My Collection (1 Viewer)

[Captain]

Not only am I new to the hobby but I'm also a slow painter. Here is my collection to date of 1/32 scale figures that I've painted. I've also painted about 300 1/72 scale figs but they are busy on campaign at present. I hope you enjoy it.

 

[thebritfarmer]

Slow and steady wins the race Captain and you have certainly won with these. They are great.

 

[Leadmen]

Nice painting and collection of figures Captain. Leadmen

 

[aujj65]

You have done well There shouldn't be a need to rush painting it's meant to be a relaxing hobby and enjoyable.

Jeff

 

[Captain]

Thank you gentlemen. Your comments are much appreciated. I meant to list what the figures are but forgot to when posting the picture. Y'all probably already know anyway but here it is just the same;
Top row: Italeri 95th Regiment, Italeri French Hussar, Conte GIs, Conte Germans,
Mid. Row: Conte Confederates, Conte metal R.E. Lee, 2 Imex 6-pdr Artillery pcs.(Federal but painted otherwise) with crews and the three figs in wheel hats are Conte Alamo Figs.
Bottom row: two Conte Iron brigade, three federal Conte metal wounded, one Conte Iron Brigade, Imex 10-pdr Parrott rifle with crew ( federal again), two TSSD wounded artillerymen, Conte Alamo surgeons and wounded.
All the figures are plastic unless otherwise noted. The shelf they're sitting on was a nasty old plastic plant stand my wife was throwing away. I fixed it up and painted it and it works just fine for the collection.

 

[Russell]

Good work Captain. I also paint and I'm really slow. I even have a plastic cover over my figures being painted to keep the dust off while I'm away from them.

 

[theBaron]

Nicely done, Captain! You have a nice style, your figures look as good as any of the commercially-painted figures.

And bonus scratchbuilder's points for rescuing the plant stand from the trash

Prost!
Brad

 

[PolarBear]

Captain

Very impressive figure painting and shelf recycling

Randy

 

[Scott]

Cool! I didn't think of putting the Conte surgeon with the TSSD wounded. Great collection!

 

[Captain]

The surgeons needed some business on a photodio I did so they got painted up for that. In another picture I did the exact oposite and used the patient as a wounded artillerymen along with the TSSDs.

 

[thebritfarmer]

Wonderful photos Captain........that chap on the "table" certainly has a lot of blood loss though. I wonder how these would fit in with the matte Britains AZW series?

 

[Captain]

The pool under the table was supposed to reflect a "busy day". That was an experiment. I poured some paint onto a cellaphane(sp) cigarette pack wrapper and let it dry then cut it out and at first it layed down very nice and looked good. later it decided to stick up and I didnt notice it until after the pictures were made and the "set" taken down. I just didnt want a permanent stain on the floor of the house so I tried to make a "blood mat". I think it will work fine with a little more experimenting. As far as fitting in with Britains, I really couldn't say. I'm not that familiar with them.

 

[thebritfarmer]

The pool under the table was supposed to reflect a "busy day". That was an experiment. I poured some paint onto a cellaphane(sp) cigarette pack wrapper and let it dry then cut it out and at first it layed down very nice and looked good. later it decided to stick up and I didnt notice it until after the pictures were made and the "set" taken down. I just didnt want a permanent stain on the floor of the house so I tried to make a "blood mat". I think it will work fine with a little more experimenting. As far as fitting in with Britains, I really couldn't say. I'm not that familiar with them.

I think it is a great idea. What about taking some aluminum foil and painting that? it would be thin enough for blood but the weight would probably help to prevent it curling.

 

[Captain]

That might work great, I'll give it a try. Today is mowing day however, we finally got a break in the rain and I got alot of mowing to do.

 

[Scott]

Well done Captain! The door on the barrels is a nice touch. The lock chain added to the IMEX cannon is pretty good as well.

 

[Captain]

Thanks Scott. You cant tell it in that pic but I also added the D-rings, trail spike hooks and was planning to do the elevating screw, sponge bucket, implement hooks and, prolong but never got around to it. The brake chain was alot harder than I thought it was going to be. It's still on the to-do list however.

 

[redsoldiercollector]

Not only am I new to the hobby but I'm also a slow painter. Here is my collection to date of 1/32 scale figures that I've painted. I've also painted about 300 1/72 scale figs but they are busy on campaign at present. I hope you enjoy it.

Those look great! Those Contes sure paint up good don't they

 

[Captain]

Thanks redsoldiercollector. Yes I think they paint up very well. Of course I'm still learning and have a long way to go. Georgia huh? We're almost neighbors. It's always good to here from another Southern boy.