In Her Majesty's Name - not as much progress as I would have hoped
Usually on my return from Salute I immediately base a figure or two and try to get something painted straight away. This is exactly what I intended to do today, given that I possess nearly five dozen new figures for In Her Majesty's Name. I based a dozen yesterday and undercoated three today intending to finish at least one (probably Sherlock Holmes).
In order to keep me focussed on a project I like to indulge in a bit of background fluff to engender the requisite engagement. Usually this is just a bit of reading and appropriate music while I paint. So I've been listening to the Hans Zimmer Sherlock Holmes soundtracks, the Patrick Gowers TV soundtrack and even David Arnold's Sherlock soundtracks. Sometimes something more visual is needed and so the other night I watched the Sherlock Holmes (2009) film again as it is quite Steampunky in places. I also decided to finish an episode of the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes which I had started but not finished some time ago. Quite a lot of these are shot in and around country houses rather than the foggy London I imagined would feature more often (which is why I need to locate my unpainted model mansion which I originally bought for using in ECW games). This episode, The Man with the Twisted Lip, did have some good dark alley Victorian London scenes however which gave me some thoughts about a London scenic board (eventually).
Eleanor David in The Man with the Twisted Lip
However the scene which really took my fancy was when Holmes (the North Star IHMN figure really looks like Jeremy Brett) and Watson turn up at the lady in distress's house in the country. Played by Eleanor David, one of a number of splendid actresses to appear in this series over the years, she offers Holmes and Watson a cold supper after their long journey from London.
They never eat it but this sumptuous looking collation of pie, cheese, ham on the bone and cold pork chops quite distracted me from the action. I proceeded to shop for a version of this to have tonight with a nice bottle of claret while I watch the next episode... Inspiration comes in many forms!
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