Recent content by blaster

Here is the base painted. Ive completed the horse collars by adding a thin sausage of putty on top.

Hi All, Came across this old and forgotten piece. An early failed conversion of a Heller camel into a bactrian camel with a drummer and two naqareh drums. I think the rider is perched too high and we'll see what happens.

While rummaging thru the hoard, I came across these figs. I had left them in this state waiting to be converted into Qing dynasty figs. All the faces and heads fully sculpted. Think I'll give it another go and see what happens.

Fully built up the base to fit into the new box.

Collected various twigs on my evening walks for my ongoing scene.

Here are two large and deeper boxes being made.

Hi Wolfgang, Tx for yr kind comments. Here is the penultimate work on the first two horses. More sculpted details - notice the shortened right arm and different hand. All ptd in oils. Decided that I need a bigger box for this scene. So I enlarged the base with more chicken wire and then...

wip on the figs

Hi Louis, I guess I am making slow progress. Juggling 3-4 dioramas is not easy but it does retain my focus. I took some time to read about neck collars from Major Tylden's book and another horse carriage book. I think I understand the basics of draught horse harnessing sufficient enough to...

adding buttress root details to these trees.

I glued the figure to the horse. Then added horse ears to all the horses.

Hi Wolfgang, Only oils, Im old fashioned to the core. I grew up on Borneo, land of the headhunters....hahhahah. More putt added to solidify the poses.

Hi Mike and Louis, These are the first batch of infantry.

This is the rider on the rearing horse. I had modelled him reaching out to hold the other horse rein. However, I think the torso is too long. So Ive remodelled it.

Now trying to add more detail to this piece. I finished turfing the base and then painted the grass. Also added rocks.