So, after going through their paces in the field, a quick trip to the local photographic studio was called for.
All Coated Up and Ready to Go
The mojo seems to have returned with the good weather, as I have finally finished off the latest, long drawn out, WiP batch, the 121ème régiment d'infanterie with a supporting unit of voltigeur skirmishers, and all overseen by Général de Division Jean-Marie-Pierre-François Lepaige Dorsenne.
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Just plain lovely!
ReplyDeleteThanks, I finished them off pretty quickly in the end, it was it seems just a temporary loss of painting mojo.
DeleteExactly the word I was thinking. Lovely!
ReplyDeleteKind Regards,
Stokes
Thanks, I really ought to get more games in with my shiny soldiers - but not everyone feels the same about the 'old-school' thing.
DeleteThese are the business Rob…
ReplyDeleteI love the lighter grey colour for the greatcoats…
All the best. Aly
The skirmish unit was meant to be in linen greatcoats so an off-white. The main unit however was meant to be in 'normal' (do the French do normal?) greatcoats, but the mix of Khaki Drill and Duck Egg Blue turned out lighter than expected. That and my use of highlights rather than shadow shading made them pretty close in tone to the skirmishers. I'd like another full unit of advancing greatcoated figures (this time in darker coats) but I don't have enough - I thought I had loads until I sorted out this lot.
DeleteJust fantastic Rob. How did you convert the Eagle bearer and manage to achieve legible lettering on the flag?
ReplyDeleteThanks, the eagle bearer was a firing figure with the musket and cartouche, etc. carved off. I then bent the arms into the desired position, albeit the left arm broke so was soldered back on in position. The bucket for the pole is solder and the the shoulder strap it hangs from is greenstuff. The lettering on the flag was done with a fine black fire-tip pen - there's no way I could do that with a brush.
DeleteOh yes, and his head was a swap from another spare figure; I drill into both and use a steel rod to hold it securely and rebuild the collar with greenstuff.
These are absolutely terrific. Their bright greatcoats really make them pop. How did you make the drummer?
ReplyDeleteAs you can see in my reply to one of the above comments, the greatcoats on the full unit were meant to be darker. The lighter shade was unintended, the paint just dried lighter - very unusual as enamels almost always dry darker, in fact I often rely on that happening.
DeleteThe drummer is a Newline drummer figure in greatcoat. I used my Dremel to chamfer his limbs and put some creases in the greatcoat. That way he wouldn't look so smooth and rounded next to HH-style figures. The head was replaced with that off the eagle-bearer (a converted firing figure) who I wanted to have an uncovered shako. The eagle-bearer got a head off a broken command figure.