iggie's French Figures ***finished***
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Apologies!......I'll just go away and teach my Granny to suck eggs now.
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Don't you dare!Purplethistle wrote: Apologies!......I'll just go away and teach my Granny to suck eggs now.
My fault; winging it as I am, I should still have posted my intentions (which are pretty much the same as I'd do for an airy-plane ) to remove doubt and allow for corrective advice!
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They were indeed. Infact both horses appeared at different times.iggie wrote:Were they the horses in Steptoe?chrism wrote:Hercules and Samson are galloping along nicely
In the episode "A death in the Family" Hercules died and was replaced with a horse that was pregnant, and it and its baby went through a string of names, Delilia and Samson, or Samson was the name given to the baby
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As others have remarked earlier (I effectively lost most of the weekend, so I'm a bit behind..), the cart looks great. The figures also look good, but I hope you'll take it as constructive criticism when I say the girl has very bright hair, and looks a bit bug-eyed. If you feel up to it, you could still fix this by bringing the eyelids in a bit more, until all the white above and below the irises is covered. A bit like this: http://uamf.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=378&t=16314&start=25;
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Eye lashes will help too
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Thanks guys
I did a little work on the girl's eyes and may still re-paint her hair to tone it down a bit. I am NOT doing eyelashes
This is where we are as of last night
I did a little work on the girl's eyes and may still re-paint her hair to tone it down a bit. I am NOT doing eyelashes
This is where we are as of last night
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If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing
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Well done, Iggie. That looks amazing!
Reminds me of the old days ride to school.
Reminds me of the old days ride to school.
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The extra bit of work made all the difference. The old man's glare from under that hat is scaryiggie wrote:I did a little work on the girl's eyes and may still re-paint her hair to tone it down a bit. I am NOT doing eyelashes
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Cheers chaps!
The build and painting are pretty much done. I need to build a bar now and then glue everything into place.
The build and painting are pretty much done. I need to build a bar now and then glue everything into place.
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"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
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Looking really nice.
Hoping to return to modelling sometime this year!!
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Cheers Mark
After a lot of swearing and very little patience, I managed to get the horses rigged (or whatever one does with the nasty things) and the whole lot glued down to a suitable base. It was like knitting fog
Next up is to add some scenic stuff to make the base look a bit better
After a lot of swearing and very little patience, I managed to get the horses rigged (or whatever one does with the nasty things) and the whole lot glued down to a suitable base. It was like knitting fog
Next up is to add some scenic stuff to make the base look a bit better
Best wishes
Jim
If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing
"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
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If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing
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You're a natural with dios Iggie, I don't know why you don't do more?
I can't help chuckling at the farmers resemblance to Victor from Still Game, though. I keep expecting a typically pithy Victor comment like, "Liberation is it? it took you's long enough!"
I can't help chuckling at the farmers resemblance to Victor from Still Game, though. I keep expecting a typically pithy Victor comment like, "Liberation is it? it took you's long enough!"
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The wagon look excellent
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Although I have no idea what 'still game' is, I can see the resemblance!
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"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
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"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"