Some drawings for a change!

I was very much inspired by some of the drawing I saw at the G.S.A Degree Show at the start of the summer, so much so that I thought I'd do a bit. I wanted to try out a technique I had read about in a 'how to put together a folio' book, which was graphite and linseed oil. So, killing two birds with one stone, or maybe three as it gave me some much needed drawing practice, the results are below.
The figures are drawn from the 1/6 scale models I make. I have loads to work my way through and would eventually like to get back to painting from them. To paint from them was the initial reason I began making them in the first place. A couple of hundred down the line and I think I've worked from at the most a dozen of them. I had William Orpen and a few other of the Great War artists while I was doing these.
The ships are WW1 Dreadnoughts and battleships. I love their archaic structures. They are a real mix of 19th and 20th century design. I intend to do a bit more with them along the lines of Le Quy Tong and Patricia Cain; some subtle colour and line work. Don't know fully what yet; it'll come to me eventually.
The technique is really nice. The linseed oil allows you to 'paint' with the graphite. Work a bit onto the page then use the linseed oil to blur and blend. It also makes the dark tones really dark. I also really like the yellowing the oil leaves on the paper.I've collaged the surfaces a bit behind the soldiers to see which gives the best response. The surface that gave the best result was tracing paper but the oil can't be absorbed so it doesn't dry unfortunately.