95 th Rifles

18Dec
by patmcf

Well folk its back to modelling as I have finally got some bases made up for the squillion figures I painted when I was out of action after the eyes were operated on.

As most of you would know by now I’m a great fan of the 95th rifles back in Wellingtons day so I had to paint up some more, I have a feeling it was these guys that I opened my account with the blog about ten years back, the one my daughters cat walked over to my horror, amazingly missing every figure!

Well the best set of the guys was produced by Italeri, there are some made by Revell but they are a lot smaller and would look weird if combined. The keen eyed, and I know there are a lot of you out there will see that I have done some alteration to some figures from other Brit sets so as to add a bit of variation in poses.

The bases are just the standard pine I get from my local hardware store, stained with Nulm oil and any other stains I can find in the shed. Next is the foam core with a smear of plaster followed with the static grass and lowers weeds and rocks.

That’s it for now but I hope to get another post in before the big day so keep safe until then.

Cheers Pat.

Warning! My proof reader isn’t available so I take full responsibly for any errors. Ha Ha!!

22 thoughts on “95 th Rifles”

  3. Dave Stone's avatar

    Dave Stone

    These turned out great Pat, not a period I do but can appreciate the time and attention you put into them.
    Hope you and the family have a Very Merry Christmas.

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    Kuribo

    I must be the ignorant American because I had no idea what I was looking at until I saw the comments! Ignorance aside, these little guys look great and its always a pleasure seeing your dioramas. Have you ever entered things you’ve worked on in a scale model show? There is a show that’s local to me where these types of dioramas would be a hit is the only reason I ask 🙂

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      patmcf

      Your excused mate , it would be amazing if we could know every regiment from around the world 😳😅it was only that us Australian kept close to the Brits that there military influence was so great an impression on young kids.
      Thanks, I’m glad that you like these and I feel with these small ones I can show off more diverse figures from around the globe. Alas figure painting lost its appeal over here long ago, I would venture to say that I would be one of the very few who would be into it 🤔. I’m constantly explaining it so I just give them my card and tell them to check out my sight

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        Kuribo

        I barely learned World History in school because we spent so much time on American history. It is a shame as World History is more interesting to me in general.

        This is probably a good distance from you, but this show is the type of thing I was thinking about: https://modelexpo.com.au/index.html?page=Home

        I think the type of dioramas you make might be well-received there but it might not be worth the trek too. I enter in the shows that are local to me and wouldn’t travel halfway across the US to enter in others.

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        patmcf

        Hey mate you aren’t alone I have only met a few of your fellow Americans and they to new very little beyond their borders but there knowledge of there own country was impressive 👍🏻.
        The model show you mentioned is one I visited some years back as it was only a few miles away from where we lived, a smashing show and if I was living there still I would certainly enter one of my works. But as we now live a long way from there and the traffic being hideous it wouldn’t be worth while but thanks for the point out 👍🏻.

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        Kuribo

        I’m glad to hear it you’ve been to that show and you’ve had that experience. I think your work is worthy of attention and it sounds like you’ve gotten it in the past!

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        patmcf

        Cheers mate my youngest daughter said I should put everything in a container and ship it to you so you can sell it all and her and her sister can sigh a big one in relief 😳

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      patmcf

      Sorry hit wrong button 🤬, anyway from what I have said it’s a no to your question, very few would be interested and there are very few clubs in Australia. One that note I feel that Gammers would be the only folk interested in purchasing one and they would most likely strip the figures and base them up for a game 😂😂😂👍🏻.

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        Kuribo

        No worries! There is a bit of a divide between gamers and scale modelers for sure. It seems like that show I sent you embraces both of sides of the hobby. The local show here, MMSI, is the same way. Before I went to it, I didn’t think having both sides represented equitably would be possible!

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        patmcf

        Your right one that one Jeff, it was at that show that I was able to see Gammer’s for the first time and see how they did it, I came away with a better understanding and respect for there world🤔

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