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Sunday, 7 December 2014

Highlander update

I’ve just finished a further five figures to make up my first company of the Black Watch. Painting these figures is pretty time consuming the way I do it but they haven’t proved as tricky as I thought they might. I have another twelve of these to go plus the command figures.

Six down, eighteen to go...

To break things up a bit I’m allowing myself to paint the first group of command figures next including the piper. These figures are all vintage ones: BN/31 Sergeant (charging), BN/37 Officer (marching) and BN/38 Piper (playing bag-pipes).

 Now who doesn't love to paint a piper?

Finally, thanks to Jack, I now have two DK versions of the charging officer figure and I will be converting these for use as standard bearers. Jack also sent me a DK highlander in a ‘high-porte’ position. This is an original DK model I believe as there is nothing like it in the Hinton Hunt range – a superb little figure.

The two DK officers and the 'high-porte' figure - nice!
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6 comments:

  1. DeanM7 December 2014 at 15:53

    They're looking good. I've used a Micron Pen for the lines on tartan. Your brushwork looks great.

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  2. Jacko7 December 2014 at 19:49

    They look great, I'm currently repainting a few HH figures I picked up at a swap meet - the figures are older than I am !

    Cheers

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  3. Stryker7 December 2014 at 19:54

    Hi Jacko that's great - sadly for me it's the other way around!

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  4. Paulalba8 December 2014 at 01:56

    Hi Ian, they came out excellent. The tartan looks very effective!

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  5. Anonymous8 December 2014 at 08:01

    Looking very nice, like the tartan, will make a wonderful addition to your collection. Look forward to seeing more.

    Paul

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  6. lewisgunner8 December 2014 at 21:12

    Lovely !
    Roy

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