Saturday, September 07, 2013

Test Shots

Stadden 30mm British Infantry 1890
 A valiant Toy Soldier marches by. I wonder how this might look with some of the Houston 4.7" on Land Carriage that TVAG are selling. Hm.
Yes, I lost the left arm
And now that I see him, the piping on the tunic needs a tidy up, I forgot the piping on his collar and - ah - shouldn't the cuffs on his tunic be of the "jam pot" variety? Still, I do like the way the jacket, trousers and equipment came up. Checking my Osprey, it looks as though his personal equipment was very accurately done, too.

4 comments:

Milgeek said...

Lovely painting job. Be interesting to see if you do add the transport.

WSTKS-FM Worldwide said...

Darn you! He looks nice that I see a butterfly or two (or three?) headed this way. No! Must stay focused.

Best Regards,

Stokes

Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com said...

Nice so far. Does he come with an arm? ok ok but just curious is the helmet and trousers that light in life or is that a photography thing?

Jam pot?

As an aside, a few years back I was looking at some of the re-enactors who perform at the Halifax citadel in tourist season and I had to get within about 10 feet before I could see the white lace against the buff facings. Very narrow, not very bright white. I keep meaning to tone my own down but can't bring myself to do it. What's the point if you can't see it?

Reviresco makes a tripod that would fit in. (as in Martian tripod)

Bloggerator said...

Stokes,

Just a little side-project. Maybe a hundred figures, tops. Honest. No. Really.

Ross,

I have it somewhere. I hope to find it! They are a little darker in real life, but not too much.

Just a plain round cuff.And I know about the piping, but i can't resist it. And it pops out against the red so nicely.

I was thinking that an old PC mouse with the button end "forward" spray-painted a nice bright silver could make quite an excellent Martian body.

Gentlemen,

Greg