I have slowly been amassing these figures and have finally got the last two to make a viable unit foe 'A Gentleman's War' . I was going to strip the figures but have no Dettol at the moment to clean them so I will just undercoat them. I have enough red coated infantry so these will be Rifle Volunteers. Annoyingly one of the figures has a damaged rifle so I will have to repair it with a cocktail stick.
Having just watched a video on how to take better photos of models I have bought a tripod that will hold my camera phone so hopefully (fingers crossed) my photos will improve. My wife obligingly took a picture of my setup of the above photo.
Good to see this Project underway Tony- best of luck making the missing rifle.
ReplyDeleteYes, bit annoying but these things happen with old figures, should be easy enough to fix.
DeleteHave you considering converting the private with a broken rifle to a bugler or officer?
ReplyDeleteHope the tripod works for you. Amazing the things these modern phones for picture taking!
An Officer might be a possibility, my phone is better than my old camera.
DeleteLooking forward to seeing your progress on these lads.
ReplyDeleteLooking at suitable uniforms for them.,
DeleteGreat looking unit Tony! I look forward to seeing one of your excellent paint jobs on them! I will have to consider buying a tripod myself, please let us know if you feel that it's worth the cost.
ReplyDeleteMine tripod is a cheap one from Amazon, I will report back how it fairs.
DeleteLooking forward to seeing them painted and in action. If you do convert the broken rifle figure to an officer, perhaps, given the pose, drawing a pistol from a holster? And a sword in a scabbard to give a purpose to the other cross-belt?
ReplyDeleteWill be looking at conversion possibilities.
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