Buckets, Bases and Bren Guns
I have a number of projects on the go all at the same time. So, instead of launching off into yet another diorama, I have decided to sort out all the ‘little jobs’ that need to be completed before going further.
The French Lancer was missing a bucket. That has now been painted with thin washes of various shades of brown for the wooden staves, silver with a number of reddish brown washes over the top for the two iron hoops and yellow/green/brown for the bucket rim.
The wooden bucket
And now complete with artificial water.
A bucket of water
I have used an oblong wooden base from Andrea which I have now stained with wood dye and am in the process of varnishing with a dark, gloss coating. This base is a bit larger larger than the figure’s own base so I am thinking about putting some extra plaster/scenery around the figure to use up the area.
The Infantry Square now has a hand made “L” shaped wooden base of darkly stained and polished wood. This is now ready for the individual fitting of the 40 odd infantry figures, followed by the ground or grass on which they will be standing. I decided not to add the charging French Dragoon figures. Instead these 4 mounted figures will be put on their own round base with appropriate coloured and churned up ground. That base has now also been stained and varnished. Looking at the picture below, I have just realised that the two separate bases make quite a powerful diorama!
The L base for the infantry square and round base for the mounted dragoons
And I have built and undercoated two 1/32 scale British Bren Gun Carrier crew that I promised to do for someone.
Bren Gun Carrier Crew
A busy few days and almost ready for the next diorama.