I've just this last week finished this in time for my local club figure painting competition. Usual case of panic late night sessions to meet the deadline, but I did it. I humbly share my efforts
Some pics of finished article first. A friend lent me a pyrograuve, so I had my first play with one of these on the bearskin and the back pack.
But the real story is the musket.
I managed to lose it to the hoover, and in a fit of madness thought I'd have a go at scratch building one.
So here's a mini build thread for that:
Basic blank from two bits of 0.35mm plastic card stuck together
Test fit on headless soldier after some shaping..
Bit too thick. More shaping and a guitar string barrel added
OK so its a bit bigger than the picture, but the picture is a bit smaller than scale.
Then I thought I'd have a go at the flintlock mechanism, trigger and guard with wine foil. Sometimes you get lucky, I even managed to get the jaws that hold the flint. Bic Biro is for size comparison.
A bit rough compared to those pristine things you see in the magazines, I don't know how they do it. But it'll do.
So now more wine foil (hic) for the strap. Also used fine copper wire wound round the end of fine forceps and then squashed in pliers with plain jaws to get buckles. Not as neat as I'd like, but will add a bit of life (he hoped)
Then finally the bayonet. This is beading wire squashed, filed and bent and then glued onto a tube of wine foil (you can sense a theme here). Not the strongest of joints but has actually worked fine
..and that's it. I'm aware there are lots of things I could have done to improve the painting, but you have to start somewhere. All comments/criticisms welcome.
Sean
