I have not posted recently, simply because I have done little in the field of wargaming. I did find on a paid site a book; "Battles of the Dark Ages" by Peter Marren. I was reading it at work on my cell phone, however it proved difficult to read such small print. I did find a inexpensive copy of the book and ordered it. I received it today, and look forward to reading it. What I did read inspired me to play a couple of wargames singly Peter Laing Vikings and Normans.
My last post was on carving a wood figure. I had planned to do more wood carving while camping. Unfortunately, when we arrived at the campsite and sit up our camper, I was having bad pain in my right hand. By the next day my thumb was badly swollen and I ended up in the emergency room. Needless to say, I was unable to do any carving. I did, however, watch several videos on Youtube by Tom Mason on sculpting figures. I decided to try my hand using his techniques. Below are some shots of my first attempt. I had no design for the figure and not sure exactly what I plan to do with it.
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| The figure with the first layer of "green stuff". Already I've noticed the need to get the wire armature correct. As can be seen the left knee is lower than it should be. |
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| The back of the figure. The left shoulder is lower than it should be. |
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| The figure next to a 30mm figure. |
Very interesting post.
ReplyDeleteI see that Tom Mason has a lot of videos. Can you recommend one to start with, please?
If you go to his playlist "Sculpting Miniatures", and then start at video 1, "Making Armatures Part 1", and then just watch in order. I wished I had refreshed my memory by watching them again before starting. I put the green stuff on too heavily on this figure. However, this figure is just to get a feel for what I'm doing.
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