Revell - Confederate Infantry - 54 mm

Let's start 2026 with some fresh painted figures. Today some of the nice sculpted figures from Revell. And my Confederate Army is growing with these 10 figures and some others on the way. And as always when the sculpting is good the painting is fun. Here they are.

I painted the one in the middle as a dismounted cavalry officer.

Thanks for watching!

Painted in 2026

- 20 mm:

    - Figures: 0

    - Horses: 0

    - Cannons: 0

    - Wagons: 0

- 28 mm

    - Figures: 0

- 54 mm

    - Figures: 10

    - Horses: 0

- Total: 10

Infra at work!

This work is something I made last year as a farewell gift for my collegues I worked so many years with. First it was my intention to make it as a prize for the best employe of the year, but then I thought they deserve it all and gave it to the chief asking him to give it a good place. One day I will check it if he has done that!

The reason I post this so late is because I used the pictures for the painting competition on Benno's Figures Forum with a fourth place as result. The figures I used are from the Revell (old Accurate) 02564 Confederate Pioneers which can be seen here on Plastic Soldier Review. The uniforms are painted light blue because we wore this as worksuits most of the time.

Infra stands for "Infrastructure". We did maintenance on buildings, roofs, roads, runways and so on. And most of the time we had more work as people to fix all the problems. But we kept on going and they still do! And now and then we were also soldiers!

So enough blabla, let me show you the pictures.

Picture used for the painting competition.

Picture used for the painting competition.

I hope you like them. And to my old collegues , I would like to thank you all for the many years we worked together. It was an honour! Thank you!

Model on and stay safe!

Revell 2566 Imperial Artillery 30YW

Just to show that I am still painting figures some officers of the Revell 2566 Imerial Atillery 30YW. I must confess that I didn't know that this were officers and that their pikes are to fire their guns. This information I got from my friend Steve at Benno's Figures Forum in this topic: Thirthy Years War Project.

Reason that I show them is that I panted and based them and I can't change them anymore (I'm to lazy for that and I got more of them!). For painting I tried to follow the colors on the boxart.

I hope you like them. More information on this set can be found on the link above which brings you to the Plastic Soldier Review page.

Model on and stay healthy!

Arnhem Groupe Build Project Finished!

Not been very busy on blogger this week but I really wanted to get this project to an end. When I realised this week that there were only three weeks left for the event I pushed up the speed a little bit. Now I can say that it is finished and ready to be posted to the one who is making the whole diorama. I also wanted to finish something else but that is for later on this week.

Global picture off the finished vignette!

What did I do this week? First I did a little set-up to see how everything fits on the base. Then I drilled some holes in the base for placing the poles from the plates in with some wood glue. Next I added the mix of woodfiller with sand an brown paint over the whole base and I placed the checkpoint cabine. It had to dry for at least 24 hours so it would become very hard. Here is a picture off the result so far.



Next I painted the base completely with a dark brown from Revell. Then I drybrushed with GW Graveyard Earth, Revell Beige and GW Kommando Khaki. Then I placed some bushed made from Woodlands Scenic folliage, flowers from Greenline and Miniatuur and some grass from Games Workshop.

The tank was something tricky to place on the base. I had just enough place to get it on it. From the back off the tank to the front of the cannon is just 10 cm, the lenght of the base! At that moment I decide not to glue the turret so it can be moved a little bit to left or the right. Last step was adding the figures on the tank. They are all placed with wood glue so that it will invisible when it is dry.

Now it is time to reveal what is on the plates I placed. Maybe some of you remind that I wanted this tank to pass the border between Belgium (Lommel) and the Netherlands (Valkenswaard). Here you can see how I symbolised the border.

Flag of Belgium!

Flag of the Netherlands!

And because this is made for a very special event in Arnhem I added also a sign to let them know what direction they have to take.

Yes, that's the direction!

That's the story off this little piece of work. Here are some more pictures from other angles so that you get a good view off how it looks like. I hope you all like the final result.

So if you want to see this work and many others that members of Benno's Figures Forum have made for this project come to Arnhem on the 5th June. Here I give once more the information of this event.

FIGZ

Wargaming & miniatures event in the Netherlands

Sunday 5 June 2016, Arnhem (NL)

http://www.figz.nl/





In the next days I will be active on blogger again. And later on this week I will post some figures I painted last week, and I have to blame someone for that. But as said that is for later on this week!

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Arnhem Groupe Build Project Part 4

With not more as four weeks to go to the event at Arnhem, it's about time I can finish my little part of the groupe build project. So I worked a bit harder and now I can say that the tank and the figures are finished.

 

 

First the tank. In the next pictures you will see that I have put the tank together and placed the decals. I arranged the hatch of the turret by cutting in two. Tanktracks were painted with Revell Rust and GW Boltgun Metal and put in place before glueing the parts together.

 

 

 

 

In my younger years I would have been pleased with this result and would have started with another project. And as I'm still young..... I thank you for watching! See you next time!

 

 

 

 

Are you still there?

 

 

 

 

Well okay! I will go on. Next thing I did was adding a black wash mixed with more water. I didn't want to see to much black on the model. After that I brushed the model very heavy with Tamiya Weatherine Master Gray and Mud. Now it is finished and the result you can see here.

 

 

 

 

Now the tank looks used and not new from the factory. You might see that I didn't paint the little details on the tank, but I saw no need for that because I will placing the figures on that place.

 

 

And that's where we arrive on the figures. I painted seven in total and they will all get a place on that tank. I have four figures left from the sprue (total of 11 figures) but I will not use them here. That means I will have to do another tank somewhere in the future.

 

I've painted the figures very simple. The main colors are Revell Olive Brown and Beige and finished with a GW Sepia Wash. Skin is painted with GW Elf Flesh and a GW Flesh Wash. The guns are painted with Revell Brown and GW Boltgun Metal finished with a GW Mud Wash! Shoes with Revell Dark Brown.

 

 

 

Now I must start working on the groundwork. I still have to paint the barrier and then I will place everything on the base to see if everything fits well on it. But that is for my next post on this project. The last one I hope. Keep watching!

 

 

 

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