Very nice, Paul very well painted - tell me, are the good old Airfix chaps' plastic still horrendously soft and malleable? Still got nightmares about 'em...
Thanks :-) @Monty. The sets produced later are still a bit soft but the older ones are suffering from the dreaded "plastic rot"...a condition whereby the softener is leaking out of the plastic and they turn into a sort of hard cheese...some becoming so brittle that even touching them results in them snapping. A few of my WWI germans, indians and sherrif of nottingham bods broke when being painted!! Cheers Paul
Thanks Paul, very kind of you for the link. I have to ask do you paint your figures with PVA before you undercoat them? I do this and it seems to give them some strength. I like the Frenchman-your brush must be so thin! Thanks.
...from a couple of months ago 
More than a bit! The road goes ever on, but progress can be made.
ReplyDeleteEveryone can get better, your work is very good.
ReplyDeleteThe more you do it the better you get, nice paint job!
ReplyDeleteVery nice, Paul very well painted - tell me, are the good old Airfix chaps' plastic still horrendously soft and malleable? Still got nightmares about 'em...
ReplyDeleteGreat improvement, awesome
ReplyDeleteThanks :-)
ReplyDelete@Monty. The sets produced later are still a bit soft but the older ones are suffering from the dreaded "plastic rot"...a condition whereby the softener is leaking out of the plastic and they turn into a sort of hard cheese...some becoming so brittle that even touching them results in them snapping. A few of my WWI germans, indians and sherrif of nottingham bods broke when being painted!!
Cheers
Paul
Thanks Paul, very kind of you for the link. I have to ask do you paint your figures with PVA before you undercoat them? I do this and it seems to give them some strength. I like the Frenchman-your brush must be so thin!
ReplyDeleteThanks.