United Empire Miniatures 42nd Highlander 1783

[Michaelminiatures]

British 42nd Highlander 1783, 54mm figure from United Empire Miniatures sculpted by Alan Ball. I created this groundwork setting in a 1 1/2 day class at the 2015 Atlanta Figure Show. Some basic steps: I glued a resin tree stump to the wood base, painted the tree and added branches and foliage to make a tree. The branches and tree roots are made of dryed tomato plant roots( very tuff when dryed).Next I Sculpted rocks from 2-part pool putty and stained them with a oil paint sepia wash making a nice realistic rock cropping for my figure to stand on. Next I added ground cover and plants adding touches of paint to give the a more realistic look. John Long was the class teacher and he was excellent. We also learned of the different the supply's needed to make ground work. I painted my figure after I returned home and was very pleased to finish it and place it in the scene.

 

[Viking Bob]

Nicely painted and the base looks great too.
Bob

 

[pgarri27]

Nice job, Mike. That's a neat figure. I really like almost everything sculpted by Alan Ball. You did a good job painting him. Your groundwork looks really good and compliments the figure. Good to see the finished product. It was a good class, and I enjoyed learning lots of techniques.

 

[tomifune]

You guys really took that ground class to heart! The last time I seen this figure, he had a piece of rubber hanging off him.
Great job!!

Bob

 

[Kisifer]

Very beautifully painted figure and set up. Well done.

Xenofon

 

[Wings5797]

Superb work Guys.
Your base groundwork is a real gem.
Keith

 

[custer760]

Excellent work all around on this Mike,the figure complements the groundwork and the groundwork complements the figure.
Love it.
Pete

 

[swralph]

Lovely work all round.
Ralph.

 

[megroot]

great work all around.

marc

 

[Michaelminiatures]

Thanks guys it was a fun one.

 

[maco61]

Very very nice job.
Ciao by Maco

 

[Huw63]

Really nice work all round.

Cheers

Huw