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Title: Beja Base Two Complete.... UPDATED 25.02.15
Post by: Atheling on 20 January 2015, 09:35:45 PM: Hi Guys and Gals,

I've completed the the Basing, Glossing and Matting Down of the second base of Beja for my Sudan project. It's taken a little more time than I though but this was interspersed with my Birthday celebrations! They do tend to take it out of you a little compared to when I was younger!!

You can read all about it and see many more pics (plus a Sneek Peek) on my blog, Shooting Leave:
http://allthebrave.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/finished-baja-bases-and-sneak-peek.html

Also, here's an updated taster pic:

(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n85/Atheling_2006/BEJA%20BASES%20TWO%20SHOOTING%20LEAVE/BEJA%201A-001.jpg)

Please fell free to make me a happy man and check out my blog.

Cheers,
Darrell.
Title: Re: First Base of Beja Complete!
Post by: Jeff965 on 20 January 2015, 09:48:27 PM: Lovely stuff Darrell :-*
Title: Re: First Base of Beja Complete!
Post by: Deedles on 20 January 2015, 10:20:36 PM: A grand start.. Keep em coming
Title: Re: First Base of Beja Complete!
Post by: Hu Rhu on 20 January 2015, 10:24:43 PM: They are cracking figures, beautifully painted and excellently photographed. Well done.
Title: Re: First Base of Beja Complete!
Post by: Arthur on 21 January 2015, 02:02:50 AM: Looking extremely good indeed 8)
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Post by: Barry S on 21 January 2015, 04:59:59 AM: Nice :-*

I look forward to seeing more.
Title: Re: First Base of Beja Complete!
Post by: Atheling on 21 January 2015, 05:02:14 AM: Thanks chaps- there are more on the way and with a bit of luck piccies tonight :)

Darrell.
Title: Re: First Base of Beja Complete!
Post by: Harry Faversham on 21 January 2015, 12:09:11 PM: I'm off for a week starting this Thursday and I'm starting a box of 'em that will in no way match your standard Athers old top.

:-[
Title: Re: First Base of Beja Complete!
Post by: Atheling on 21 January 2015, 12:18:33 PM: Quote from: Harry Faversham on 21 January 2015, 12:09:11 PM
I'm off for a week starting this Thursday and I'm starting a box of 'em that will in no way match your standard Athers old top.

:-[

You may well be surprised, despite having to make up some of the musculature, mainly on the back, they were very easy to paint up.

Darrell.
Title: Re: First Base of Beja Complete!
Post by: Harry Faversham on 21 January 2015, 12:20:14 PM: :o Surprised... I'll be bleedin' staggered!!! :o
Title: Re: First Base of Beja Complete!
Post by: Atheling on 21 January 2015, 12:31:03 PM: Quote from: Harry Faversham on 21 January 2015, 12:20:14 PM
:o Surprised... I'll be bleedin' staggered!!! :o

you'll do fine I'm sure!! I expect to see some pics too!! :)

Darrell.
Title: Re: First Base of Beja Complete!
Post by: Harry Faversham on 21 January 2015, 12:34:34 PM: Quote from: Atheling on 21 January 2015, 12:31:03 PM
you'll do fine I'm sure!! I expect to see some pics too!! :)

Darrell.

Piccys will be to scale... mob of Fuzzy Wuzzies three hundred yards away over open sights.

:P
Title: Re: First Base of Beja Complete!
Post by: Atheling on 21 January 2015, 12:37:39 PM: Quote from: Harry Faversham on 21 January 2015, 12:34:34 PM
Piccys will be to scale... mob of Fuzzy Wuzzies three hundred yards away over open sights.

:P

Yep, to scale or bigger!! ;) :)

Darrell.
Title: Re: Beja UPDATED 28.01.15
Post by: Atheling on 28 January 2015, 08:27:20 PM: Hi Guys and Gals,

I've completed the second base of Beja for my Sudan project. It's taken a little more time than I though but this was interspersed with my Birthday celebrations! They do tend to take it out of you a little compared to when I was younger!!

You can read all about it on my blog, Shooting Leave:
http://allthebrave.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/beja-base-two-complete-another-four-to.html

Also, here's a taster pic:

(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n85/Atheling_2006/BEJA%20BASES%20TWO%20SHOOTING%20LEAVE/BejaTwoBases1.jpg)

Please fell free to make me a happy man and check out my blog.

Cheers,
Darrell.
Title: Re: Beja UPDATED 28.01.15
Post by: Captain Blood on 28 January 2015, 08:57:40 PM: Very nice Darrell. How many hundreds are you planning to do? ;)
Title: Re: Beja UPDATED 28.01.15
Post by: Atheling on 28 January 2015, 09:06:40 PM: Quote from: Captain Blood on 28 January 2015, 08:57:40 PM
Very nice Darrell. How many hundreds are you planning to do? ;)

150 lol lol lol lol

I know....... lol lol lol

Still, it's getting me back into painting!! :D

I'm going to intersperse the Beja with other Sudan stuff as I don't want to go crazy now do I? lol

Actually, assuming the stuff arrives in the post very soon, i'm going to be ding a conversion job for Mounted infantry for the Sudan at El Teb and a Camel Train for the Artillery too. One thing at a time methinks. Then more. well, Beja!! lol

Darrell.
Title: Re: Beja UPDATED 28.01.15
Post by: Deedles on 28 January 2015, 10:30:35 PM: Coming along nicely..
Title: Re: Beja UPDATED 28.01.15
Post by: Atheling on 28 January 2015, 10:48:18 PM: Quote from: Captain Blood on 28 January 2015, 08:57:40 PM
Very nice Darrell. How many hundreds are you planning to do? ;)

Thanks Deedles :)

I'm treating myself to a unit of six converted the Kings Royal Rifle Corp as a bit of a distraction, not to hard to go, just a bit of filing and prizing of legs (ooh err!) and a pinch of putty work......

Darrell.
Title: Re: Beja UPDATED 28.01.15
Post by: Lowtardog on 29 January 2015, 12:01:57 PM: Lovely work Darrell 8)
Title: Re: Beja Base Two Complete.... UPDATED 25.02.15
Post by: Atheling on 25 February 2015, 07:30:07 PM: Updated with Basing, Glossing and Matting Down complete:

(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n85/Atheling_2006/BEJA%20BASES%20TWO%20SHOOTING%20LEAVE/BEJA%201A-001.jpg)

There are many more pics on my Shooting Leave Blog plus a Sneak Peek at what will be coming up next:

http://allthebrave.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/finished-baja-bases-and-sneak-peek.html

Thanks for looking,
Darrell.
Title: Re: Beja Base Two Complete.... UPDATED 25.02.15
Post by: Captain Blood on 25 February 2015, 08:06:56 PM: Looking extremely nice Darrell :-*
Title: Re: Beja Base Two Complete.... UPDATED 25.02.15
Post by: Ray Earle on 25 February 2015, 09:36:45 PM: Nice. :D
Title: Re: Beja Base Two Complete.... UPDATED 25.02.15
Post by: Deedles on 25 February 2015, 10:34:36 PM: Looking good Darrel.
Title: Re: Beja Base Two Complete.... UPDATED 25.02.15
Post by: juergen c. olk on 26 February 2015, 01:00:14 AM: Absolutely beauitiful!
Title: Re: Beja Base Two Complete.... UPDATED 25.02.15
Post by: syrinx0 on 26 February 2015, 03:37:21 AM: Looking great Darrell! The matting brings down the skin tone quite a bit from the earlier pictures on your blog. What matting agent are you using?
Title: Re: Beja Base Two Complete.... UPDATED 25.02.15
Post by: Harry Faversham on 26 February 2015, 05:50:54 AM: I'm planning on doing my Colonial collection with two coats of gloss varnish, in Peter Gilder style, after drooling over theses Fuzzy Wuzzies... I'm not so sure now!

:?
Title: Re: Beja Base Two Complete.... UPDATED 25.02.15
Post by: Atheling on 26 February 2015, 06:18:57 AM: Quote from: syrinx0 on 26 February 2015, 03:37:21 AM
Looking great Darrell! The matting brings down the skin tone quite a bit from the earlier pictures on your blog. What matting agent are you using?

I actually used to keep it s secret having only told a few people! once Dullcote a was forced to change it's formula by the EU (rightly so really as it was really toxic stuff! Bad for us painters though!) I found the second version leaves a Satin sheen. At first I put it down to having a bad batch but when I ordered more later on the same problem was still evident. I really don't like shiny models even just a little. The light reflection really detracts from the overall impact of a given model. I remembered that I had put together a Speed Painted Byzantine army using GMV(?) Varnish, both Gloss and Matte sprays. They are now sold by Figures in Comfort under their own name (or at least I think they're the same varnishes I used before? Does anyone know?)

Anyway, i don't use their Gloss with their Matte anymore as i found that sometimes their is an interaction between them as they're both acrlyic based. Ideally one should varnish with an Oil Based Varnish and then Matte down with an Acrlyic based varnish. This prevents and of the solvents from bleeding into one another.

Varinishing can be a long laborious process. I now use Humbrol Gloss Oil Based painted with a brush over the mini before applying the Figures in Comfort Matting Agent. The latter applied in thin coats leaving at least 12 hours and often 24 hours between coats. I varnish until there is no gloss showing atnall so it can take a couple of coats.

I reckon the end result justifies the effort though :)

Sorry for the long reply but I would be doing you an injustice if I was not to explain the process to you. I hope that it's clear ('tis early in the morning for me!) :)

Darrell.
Title: Re: Beja Base Two Complete.... UPDATED 25.02.15
Post by: syrinx0 on 27 February 2015, 02:31:19 AM: They certainly look worth the effort to me!
Title: Re: Beja Base Two Complete.... UPDATED 25.02.15
Post by: Atheling on 27 February 2015, 04:25:34 AM: Quote from: syrinx0 on 27 February 2015, 02:31:19 AM
They certainly look worth the effort to me!

Thanks, as I say many more to come.... the very thought of it makes me feel simultaneously filled with dread and excitement! lol

Darrell.