Royal Naval Landing Party - 26 July: Boaty McBoatfaces... :) (Page 17)

[Orctrader]

Very fine painting.  And look excellent altogether.

[Rob_bresnen]

One of the Empress Maori War civilians with flintlock musket, top hat and tail coat 

Oh yes. Very suitable.

[Captain Blood]

Thanks 

Right then... Here's my first gun crew.

Brigade Games only do one RN gun crew, and one or two of the poses are hard to love (much as I love Hicksy and his work!)

I've therefore been casting about for suitable figures for gun crews.

I tried Britannia - but they turned out to be a bit too big and lumpy in style, so I've shipped those on.

Then at Salute, I paid a visit to the Newline Designs stand. Bingo!

These figures have been about for quite a long time, so they are a tad static compared to most of today's figures.
But there are about 20 different gun crew figures available, they're quite finely detailed, and they scale in pretty well with my Hicks-sculpted figures. (A whisker shorter, but that's easily fixed by double mounting them on washers... )

Some of the sculpting detail is a little shallow and perhaps lacking in a bit of character though. So I've been busy with the Green Stuff, and here are the results...
I've added pigtails where they were missing, luxuriant sideburns, extra shaggy sponge/rammers, more raffish battered top hats, a few sailcloth trouser patches, and some sailorly bellbottoms on some of them... I've also bulked up the shoulders a bit here and there.

I was sorely tempted to try a concertina on the chap carrying chainshot - the pose is perfect for it - but decided that was a bit of a stretch for my fledgling sculpting skills
(Possibly on gun crew #2 though...  )











And here, with a Hicks/Empress Maori Wars figure for size comparison... (He is going to fulfill the part of Ship's doctor)
Mounting them on a 20mm washer atop a 25mm washer, raises them up just about the right amount, so any different in size won't be noticeable.



Think I'll get these chaps painted, then move onto a second gun crew...

[gamer Mac]

lovely green stuff work, adds loads of character to the figures. Looking forward to seeing them painted

[OSHIROmodels]

The bare metal looks perfectly serviceable and obviously the gs does add that little extra 

cheers

James

[Malamute]

Nice work, especially on the pig details and sideburns. 

You're getting really good, so you're gonna have to indulge yourself and take the next step, you know you want to.

[Rob_bresnen]

Now if I do that will everyone sat that I ripped you off? They would be right

They look great!

[Captain Blood]

Now if I do that will everyone sat that I ripped you off? They would be right

They look great!

Rip away 

[skip]

amazing paintwork, really like the colours you have used

[Andym]

Brilliant GS  work Capt !!

Loving the flares!

[Captain Blood]

Loving the flares!

I was around in the 70's 

Next batch of gun crew ready for paint... The first crew are nearly finished... 

Again, Newline figures tarted up a bit with Green Stuff. The figure on the right is a Brigade Games French sailor who I've converted into a British ship's carpenter!

[Eric the Shed]

I was around in the 70's 

The 1870's  

Thought these Sailors were from an earlier period

Seriously Richard these are very good.

[Mason]

Very nice, mate.
 

With those flares they could double up for use in the Sweeney!
 

[Silent Invader]

Excellent!

[Malamute]

More great putty pushing.