Blog's Ressurection for 2021 - Back on track!!

       Being very busy all these months I have left blogging in second ( maybe way lower) place in my priorities and I have just realised that it's been more than 6 months without a post here...

      Shame on me! ..I was thinking...

     Thanks to my good friend Curt and it's annual competition ( Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge),    in which I will happily take part, I 'v been motivated to start uploading some posts trying to catch up for 2021 and some of my work that has been done all this time. 

    In this post I will present some of the projects for which I wont make a full post. I hope I will cover some of the rest till the end of the year..( very optimistic...hahaha)

 

   So , let's start with a bunch of the classic WW2 Airfix US Infantry  1:32 scale. 

 

Painted in my simple High Standard for a commission. Here is one one the painting table.

Some more WW2 figures that I have done this time will follow.

Here is Rommel from Matchbox Afrika Korps 1:32 set.

and also the classic Airfix German Infantry officer....

 

...and some German mountain troops 1:32 . Some of them are from the Afrika Korps set painted as Mountain trooper. No big difference on the uniform or equipment.

Also some mountain Troops painted as Austrian WW1 Infantry.

An interesting and matching conversion I would say..

 

 

 Then we have some "A Call To Arms" 1:32 British Grenadiers..

I will stop here at the moment, but there are a lot more figures and projects to be displayed here. 

So, renewing my date for the next week with some more or a complete post for a project..

'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!!

American Militia Fig.3

     Hi! I hope you all had a nice weekend and Happy Easter Holidays!

      As the "Militia " project continues, one more figure is ready for the shelf ! I think this figure

 should be much more a hunter than a fighter !! The angle that he's aiming looks like he's aiming

 for a goose rather than an enemy :)

A nice pictures found at the web to inspire me...

Here are some more pictures ,different angles and some artistic!

Thank you for watching and have a nice week!

'Till next time.... Keep Up the Brushes!!