Obee
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At this time of the year we are reminded of The Resurrection, so I have decided to bring life back some dead Stadden Highlanders that I recently purchased.
There are the 3 'dead' Highlanders from the Napoleonic era, maybe from the Battlefield at Waterloo in 1815 ???
As you can see they are laying on a tinplate base and have been given a coat of white undercoat.
At first I had considered painting them 'as is' but there was no way I could get a brush into do the painting, so they needed to be 'surgically removed'.
This was achieved using a scalpel, some pressure and bending and they then came off without much damage.
I then realised that with some 'gentle persuasion' they could be bent back into a standing pose as the metal is high in lead and bends easily with the fingers.
Some of the left arms were cut off and then repositioned using pins and glue to for realistic poses holding the muskets.
Filler was the used to hide the joins on the shoulders.
The other two painted figures are my painting guide for Gordon Highlanders that these new ones will be.
One of the tinplate base was then used to cut 3 individual bases and then the soldiers pinned and glued into position. I didn't use solder, like to original becasue I haven't mastered that technique, I can only melt the feet !!!
Finally the 3 figures are ready for their 'lick of paint' so lets see what happens over the weekend and the coming week ....... ?????
Keep a lookout.......
John
There are the 3 'dead' Highlanders from the Napoleonic era, maybe from the Battlefield at Waterloo in 1815 ???
As you can see they are laying on a tinplate base and have been given a coat of white undercoat.
At first I had considered painting them 'as is' but there was no way I could get a brush into do the painting, so they needed to be 'surgically removed'.
This was achieved using a scalpel, some pressure and bending and they then came off without much damage.
I then realised that with some 'gentle persuasion' they could be bent back into a standing pose as the metal is high in lead and bends easily with the fingers.
Some of the left arms were cut off and then repositioned using pins and glue to for realistic poses holding the muskets.
Filler was the used to hide the joins on the shoulders.
The other two painted figures are my painting guide for Gordon Highlanders that these new ones will be.
One of the tinplate base was then used to cut 3 individual bases and then the soldiers pinned and glued into position. I didn't use solder, like to original becasue I haven't mastered that technique, I can only melt the feet !!!
Finally the 3 figures are ready for their 'lick of paint' so lets see what happens over the weekend and the coming week ....... ?????
Keep a lookout.......
John
