Lord Of The Rings - Ugluk

   Hello everyone! 

    Last post for this strange and difficult year and I hope next year will cut COVID19 from our lives like Ugluk cuts he's opponents heads!!

Aaaarrgggghhh!!   

 

 Some pictures below during the procedure. Hope to enjoy and be inspired :)

That's all for... this year !

 

Happy , Healthy and Creative 2021 to all the people.

 

'Till next... Year...

 

Keep Up The Brushes!!

 

 

 

 

1:32 Cowboy in Duel - Unbranded, Repainting

        Merry Chrismas to everyone and may 2021 be a Happy , healthy and Creative New Year!!

 Lets hope that all this COVID situation will end within this new year and things get back to normal again..

     With this figure I returned to that set I have mentioned again in the past. A very nice unbranded set of Cowboys and Indians that copies classical poses of Airfix and possibly Marx(?) figures. These figures are in a big 1:32 scale ( about 58mm) and they are a bit simple in detail. But their asset is the faces! Great detailing and clear faces, a pleasure to paint..

  I'm also happy with the matterial witch is harder than Airfix an more difficult to bend. The primer and the paint stick on to it very well. I have painted one more of these cowboys in the past and you can find it in the post listing.

  The scull is scratch build by plasteline (!) and the base is a plain iron plate. I made the scull one day playing with my daughter and kept it for future use.  This figure was primed and ready to paint for some months and watching me every day from the shelf. 

 

   I'm also thinking adding this wooden base but I cannot decide. Your opinion might help :)

 

  Here's some more pictures on different ankle .

 

I will surely come back to that set as there are a lot more poses to paint. Hope you like it :)

That's all for now. 'Till next time...

Keep Up The Brushes

Repainting - Remodeling , Cherilea 60mm Plastic "Indians"

       Hi everyone! A different topic for this week. Different era and scale. Been a long time since I got these figures and always had them in mind since I want to repaint them for my collection..

 

       So, here we have a small collection of vintage "Cherilea" 60mm ( about 1:30 scale) dated back in late 50s or early 60s. I couldn't find exact date of production ,so, if anyone has additional info please add them to the comments. 

      Cherilea was an English company founded in 1946 by W. Cherrington and John Leaver . They where both former designers in the famous JoHilCo company.They produced in hollow-cast lead until 1955 when they began doing plastic figures. The big 60mm figures was their asset in the 60s.

 

     So , at first the paint remains should be cleaned up and also to cut the mold lines. These figures was factory painted but this was one of the weak points of Cherilea. Many collectors complained for the easy paint loss of these figures. As a result, all the figures that survived until our times are almost unpainted. So the cleaning started...

This is the average condition of each figure. Some have more or less paint

 

 During the surgery operation..

 

.....and finaly,... I feel like I have resculpt these figures!!

 

Some very nicely detailed figures revealed after all cleaning! With enough wear though...

I hope I can correct that with painting.. 

.......and some restorations - conversions needed. 

I 've used parts from other damaged figures or creat some as with the axe made of sprue part..

 

and....Tadaaa!! They are ready for painting :) 

Out of 14 figures , these are the casualties that didn't make it to the painting table..

Although they give a hand (... or a feather..haha..) to the restoration of the others!! 

The right one that looks good is badly broken in the belt line.

To Be Continued!

 

 

 

I hope you enjoy this WIP post and inspired you somehow!

Till next time...

Keep Up The Brushes!!

1:72 WWI figures for "Global War 1936" Board Game

      

Hi everyone, been long time since I've posted small scale figures, but all this time I've painted some figures and some of them I want to present here.

 

 

 

      Thanks to my friend Randall who commissioned these figures to me , I've learned about this nice boardgame, " Global War 1936",  but also helps me to upgrade my knowledge about WW1 and other Wartime periods, uniforms and equipment . 

 

     Of course the figures themselves are not representing each nation, but doing a research on uniform colours and types, I tried to match figures I already had in my stock to convert them. So as the uniform colours would match , you will see a lot of weapons and equipment that doesn't...

 

    The goal to be achieved, was to simulate the requested Nations and this was a bit of a headache. 

Finally I got some results and you can see some pictures of the finished painted figures below..

So, from left to right : Spain, Switzerland , Romania , Mexico , Bulgaria, Portugal.

Greece, Brazil, Sweden , Finland, Australia

Here it is a close up of the Australians with the beautiful roundel with the Kangaroo!!

It pop my eyes out ...:)  

An here you can see an older project of Chinese civil War and French WW1

Chinese Communist Troops

Chinese Nationalists

French WWII

 So, that's all for now ,with these little guys. Hope you like them and inspired you somehow!

Till next time..

Stay safe and healthy!

..and of course...

Keep Up The Brushes!!

Lead Roman Gladiators 1:30 scale

      Another big scale commission for this week. Finished two weeks a go it's ti to display ...

      Here we got three metal-lead figures in 65mm, 1:30 scale of Roman Gladiators. I believe they are all of the class "Murmillo", correct me if I'm wrong.. Great figures with excellent detail. I will definitively paint some more of them in my higher standard in the future..

Many pictures here of the final result for your judgment and inspiration!

 

 

   That's all for now..Hope you like them and inspired you somehow :)

'Till next time..

Stay safe and Healthy !

...and of course....

Keep Up The Brushes!!!