the Peninsular sculpts all done for us so the British are now here!  A lot of the infantry are conversions on existing figures with some new cavalry types as well.  Everything went into a master mould yesterday so we're spinning them off at the moment and we'll get cracking on the production moulds while we're getting on with the move as well.

Command - Foot command x 4 / Mtd officer x 1:
PeninBritComm by Leon Pengilley, on Flickr

Infantry - Centre Co x 4 / Flank Co x 2 / Highlanders x 2:
PeninBritInf by Leon Pengilley, on Flickr

Light Dragoons:
PeninBritLtDragoons by Leon Pengilley, on Flickr

Dragoons:
PeninBritDragoons by Leon Pengilley, on Flickr

Artillery - Crew x 4 / Limber riders x 2:
PeninBritArt by Leon Pengilley, on Flickr

Personalities - Moore / Hill / Stapleton-Cotton:
PeninBritPersonalities by Leon Pengilley, on Flickr


The current plan is for the Portuguese and Brunswickers to be done in April ready to come down to us once we've got moved, then the Spanish in May and June hopefully.  We're in regular contact with Tony so we'll update as we progress with things.

[fred.]

Looking good - will be good to see these at the next stage as the dark putty and shiny base figures make them quite hard to see.

[John Cook]

Excellent stuff, the cavalry in particular. 

[Leon]

Looking good - will be good to see these at the next stage as the dark putty and shiny base figures make them quite hard to see.

Yeah it's a pain to get good photos of them.  I tried it on a black background as well but then the putty sections disappear into the background, so I'm stuffed either way!

[Steve J]

Excellent work there

[fred.]

Yeah it's a pain to get good photos of them.  I tried it on a black background as well but then the putty sections disappear into the background, so I'm stuffed either way!

Yep, feels pretty no-win situation on the photos - we'll wait till you get some spun up and can give them a black wash to show the detail, for now we can see the big hats!

[Techno II]

Yeah it's a pain to get good photos of them.  I tried it on a black background as well but then the putty sections disappear into the background, so I'm stuffed either way!

I always struggle with photo's of conversions (as Leon knows)......(A brand new, all green stuff figure is FAR easier to photo.)

It's the contrast between the bright, shiny, metal..... and whatever putty is used, that makes things really difficult.

I'm not sure which putty (or mix of putties) Tony uses....But it appears to be a lot darker than green stuff.....and even green stuff can cause problems with the contrast between that and shiny metal.

I always end up tweaking the piccies with an ancient program I've got on the PC, before sending them up to Pendraken Towers, just so Leon has got some chance of seeing 'wot I just made'.

Cheers - Phil.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

I'm tempted

[Leman]

I'm  little tempted as well.

[DecemDave]

Quote 1  "Come on you damn rascals, come on you fighting villains"    in strong rousing masculine tone

Quote 2 "What on earth are you going to do with all these little soldiers?"   in a different tone 

[DHautpol]

"I'm  little tempted as well."

I know what you mean.  When these were being talked about I promised myself I wouldn't go there; now that I've seen them, my resolved has wobbled a bit.

[John Cook]

I'm not sure which putty (or mix of putties) Tony uses....But it appears to be a lot darker than green stuff.....and even green stuff can cause problems with the contrast between that and shiny metal.

At a guess, it might be ProCreate.  It is a bit more 'sticky' than Green Stuff. 

[Techno II]

It could be Procreate, John, though the times I've used it, it tends to come out as a light grey.

It's possibly a mix of the 'black' part of ProCreate and the 'yellow' of Green stuff, which I occasionally use.....though that comes out as a sort of Khaki colour.

I DO like ProCreate, but find it SO hard to mix, as it's a much stiffer putty. (If I had 'normal' strength fingers for a chap, it wouldn't be so bad.)

Cheers - Phil.

[John Cook]

Yes it does look a bit dark and I agree with the mixing.

[Techno II]

Hi, John.

What we'll have to keep an eye out for, is if Tony ever appears to use a light blue putty.

That'll be a mix of the 'white' of Procreate and the blue of Greenstuff...(From the 'leftovers' of the black/yellow mix.....IF Tony is going down that route.)

Cheers - Phil.

[fred.]

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A new series on Channel 5, hosted by John with technical input from Techno




If I was Tony I'd now be adding a tiny amount of ink to the putty to change the shade....

[Techno II]

Oh....Stop it ! 

The nearest 'colour' that I can equate to with Tony's figures....Is that it looks SLIGHTLY similar to green stuff....After the model has been pressed in a mould.
The heat from the process tends to change the colour of the G/S to a dirty 'browny' green....But not as dark as the figures pictured.

For all I know, Tony might add Red Sylmasta putty to the green.........He might not even use G/S.

There's one putty, made by the same folk that 'do' G/S, that IS brown. (If it exists anymore)

Lovely putty to work with......but SO expensive....and it goes off so quickly....and once 'set'....is so brittle, you can't adjust 'things' with a simple bend without it shattering.

My personal putties of choice are......Kneadatite (Green-stuff) .....Magic Sculp...(which I'll mix with the G/S to produce a very soft, light green coloured putty.).....and Milliput.

Cheers - Phil.

[DecemDave]

Sorry to spoil the fun but has anybody thought of asking the sculptor what he used?   

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Sorry to spoil the fun but has anybody thought of asking the sculptor what he used?   

That is far too obvious for the members on here ! 

[Techno II]

Sorry to spoil the fun but has anybody thought of asking the sculptor what he used?   

Yes....but he never answers.

Do you truly believe that hasn't been tried ? 

Cheers - Phil.