The Black Watch

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Thanks :)
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Assembly took place basically in the sequence illustrated but interspersed with detail painting. I used lead foil for the straps and fixed them with cyanoacrylate.
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All painted and ready for ground scatter.
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Vallejo Model Color 48 70898 Dark Sea Blue = kilt
Vallejo Model Color 31 70957 Flat Red / 32 70946 Dark Red / 33 70926 Red = coat
Vallejo Model Color 88 70895 Gunship Green = tartan check
Vallejo Model Color 73 70969 Park Green Flat = tartan
Vallejo Model Color 31 70957 Flat Red = grenadier tartan stripe, lower portion of plume
Vallejo Model Color 70950 169 Black = bonnet, boots, cockade, bonnet peak, Military sett, cartridge pouch, chin ties
Vallejo Model Color 49 70807 Oxford Blue = facings, lapels, cuffs, collar, wings
Humbrol Acrylic 25 Matt Blue = canteen
Vallejo Model Color 1 70951 White = socks, bonnet band, lace, piping, sporran
Humbrol Acrylic 106 Matt Ocean Grey = greatcoat
Humbrol Acrylic 103 Matt Cream = bread bag
Humbrol Acrylic 34 Matt White = lace, belts, straps, inscription on canteen
Humbrol Acrylic 33 Matt Black = sporran
Vallejo Model Color 149 70872 Chocolate Brown = musket stock
Humbrol Acrylic 53 Metallic Gun Metal = bayonet, fittings to musket
Humbrol Acrylic 60 Matt Scarlet = dicing to shako/bonnet band and socks
Humbrol Acrylic 64 Matt Light Grey = gaiters
Humbrol Acrylic 54 Metallic Brass = belt plate, buckles
Humbrol Acrylic 11 Metallic Silver Fox = buttons
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Excellent work. The tartan is especially good
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I think this is my fave. Well done with them all Ratch.

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Nicely done

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Thanks very much guys :grin:
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Outstanding work on that tartan.
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I have corrected the feather
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Having done my share of tartan in my time, I can say that you've done a great job there Ratch. There is a kind of formula for doing tartan based on weavers pattern sticks that look a bit like a very wide medal ribbon and you expand the pattern vertically then repeat on the horizontal plane. I tried to find a pattern stick when I saw your intention to build this guy but I'm sorry to say I couldn't find one for you. Turns out you didn't need it anyway :-D
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Thanks very much :grin:
Its not perfect by any stretch but I think its a fair representation :) As I've just acquired another of these, I may make that one from another Highland regiment ;-)
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One thing that I found useful in doing the thin, light coloured stripes in tartan is Microscale coloured line decals. I initially bought them for building up tartan bands on 1/48 aircraft but found that the very thinnest size of stripe works well on 1/32 figures too. The trickiest part is tucking the decal into the pleats at the back but the effect is worth the effort, better than my previous method of applying the paint with the sharp edge of a scalpel blade that had been drawn through a paint loaded brush.
I usually start with the vertical lines and only start the horizontal ones when the vertical ones are set
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