And the 12 WW2 Brits are painted. Enjoyed doing them and they took very little time really. As I have more to do a quick record of main uniform colour is in order: Flat Earth (a light brown), washed with Sepia Wash, highlighted with 50/50 Flat Earth/Japanese uniform. (All Vallejo). Satin varnished (will probably change to Matt although the satin loses it's sheen with handling I find). 10 man rifle section including Bren gunner and NCO with Sten, plus a 2 man PIAT team. I'll certainly paint the rest of what I have here (another 15-18 figures), but still not sure if this will become a full blown project or just stick to commission painting for a while.
This week it's back to finishing off John's last few figures and Gerry's 6mm cavalry. John tells me the next box will contain some Ottomans, so something fresh as I have never painted these before.
They look really fab, your painting style perfectly fits AB.
ReplyDeleteCheers Norm, great figures and easy to paint!
DeleteI've had my eye on those AB figures for a long time but have resisted. Your painting as always is superb!
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful sculpts/castings Ian. My only concern is the cost per figure at £1.30, more than most 28mm metals! Also the packaging means you would have to buy more than required, command figures for example come in packs of 6 when maybe only 3 are needed. So, lovely figures but not quite doing it for me at the moment,
DeleteThat was scarily quick - I have achieved far less over the weekend so far.
ReplyDeleteQuick figures to paint these Rob, even faster next batch now that I have figured out the choice of colours to use.
Deleteexcellent figures and painting, now you tempting me to return to WW2 figures but resisting !!!!
ReplyDeletestay safe, cheers Old John
Cheers John. Nice figures but expensive!
DeleteLovely looking Brits! I'm looking forward to how you do Ottomans too!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain. I enjoy painting for John as there is so much variety in each box!
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