jean Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 (edited) Hi everybody, this is a 54 mm drummer from the First Grenadier regiment serving under Napoleon 1st... I have had this figurine since the mid seventies, in its little plastic bag, and I have suddenly decided to do something about it. I want to depict a drummer during the 1804-1807 period, so the uniform colours will be markedly different from the later years. These Historex figures are great, albeit sometimes a bit too stilted for my liking, But the detail is very good. The drummer is made of 18 pieces, some damn small, the bear bonnet is made of only 9 pieces and the drum of a paltry 4... The haversack is a single piece. Pheeew! This is the figure after a coat of enamel paint as primer (the plastic is white), and before painting with artists' oils. If anybody is a boffin of this period, please share any tips you may have! Cheers JR Edited September 28, 2014 by jean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyverns4 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Hi Jean, I have just dug out some of mine too! The last time I played with one was 20+years ago. As you have noted the stance of these wonderful figures can be a little 'stiff'. The usual stuff that I did, (and will be doing again soon), consisted of building up the hair and sideburns so that the head and hat fitted more closely, separating and further defining the fingers, a known weakness of Historex due to the limitations of the moulding process and adding some more texture to the 'furry'bits with a hot needle, (there is a posh name for it but I forget...) The figure looks great and I look forward to following you WIP. So, will it be in a white habit? Perhaps I should break out one of mine and do one as well...! Happy hunting! Christian the Married and exiled to africa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameronian Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Another walk down memory lane with Historex. I did a lot of these (badly) back in the day, still got a fair few around the place. Must take a pic. Good luck with it JR. Exile, sounds like a 'pyrogravure'. I got one in a toy soldier shop off the Grote Markt in Brussels back in the '70s. Still use for flash removal from 1/72 plastic figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I'm pleased to see that you have posted this Jean. I look forward to watching your progress and hopefully picking up a few tips that I can use for my 120mm version when I start it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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