Dad's Army Characters WiP

 Finished work on the construction of my next batch of peg soldiers based on the classic British TV series 'Dad's Army'. This will be the first time I have made WW2 themed peg figures and although they are a wee bit out of my usual comfort zone of 19th century military based figures I found them quite enjoyable to make...

Left to right: Warden Hodges (booo!), Sgt. Wilson and Corp. Jones.

These are now ready to prime (grey acrylic spray) and then paint and although khaki battledress is somewhat bland compared to their 1800's equivalent they have their own antique charm I think!

Talking about 1800's uniforms, it struck me that I have already done a British army uniform that is similar to that work in some of the episodes of the series by Lance Corporal Jones - the character who was a veteran of the Sudan (1896–1899), the Boer War (1899–1901)...

It might be nice - if I have the time at some point - to do these peg characters again but dressed in the gear they wore in the very first episode of 'Dad's Army' (before they were issued with their khaki uniforms).

I remember...

In fact, this is not an abandoned blog. It's just that the past year has been a bit of a funny one filled with a multitude of life events in one rather uncomfortable package! (I won't bore you, but suffice to say I've had a lot on my plate!)

Anyway, as it happens I've just been doing some work that has reminded me how much I enjoyed painting 1/32 scale figures, so I thought I'd post it up as it seems vaguely relevant...

This 1/32 scale British WW2 Tommy is, of course, a good old Airfix figure. I was using it to test out some painting techniques and colours for a 28mm figure project that I am planning.

After doing this happy little chap, I did consider maybe carrying on and doing a few more from the 'British Support Weapons' set that I have (I recall buying it so I had some 1/32 Vickers .303 machine guns to tinker with). But, I can ill afford yet another diversion.

However, it has caused me to get out some of my 1/32 Molatarian figures and stick them back in the project cue, so that I have some variation from the WW2 themed models that I am starting to amass.

I still prefer my flat 'toy soldier' painting style for my Molatarians over the shaded technique shown above. But, it's interesting to compare the two styles....

>Dust blown off blog! <