Repaint by John O'Brien (Obee) K&C UK Flagbearer (1 Viewer)

[Aussie Monty]

Here the final job by John O'Brien (Obee) on the repaint of the K&C UK Highlander Flagbearer.

Great job John.

Andrew

 

[marco55]

That is beautiful.Did you do the flag too?
Mark

 

[Aussie Monty]

That is beautiful.Did you do the flag too?
Mark

Mark,

The flag is the original K&C UK flag repainted by John.

Andrew

 

[wayne556517]

Here the final job by John O'Brien (Obee) on the repaint of the K&C UK Highlander Flagbearer.

Great job John.

Andrew

That is SUPERB.

 

[Guy]

That is SUPERB.

In one word:"Fantastique"!!!!! Very high standard of repaint and I know what I am talking about
Guy

 

[aujj65]

Here the final job by John O'Brien (Obee) on the repaint of the K&C UK Highlander Flagbearer.

Great job John.

Andrew

A good idea and a great paint finish.

Jeff

 

[Phantom Warrior]

It amazes me that anyone can paint such fine detail. I can't even touch up paint chips to look good.

Terry

 

[bromhead]

well done

 

[amhuff1]

Very nice job.

 

[MarkeytMaker]

What does one charge roughly for a service such as this?

 

[villagehorse]

If I could paint this kind of detail I would be doing it full time, just too much talent not to be wasted. Cheers, Robin.

 

[Mitch]

Nicely done but, does anyone have the original to see how much its changed?
Mitch

 

[jazzeum]

That is my question also. What did Obee exactly do?

 

[IONA]

It doesnt look like a GORDON HIGHLANDER tartan

 

[aujj65]

Nicely done but, does anyone have the original to see how much its changed?
Mitch

This is mine, John has repainted the Kings colour into the Regimental colour.

Jeff

 

[Mitch]

Jeff...

Thanks for that

Mitch

 

[Iron Brigade]

Here the final job by John O'Brien (Obee) on the repaint of the K&C UK Highlander Flagbearer.

Great job John.

Andrew

Dear Andrew:

Splendid photos of a great figure!!!!!

"Iron Brigade"

 

[Obee]

That is my question also. What did Obee exactly do?

What Andrew wanted me to do was repaint the Queen's Colour to the Regimental Colour.

I was a bit dubious about my skills in that sort of task, but I do love a challenge, so I accepted the commission.

On close examination of the figure, I could see some hair line cracking where the wrist joins the cuff of the left arm. I could see that the flagstaff was wire, so I could see that the flag was a separate casting, so I then very gently wobbled the flag until the gule joining the parts fractured and with some more gentle pulling and wiggling managed to remove the flag (inc. hand) from the arm and the flag pole.

It was then an ensy job to respray the flag with undercoat to mask the Union Jack, but I masked the crown decal with sticky tape as I used that again with the Regimental Flag.

Then it was just a 'lick of paint' to make the union jack on the top corner, a yellow base colour and deatils for the wreath with English Red Rose, Scottish Purple Thistle and Irish Emerald Shamrock.

The tassle needed painting again, as did the red for the flag pole, then a top coat of matt varnish spray and the flag was re-glued onto the arm and flagpole, and you can see the result.

The good thing about removing the flag was that I didn't have to handle the painted figure, it was therefore easy to use spary paint, and lighter to hold.

As far as a cost.. its priceless and very unique beause its the only Regimental Colour in the "Thin Red Line" and I hope we will all see when Andrew assembles the 'lads' next week when these 5 figures arrive in Queensland.

Thanks for all your kind comments, I really appreciate your feedback becuse a lot of my work is only seen by a few people, so this worldwide forum expands the exposure.

Kind regards,
John

 

[thebritfarmer]

Fabulous John, it is always a treat to see your work and this one is no exception!!

 

[MapleLeaf]

Great work Obee
Awsome
Maple Leaf