Murat Historex 5

The right arm was improved. Painting has begun on the figure.

Drum Major Senot 8

The braid and moustache were replaced and the face is being repainted.

Charles and Diana 5

The details of Prince Charles uniform and medals were picked out. His face was refined further.

Converted Tiger 6

The back left leg was slightly altered.

Charles and Diana 4

After another round on filing and cleaning, The blue dress was repainted with some highlights. The sword was also filed and straightened.
Both the figures were then epoxied to the base for the final painting.

Tibetan Bass Drummer 13

Figure was painted in a lighter khaki uniform. The drum was epoxied to the figure.

Prince Charles Stuart

I had converted this figure from a Tradition kit wearing trews many years ago. It was converted to one wearing kilt and the face was changed. Sometime back, I had tried to redo the figure but then abandoned it in the stash. Recently, I came across this figure again and have decided to redo him properly.

Tibetan Bass Drummer 12

The face was painted. The uniform was shaded in dark brown. The drum hoops and cords are being painted.

Charles and Diana 3

After filing and shaping the additional putty to the contours of her dress, I repainted the dress. Prince Charles was also removed from the base for a general overhaul. The base is painted gloss black.

Drum Major Senot 7

I have readjust the position of the turnbacks at the back of the tunic. The tunic was painted a dark blue/violet and red has been added. All embroidery has been shaded in dark brown.

Murat Historex 4

Started to paint the trousers.

Converted Tiger 5

Studying various illustrations on the web, I continued to adjust the proportions on the tiger. More work was done on the back legs.

Charles and Diana 2

I prised Diana off the base. I am adding putty to make her taller,

Murat Historex 3

Part of the sword belt was remade. The arms were reattached and the figure was inserted into its new smaller base.

Drum Major Senot 6

The left elbow was built up. White undercoat was added to the reworked areas before re painting the figure.

Drum Major Senot 5

The left arm was inserted and the gap was filled in. The epaulette fringes were scrapped away.

The right hand was glued back holding the drum stick. I substituted Historex hussar braid locks.

An officer sword was added. As per my illustrations, this seem to be the closest match to a black leather sword sabre with decorated gilt details. It would make sense to as the length of the sword when compared to a short briquet would be more befitting for a man as tall as Senot. The sword rings were carefully trimmed and glued to the figure to appear as if the tunic turnback was masking the sword straps. Some putty was added to mask the rings.

The epaulette fringes were resculpted.

The plume was reattached. The figure was remounted onto its base.

Drum Major Senot 4

The figure was removed from the base for ease of handling. The mace was also removed.
The hussar braids were added. The fringe on the boots was redone.

Murat Historex 2

The figure was removed from the base.

Notice the wasp-waisted figure. I removed the arms to get at the waist. Putty was added to bulk up the waist.

Murat Historex

Restoring an early Historex figure made about 30 years ago. The figure will be rebased and repainted.

Tibetan Bass Drummer 11

The face is being painted. The drum hoops are also being painted.

Recent painted figures with white costumes

Of the few figures recently painted, I have had a chance to practise on shading white colours.

Drum Major Senot 3

The arms were removed from the figure to ease of sculpting. The face and collar were resculpted.

Some details were enhanced. The right arm was reinserted following the sculpting.

Left arm reinserted.

The hair and sash fringe were further detailed.

Some reference pics to show the details of this ornate costume.

Le Cimier Palace Guard Restoration

This was a Le Cimier kit. The figure is being restored by painting.

Drum Major Senot 2

I repositioned the head to give a longer neck. Then the head was resculpted to represent a longer face. The hands are being resculpted to look more realistic.