Jaakko's Blog

They are looking nice Jaakko - just a couple of thoughts though - sheep would have made quick work of munching down that long grass so trimming their field lower could add to the realism; farmers in Wales use a dye to identify their sheep though I'm not sure when this practice would have been intoroduced; and lastly that partially collapsed stone wall would need some repairs unless you want to lose the flock you do however have a very capable looking dog there to keep them in check

Alan, do you mean the patches of dye seen on sheeps backs? When a ram is introduced to a flock it has a pad attached under its breast which leaves a mark on the back of the ewes that its 'serviced', this has been going on for many years. Reddle was once used, one of Thomas Hardy's books (The Return of the Native) features a 'reddle man' who travelled form town to town supplying farmers with the red ochre dye.

 

Paul.

Hi Paul - aha that's what it was for I should have know that having lived next to a field of sheep for about 20 years

They would be marked further up the back for flock identification as well.

 

Bit of a description here. (Edit - in the photos, Blue Faced Leicester X Swaledale = Mule.)

You could try the PD Marsh dogs (PW101)

http://www.pdmarshmodels.com/show_product.php?pid=549

JCM

Five dogs for

Thanks for sharing the reddling link Worsdell forever!  It seems that my sheep need still another colour wash.  

Hiya Jaakko,

 

Really lovely work. I haven't seen your blog before. I will follow with interest.

 

Regards,

 

Nick.

Thank you gentlemen for your comments and all the Likes.

 

Here are my sheep after the reddle colour washes: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8376/8521218497_355e0a9a69.jpg

 

I am sorry but there is only a link to my picture situating on Flickr. It is strange that I cannot load pictures onto my comments. Pressing the image button on the comment editor makes the whole computer screen transparent grey but causes no other reaction whatsoever.

Hi Jaako, just right-click on the original image, then click copy, go here, open a  comment and right-click again and click insert.

 

I wonder if the red colour on the sheep needs to be toned down a little? Just a suggestion. I see some of them are playing leap frog :-)