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Post by Clayton on Feb 14, 2015 3:21:28 GMT
Very nice painting!
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Post by alexander on Feb 17, 2015 10:36:36 GMT
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Post by marktiedens on Feb 19, 2015 17:35:28 GMT
Very nice!
Mark
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Post by Clayton on Feb 23, 2015 12:44:19 GMT
It is impressive that you carved all of these sculptures and then painted them on top of it! It seems that I took the easy way out with mine compared to your route.
Very nice work!
Clayton
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Post by alexander on Feb 24, 2015 7:08:28 GMT
Hi Clayton,
I didn't carve every Figure as you did.
That's the advantage of coloured figures. You can hide a lot of tricks under the colour.
Many of the recurring figures as the lions at the gunports are copies in resin.
But I admire your effort of carving every single figure including the figures which are hidden under deck
Cheers, Alexander
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Post by matti on Mar 2, 2015 14:59:07 GMT
Very nice work as always Alexander!
/Matti
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Post by alexander on Apr 1, 2015 10:24:53 GMT
Hi, here are some new characters. These are the warriors on the lower gallery. Like the musicians of the upper gallery I prepared them from Milliput. In Boxwood I carved three grotesque consoles and the birds-console. The warriors will be placed on these consoles. Because I need 60 pieces of the figures, a two-part silicone mold is made once again and I will mold a corresponding number of casts. The warriors then will get their arms in different positions and weapons and shield in their hands.  That's it once again Regards, Alexander |
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Post by alexander on Jun 14, 2015 8:32:41 GMT
Little sign of life from the Vasa. Currently I am working very much at the model. However, at many different sites: Fife-Rail, the guns of the weather deck, figures of the lower gallery. Here are some results of the carvings, the figures are not quite ready. The last dieting and the finishing touches are still missing: That's even the figure of David with a harp in addition to three consolfigures. One is centered under the David. The other two will be mounted on the left and right wing. On them then to a young and an old Hercules stand.  The younger Hercules can be seen on the second picture.  Regards, Alexander |
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Post by alexander on Jul 24, 2015 8:10:20 GMT
The figures in the lower gallery are now finished and thus a large vacant lot was closed. Here are some pictures:     For this sight I had to wait a long time: The full transom. Only the lantern is still missing.  Regards, Alexander |
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Post by Clayton on Jul 27, 2015 16:01:42 GMT
Very nice work, and very nice painting!
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Post by alexander on Aug 10, 2015 17:23:48 GMT
Thank you, Clayton! Meanwhile, I finished the last carvings. These are the Tritons and a coat of arms with a crescent moon face. So the lower ranks of the gallery are completed:   The macro-view shows that the Triton has swallowed his fishtail with a sea monster. However, it shows also some defizits regarding the gap dimensions:  The starbordside. On the corner the old Hercules.  Regards, Alexander |
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Post by alexander on Aug 17, 2015 16:30:03 GMT
Thanks, Clayton! Meanwhile, I have built the carlings.    Although somewhat simplified, but equivalent the appearance as Vasa had as seen in 1978 when the weather deck had not yet been laid. Regards, Alexander |
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Post by alexander on Sept 13, 2015 9:58:16 GMT
Building the carriages The carriages can be easily produced using a circular saw with adjustable saw table. However, the sizes for the Vasa's carriages on the weather deck are very different, so it also, more or less one-off production. The wheels should have a proper grain direction, hence the production was not possibel on the lathe. But see for yourself:    Here, the principle of double rotation was used. Works great! Thanks for the tip, Daniel (Dafi)!   The pretty muzzles I got kindly from Clayton. The tubes, that I had casted a long time ago, all were rubbish because Mondfelds drawings were completely wrong here. Thanks for the help, Clayton!  Now I have to solve the question of whether I will paint the carriages black, as the originals were. Since the carriages at the lower decks also are not painted, I tend also for the top cannon-carriages to keep them colourless.   So the carriages look painted, the wheels I would leave unpainted anyway. I'm still wondering about. Regards, Alexander
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Post by fredhocker on Sept 18, 2015 6:35:41 GMT
Hope you paint them black! I would like to see how that looks.
Your deck substructure is very fine, very close to the original.
Fred
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Post by alexander on Sept 18, 2015 9:07:31 GMT
Hi Fred,
thanks for your estimation.
I will paint the carriages including the wheels black. Do you think, the wheels were black all over?
Cheers, Alexander
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