Lemax fountain and benches for use with Pike & Musket (1 Viewer)

[White Knight]

I picked up this used Lemax fountain which I think will make a great addition to the garden of Louis for my K&C Three Musketeers. It's actually a working fountain, but I think I'll strip all that tubing and wiring down, remove the excess glue and repaint it to something a bit more subtle (and perhaps poor some resin in for water). That aside, I think it's quite a lovely piece that works well with the figures (and it wasn't very expensive at all, though in the new state they are a bit more):

Here you can see all the tubing to make it work:

And a nice set of benches that will look good in the royal garden:

 

[villagehorse]

Yes these items fit the period perfectly and when you work your magic, they will look even better. Robin.

 

[White Knight]

I've already started dismantling it. The centrepiece was glued on crooked , with big globs of glue. Most of that is gone now and when I finish taking of the rest, I will glue it back on with a thin coat of superglue. Also started removing the led lights, next stage for that will be filling the holes to prepare it for repainting.

 

[White Knight]

A small update on the fountain and some new topiaries. The fountain has been dismantled, most of the unseemly glue has been removed and I've started filling holes etc... You can see in the pic that one of the statues broke, but it came like that (second hand model) and will be glued back on when it's time to start painting. I noticed the bottom wasn't quite level, so I raised it on one side and puttied it up, so it's more level now. I still need to sand the stand for the centerpiece for good measure and then it should sit straight as it should. I've removed the oversized clear tubing (it felt greasy anyway) and will make some replacement tubing from rolls of putty (a small test piece can be seen in the second pic. Loads to do still, but it looks heaps better already.

Another experimental purchase were the Lemax items seen below. The bird bath is still being worked on, but I did a test piece with one of the topiaries and it came out well, I think.

Before and after comparison:

Basically I painted over the snow with green paint, covered it in watered down pva glue and dipped that in a bag of coarse flock and let it sit overnight. Then just a matter of carefully brushing and shaking off most of the excess and let some thin glue dripple over it.

And a picture for size. I think they can make pretty useful scenic items and they really cost peanuts.

 

[theBaron]

They'd work well for an 18th century display, too.

Prost!
Brad

 

[villagehorse]

You better be rewarded with the end result, given the amount of work you are putting into this. Seeing your previous efforts I have complete confidence. Robin.

 

[White Knight]

Re: Lemax scenery reconversion for use with Pike & Musket

No update on the fountain (though I did invest in some water effects products and ordered some clear fishing line, so that's progress of sorts).

What I did manage to finish is another repaint of a Lemax item for the garden, this time a bird bath. Promotional picture of the original item below, I should stress that they don't look like that in the stores. Casting flaws and shoddy painting (the birds were three dirty coloured blobs on mine) means they need a bit of TLC to get there.

After texturing the base to match the K&C figures and patching up any major casting flaws, I decided to ditch the unrealistic red, blue and yellow and try and give the birds a colourfull pattern that could be found in nature too. After some googling, I ended up with this:

And for good measure (and indication of size, the King on a stroll in his garden (with a watchful musketeer in the back to keep an eye on him in case the pretty birds get angry)...

 

[Ivanhoe]

Re: Lemax scenery reconversion for use with Pike & Musket

No update on the fountain (though I did invest in some water effects products and ordered some clear fishing line, so that's progress of sorts).

What I did manage to finish is another repaint of a Lemax item for the garden, this time a bird bath. Promotional picture of the original item below, I should stress that they don't look like that in the stores. Casting flaws and shoddy painting (the birds were three dirty coloured blobs on mine) means they need a bit of TLC to get there.

Really like the job you do on your 'stone'...looks excellent.

I find Birds, animals of all sort a real challenge to paint well.

Thank you.

 

[White Knight]

Thank you. I'm not really convinced by the colouring on the birds. Some work better than others.