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Post by fredg on Feb 4, 2016 15:39:25 GMT
Just in case you're wondering what I get up to when I'm quiet(ish), I have a bit of an interest in the Napoleonic wars. This of course leads on to military uniforms of the period and of course model soldiers. I've been painting a few figures this winter ( MrsG reckons it keeps me out of mischief) so here's one of the ones I completed yesterday. He's a French Artillery Officer. The scale is 1.72 so the ruler is on the mm side.
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Post by corky on Feb 4, 2016 17:01:52 GMT
That's impressive , nothing wrong with your eyesight , must of painted it with a gnats eyelash
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Post by fredg on Feb 5, 2016 16:31:09 GMT
Oh it gets worse corky. I learnt to do a half decent grey horse doing these
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Post by corky on Feb 6, 2016 9:22:57 GMT
What are the figures made of , are they lead?
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Post by fredg on Feb 6, 2016 18:26:12 GMT
I have plastic and resin figures. Just the one in metal of Nappy on Marengo. The modern plastics have a lot of detail in the sculpting
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Post by corky on Feb 6, 2016 19:30:20 GMT
I used to paint lead figures when I was a teen , late 80's and they sometimes took a lot of cleaning up before you could paint them if you wanted a good finish . They weren't military , more Lord of the rings but I appreciate the work it takes
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Post by fredg on Feb 12, 2016 12:24:37 GMT
On the model site people wanted me to add a wash to the figures so I duly purchased a sepia wash. Here's the result on these two figures. I'm not too sure there is any difference with the french Artillery Officer ( left) but there is with the Dragoon General ( right). However the difference only really shows under magnification ie photograph or magnifying lens/es. With my normal eyesight I don't see much difference at all. I'm hoping it will look better with the horses, after all if not I just wasted £4.55p.
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Post by stevebooth on Feb 12, 2016 13:48:44 GMT
I fancy it gives them a sort of matt look, which makes it look like battlefield dust on the clothing, for added realism. Cheers Steve
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Post by corky on Feb 13, 2016 11:39:15 GMT
I used washes to give depth and shading, I used to dilute colours with either water or spirits depending on the paint used, never realised you could buy them specifically, but I agree Steve they probably do add a more matt finish too. Be good to see the horses before and after as they are a large area of the same colour.
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Post by fredg on Feb 13, 2016 19:22:15 GMT
I'll get on to more horses eventually corky. At present I have 36 pairs of socks to paint diamond patterns on.
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Post by fredg on Nov 22, 2016 19:48:43 GMT
Just in case you think I've gone quiet, I'm back painting the little fellows for the winter. Current project is Austrian Grenadiers (German) of IR12 Manfredini (Moravian) then onto some Austrian Grenadiers (Hungarian) (Regiment still to be decided). Theses are all 20mm metal figures (that'll please corky).
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Post by corky on Nov 23, 2016 22:19:17 GMT
I take it you finished the 36 pairs of socks:-)
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Post by fredg on Nov 24, 2016 8:25:03 GMT
They're still WIP corky. Scots uniforms are the hardest to paint. Note the hatbands too, then there's all those epaulettes and straps.The kilts are easy.
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Post by corky on Nov 24, 2016 13:37:45 GMT
At least you don't need to paint tartan underwear
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Post by fredg on Nov 24, 2016 20:19:00 GMT
If that region was visible I think the tartan underwear would be the preferred option
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