Author Topic: Double D -- I finally painted a carriage!! (Read 1885 times)

Zulu · « **on:** May 08, 2013, 05:24:18 AM »

Here is a naval carriage for a 36" long wooden barrel. The barrel was was painted to look like a patina bronze finish.
This is one of the few carriages I have painted. Actually, my lovely assistant did the paintwork. I used some old cracked and beat up fir that I had laying around. I was trying to make it look old and well used.

I have to admit I like the look.
I will have this on my website as soon as I can at www.jmelledge.com
Zulu

flagman1776 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 08, 2013, 06:30:25 AM »

Sure is purty!!

Zulu · « **Reply #2 on:** May 08, 2013, 08:29:33 AM »

Wow!
My lovely assistant got a kewpie Doll. Of course it has to go to her. She did all the paint work on both the barrel and the carriage. Without that, it's just another ho-hum carriage.
It's her first!

Zulu

jeeper1 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 08, 2013, 11:15:43 AM »

I can not come up with words that even come close to describing how impressed I am!

RocklockI · « **Reply #4 on:** May 08, 2013, 05:45:29 PM »

She looks like you found her in a museum ! Do you get wierd looks when someone sees it and then you push it around ?

Thats one of my favorites !
Gary

rivercat · « **Reply #5 on:** May 08, 2013, 11:05:27 PM »

am very impressed with this carriage mate!

aboatguy · « **Reply #6 on:** May 09, 2013, 09:23:49 AM »

Sir, you are an artist! BRAVO ZULU!!!

Doc Brown. · « **Reply #7 on:** May 09, 2013, 09:37:29 AM »

Looks like it came from the back lot of universal studio and if I had a castle I would want one for each corner. The paint job looks to have been done by one of them artist who work for Spielberg. That has wealthy man cave written all over it!

Oldshooter · « **Reply #8 on:** May 09, 2013, 10:07:51 AM »

That's real handsome Zulu. I'm gonna have to check out your site again its been a couple of years. Last time I got an inferiority complex that lasted a while. You do some great stuff pardner, do you fish anymore?

Zulu · « **Reply #9 on:** May 09, 2013, 12:46:56 PM »

Thanks for the comments.
Oldshooter,
I fished today. Brought home 110 lbs. of catfish!
Zulu

Oldshooter · « **Reply #10 on:** May 09, 2013, 01:47:02 PM »

Nice catch!

Double D · « **Reply #11 on:** May 09, 2013, 03:50:18 PM »

Now we need to see red and yellow ochre.

Cannoneer · « **Reply #12 on:** May 10, 2013, 09:25:58 AM »

It's about time that you slapped some colored skin on one of your rigs. I personally always go opaque on carriage coverings in an attempt to achieve the utmost realism attainable.

Zulu · « **Reply #13 on:** May 10, 2013, 01:44:22 PM »

My lovely webmaster has put this gun on my website. It can be seen here.
She is pretty handy to have around.
Lucky Zulu

http://jmelledge.com/British32PounderPG2.html

dominick · « **Reply #14 on:** May 11, 2013, 02:24:55 AM »

Very nice!

onegreatshot · « **Reply #15 on:** May 13, 2013, 01:05:17 AM »

Ditto on all replies ZULU