British Square – the painting starts
I have made a start on some of the figures which will make up the command stand and also one of the officers behind one of the faces of the British Square.
These are 1/72 plastic figures and I find the techniques for painting and preparing plastic model figures very different from working with metal military figures. The plastic figures had a lot of mould lines and pieces of flash which needed removing. Sandpaper left a rough surface and I found the best tool to use was a razor sharp blade.
Also the quality was not nearly as good I find with cast metal model figures. For example the drum on the British Drummer in the rear of the picture below was not round. Its sides were straight making it more of a sausage shape than a drum shape.
But it was enjoyable working in a different figure modelling media, and I look forwards to the other 40+ still to do 
