Cherilea Indians 60mm - Repaint-Remodeling Part II

        

          Not much work has been done in this project since , the last months , a lot of other projects running on my painting table. Along with my first participation to the AHPC competition , not much time left for my collection..

 

 

          The only thing is the skin tones painting with Army Painters " Tanned Flesh" and washed with the Army Painter " Flesh Wash".  I could hold on my self and managed to finish two of them as a sample of the different colours and schemes. I can say that I'm happy with the first results..

    

Fancy and solid colours used to give the feeling of a "Toy Soldier" rather than a realistic model. 

Though a small shading and layering was applied for a more "Eye Satisfying" result..

 

 

 

 

 

 That's all for now. More to come soon (?).. Hope you like these two little Reds :)

 '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!!