Regiment II
I had another bash at a regimental colour’s today.
Black and red this time
Instead of paint I gave these a go.
I used the brown on the reverse side to make a shadow, I may have overdone it in places.
Teatime Colours
Updated Regimental colours …
I had another go at the colours tonight. Much happier with the bat, however I have realised that the chain around its neck has blended into the background colour of the circle….
I may just get rid of it to avoid the problem – I didn’t have a very fine sharpie – to be honest I would have probably got a better result with silver paint instead of the pen.
the size works well with the colour bearer. I realised today that he is missing the top of his pole ( unlucky chap) so I have added a bit of straw and will add a skull to the top.
Still got a lot to do to this chappie, not to mention the other seven.
Once the flag is glued on properly and shaped I don’t think it will look too bad for a first attempt.
Save The Colours
Regimental colours…
I had a mess around with some felt pens and sharpies today. The bat needs improving upon but the regimental colours will look something like this.
Bedtime Zombies
Some interesting colours here!
Instead of all of the zombies being the same colour I decided to go for some variation.
Hopefully when I put a wash on them they will blend together more.
I also got a bit more done on the ghouls.
Lunchtime Ghouls
What colour is a ghoul???
I spent rather a long time thinking about this, ghouls are mortal and not technically undead. They inhabit crypts and graveyards and the like but aren’t zombies. I watched a whole load of YouTube videos and quite a lot of people are painting them in a necrotic flesh type colour, rather than in a colour of someone/thing that never gets out in the sunlight.
I, therefore, am experimenting with a grey undercoat for the skin tone with a flesh coloured wash. We shall see how that comes out.
I managed to get the green looking the colour I wanted, it took a while!
I basically made another base coat of Phtalocyanine emerald with some khaki, then built up from there.
Rather Chilly
Cold crisp mornings are great for photographs but absolutely dire for driving when it has rained onto freezing ground.
The poor snowman has already lost his nose and stands steadfastly awaiting his fate.
Normandy… the refight
A big game today.
Error
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the armour arrives.
Basing Gunk
The perils of mixing by eye!
I needed to make some basing compound. A simple mix of sawdust, acrylic paint, PVA glue and a touch of water.
To begin with it was too dry, so I added some water, it was then too wet, so I added some more sawdust – too dry, more water…Eventually I got the consistency to something close to what I wanted.
I have located everything I could find to cover and I have used less than a quarter of the total made.
I decided not to add it to the ghouls as I wanted to get some more paint on them tonight.
Evening Gunners III
Another small step forwards.
I would have got more done but I decided to get a base coat on the ghouls, four base coats later I just about managed to get them green.
I think another couple of coats and they will be roughly the right colour. The joys of a Black undercoat. This is exactly the same green as the gunners.
The uniform is dark green with red turn backs, collars and cuffs. The colpack is black as are the belts and boots. As elites they have gold detailing.
Lunchtime Gunners III
A few teeny steps forwards.
Managed to get a little bit more done this lunchtime, all the black covered again, red cords base coloured, they need washing to darken them then highlighted back up again.
I tidied up a some of the pant splodges where they shouldn’t have been. They are almost there.
Then onto two units of ghouls one for me and one for my friend for Christmas.
Busy, Busy, Busy
