Saving the easiest one for last,….well almost last, this rifleman was very straight forward in painting. Using all the techniques as mentioned before this paint went smoothly. One change was to use a “liner” brush for the tartan black stripes, as someone had mentioned I do. I hesitated to use it, but decided; heck, there’s enough room to screw this up and clean it, why not. With a little more practice I think I’ll have this brush type dialed in, but there was certainly a learning curve that came with that brush. I’m now a convert! Stretch the envelope, right?
I hear the drums a-beating, ratta tat tat, ratta tat tat,………………… Yes, Drummer Boy is next up to bat. He’s got a lot of fluff to him as well.
Now comes the sneak-peak. This really looks pretty shabby, IMHO, but when it’s all painted and shaded correctly, I don’t think much will be noticed. I certainly can’t get that “high speed, low drag” intense brush work on this drum as others have done, but I know my limitations, and this is one of them. Who knows, when it’s all said and done, I may scrub it and repaint it. It won’t be the first time I’ve done a scrubbing, lol.
Thanks for watching, all comments welcome, of course. Cheers, Ski.
