Peninsular Naps British!

Started by Leon, 24 March 2021, 08:57:21 PM

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Leon

Tony's been working hard over the past month to get this next batch of the Peninsular sculpts all done for us so the British are now here!  A lot of the infantry are conversions on existing figures with some new cavalry types as well.  Everything went into a master mould yesterday so we're spinning them off at the moment and we'll get cracking on the production moulds while we're getting on with the move as well.

Command - Foot command x 4 / Mtd officer x 1:
PeninBritComm by Leon Pengilley, on Flickr

Infantry - Centre Co x 4 / Flank Co x 2 / Highlanders x 2:
PeninBritInf by Leon Pengilley, on Flickr

Light Dragoons:
PeninBritLtDragoons by Leon Pengilley, on Flickr

Dragoons:
PeninBritDragoons by Leon Pengilley, on Flickr

Artillery - Crew x 4 / Limber riders x 2:
PeninBritArt by Leon Pengilley, on Flickr

Personalities - Moore / Hill / Stapleton-Cotton:
PeninBritPersonalities by Leon Pengilley, on Flickr


The current plan is for the Portuguese and Brunswickers to be done in April ready to come down to us once we've got moved, then the Spanish in May and June hopefully.  We're in regular contact with Tony so we'll update as we progress with things.
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Looking good - will be good to see these at the next stage as the dark putty and shiny base figures make them quite hard to see.
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Excellent stuff, the cavalry in particular. 

Leon

Quote from: fred. on 24 March 2021, 09:29:42 PM
Looking good - will be good to see these at the next stage as the dark putty and shiny base figures make them quite hard to see.

Yeah it's a pain to get good photos of them.  I tried it on a black background as well but then the putty sections disappear into the background, so I'm stuffed either way!
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Quote from: Leon on 24 March 2021, 09:40:09 PM
Yeah it's a pain to get good photos of them.  I tried it on a black background as well but then the putty sections disappear into the background, so I'm stuffed either way!

Yep, feels pretty no-win situation on the photos - we'll wait till you get some spun up and can give them a black wash to show the detail, for now we can see the big hats!
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Quote from: Leon on 24 March 2021, 09:40:09 PM
Yeah it's a pain to get good photos of them.  I tried it on a black background as well but then the putty sections disappear into the background, so I'm stuffed either way!

I always struggle with photo's of conversions (as Leon knows)......(A brand new, all green stuff figure is FAR easier to photo.)

It's the contrast between the bright, shiny, metal..... and whatever putty is used, that makes things really difficult.

I'm not sure which putty (or mix of putties) Tony uses....But it appears to be a lot darker than green stuff.....and even green stuff can cause problems with the contrast between that and shiny metal.

I always end up tweaking the piccies with an ancient program I've got on the PC, before sending them up to Pendraken Towers, just so Leon has got some chance of seeing 'wot I just made'.

Cheers - Phil. :)

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I know what you mean.  When these were being talked about I promised myself I wouldn't go there; now that I've seen them, my resolved has wobbled a bit.
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Quote from: Techno II on 25 March 2021, 06:51:51 AM

I'm not sure which putty (or mix of putties) Tony uses....But it appears to be a lot darker than green stuff.....and even green stuff can cause problems with the contrast between that and shiny metal.


At a guess, it might be ProCreate.  It is a bit more 'sticky' than Green Stuff. 

Techno II

It could be Procreate, John, though the times I've used it, it tends to come out as a light grey.

It's possibly a mix of the 'black' part of ProCreate and the 'yellow' of Green stuff, which I occasionally use.....though that comes out as a sort of Khaki colour. :-\

I DO like ProCreate, but find it SO hard to mix, as it's a much stiffer putty. (If I had 'normal' strength fingers for a chap, it wouldn't be so bad.) =)

Cheers - Phil. :)

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26 March 2021, 10:25:38 PM #13 Last Edit: 26 March 2021, 10:31:19 PM by John Cook
Yes it does look a bit dark and I agree with the mixing.

Techno II

Hi, John.

What we'll have to keep an eye out for, is if Tony ever appears to use a light blue putty.

That'll be a mix of the 'white' of Procreate and the blue of Greenstuff...(From the 'leftovers' of the black/yellow mix.....IF Tony is going down that route.)

Cheers - Phil. :)