"Perry Northern Militia" Topic

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nevinsrip	02 Jun 2016 12:31 p.m. PST
Here's a little piece that I knocked out, depicting some Perry Northern Militiamen firing behind a rail fence. The kneeling guy is an Old Glory figure with a KMM head. I wanted to experiment with some tall grass patches and some vines. All of the terrain was made by me, including the fence, which I made by taking a Lemax fence apart and reconfiguring it. I cut slices into the planks to make it more realistic. The groundwork was my usual mixture. I made the tree from a sagebrush twig. The tall grass was made by spreading tacky glue on the places where I wanted the tall grass to appear. I use the fly swatter gizmo to make the grass. Really nice sculpts from the Perry's. Painted by the wonderful Mr. John Bryant. By the way, notice how much bigger these figures are compared to the early Perry sculpts. Scale Creep indeed!! [URL=http://s222.photobucket.com/user/nevinsrip/media/IMG_2138_zpstenxjseg.jpg.html] [/URL] [URL=http://s222.photobucket.com/user/nevinsrip/media/IMG_2147_zpsvofyzljc.jpg.html] [/URL] [URL=http://s222.photobucket.com/user/nevinsrip/media/IMG_2141_zpsdycgdaye.jpg.html] [/URL] [URL=http://s222.photobucket.com/user/nevinsrip/media/IMG_2150_zps7orwrq2f.jpg.html] [/URL] [URL=http://s222.photobucket.com/user/nevinsrip/media/IMG_2149_zpsaatuitch.jpg.html] [/URL] [URL=http://s222.photobucket.com/user/nevinsrip/media/IMG_2152_zpswm5ammay.jpg.html] [/URL]
epturner	02 Jun 2016 12:59 p.m. PST
Bill; That's really well done. Beautiful stuff! Eric
cavcrazy	02 Jun 2016 1:46 p.m. PST
Beautifully done, if you are doing a retreat to Boston game that piece works perfectly!
Jeigheff	02 Jun 2016 2:18 p.m. PST
Hi Bill, Nice work! Also, it sounds like you might have shared your terrain-making techniques with us at least once. I for one would like to know more about how you go about it. Jeff
Choctaw	02 Jun 2016 2:58 p.m. PST
That is great work!
Captain dEwell	02 Jun 2016 3:37 p.m. PST
Marvellous work, well done. And special praise for the way you have created the long grass. Very impressive.
dBerczerk	02 Jun 2016 3:59 p.m. PST
Where does one acquire sagebrush twigs? The re-worked Lemax fencing turned out nice!
nevinsrip	02 Jun 2016 5:45 p.m. PST
Where does one acquire sagebrush twigs? I get them from Scenic Express. fly swatter gizmo? It's a fly swatter made into a static grass applicator. I got mine on Ebay for about 20 bucks. Works a treat. Jeff PM Sent.
bracken	03 Jun 2016 8:51 a.m. PST
Top notch work yet again, I'm blown away every time with your basing.
marco56	05 Jun 2016 9:42 a.m. PST
They look great Bill. Mark