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Title: my CS(confederates) shelf
Post by: cheng on June 16, 2006, 06:25:41 AM

Hello my ACW customising friends!
been sometime since i have seen your ACW customs here so i thought why not just take some pictures of my CS shelf for members...(these are not new customs)

Title: Re: my CS(confederates) shelf
Post by: cheng on June 16, 2006, 06:27:37 AM

2 closer shots  :D

Title: Re: my CS(confederates) shelf
Post by: cheng on June 30, 2006, 02:34:02 AM

i consulted members on another board on the color for sparying the straps on my hay bales...might as well show it here, in case some members might be interested too

Title: Re: my CS(confederates) shelf
Post by: cheng on June 30, 2006, 02:41:04 AM

one would need quite a thin and soft/flexible masking tape for surfaces that are not flat or the spray might seep underneath

Title: Re: my CS(confederates) shelf
Post by: bennain on June 30, 2006, 09:20:01 AM

I like your southern artillery. Please explain me how you have build them. Is it only a simple blue body which you have painted?

Regards
Bennain

Title: Re: my CS(confederates) shelf
Post by: GaiusIulius on June 30, 2006, 11:47:04 AM

Im interested in ur spraying tools cheng. Am I right in saying that u dont have a 'real' spraying tools with air and stuff...and u use some kind of 'ready to spray' color?

Title: Re: my CS(confederates) shelf
Post by: cheng on July 01, 2006, 02:43:57 AM

hey Bennain & GaiusIulius....
in my books, you two are among the masters in customising...
i will just say what i did rather than give instructions  :D

Bennain,
in fact i was planning to pass these grey legs with red stripes to my royal artillery(napoleonics)....anyway, yes, i used those plain blue bodies...and added the buttons & belts
(someday these plain bodies are going to run out and we have to pay more for those beautifully painted 'modern' bodies, just to have to wipe off the original printing  :-\ )

right, GaiusIulius,
i never invested in an air gun...too expensive...and too troublesome...nowadays there's such a wide selection of 'ready' color sprays available off-the-shelf....and for PM....we dont have to be that accurate with colors   ;D excuses excuises  :P

Title: Re: my CS(confederates) shelf
Post by: cheng on July 01, 2006, 02:51:00 AM

Quote from: bennain on June 30, 2006, 09:20:01 AM

Is it only a simple blue body which you have painted?
Regards
Bennain

i found an old photo which i must have posted here...anyway its not too clear but clearer  ;D

Title: Re: my CS(confederates) shelf
Post by: Richard on July 03, 2006, 09:01:13 PM

Cheng, here at GW ... YOU, my friend, are indeed the "master of the spray can" ...
Your spray painting skills are incredible !!!

It's too bad that you won't try an airbrush. I think that you would be absolutely fantastic with that as well as the spray can !!!

All the best,
Richard

Title: Re: my CS(confederates) shelf
Post by: cheng on July 04, 2006, 02:28:45 AM

thanks Richard  ;D
just hoping more members will follow me....it still retains the 'original' feeling while making them more beautiful  :)

Title: Re: my CS(confederates) shelf
Post by: Dan on July 08, 2006, 12:59:52 PM

Its the mix of uniforms, soldiers not in uniform, beards and whiskers that makes it so good.  It would be so easy to have them all looking the same just because "they're soldiers and should look the same" (when, of course, they never did).

Title: Re: my CS(confederates) shelf
Post by: Flash on August 04, 2006, 05:27:47 PM

oh wow luv what u did to those figures cheng and how u did it, very impressive!  :o