Captain Blood's Perry Mounted Men at Arms. P.157 Another company of men at arms

[Admiral Benbow]

"plastic arms race" - 

Nice conversions, Richard, and your grumble about the face mould line is absolutely understandable. I didn't use that head for exactly that reason ... but now when I see it on your miniature, I will give it a second try eventually.

[redzed]

it's really difficult to scrape the mould line off without buggering up the face. I don't have many grumbles about the Perry plastic medieval sets, but ....

get a small paintbrush (0,1) small dab of liquid glue on the mould line, wait, wait, now smooth the mould line into the face with the brush
Any loss of definition you can make up later when painting.

[Captain Blood]

What a great tip! Thanks Shaun. I shall give it a go... 

[Kingscarbine]

Liquid glue (I use Tamiya) is great for smoothing plastic surfaces after carving or cleaning mould lines.

[Captain Blood]

Right then... I have finished painting number 5 of my MMAA builds so far... 'Il Brutto...'









I've also had a go at following Admiral Benbow's excellent instructions to produce a composite horse by joining a front end to a back end 

To produce a nice walking horse, very like one of the Admiral's...



The other ends of which - much to my surprise - make this!   



I think he'll be jumping a fence...
Now I need to come up with a suitably dashing rider to justify such a flying steed!

[Aaron]

Nice painting. I really love that second horse conversion! I can't wait to see the finished product.

[aircav]

More brilliant stuff Richard.

I think he'll be jumping a fence...
Now I need to come up with a suitably dashing rider to justify such a flying steed!

Or a suitably surprised one as the Horse has Bolted 

[Silent Invader]

All round brilliant!

[Kingscarbine]

I think he'll be jumping a fence...
Now I need to come up with a suitably dashing rider to justify such a flying steed!

Or jumping over a terrified foot soldier...

[dodge]

I like him, good horse hard colour to excellent face within the helm too

great horse conversions

more.....

[thebinmann]

Brutto-full

[painterman]

Love those horse conversions - amazing how such different poses can be so easily created. Am keen to have a go myself now.
Simon.

[Tellus]

Excellent stuff

[Captain Blood]

A suitably heroic pose for the leaping steed? 

I knew that Perry ACW farmhouse fencing would come in useful for something one day...

[Dr. The Viking]

Oooh I liiike that last one!!! 

Very dynamic piece. Too bad I know you'll smother it in metallics the WRONG way so soon. 

No in all seriousness very splendid offering you're putting up here. I hope you're going to bring just a tuft of this to Woking.