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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:15 am
I should get around to getting some people for my little railway. The ones from modeltown seem about the most reasonable. Any other ideas?
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 12:49 pm
I think busy bodies do them relativly cheap.
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:38 pm
errr, no, not £12 a pop or whateva it is, Model Town are probably the best option if you're good at painting figures...Matt wrote:I think busy bodies do them relativly cheap.
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:52 pm
Busy bodies look good, but I don't have the money at the mo. Not sure if I am good at painting figures or not - never done it beforemhlr wrote:errr, no, not £12 a pop or whateva it is, Model Town are probably the best option if you're good at painting figures...Matt wrote:I think busy bodies do them relativly cheap.
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:00 pm
If you wanna do summut different (like Pauly did), try Fimo characters: http://www.wendoverlightrailway.com/ind ... _Modelling
1. Cheap, only cost of time and the Fimo itself.
2. Totally personal to your railway, and you can say you made them yourself!
1. Cheap, only cost of time and the Fimo itself.
2. Totally personal to your railway, and you can say you made them yourself!
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:35 pm
I did think of that, then I found out the price of fimo and realised I didn't have a clue what I was doing!mhlr wrote:If you wanna do summut different (like Pauly did), try Fimo characters: http://www.wendoverlightrailway.com/ind ... _Modelling
1. Cheap, only cost of time and the Fimo itself.
2. Totally personal to your railway, and you can say you made them yourself!
Looking into doing it yourself makes you realise the the busy bodies ones are very good value for the amount of effort that must go into each one.
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:09 pm
I bought some tamiya figures, 1:20th for their F1 car pitcrew. The figures are rather tall for 1:20th though and good for 1:19th. I was planning on hacking them around and maybe modding them with milliput, and moulding a few extras using RTV and resin.
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:03 pm
Ok, just ordered a few model town figures, so I will see what they are like in a few days.
Ordered man with a shovel, man on a ladder, and a family group sitting down.
Ordered man with a shovel, man on a ladder, and a family group sitting down.
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:08 pm
A word of advise. When you paint them use matt finish & keep the tones muted. Then they'll look far more realistic than brightly coloured shiney ones.
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:42 pm
Cheers. Not sure the punk look will fit in very well!SLRmidge wrote:A word of advise. When you paint them use matt finish & keep the tones muted. Then they'll look far more realistic than brightly coloured shiney ones.
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 12:22 pm
OK, I got some from modeltown. My fingers are a bit fat for painting little things, but this is how I got on...
Dim group shot
Painter/decorator, I made the ladder
Chap with a shovel
Family group, I will stick to individual characters in future, this was a bit fiddly for me
Dim group shot
Painter/decorator, I made the ladder
Chap with a shovel
Family group, I will stick to individual characters in future, this was a bit fiddly for me
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 3:48 pm
Very nice!!
Love the decortator
Love the decortator
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 6:01 pm
Well done 
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:28 pm
look mighty fine to me!