Better Living Through Chemistry!

Another NWA Napoleonic member, Tony (see Sheppavara post), has made a very useful Pinterest page of all the paints, washes and other solutions and work-arounds he uses for his figures and terrain projects.

I'm sure there will be international versions of the things we have here in Australia. The beauty of this little collection is that there are pictures! You can compare them to local versions I'm sure, or at least Google the generic terms for your local brand.

See more at My Chemical Romance

Naval Gun and Crew Now With Added Blob & Tackle!

Here's the finished product!

Even though the blocks are a little too large still, they're a huge improvement on the previous attempt at using kitchen twine.

Big thanks to Cadet13 from La Bricole for the inspiration. I don't know why I didn't think of watching Hornblower myself!

Blob and Tackle

After the underwhelming use of kitchen twine, I've gone for a more accurate representation of the block and tackle for the naval gun using the stiff bristles salvaged from our outdoor broom and small blobs of milliput with a double indentation added using the tips of a pair of tweezers. I tried sticking the bristles straight into the blobs, but ended up with a mess, so I'm going to let the blobs harden, then glue the bristles on to them.

Fingers crossed!

This is the arrangement I'm looking for after the putty's hardened:
Single strand either end secured to gun and ground, while the double strand will be glued either end to the  hardened putty. All up it's about 2cm long.