ALY MORRISON'S "BUTTERFLY" ADVENTURES IN THE WORLD OF WARGAMES AND TOY SOLDIERS

Thursday, 27 September 2018

Serious temptation... Shiny

Greetings...


I have now gloss varnished my colour tests...






It makes a difference... doesn't it.


I think as these are from my Shiny Toy soldiers range... it would appear that they demand to be 'SHINY!'....


I am up for this... but it will probably be next year before I get started... I have to do a bit of sculpting and casting and such...


And I want to get my WSS collection to a point of gaming...


And all the other stuff...


All the best  Aly
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24 comments:

  1. Phil Robinson27 September 2018 at 20:28

    That's the way to do it.

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    1. Aly Morrison28 September 2018 at 07:00

      Thank you Phil...
      Looks like you could be right.

      All the best. Aly

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  2. Unlucky General27 September 2018 at 21:15

    I'd call them toy-soldiers rather than what have evolved into wargames miniatures ... and there's nothing wrong with either. Very attractive.

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    1. Aly Morrison28 September 2018 at 07:07

      Thank you...

      I have alway just referred to them as toy soldiers Hence the tittle of my blog.
      Although it really doesn’t matter does it... as long as you are enjoying your hobby.

      Each to their own as they say

      All the best. Aly

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  3. tradgardmastare27 September 2018 at 23:10

    Shiny happy people looking great!

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    1. Aly Morrison28 September 2018 at 07:12

      Thank you...

      I shall be singing that all day...;-)

      All the best. Aly

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  4. The Good Soldier Svjek28 September 2018 at 07:40

    That coat of varnish does it for me !

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    1. Aly Morrison29 September 2018 at 11:11

      Thanks Tony...
      It looks like that is the way to go

      All the best. Aly

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  5. Mark Dudley28 September 2018 at 14:15

    Gloss is the way to go.

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  6. StuartInsch28 September 2018 at 15:08

    Lovely!
    Perhaps you should have a game by candlelight for extra sparkle!

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    1. Aly Morrison29 September 2018 at 11:14

      Thank you Stuart...

      I always light up at least one of the chandeliers for this kind of game...;-)

      All the best. Aly

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  7. Jonathan Freitag28 September 2018 at 18:57

    The gloss coat complements this style of sculpting quite nicely.

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    1. Aly Morrison29 September 2018 at 11:15

      Gloss definitely has the vote Jonathan

      It’s also a very forgiving finish.

      All the best. Aly

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  8. Matt Crump28 September 2018 at 22:07

    Yes I vote for gloss with these it gives that certain style, they will look very splendid ranked up. I think I would be tempted to go for slightly thinner bases ?

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    1. Aly Morrison29 September 2018 at 11:18

      Thank you Matt...

      The bases were a couple I had at hand.. and yes I think they are a bit to thick.
      I will probably go for 4mm when I get started probably on this .

      All the best. Aly

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  9. rross29 September 2018 at 08:31

    Nice work Aly - gloss is not my thing and neither are reproduction 1900's "Toy Soldiers" but I know you like this style and you have made an excellent job of these examples!

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    1. Aly Morrison29 September 2018 at 11:24

      Thank you Keith
      Wargaming is a broad church with many periods scales and finishes to choose from... which is what makes it such fun.

      All the best. Aly

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  10. Duke of Baylen29 September 2018 at 20:52

    The gloss finish as hinted earlier gets my vote. Very nice. The curl on the cavalryman's helmet crest is wonderful.

    Thanks for the enquiry about my pictures. This should work:
    flickr.com/photos/155027244@NO6/albums

    Stephen

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    1. Aly Morrison2 October 2018 at 06:55

      Thank you Stephen...

      Nice toys

      All the best. Aly

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  11. Duke of Baylen29 September 2018 at 20:55

    That should be N06 and not NO6

    apologies

    Stephen

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  12. Wellington Man30 September 2018 at 09:08

    Shiny gets my vote too, Aly, but that is probably not very surprising. They look wonderful.

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    1. Aly Morrison2 October 2018 at 06:57

      Thank you WM...
      Yes for some strange reason I had a good idea where you would cast your vote...

      All the best. Aly

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  13. caveadsum14713 October 2018 at 21:20

    Ooh shiny! Gloss is definitely the appropriate varnish for these chaps, lovely!
    Best Iain

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