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Chris
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by Chris » 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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by Matt » Mon Nov 17, 2008 12:49 pm
I think busy bodies do them relativly cheap.
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by mhlr » Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:38 pm
Matt wrote:I think busy bodies do them relativly cheap.
errr, no, not £12 a pop or whateva it is, Model Town are probably the best option if you're good at painting figures...
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by Chris » Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:52 pm
mhlr wrote:Matt wrote:I think busy bodies do them relativly cheap.
errr, no, not £12 a pop or whateva it is, Model Town are probably the best option if you're good at painting figures...
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 before
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by mhlr » 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!
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by Chris » 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!
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.
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by alan2525 » 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.
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by Chris » 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.
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by SLRmidge » 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.
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by Chris » Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:42 pm
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.
Cheers. Not sure the punk look will fit in very well!
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by Chris » 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
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by made-in-england » Sun Dec 14, 2008 3:48 pm
Very nice!!
Love the decortator
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by SLRmidge » Sun Dec 14, 2008 6:01 pm
Well done
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by mhlr » Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:28 pm
look mighty fine to me!
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