Nice! I especially like the guy waiting with his arm behind his back.

--mike

Hi Mike,

Thanks for looking in and the feedback, appreciated.

Cheers

Al



BTW if anyone is interested in Early British Quick Firing Artillery I picked up a copy of the same title by Len Trawin ISBN 1-85486-154-9.publisher, Nexus Special Interests Ltd.

It covers the:

QF 15 pdr Mkl I
Qf 13 pdr
Qf 18 pdr Mk I
BL 5 Inch Howitzer
QF 4.5 inch Howitzer

plus a host of material on gun carriages, sights, materials use in construction, misc stores, Harness etc. 406 pages packed with information and diagrams of the guns and equipment, a really excellent reference book on these early guns.

Cheers

Al

Hello Alan ,

thanks for sharing !

Cheers

Kurt

Hi Kurt,

George Moore put me onto the book and a Google got it at a good price. Well worth the money.

Cheers

Al

Hi Al,

that's very interesting news thanks. I have a few Hornet headsets with British helmets in my closet....gives me an idea for a vignet including a canon. But first things first of course.

Cheers

Kurt

Hi Kurt,

We could do with some new 1/35 scale WW1 heads. The Hornet set of soft caps are very good but their WW1 helmets don't portray the Brody Helmet but a slightly later version I think, but they are still the only game in town so to speak, although some of the Resicast early helmets/heads are better.

Cheers

Al

Hi Al ,

thanks , let's have a look than !

Cheers

Kurt

Hi folks,

A bit more work on the gun crew.






the final figure will be the signaller who will off to the right of the gun, the CSgt on the LHS of the gun will be raising a small telescope to check what's happening.

Cheers

Al

Hi Al,
Regarding the figure with his arm behind his back: You turned his head to the left, exactly as I had hoped. All of the soldiers look like they have a job to do -- except that slacker with no arms and no head! This scene looks awesome!

--mike

Hi Mike,

Thanks for looking in again and the comment.

Another chap has joined the parade as I needed someone to carry the charge for the shell.



Cheers

Al

Hi folks,

This will be the crew for the 6 inch, which should work well (I hope lol).

Cheers

Al

Hi Alan,

love your gun crew! The only thing I'm not happy with is the bottom back torso (shirt?) of the ammo carrier guy!

Too slick, too round, too "plastic" if you see what I mean! Especially so, as the top part is showing folds!!

A couple of vertical folds/creases might have done the trick! Or what do you think!???

Otherwise well done indeed! Especially like the signaller!! Looks just great!!!

Cheers

Romain

Hi Romain,

Thanks for the thoughts. Think of him starting to stand up rather than bending over and with a cord around the back of the jacket.

The signaller will add a nice splash of colour.

Cheers

Al

Absolutely! Put that guy to work!

--mike

Hi Mike,

Hopefully the signaller makes sense as the telegraph/phone lines are down and the same for the gunner about to look through the telescope to check the incoming signal. I'll make him a SNCO as having fired a few rounds they are just about to be told to check fire.

Cheers

Al

Hi folks,

A bit more work on the crew





Cheers

Al

I dunno Alan,maybe the two closest guys should be in the privy?
J

LOL!!!

--mike

You've just been mooned .

I've done a little more work on them, all have objects in hand, some shadows and dust/dirt on the uniforms/boots to come.



Cheers

Al

Always love it when there is arty involved. Brilliant tht you have the semifor guy in there as well and the linemen. Much used and little modeled.
J

Hi Jerry,

Lacking anything more suitable these chaps will have to do. I opted to use the plastic heads as most of them will be under the camo net, but they are much harder to paint than the resin one I've become used to working with.

Some rank badges will brighten them up a bit and I want to get the build more or less complete for the end of the Great War Campaign, plus on a long build like this one it gets harder to keep the motivation going.

One step closer, three steps back lol.

Cheers

Al

Hi folks,

Gun crew take up positions.









Cheers

Al

Hi Alan,

niiiice photos!!!!!! Thanks for posting them!!

The camo netting has turned out quite convincing indeed!!

And the scene is cluttered, but realistically, not "Verlinden style"!!! Super!!!!

Keep up the brilliant work m8!!

Cheers

Romain

Hi Romain,

Many thanks. Some minor adjustments to make and a few hanging/personal items to add in but I think the crew turned out quiet well, all in all.

There will be a lot of activity across the board when done so it will certainly be busy and cluttered

Cheers

Al

Nicely done as usual!

--mike