" A Call To Arms " 1:32 AWI British Grenadiers

    Hello everyone!

        Hope you are all safe and healthy during this COVID19 situation..Last two weeks I was working on this project , witch is finally ended and ready to be presented here.

        These figures are from a classic "A Call To Arms" , British Grenadiers set from the American War Of Independence series. This set is consisted of 4 different poses painted here , some of them X4 .Two more figures added but I couldn't identify maker. These are the two reloading guys in the back.

  Here you can see the original set and some pictures used as reference of the uniform and equipment.

     

   I 've found this video that helps a lot for the uniform also. Check it out here:

   Some pictures below during the procedure..

      ..and some of the finished project.

     That's all for now. Hope you enjoy it as I did painting them and maybe this post helps someone painting similar figures  :)

    ...'till next time...

Keep Up The Brushes !!

 

 

Accurate 1:32 AWI Militia

    Hi everyone, while family vacations still goes on, and vacation painting goes well to, I just wanted to post some figures I painted before vacation time as a commission painting( thank you Bob!).

    Here's a set of Accurate ( Revell ) 54mm " American War Of Independence Militia " figures.
This is the second set I've painted so far but still not all the poses of the box. Beautiful set with unique poses that is a pleasure to paint. Though there are some flaws of the sculpts, like awkward faces, but the full result rewards the eye!

   Here's some more pictures to enjoy and judge  the final result. Any critic is welcome!

    For those continuing vacation time, have a happy rest of it! For those returned to normal life my best wishes for a new productive season! ( with no COVID19 please!!)

'till next time

Stay Safe and Healthy!!

and.. Keep Up The Brushes 

   

Accurate AWI " British Redcoats" 1:32

  
        Two more figures I painted sometime in 2019 and I didn't have the time to display ,are those two beautiful "Accurate"  1:32 Redcoats. They where siting in my spare box for years and I thought that the time has come for me to bring them to life....
         I have to find this set to buy so I can paint all of them . They are really nice figures, as all the Accurate 1:32 sets.

 

 

That's all for now. I hope you like them :)

'Till next time

Keep Up The Brushes!!

 

American Militia Fig.5

 

    Hello everyone!

      Finally, yesterday  I found some time to  finish one more figure for  this set!

      Here are some picture of the project so far...

And here is the new one.

        

Thank you for your visit and I wish you all, a happy and productive week!

'Till next time ...  

Keep Up The Brushes!!

 

American Militia Fig.4 (Or...How to destroy a figure..)

Well, yes , sometimes experiments goes wrong....

       I've finished this figure some days a go and I wasn't very exited because I didn't like the texture
of the plastic and also the face details..( looks a bit like a Monkey vampire ! ). but that wasn't all....
      A long time a go I've bought a varnish that was in discount and it was marked as " Velvet Mat".
Until now I was using a satin spray varnish for protection and then I was painting a brush Matt
to beat gloss. It was working good but it was double job. So now that this it is about to finish I said
 time to try the new one...

 JODER! (..like a Spanish would say)!! This is not Matt!!

Ok! I said... I will repaint with my magic Matt varnish and all will be ok..Let's read the instructions..

JODER!! ( again..)...Do not paint acrylics above this product..((@#%$^%#)...It is an Alkyd Resin! 
    
So ok...after a small headache..  I said , why not "Let it Shine!"...This is the result...

 I took the color combination from this painting below...

Some more pictures in other backgrounds.. 

It's a pity, finally , because is a very nice pose but ...with this vampire face and this shinning

outfit , sure it will be a " To be.. Repainted " episode..!

So, I didn't know until now , stay away from Alkyd Resins!!!

Thanx for reading my post and I hope I save someone from Trouble!!

'Till next time...KEEP UP THE BRUSHES!!