Medieval Citizens set 2

This set of bods is sculpted by Alex (Valdemar miniatures) It is not the full set, to see more of these incredible sculpts, link to Valdemar miniatures....it´s always well worth a look there anyway :-)

Here we see a "better off" medieval type, telling something funny to the lower orders. The poses and the faces!! It all looks so natural...lovely!

This guy´s face. It says, "my lord, I am humble to your wishes" and this is echoed in the body posture,not just the outstreched arm but the whole body.

I don´t know about you, but I wouldn´t want to argue with either one of these pair!!

 

OOPS!! Looks like someone has been a naughty boy!! The distant expression of the guard on the left ..it´s as if to say "I can´t be bothered taking any part in controlling this prisoner, my mate on the right has the situation well under control"

This guy!!! I know the face, I just can´t place it!??? He is sculpted using  an  image of someone, sent to Alex. He then sculpted the face using very basic information and I can tell you...it´s incredible work when you know who this is. The resemblence is uncanny...and this was sculpted in less than two days...also you have to take into consideration  Alex has a full time job as well !!!!  

                                                                                                    

Revell Fokker E.III

This was my first plane after over 30 years of being away from the hobby. More a test piece than anything else, just to see wether I was capable of actually making a kit.The "rigging" was created using black nylon sowing thread and was not to bad to do.

It looked a bit silly sitting there on it´s own, so I created a little dio, using a couple of bods from the DDS WWI pilots set.

"Contact!""

"Hopefully, Willy moves his head away in time:-)"

Dios using the DDS WWI Pilot set

I can´t really get my head around making big dios....the question of storage always pops up,  time making them with so many other things to be getting on with...OK! I´ll be honest..I haven´t the patience :-)
Who guards the Gardener ?

Walk in the Park

Airfix merry men and Marion

A pretty usefull set all in all. Although the bods are a bit on the wee side (they didn´t have proper breakfasts and lets face it, woodland life aint all that it´s cracked up to be) they are still a good set for Medieval levy types.

They lend themselves to conversion quite well too (wether they like it or not!!)The happy looker (and maybe even the odd unhappy one) may notice a couple of survivors from the

"Snot River NO TAXES !!" battle.  

These bods are from left to right; Gunner, Halbardier, Gunner

These, also from left to right, Another gunner, Man at arms, Halbardier

That naughty Serrif of Notty wood and his hencemen better watch out the next time they are out walking the deer in the woods............Deer!? Did I say Deer? Obviously I meant Camels...silly me!

Medieval casualties

I did these just for fun....as is all my painting actually :-)

Even though badly wounded himself, sir Cobbleweed uses his shield to protect Geoffrey, his faithfull nag.

Stuck in the mud like a sticky thing that´s stuck in sticky mud.

NO TAXES!!!!

The evil sherrif of knotty wood has come around demanding more groats from the poor peasants.

The local yokels have had it up to here though and send the ugliest bod in the village to hold off the evil sherrif while they gather their men (and women) together

Maybe it has worked..it looks like a stand off ! A bridge too far for the sherrif ?? We shall see!!Well we won´t actually as there are no more photos and this is meant for family viewing. What I can say is that the snot coloured "stream" got a bit redder as the day went on.

Airfix Waterloo RHA and WWI RHA

An old set but Airfix should re-release it...they don´t paint up to bad.

For a full review and more of my pictures of the waterloo RHA look here

                              Thier colleagues 100 years later (or thereabouts)

Wild west Airfix bods

Produced in 1961 this set when compared with todays offerings these bods are left in the dark..but like all Airfix sets they hold a certain charm for me...remembering happy days...the carpet monster snatching my little friends away to who knows where..painting them with gloss Humbrol paints..treating them with no respect whatsoever...did they forgive me? Did they heck!!

10 years later, in 1971,  the cowboys recieved some friends to aid them with the never ending fight with the carpet monster.These are meant to be the main characters from the TV series, "The High Chapparral". (The bod third in from the left...no it isn´t the Mekons wife...it´s John Cannons wife!!!..poor bloke)

"PROST!!"

Figure created by the genius hands of Alex (Valdemar Miniatures) for the Bennosfigures Forum Meeting, Kampen, 2010.

Red box - Gangsters + Policemen and civilians

The idea is a good one...original to say the least, except the figures need a lot of flash removing which in some cases takes nearly as long as painting the bods themselves.

The car used is a repainted 1982 Mattel Classic Packard.

Bonnie and Clyde...well they aren´t actually labelled as such but ....why not? 

The car is also from Mattel and repainted.

Medieval Highwayman whispering sweet nothings

Close up of one of Valdemars excellent figures from the Medieval Highwaymen set, VA 129 

Here two of the scoundrels can be seen plotting something....whatever it is it doesn´t look good!!