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Post by gbvarese on Mar 25, 2020 7:48:03 GMT
Dear Administration,
May I post a few pictures of some Austro Hungarian soldiers obtained by modifying and making a new silicon-rubber mould of one soldier of your set 8027?
Thanks. Giovanni
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Post by Forum Admin on Mar 25, 2020 8:08:35 GMT
ok
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Post by gbvarese on Mar 25, 2020 10:03:03 GMT
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Post by gbvarese on Mar 25, 2020 10:06:12 GMT
Dear all
I've just finished my first Austro Hungarian battalion, Rgt Hiller N° 2, completely made by myself with silicon rubber mould. The only original element is the Hat's officer. The difficult with this resin is the bubbles that forms inside the mould; you therefore have to carefully check the entire figure and gently eliminate them away, which sometimes is very difficult. Now I'm much more experienced than in the beginning, but I can't tell you the number of soldiers that I had to throw away before obtaining a satisfying result.
Now I have to prepare other five Austro Hungarian battalions in order to complete Gen. Bianchi's division.
Thanks a lot for your comments.
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Post by grumble on Mar 28, 2020 20:17:14 GMT
Very nicely done. Congratulations on learning to work well with the moulding process!
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Post by gbvarese on Mar 30, 2020 12:16:21 GMT
Dear Grumble,
Thanks a lot for appreciating the work that I've done. Are you also able to make your own moulds?
Gio.
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Post by stevo0113 on Apr 1, 2020 8:49:23 GMT
fantastic that all the figures were copied from one man could you do a step by step guide, mind you i don't think hat would be happy with us all copying their figures.  |
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Post by davidmac on Apr 1, 2020 15:02:03 GMT
Arrr! That be piracy, matie!
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Post by gbvarese on Apr 14, 2020 11:21:35 GMT
Dear All,
Before posting my photos, I asked the permission to Hat to do so and they kindely approved. In my opinion in SET 8027, the fundamental soldier that one need, i.e the marching man, results rather thin and in an innatural pose. The same aplly for the man advancing with levelled gun: he hold his arm too foward too close to the bajonet. In previous posts on this site, I expressed several time the need for Hungarian troops to be produced, as they took part in the Napoleonic conflicts always in great number. It seems that finally in the future they will be produced and their quality appears to be very good.
Best wishes. Gio.
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