Mittches 200mm R N Midshipman

[Richard48]

HI peter.
Will take a pew next to wing commander Race.Midshipman looks great so far.Agree he doesnt look very youthful so im sure you can sort him out.Started sculpting again today!!.Polar explorer postrd on here.Necks too long which im sorting now.
Richard

 

[Fernando N]

Congratulations on being a granddad Peter, great to hear all is well with mother and baby.
Have fun with the babysitting in the coming years.

Great looking figure too, will try to keep with your progress.

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Richard - Hi, and very glad to hear that you're sculpting again. A polar explorer - I'll get the Krycell out.

Can't do too much more to make our man look younger - perhaps he's been held back from promotion for some reason. This is his chance to prove himself.

Richard - Thank you. I've still got two children at home, so babysitting is part of the daily round.

 

[BigGreg]

it will be awsome as usual.... can't wait to see it..

 

[Peter Gillson]

Peter

His face looks great, you have really brought out the sculpting nicely

 

[Steve Brodie]

superduper daddy 'G'

 

[SteveH]

Morning Peter

Being on holiday has certainly knocked out my routines!

Super work on the Midshipman, some people just have older faces than their age.
We will all have seen middle aged looking children and baby faced adults.

Is your grand child a boy or girl, or have I completely missed it?

I'll blame my age if I have!

Could be time to retire!

Enjoy the pre nappy changing time, are you due to go and visit soon?

Have a good day with the paint or visiting

Regards

Steve H

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Many thanks for the positive comments chaps.

Steve - Glad you're enjoying your time off - must have been a busy weekend.

I think it's true that people would have looked older in the days when life expectancy, among the poor at least, averaged 40 years. That and the ravages of life in Nelson's navy....

My wife and younger daughter are down in Lewes looking after the mother and baby, and my son and I (and the dog) are going down on Saturday. Here's a picture of my beautiful Granddaughter, Remi:



Can't wait to get my hands on her....

 

[Deleted member 6559]

The main part of the figure is now done:



I've tried to depict the blue-black colour of naval uniforms of the time by holding back on using a pure blue. The jacket was done with mixes of Flat Black and Deep Blue with Off White added for the highlights.

 

[JR]

Peter.
Well what can you say to complement that work ...... coruscating brilliance !
I rest my case.

Waiting for Steve to read of your news, stand by .
John .

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Cheers John - He's getting there.

 

[Deleted member 6559]

The latest update:



Today I painted and added the hat, spare pistols and cutlass. The pistols were pretty roughly cast so I painted the wooden stocks quite dark in order to push them back a bit. Just the hands to do now.

 

[BigGreg]

AND... he did it again... WOW... Peter your skills are fantastic....

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Many thanks Greg - not quite done, but nearly there.

 

[Richard48]

Blooming heck hes good Peter.So much detail to feast the eyes on.Be good for conversions mate.
Stunner my friend.
Richard

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Thanks Richard - a relatively simple figure, but the details mount up.

 

[Daniel Horvath]

Astonishing work as allways! No words to describe! Amazing ! Wish I can do this in 1/35 regards Danny

 

[JR]

Peter.
I shall join the ranks of praise posters.

I remember you once saying white was hard to paint ? Well this has come out looking superb, esp like the brass work painting.
John.

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Danny - Thanks. The larger scales are much easier to paint than 1/35, which I struggle with.

Jon - Thanks also. It's taken me a long time to become comfortable with painting whites, but I quite enjoy it now.

 

[Peter Gillson]

Another good one, looking forward to seeing the hands and pistols added