The ever helpful Brendan Morrissey suggested I take a closer look at the way the right arms of my Continentals are placed. In several cases they were in unison with their right legs and created what he called the 'tick tock' effect. I have to say I wasn't totally happy with the way these figures looked and of course that's the reason why. So, armed with a sharp scalpel I set about carrying out a little plastic surgery. I didn't correct every figure, just the worst offenders and I'm much happier with these now.
So here's how they were before:
And now:
Meanwhile I'm very happy with the riflemen. These are Perry metals and are a joy to paint. The muted colours are quite a contrast to the Continentals and British regulars. Not quite finished yet, but nearly there.
Nice work Mark, love the Perry miniatures.
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I must admit that from the pictures I can’t really tell about the arms, but as long as you’re happy!
ReplyDeleteVery well done on both units! I had to look twice but you were perfectly right about the right arms.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the tic toc effect? What did you do to the arms? I plan on using perry for sharp practice as well.
ReplyDeleteApparently the right arm should swing in the opposite direction to the right leg, you don’t want the arm forward with the leg, looks odd. I just cut through the join where I’d glued the arm to the body and glued it back in a new position. One thing to note is that marching with swinging arms is a fairly new phenomena, so while the arms should look like they are moving backwards avoid anything too extreme.
DeleteThanks! Makes sense. I will look at that when I get there.
DeleteWhat colours/techniques did you use on the rifle men's coats ? I have a few to paint myself and I like the look of these ��
ReplyDeleteI used Vallejo acrylics and a mix of earth type colours - flat earth and German medium brown mainly, then just used these lightened to paint the highlights.
DeleteThank you 👍
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