I just finished this 1/32 Model Cellar figure of Billy Bishop using oils over acrylics. The sculpting of this figure is very realistic and has lots of character. I turned the base from yew.



This is the 1/16 Eddie Rickenbaker bust that came with the Dragon SPAD kit. Painted with acrylics with oils for the face.




This is a 1/35 Lord Strathcona Horse Royal Canadian. It's converted from the ICM British Infantry and Prussian from their Franco-Prussian war kit.




Cheers,

Ted

Nice work.

Hello again:

I like your figures, but the Billy Bishop one is really noteworthy. Good job on all of them.

Best

Mark

Very good job on all figures but I love the Billy Bishop figure in particular, your representation of the leather flying gear is superb, very realistic colours.
Could you give us a clue as to what colours you used to achieve that leather look.

Des.

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Thanks guys. I painted the Billy Bishop figure mostly with artist oil paints. I used black primer, then I misted on Tamiya buff acrylic so it highlighted the figure. Then I brushed on oil paint very lightly. If you have just a little oil paint on your brush then it acts like a stain. After a few light coats it builds up. I used raw umber for the coat. Oil paints are really great for natural materials like leather, wood and skin. On the other two figures the faces, horse and leather items are oil paint and the khaki is acrilic.

Ted

I agree with the others. Very good job on the figures.

Ted,

Very nice job on our Billy Bishop! The leather looks great!

Keep of the good work...

Paul

It is a great honour to have a manufacturer complement your efforts on one of his kits.

Thanks for the comments Carl and Paul, I appreciate your support

Paul, this was my first Model Cellar figure and was the most lifelike figure I've ever seen. I'll definitely pick up more of the 54mm and 1/48th pilots. I grew up in Owen Sound, Ontario and Bishop was my hero as a kid. The sculptor captured his character well.

Ted

I just picked up the Squadron James McCudden conversion kit for the Wingnut SE5a. It came with this 1/32 figure of McCudden. It's not the best-sculpted figure but I really like the subject and the price was very low for what you get ($14 for a resin cowling, exhaust pipes, figure and decals)



Ted