It’s been over a year since I posted on this build. This is my update.
The first set of pictures kind of show why it’s taking so long. I’m not very neat or well organized, so 45 minutes out of each hour is used to fined something I need. My wife can’t stand to look at this mess.
Here are a couple of shot of the painted cannon. Still needs some touch up and weather, but it’s pretty much done.
Lastly some shots of most of the crew. They are far from finished very rough, they need lots of work, and need to make three or four more. Made them out of old sprue that I melt then shape.
We all have our own filing system - no judging here. Cannon looks good. I have a civil war gatling gun kit, all white metal and didn’t realize they painted them green. Any backstory there on the green? Figures look great - happy to see you back on this.
A cannon guy here; carriages were painted a light olive green, and the cannon were painted black if they were iron or left unpainted if they were bronze. It did not matter if they were guns (smoothbore), rifles, howitzers, or whatever. Implements were natural in color, and fittings and other accoutrements were black.
It’s not disorganized if YOU know where everything is (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it).
That said, the clear plastic tubs you can get at the dollar store, in all kinds of sizes, are wonderful for things like paints, scratchbuilding supplies, “random bits of crap I know I’ll need someday” and tools, among many other things. My wife turned me on to those and it’s improved my modeling experience immensely.
