Beja Base Two Complete.... UPDATED 25.02.15

[Atheling]

Very nice Darrell. How many hundreds are you planning to do? 

150 

I know....... 

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

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

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!! 

Darrell.

[Deedles]

Coming along nicely..

[Atheling]

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.

[Lowtardog]

Lovely work Darrell

[Atheling]

Updated with Basing, Glossing and Matting Down complete:



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.

[Captain Blood]

Looking extremely nice Darrell 

[Ray Earle]

Nice. 

[Deedles]

Looking good Darrel.

[juergen c. olk]

Absolutely beauitiful!

[syrinx0]

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?

[Harry Faversham]

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!

[Atheling]

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.

[syrinx0]

They certainly look worth the effort to me!

[Atheling]

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! 

Darrell.