42nd Highland Infantry Regiment "Black Watch"

[Steve Ski]

Head #3 and Clean Up on Bag Piper

Figure #3 was a lot more fun than the last two. Reason being, I’m in the slot and I see improvements in the skin tones and blending. This is the main reason I prefer to keep the momentum going when doing a set of faces. If I don’t I have to go back and relearn whatever sequence and techniques were followed in the past. I know, it sounds strange, but this Sport is seasonal for me, can’t get around that.

I’ll do any touch-ups in the next few days after the oils set up, but I think #3 is good to go for now.

 


The Bag Piper needed a bit of reworking, especially that cauliflower left ear. I caught that after taking the initial photos. The nice thing about this resin set is the that resin is not super stiff and can be reworked easily. I also went back over the left eye and reduced the size of the iris, but now the right eye looks too big, HA! I’ll get to that one eventually as well.

 

Outside work has already started, so I’m trying to keep the momentum going as long as I can, wish me luck.

Thanks for watching and more to follow. Cheers, Ski.

[JCON]

Looks good Ski!!!

[JED]

Great work Ski

[Steve Ski]

Thanks, Gents!

[Steve Ski]

Dynamic Duo

The standard bearer and one of the riflemen have been painted over the past week as time permitted. The standard bearer’s eye sockets had to be cleaned out and refilled with Tester’s tube putty. Fortunately, the resin is soft enough to work small areas without destroying larger sections. This is my third time reshaping a set of eyes, but it’s not a big deal. These figures are incredibly well detailed, but even then, some areas like the eye sockets may need a bit of clean-up after the primer coat, much easier to identify.



It took me awhile to get the correct tones around the rifleman’s eyes, he was giving me a hard time, lol. I may do a little more touch-up, but for now, he’s ok. The standard bearer was a smooth process, no major issues.

 
 

As long as I can sneak into the bunker at least a few days a week, I should be getting to the tartans in short order.

Thanks for watching. Cheers, Ski.

[ARMORGUY]

Another top shelf stunner in the making Steve, it will be a colorful feast to the eye! Have fun my friend, I'm in.

[JCON]

Such sour faced blokes!!! LOL!!! Looking fine!!!

[Steve Ski]

Apr 6, 2022 12:49:22 GMT -6 ARMORGUY said:

Another top shelf stunner in the making Steve, it will be a colorful feast to the eye! Have fun my friend, I'm in.

Thanks, Brother.  This will be the brightest in color I've ever done, lol.

[Steve Ski]

Apr 6, 2022 14:49:59 GMT -6 JCON said:

Such sour faced blokes!!! LOL!!! Looking fine!!!

I think they'd prefer, "serious".

[JCON]

Pickle Pusses... ha, ha, ha!!!

[JED]

These are looking great Steve

[Steve Ski]

Lol, Joe! Thanks, Jed.

[Steve Ski]

Dynamic Trio

Here’s the next set of faces done within the last week. The weather has been cold and sometimes wet, with snow flurries, if you can imagine that, in April, HA! T’sall good, I’m taking advantage of the down time and working these figures. This really is a fun set to work with. Kudos to Vladimir, once again.



I really like how the standing figure came out; he’s got that dark almost Burgundy color tone to his hair which makes his features more prominent. The wounded figure was pretty straight forward and fun to paint, but the snarling chap leaning forward was a real bear. His facial features weren’t cooperating as well as the others. I recon it’s just a state of mind when dealing with so many faces to paint, you’re bound to get one or two that will give you a hard time. When in doubt, Ruck Over, Bby!





As mentioned before, these will be set aside while I work the last three figures; Hatched man, Baby Face Drummer Boy, and the fallen French horse rider with body armor. I’m sure someone will correct my description of the horse rider, cause right now I forgot what he’s called, HA! No worries, steady ar she goes.

Thanks for watchin. Cheers, Ski.

[JCON]

Good shading bro!!! Ruck on!!!

[JED]

Quality

[Steve Ski]

Thanks, Gents!

[Steve Ski]

Hatchet Man, French Cuirassier, and Baby Face Drummer Boy

The last three faces are almost done, baby face Drummer Boy being the slacker in this final set. I was fighting the good fight yesterday only to scrub his face with an oven cleaner bath. He too was not cooperating. No worries, I’ll get him done in short order.



The French Cuirassier was a fun one to paint. He doesn’t have any overly exaggerated features, so it was smooth sailing with this guy. I went ahead and painted much of the surrounding armor and fluff just to get it out of the way and to get a perspective of what it would look like further in the process.





Hatchet Man was a bit more of a challenge due to his sharp features around the nose and mustache; it was tight quarters around the mouth, etc. I had started with this figure in the very beginning, but had to scrub him as well. This time around it was a much easier run. He’s now good to go and like the French Cuirassier he too has been set aside to dry completely. The pics may be a bit fuzzy.



I’ll work Baby Face this week and get him completed. His super light skin tone threw me off for a bit, but I can see where I was drifting from the main objective, so he’ll be dialed in shortly.

More to follow and thanks for watching. Cheers, Ski.

[mustang1989]

Steve....Steve....STEVE.....this is some mind blowing stuff brother. One day when I grow up I want to paint figures this well.

[Steve Ski]

Apr 22, 2022 9:51:53 GMT -6 mustang1989 said:

Steve....Steve....STEVE.....this is some mind blowing stuff brother. One day when I grow up I want to paint figures this well.

Lol, not sure how that's gonna work for ya, I ain't growed up neither, HA!  Thanks, Bro.

[JCON]

Looking up to your usual museum quality Ski!!! Ruck on buddy!!!