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quinta-feira, 6 de junho de 2013

More Guards for Hougoumont

Well, these are the last two companies of Guards that were at Hougoumont farm just before the inicial shots.  These aren't the usual poses of firing or marching, but I think they fit well for that close combat that the Guards had to fight when the French made through. The uniform of that officer seems to represent an ADC... Close enough to Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell? Hope so! This group may be "requested" to close the gate!




sexta-feira, 31 de maio de 2013

More Foot Guards and some crazy blogger's giveaway




2 light companies (10 figures) from the 2nd Batt. 2nd Regiment Foot Guards and 2nd Batt. 3rd Reg. Foot Guards.
The first figure is from HaT's British Peninsular Infantry, and there are a few from A Call to Arms and the others from ESCI.
Back to that officer, I painted him as a surgeon, but the jacket is not exactly the same... I don't know which rank is supposed to represent, but he will be the surgeon present at Hougoumont during the firts moments of Waterloo.
Now, I am doing the bases.
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No, I am not! I've been jumping from blog to blog... And found Exiles Wargames Painter.
Not that I paint the same things Mr. James Brewerton does, but I love to see others' works, no matter scale or era!
Now, he's running another giveway (I wonder why so many people get into this madness!) and I would be a fool not to try, right? If anyone thinks the same and hasn't applied already,

domingo, 2 de dezembro de 2012

Progressos

Um post apenas para registo de... progressos.
A ideia original para o mar foi seguida, apesar dos bons conselhos entretanto recebidos. Usei algodão para aumentar o efeito das ondas.

Just a post to keep record of the progress of the Cutty Sark and a other stuff.
My original idea to do the sea was followed, despite some good advice received. I used cotton to add to the waves effect.




E aqui mais um detalhe para terminar (será desta?) os Foot Guards.
And here are just another final (?) detail to the Foot Guards.

E o processo para fazer as bases das figuras medievais começadas já há tanto tempo! (primeiro passo - areia)
And the basing process for the medieval figures I started a few months ago! (step 1 - sand)

terça-feira, 13 de novembro de 2012

Waterloo 2015 - Light Companies 1st Reg. Foot Guards

The figures from the last post but based.
I forgot to mention, the figures are from Italeri box British & Scots Infantry, which is an original from ESCI.
These bases are made of k-line (foam board, it's material used by architects to do scale models) which is easy "dig" so I could hide the bases of the figures, as I want them to look like they were on wood. They are 2x6cm.
They didn't come out with the same effects, and that kind of bothers me, but I'll leave it as it is, at least for now. What I did on purpose was having different "poses" (only one of the "companies", the second to be assembled). The are shooting over the wall (there will be a wall in the end) and it comes a time when the more rigid formation we see in the other base is no longer possible.

As figuras do último post agora nas bases.
Não referi antes, as figuras são da caixa da Italeri, British & Scots Infantry, que por sua vez é um orginal na ESCI.
Estas bases são feitas em k-line (ou cartão pluma - ver o link acima) que é muito fácil de cortar/escavar, de forma a esconder (quase) as bases das figuras, de forma a parecer estarem em cima de tábuas ou partes de mobilia. Estas bases têm 2x6 cm.
Os efeitos de sujidade não sairam como eu queria, sairam com tons diferentes (é o que dá fazer as coisas com alguns dias de diferença, em vez de ter tudo pronto para a pintura ao mesmo tempo!) mas embora me aborreça, já não vou mexer mais. O que fiz intencionalmente foi a variedade de poses (apenas para a segunda "companhia"), onde um atira de cima para baixo (estarão a atirar por cima de um muro), outro tem em mira algum inimigo numa posição mais "diagonal", enfim, retratam aquela altura em que já não há lugar ao "formalismo" do carregar e disparar ao mesmo tempo e para o mesmo lado.






sexta-feira, 9 de novembro de 2012

Waterloo 2015 - first figures / primeiras figuras


The Light companies from the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 1st Regiment of Foot Guards
100 men each = 5 figures each 

They are not finished yet, as a base is still needed. And some dirt on those uniforms, as they endured a lot!

A companhias ligeiras dos 2º e 3º Batalhões do 1º Regimento de Guardas. 
100 homens cada = 5 figuras cada

Ainda falta a base e talvez alguma sujidade, uma vez que passaram por muito - principalmente uma noite bem chuvosa em que tiveram de reforçar as defesas da sua posição!