Hi all,
Just been working on these, beautiful sculpts, i'll add more pics over the next week or so.
kev
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/QM6BHL.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/plQM6BHLj)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/923/n0JcPJ.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnn0JcPJj)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/924/VyZtY9.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poVyZtY9j)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/924/VuAp2G.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poVuAp2Gj)
Awful !
I'll lend you my Optivisor, if you want ?
(They're lovely Kev !......Top job, Matey ! :-bd)
Cheers - Phil
Really, REALLY Nice ;)
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
They're lovely. Why don't mine look like that?
(A sentence I've used many times in many different situations.)
Frightening when 10mm stuff looks better than most people's 15mm.
Absolutely superb! 8)
Lovely job there. :-bd :-bd
:-bd =D> :-bd =D> :-bd =D>
Stunning work once again 8)
They are really nice, I particularly like the gun trains in the first photo.
Those are really beautiful - the colors are really vivid and the highlighting is impeccable :o
Just brilliant
Take care
Andy
Beautiful work!
Most of the esteemed people on this site can paint 10mm better than I can paint 28mm.
The Napoleonic British are amazing =D> =D> =D>
Nif-teee.
I think I'm in love. 8->
Don't tell Mrs Westie. :-$
Quote from: Leman on 04 February 2016, 04:53:10 PM
Frightening when 10mm stuff looks better than most people's 15mm.
Or 25mm in my case.
Brilliant work Kev!
Thank's for the comments chaps, they dont have optivisors here in Hungary Techno, only welding visors ;D, , i have to steal the wife's reading glasses.
Really enjoying painting these.
kev
Really great stuff.
And great reference material for my British too ;)
All the artillery finished. Really enjoyed doing these.
kev
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/924/qu6gNe.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poqu6gNej)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/923/0LikZT.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pn0LikZTj)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/921/Qi2E2F.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/plQi2E2Fj)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/921/03C2Su.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pl03C2Suj)
Cracking!
My word, brilliant.
:-bd =D> :-bd =D> :-bd =D>
I hate you :Ph ~X(
Absolutely fantastic
Take care
Andy
Those really are rather special. 8)
Can I show my ignorance again, and ask what the long, non wheeled weapon is, at the front right of the top photo ?
Cheers - Phil
It's one version of the Congrace Rocket launcher that the British used in the Penninsula, Waterloo and 1812 American campaigns (and features in the American national anthem)
Thanks, Will. :)
I'll go and look that up.
Cheers - Phil.
Boat launched version of the Congreve rocket system.
.... and its target ....
Ta, Westie !
So.....Just to make sure I don't go away with completely the wrong idea. (I should put, the wrong end of the stick, shouldn't I ?)
The projectile itself was basically shaped like a 'modern' firework rocket ? (To me)
But......Unlike a firework rocket, the propulsion didn't come from the head of the rocket, (firing backwards) but from a black powder charge in the 'launcher' ?(A bit like a cannon firing a ball) ?
The head of the rocket was a sealed metal tube, filled with powder, which presumably exploded on impact with anything solid ?
Yes ?
Cheers - Phil
IF you were incredibly LUCKY! ;)
Basically the same as a modern fireworks rocket with stick longer than the cylinder, Phil. It was self contained so all you needed was a trough like launcher (like a length of roof guttering) - it could also be place on the ground and launched from there. I don't think they were fitted with percussion caps - it was like a howitzer shell* insofar as it had a fuse so it usually blew up in mid-air (showering shrapnel all around) or on the ground (if it landed 'safely') when the fuse ran out or on impact (if it burst open because it was full of powder which does not go well with a naked flame). I wasn't aware of tubular launchers for Napoleonic rocket artillery (but what do I know?) but sounds like a good idea, especially for the naval version. Very erratic. Could go anywhere - including doubling back! So, as Lemmey says, "if you were incredibly lucky!"
A link with some further info -
http://waterloo200.org/200-object/congreve-rocket/ (http://waterloo200.org/200-object/congreve-rocket/)
:-B
* actually, the more I think about it, I don't even think it was that sophisticated (unfortunately, can't look into it further - must dash - have an appointment to keep! Help, someone else?
Thank's for the comments chaps, here are a few cav, should get the final few including the generals done tomorrow.
kev
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/924/MOL4fn.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poMOL4fnj)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/922/QtescJ.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmQtescJj)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/924/HKt5vK.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poHKt5vKj)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/923/dWonsp.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pndWonspj)
Stunning
I am now crying in my beer.
Love it !!!! :) :) :)
I wish I could paint that well :(
I'd settle for painting half that well! :(
Cavalry look absolutely stunning. :-bd :-bd
The blues and greys plus commanders, next lot up will be the French.
kev
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/922/TAzGXm.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmTAzGXmj)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/921/JQSTdO.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/plJQSTdOj)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/923/la5U4S.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnla5U4Sj)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/922/3YCdbC.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pm3YCdbCj)
Amazing
Are those beautiful.....Or what ?
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 11 February 2016, 05:34:26 PM
Are those beautiful.....Or what ?
Cheers - Phil
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I suppose someone had to sculpt them before they could be painted? :-\ ;)
These really are fantastic Kev, I can't wait to get them here and up onto the website.
8)
I love your style of painting Kev, and I am in awe every new presentation of your work, a model for me !!! ........ maybe one day !!!
eric
Quote from: Leon on 11 February 2016, 05:58:04 PM
These really are fantastic Kev, I can't wait to get them here and up onto the website.
8)
Ahhhh, that explains the "a few of each" approach...
Who me, slow on the uptake ;) ;D
Cheers chap's , i have to agree with you Mollinary, the sculpting is fantastic, every range that i have painted so far have all been so well detailed , it makes my job a pleasure :).
I have just undercoated the French and they look stunning, should get some done over the weekend.
kev
Wow, your painting really brings out the superb detail in these sculpts. Well done to you and the sculptor :).
Brilliant :)
Incredibly beautifull.
BTW why do you base figures separately ?
So Leon can post them on the main site?
Quote from: maciek on 07 March 2016, 04:15:10 PM
BTW why do you base figures separately ?
Quote from: mad lemmey on 07 March 2016, 04:35:33 PM
So Leon can post them on the main site?
Yep, these are being painted for us, so we can update our website photos with painted figures instead.