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Saturday, 15 February 2020

More Horse for John!

Really enjoyed painting this little group of figures for John C. The horses are fine castings with well defined muscle tone. I'm sure John will tell us the manufacturer. Another delve into the box week to see what it reveals next. Bit shiny under the lamps as satin varnish still a bit wet, they can safely be given a coat of matt varnish if preferred of course.






The Baccus order has now arrived for my 6mm project so that blog will be updated with a few thoughts on basing/unit size and the painting of the first test unit shortly. I'll just say that figures are magnificent examples of sculpting and casting in the tiny scale.
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10 comments:

  1. old john15 February 2020 at 08:46

    brilliant painting as always, very many thanks, makers are , riders from Irregular Miniatures Restoration 20mm range, the horses are actually Polish 30YW ones from a German maker, whose name i've forgotten, will check my records and confirm which one

    cheers Old John

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    1. 'Lee.16 February 2020 at 01:17

      Thanks John. I generally forget about Irregular Miniatures these days which is a shame as they make some great figures on lots of scales!

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  2. Jonathan Freitag15 February 2020 at 09:26

    Nice work on these troopers. Is Baccus taking orders gain? I tried to place two orders recently and got a message saying no orders for now, system all backed up!

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    1. 'Lee.16 February 2020 at 01:21

      Thank you Jonathan. Yes Baccus are taking orders again after a three week shopping cart closure. Peter has taken on extra staff, increased working hours and added another casting machine, but even with 3 machines running flat out they still struggle to keep up with demand! I waited almost 3 weeks for my order to be processed, last year at one point it was 5 weeks turnaround, there is clearly an overwhelming demand for these tiny soldiers.

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  3. old john16 February 2020 at 00:56

    no need for matt varnish look great as they are, cheers Old John

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    1. 'Lee.16 February 2020 at 01:22

      That's fine John the satin gives a gentle sheen which does lift the colours nicely I think :)

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  4. caveadsum147117 February 2020 at 10:00

    Lovely looking cavalry unit!
    Best Iain

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  5. Rob22 February 2020 at 23:14

    Re: rules for Horse, Foot and Guns have you actually considered the DBx variant of that name?

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  6. 'Lee.26 February 2020 at 08:14

    Hi Rob, I will take a look at those rules. I'm also considering the Baccus WSS rules.

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