French 7th Hussars trooper in 54mm

Last February I had published a work in progress post of a 54mm French Napoleonic Hussar.  Those who missed that post can see it here. The figure has been ready for a couple of months now but being the lazy bugger that I am, it took me all this time to come round to take a few half decent pictures suitable for publication.

The figure itself is from M Model and is painted entirely with Vallejo acrylics. No oils. The figure is finished in ultra matt varnish but the horse has been finished in satin. All reins and buckles are scratch built. This is my second 54mm figure, the first one having been done quite a few years ago and can be seen here. These figures take up quite some time to finish and obviously the level of detail is much higher but they are also very rewarding when complete. And they certainly make eye catching show pieces in any collector's cabinet! 

My current project is a 1:72 scale diorama of an Avro Lancaster inspired by a recent visit to the Derwent dam in the UK. This is the place where the famous 617 Squadron made their practice runs before their raids on the Ruhr dams. The build is still in its very early stages (hampered by domestic refurbishment works) so I expect it will be some time before I will be able to present anything of this project. Until then keep well!

 

Monument to 617Sqdn with Derwent dam in the background

 

French 7th Hussars trooper wip in 54mm

 Hi all. At the moment I'm working on a French Hussar model in 54mm (1/35 scale) from M-Model. The figure is painted entirely in acrylics with the exception of a few touches of oils for the black surfaces. All belts and smaller buckles are scratchbuilt. The trooper is practically ready but still needs some tidying up in a few places and his plume needs more highlighting. I plan to start the mount this week and hope to have it all done soon. All pics are taken by mobile phone so please excuse the image quality. Cheers!

"Behold Jerusalem!" - Knight of the First Crusade (1099) in 54mm

This is one of my first ever attempts at acrylics on a larger scale model - prior to that it had been mostly enamels and oils.  I had been inactive for a long number of years and by the time I returned to the hobby acrylics were all the rage.  It was all very well to use that medium on 6mm figures, but the larger scale models require blending - or layering as it is called when using acrylics. My inexperience at that time in this area is quite plain to see in certain parts of the model (not that I've improved much!) but overall I was satisfied with the end result.

The model is a 54mm resin figure from M Model of Poland.  Not a perfect sculpture but it turned out to be decent enough in the end. Project was completed in 2015.