Firstly maintenance of the aim-
Yesterday l found time to glue together the next batch of Craigshire Volunteers. Plastic cement is a joy to use compared with superglue and the job was completed relatively simply. After that the figures were given an undercoat/ first coat of grey paint . I do want to keep this moving along..
Btw does anyone know who makes 28mm 1870s/ 80s in home service uniform, both mounted and dismounted?
Secondly , general maintenance,whilst sorting I was looking at these John Ruddle sailors-
I can’t make up my mind whether I should leave them be or touch up the paint and then gloss varnish to seal his work in. Thoughts?
Finally a couple of seasonal photos -
Seasonally wrong , way too early . Seen in local shop.
Seasonally correct, seen in my garden.
Have a good Friday one and all.
Irregular miniatures! They make everything you can think off. Easy to paint in a pleasing Old style.
ReplyDeleteAs those are John Ruddle's old figures I'd be tempted to leave the paintwork and just varnish...
ReplyDeleteWhich is worse - celebrating Christmas during Advent or ignoring it's Christmas after day one [25th] of a Twelve day feast?
ReplyDeleteImagine the law insisting that schools could not mark Christmas at the end of term in December but had to celebrate it at the beginning of the new term in January any day up to the 6th! What chaos it would bring but how educational.
The arrival in garden centres etc. of Christmas and Halloween on the shelves at the same time is an odd admixture though without Christmas there'd be no Saints for All Hallows.
Meanwhile the painting question is not easy. If they are for display or garden just varnish, if for games on the table alongside painted figures, paint them.
Stephen
I agree with MJT. As they are Ruddles, best to preserve the battleworn veteran patina (which cannot be recaptured once gone).
ReplyDeleteSimilar question re. 28mm in 2010 on TMP but many of these makers gone? http://www.theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=191071
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