Monday 13 April 2020

Lockdown project - 6 days progress.

Today is day 7 and I have an element of 10 French line infantry in campaign dress to paint but it's already 3pm and I have not yet had a chance to pick up a paint brush so they probably won't get finished until tomorrow now. I'm going to have a bash through the French infantry this week, not sure if I should mix campaign dress with others in greatcoats (capotes in Spain?), or maybe use the greatcoated figures to represent lower grade troops and campaign dress for the better quality line units. I'll think it over.

Got the basing style down now, they looked too light so added some sepia ink to the non grassed areas and I'm much happier with them. I also painted all the base edges in Vallejo 'Glossy Black' to see how it looked and I must say I like it.

British cavalry completed (!) 4 elements.

British command base done (really enjoyed this one)

French light cavalry completed (3 elements)

Solitary base of Highlanders ( rest will be standard British line)









10 comments:

  1. They are lovely, the grey horse is super.

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    1. Thanks again Norm.The BM horses are really nice sculpts which makes painting them a joy.I'm actually using this exercise to experiment a little more with horse shades so you might spot a couple of odd colours here and there! For example I tried Vallejo Cavalry Brown which gives a nice rich chestnut horse but I can't get the highlight quite right yet.

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    2. I recently bought the cavalry brown, which is a superb colour. To get a highlight, i added a tad of Vallejo Ivory, not saying it’s great, but it might push the cav brown in the right direction.

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    3. Thanks Norm, I will certainly give that a try so long as it don't turn it too pink :) Agree the Cavalry brown is a superb colour for basic chestnut horses, I actually ended up darkening the shade areas slightly but the BM hoses do take a highlight well.

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  2. Looking good Lee, you're cranking these out.

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    1. Hi Graham, it's a combination of cabin fever and enthusiasm for the DBN ruleset that's giving me real boost for painting. I also think that mentally, having made the decision to give up trying to plan for using the 40mm's, it's freed me up a bit......if that makes sense?

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  3. More gorgeous work, rapidly done and also lovely basing!
    Best Iain

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  4. Many thanks once again Iain.

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