AndyFettes
Master at Arms
Hi all,
I wanted to go all out and do a figure for my first posting up in this section,
I saw Dave Youngquist on his Last Cavalry table at the recent Chicago show and saw that he had for sale this figure which had been partially primed for $20 and grabbed it up.
Being British I suddenly thought I had never done a British figure and saw the opportunity to expand myself, skill wise, with this chap.
The red coat and dark blue trousers would indeed be a challenge but I also wanted to do a bit more and saw the figure as a base of what I could do.
Firstly lets talk about this figure`s history a bit more,...
Rorkes Drift was a famous British Battle during the Zululand Campaign in Janurary 1879, where 150 British Soldiers and contingents fought off 3000-4000 Zulu Warriors and after the battle 11 Victoria Crosses were awarded to some of the brave Soldiers.
Thunderbird 75mm sculpted by Anders Heinz
Cast in a light grey resin with a super face, as with other Thunderbird figures the torso is complete and only the arms and accessories are separate. the sculpting is quite good but I found that the right leg was not in proportion with the leg so I decided to trim this down.The right boot wasnt very good at all so I began working on that too, I also did not like how the hair looked so I gave him a hair cut and by using green stuff putty I sculpted my own hairstyle and also gave him a beard.
Heres a few shot of progress so far,......
So there you are the first shots in this build and a very much work in progress and I have to resculpt the right trouser leg, the boot and generally do a bit more cleaning up and gap filling before I even think about looking at paint but saying that I am already reading through my books and magazines to get some inspiration.
Andy
I wanted to go all out and do a figure for my first posting up in this section,
I saw Dave Youngquist on his Last Cavalry table at the recent Chicago show and saw that he had for sale this figure which had been partially primed for $20 and grabbed it up.
Being British I suddenly thought I had never done a British figure and saw the opportunity to expand myself, skill wise, with this chap.
The red coat and dark blue trousers would indeed be a challenge but I also wanted to do a bit more and saw the figure as a base of what I could do.
Firstly lets talk about this figure`s history a bit more,...
Rorkes Drift was a famous British Battle during the Zululand Campaign in Janurary 1879, where 150 British Soldiers and contingents fought off 3000-4000 Zulu Warriors and after the battle 11 Victoria Crosses were awarded to some of the brave Soldiers.
Thunderbird 75mm sculpted by Anders Heinz
Cast in a light grey resin with a super face, as with other Thunderbird figures the torso is complete and only the arms and accessories are separate. the sculpting is quite good but I found that the right leg was not in proportion with the leg so I decided to trim this down.The right boot wasnt very good at all so I began working on that too, I also did not like how the hair looked so I gave him a hair cut and by using green stuff putty I sculpted my own hairstyle and also gave him a beard.
Heres a few shot of progress so far,......
So there you are the first shots in this build and a very much work in progress and I have to resculpt the right trouser leg, the boot and generally do a bit more cleaning up and gap filling before I even think about looking at paint but saying that I am already reading through my books and magazines to get some inspiration.
Andy