Zulu War Islandwhana Beneito Miniatures 54mm

Hello again to all that take time to read and leave comments on my Blog, they are very much appreciated.  I hope the New Year is going well with everyone.
I am again hitting the painters block and struggling for motivation, so decided to look through my display cabinets and found this very nice Vignette from Beneito Miniatures in 54mm I  painted a couple of years back.
Pictures are again taken with my phone and do the job.

This was a very tricky build, but worked out reasonably well.  It shows 2 comrades in arms dragging, rather hurriedly, away a wounded soldier from trouble.  I do believe this is still available for sale,  but would only recommend it to experienced modellers as there are a lot of parts to build etc, it was not easy getting the 3 figures together to look just right.

 

Again, thanks for looking and any comments or questions are most welcome. Michael

 

 

28mm Lt.Bromhead Ltd Edition Black Scorpion resin figure

Hello again to all and I hope you all had a good Xmas, and an even better New Year when it comes.
I ended up with a cold, Man Flu my wife calls it,  but it kept me indoors and feeling unwell for a few days so to take my mind of that I ended up raking out this figure.
Its the limited edition resin version by Black Scorpion miniatures in 28mm, although their  figures are slightly larger and chunkier than most makes.
The film Zulu was yet again on television so it really had to be this figure to paint to keep my mind occupied.

The figure itself is okay, not as good as I had thought it to be when I bought it at Salute a couple of years back for £6.
Again pictures taken by my phone.  Any comments or questions are most welcome, thanks again for looking, Michael.

Zulu Induna 120mm Pilipili Models

Hello again to you,  here we have some pictures of my latest work and a change in scale.
This is a 120mm Zulu Induna from Pilipili Models, I have had this models for ages and eventually got it done after watching the film Zulu for the umpteenth time and giving me the motivation to paint it .
This is a resin model and fitted really well together and is highly recommended, if still available, I really have had this for years so it might not still be available.
Overall this model took about the same time to complete as I sometimes spend on my 28mm figures.
The model is again painted in acrylics and photographed with my phone.

Thanks for looking and any comments or questions are most welcome.  Michael

40mm Sioux Indian mounted on stolen Cavalry mount

Here is my latest model that I have painted and I am happy with the outcome as the Horse and rider are not meant to be together.  They are both by Sash and Sabre or Old Glory and in 40mm, the horse being a U.S. Cavalry mount and rider an Indian Brave.

I feel they work well together and only took a little bit of work to fit to each other.

The model is trying to represent an Indian fleeing after stealing a Cavalry troopers mount, a test of his bravery etc.

Thanks for looking and any comments or questions are most welcome.  Michael

Salute 2010 Robot and Girl 28mm

I have been painting  some new models but not finished enough to make a post so decided to again post pictures of some of my older work.  I forgot I had this piece and came across it at the back of one of my display cabinets.
Its not really my cup of tea but turned out okay and looking at it I can now see 2 years later where I could have done better. 
Every time I look at my older painted models I see things I could have done better, I suppose this is a good thing as I feel you should always get better at what you do, and as they say -Practice makes perfect-.

This is a Salute 2010 model in 28mm,  given away at the event and it really did not do it for me at all, but it needed painted and here it is.

Painters block has set in again, so I am on lookout for that special figure to get me back in the groove, as they say.  Anyone with a figure in mind please do let me know, as you can see I have a very varied taste.

Any comments or questions are most welcome.  Thanks, Michael.

54mm Shenandoah Confederate Cavalry with Guidon 32nd Texas

Hello again to all, here is my latest piece painted in about 10 hours due to it being a fantastic sculpt by Shenandoah Miniatures of Australia in 54mm.
The figure itself is of a Confederate Cavalryman Guidon bearer, of the 32nd Texas,   and came with a choice of heads.  There was also a metal flag that came with pack  but felt this was a bit cumbersome so I made myself one and stuck it to a paper clip.
I acquired this and some other Shenandoah figures in a swap, Thank you again Brian, hope you like what I have done with it?
I painted the buttons etc using NMM but not sure if it works well enough, I feel proper metallic paint works better on 54mm scale models upwards.
There is no particular reason why I made him from the 32nd Texas, he just ended up this way.

Any comments or questions are most welcome, thanks for looking.

Michael

Brigade Games 28mm French Dromedary Camel Corps Napoleonic

Hello again, still not picked up a brush so here are some pictures of some of my earlier work.
These are French Dromedary Corps from Brigade Games in 28mm, sculpted once again by Paul Hicks, they are quite a small petit 28mm.

As soon as I seen these I had to have them, they are not really my period and I did not know much about them as a unit.  So as it goes with me, once I start work on them I checked online etc for info on them for painting accuracy etc.
As you may know there is not a lot out there of info on them, but I did find enough.  The flag is designed by myself as there is nothing definite on details for same or if they even had one.  So if anyone is painting these up and are struggling for a flag, let me know and I will send the Jpeg onto you.

Each of the Camels is a different colour, not sure if this is noticable in pictures, but it is in my display case.   Again these are lovely sculpts and the novelty factor of Camels makes them highly recommended. 

I do have some of these left over unpainted if anyone fancies trying one, for a swap?

Any questions or comments are most welcome.  Michael