Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Matchbox "8th Army"

      
        Hi, welcome to another small journey with my painting adventures.This time I will present the first attempt I had with Matchbox figures in the beginning of 2013.These five figures  was part of the "8th Army" issue and they come to me as part of a collection of Matchbox figures I bought. This is not the complete set.

    With these figures had started a new era for me.I tried to
make my figures more detailed in face and the expressions
of these Matchbox figures where great to do that...
 


Even though my painting is still "dirty"
the faces of these figures look great to
me until now!




      Also I started to paint insignia on some figures but not correctly as I can see now. Another problem
 I had, was with varnish. You can see that three of the figures are having a green shading on the uniform.
I still haven't found the reason that the color turned to green after varnishing.It never happened again....
Maybe there was to much moisture that day or something about the stirring of the varnish can...anyway...


 





         The  figure  below is  not a part of this issue but it is  from  the  "British Infantry" .  I don't think that
 this  conversion is  incorrect historically since  there were also long trousers in the desert uniform and the
equipment was the same in most of the cases.


    Here you can see the group together.




    These figures were my favorite job for a long time. I will keep them until the repainting and this time it will
be full set and as accurate as it can be!!!

    I hope you enjoyed the journey and  this post was helpful to someone . Please feel free to ask anything or
leave any comment.Thank you for visiting my blog!!

    Till next time........See ya!!!!.....


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9 comments:

  1. peterJanuary 18, 2015 at 4:20 AM

    Fantastic painted figures! Great blog! I will be sneaking around some time here!

    Greetings
    Peter

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    1. Biblicrafts MiniaturesJanuary 19, 2015 at 11:21 AM

      Thank you Peter!! This is the first comment on my blog!!!
      I hope it is the lucky one!!

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    2. peterJanuary 23, 2015 at 11:01 AM

      When I read this I thought you were kidding me! But it is true. First comment on your blog, I'm honourd. But I think this blog needs more comments. May I suggest that you install a followers buttons? And in the gadgets you also find something like follow by e-mail. Your blog needs some promotion and these gadgets can help you with that. And if you join as a follower of my blog, I give you some extra promotion! Your work is much to beautifull and must be seen.
      I've seen you found my blog and thank you for the nice comment!

      Greetings
      Peter

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    3. Biblicrafts MiniaturesJanuary 23, 2015 at 2:10 PM

      Thanx again for your comments and for all your precious help!! I do need to learn a lot about technical issues and in comparison with the time I have,this will be a mountain to cross...
      I am now a follower to your blog and I hope that you will see me from time to time:))

      My best regards, George.

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  2. peterJanuary 24, 2015 at 5:22 AM

    Hey George, I can't find you in my followers list. Did you klick on the "Neem deel aan deze site" button on top of my blog?
    PS: the gadgets you can find in design on the top left of your blog! Then add a gadget.

    Greetings
    Peter

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    1. Biblicrafts MiniaturesJanuary 24, 2015 at 11:48 AM

      Yeah!! I finally did it!! I had some difficulties with the language but I made it!!
      At first I did the "Follow by email" button,but now I join the site also..":)
      Thanx, George.

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    2. Biblicrafts MiniaturesJanuary 24, 2015 at 12:01 PM

      Hi again Peter, witch gadget is the one for "join the site" or to let someone follow the blog, because I cant find it in the gadget list?I find only "Follow by email" gadget.
      Thank you again for your time!!!

      Greedings
      George

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    3. peterJanuary 24, 2015 at 1:28 PM

      Hey George, great you joined. Now to help you. This gadget can be found under the label "More google gadgets". Then you have to find "Followers" I think. For me that is the first gadget on that list. I don't know if that will appear for you as the first one. It's not so easy for me to explain because I use the Dutch version of blogger.
      Language problems you will have on very much blogs, because it is easy to use in your own language. Making less faults is the reason I think.
      I hope you can find it!

      Greetings
      Peter

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    4. Biblicrafts MiniaturesJanuary 24, 2015 at 2:03 PM

      Hi Peter, everything is fine! It is different to me because this blog is linked to Google+ so the gadget is "Google+ Followers" .So anyone who wants to follow must follow via Google+.
      I've added that gadget and also I've added "blogs I Follow" and you can find "Peters Cave" there :)
      Thank you for everything one more time!!! You help was significant to me!!

      My best regards
      George

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