I've also noticed that the French WW1 officers tunics seem to be of a much darker shade of blue (especially in the earlier stages of the war) than the normal horizon blue. I guess this is down to the quality of the cloth and the dye use? Any tips on painting those types of uniform?

Hi Mike.
What colours did you use for the ww1 pilots trouser in this thread - https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/mike-johns-ww1-french-pilot-by-wings-cockpit.64278/

It's not about the breathes you take... It's all about the brush strokes you make :-)

Cheers mate
Hope it's warm there bloody cold and wet ,,,what's new lol hoping to get down under at some point have relatives on Perth and Brisbane .
Cheers mate

Hi Mike
Cheers mate ,I noticed when you did the Mori figure you had a bright yellow undercoat on the leather jerkin , was that to get the leather effect , if so I am thinking of doing the same on a bust I am doing for a school in Normandy .
Cheers Mate

Hi Mike
Is there any where in the uk you can purchase the naked figure range
Cheers Taff

Hello Mike
put a link to your site on mine
section : other fans
Best

Hey Mike .Good to see your new figure coming along .I am working on three busts at the moment,Young miniatures Templar , Andrea's After The Battle and Young's Roman Cavalry Officer bust .Also assembling Pegaso`s 75mm Vlad.Also just received Andrea's 75mm Ronan masterpiece.As you can tell I am struggling with my grey army HA Ha. I might put a W I P up soon .

See Ya

Neil

Hi Mike

chrisandrae@clear.net.nz

C hris

hey Mike,
Would be a couple of $ at most, so no cost,I'll get it sorted either today or tomorrow so just send me your address.
Hope you had a good ANZAC day.
Cheers

Chris

Hi Mike
Can do a copy of Lost in Libya if you are interested.
PM me

Cheers

Chris

Hey Mike ,Some nice looking figures on MedRom .The Young Miniatures bust is amazing.Hows the family and what are y ou ding back in Cambridge?I will put up another figure for you to check out.

Hey Mike.Hows things,you must have been surprised to see Centurion finally finished.Still down in Timaru?Keeping busy on the painting front?Have seen some of your impressive pieces ,are you working on anything at the moment?

Hello Mike

the price for the roman palace is 19Euros. You can see my cataloge at www.maconemodels.com

If you want, send me an e-mail to
info@maconemodels.com

with your location and I will tell you the shipping cost.

Have a nice day.
Regards.

Juan Luis Macone.

Hi Mike,

Just got this and no didn't know about Wingnut but I do know Richard, haven't been in touch with him for years but you won't need a referral mate. Richard has been associated with a model shop in Wellington (his & Pete Jackson's home town) called ModelCrafts and Hobbies. You'll find them online, from memory he was managing it. I know of other NZ modellers who have commission work for Pete J and he is a passionate collector of all things WW1, so I'm guessing an approach by you could be welcome. I'd send through a portfolio of your work on WW1 pilots & would not be surprised if you could get some business out of this.

I'll do some more follow ups locally as I know who painted the "Little Contempible" dios, saw those some months back but was sworn to secrecy.

If I can help in any way sing out,

Hey, great to hear from you too!

Take care,
Mike

Michael J Butler

Hello Mike,

I hope this message gets to you and you are happy and well!

The reason for this message is because of this very intriguing stuff that was just announced out of New Zealand just over a week ago.

http://wingnutwings.com/ww/

If you look in the "resin figures" and "customer models" sections, you will see that these people have turned out a lot of figures.

Wingnut Wings is a company started by Peter Jackson of "Lord of the Rings" fame. Apparently he is really into this stuff and has poured large piles of cash into a relatively limited interest hobby.

If none of this rings a bell with you, here is another avenue:the principle person in Wingnuts is a fellow Kiwi (from Wellington) by the name of Richard Alexander. Any bells ringing yet?

I figure since WWI pilots has been a specialty of mine for the past few years, it could not hurt to stick my foot inside the door.

Cheers!!

Mike Good