Saturday 19 March 2016

Paint Table Saturday - Challenge finished... Artillery under construction

Finally I posted all of my entries for Curt's painting challenge. This year really few figures only but at least I managed to achieve my goal of 250 points.

Nevertheless there's no time for idleness with a lead pile like mine to handle:

I've been thinking about painting the gun since I finished the limber last year (here). Actually I cannot tell why took me so long to tackle this set but in our club there are so many AWI guns that we weren't in need of another piece. Anyway by now I'm pretty much done with the first of the four gunners and the piece itself:
In addition there are three other men helping to aim the 6pdr gun. Somehow I missed to take a picture of the one aiming across the barrel. Now he's waiting for the glue to settle and thus you'll see him on the finished vignette then.

But there's the chap with the spike:
Obviously he'll take place more or less behind the gun ready to turn the carriage. I like the focused look Alan put into his face. He looks like a really professional artilleryman.

Finally there's the chap with the sponge. He looks rather focused from behind the gun as well. On the figure I have to put the white highlights and then finish the tolls of his and the spike fellow. Afterwards some varnish and then onto the base with them. But that's my work for the next days.

Until then...
Enjoy your weekend !

12 comments:

  1. Nice work, especially on the white

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  2. Nice work and the finished set should look good.

    A problem I have found is that you need to raise the gun on blocks to bring the bottom of trail and wheels up to the height of the figures' feet, not the bottom of their bases ? If you have a crew manhandling a gun, it's likely that their hands or tools will be too high.. It's not so bad with, say the Perry ranges, but other figures have quite thick bases which make them taller in relation to the gun (or wagon etc.).

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    1. Many thanks for the good advice, Gary.
      Unfortunately I glued the gun onto its base first and thus had to learn this lesson the hard way...

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  3. Looks promising Stefan! Can't wait to see the finished piece. Congrats on your achievements in the challenge.

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    1. Many thanks, Nick.
      The base should be finished within two or three days...

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  4. Very lovely work Stefan, keep going with my friend.

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    1. Thanks a lot, Michael.
      Always doing my very best mate.

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  5. Wonderful job on the faces. Looking forward to seeing it all together.

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  6. Very successful painting work
    especial expressions on the faces

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