These new miniatures from Mutineer look tempting...
The last group of figures painted up so easily I am sorely tempted to place an order...but ya know I really don't have an Indian mutiny project at all. I 'de just buy them for the joy of painting them. Which is reason enough of course.BHS.
Here's our man with most of the base colors blocked in. I leave the fleshy bits for last usually.
I'm not happy with the lighting.Things are looking alot bluer than they actually are. I'll have to ask Joe what he thinks the problem is. These were shot outside by the woodshed as usual but the day was overcast and gloomy.
Well I lost patience waiting for the weather to break and therefore better lighting for photos and painted farther along in the process than I had intended. It was supposed to be a step by step photo thing...but as you can see I skipped a few steps. I've already blocked in all the base colors applied a black wash and started the over painting namely the blue and white of the livery coat. Dry brushing of the pants has also been done.
So there you have it so far. I'll continue with the painting and try to post more often. BHS.
I thought it was about time I wrote another entry in the blog. It's been over a month. While in Madrid I visited a war-game shop I saw advertised in Wargames lllustrated. Atlantica Juegos was only a short three minute walk from our hotel. After coming all the way to Spain I couldn't leave empty-handed so I picked up my first box of Perry plastics,the War of the Roses infantry/archers.
The plan here is to show the gradual development of the figure from the pieces still on the sprue to the finished figure painted,based and ready for battle!
The box,sprues,info sheet and the object of our attention.
He has been based on a one inch diameter washer and then base coated with an ultra flat dark brown spray paint. Thera is one thing that bothers me a little about the head on this figure. If you look closely you can see that he is wearing some sort of hood. There is a raised contour running on either side of his face and under his chin suggesting some kind of head covering. Then if you turn the figure around and look at the back of his head you can see his hair sticking out from under his helmet,which of course should be covered by his hood. Bugs me a little.Designed to confuse the painter! Trivial really on an amazing figure by amazingly talented sculptors.
A few of the colors blocked in. One can see this fellows hood more clearly.
Here his curly locks can be seen protruding from the edge of his helmet ( on top of his hood!). He must have cut a hole in the back of the hood for ventilation purposes thereby allowing his hair to stick out. Ahha that's it. Mystery solved.
So that's all for now. I'll try to get busy and paint a little more on this guy and post again when all the colors are blocked in. BHS.
Here are some photos of Westphalian line infantry by two different manufacturers, Old Glory and Battle Honors.They were painted a few years ago. I think both types are nice figures well animated, also fairly compatible in terms of scale.
Figures by Battle Honors
Old Glory
A Chasseur of the Guard keeping an eye on things.
I'm going to Spain in a few days with two of my sons for World Youth Day.August 15th to the 22nd. I'll try to squeeze in a post or two before we go. While we're there this blog will turn into a travel blog rather than a wargaming one. Bye for now. BHS.
Confederate dismounted cavalry
Suddenly the ability to post photos has returned! So this post will be short just to complete the rebel photos I wanted to put up.
For years I was strictly a 15mm Napoleonic guy but thanks to my friend Tim my eyes have opened and my hobby horizons have broadened considerably. Now the collection includes 6mm Naps,10mm WSS, 10mm WW2, 10mm German barbarians, 15mm ACW, 15mm HYW, 12mm Ottoman, 28 mm Indian Mutiny,28mm Pulp Figures and I'm thinking about starting a 28mm Napoleonic army(foolishly). I'll try to post pictures of them all in the next few weeks.
Today I thought I would post a few photos of my ACW collection. These were painted in the late'90s when we lived in Prince Rupert. They are mostly Old Glory figures with a smattering of FreiKorps 15s and AB.
Federal Infantry
Federal Infantry Zouaves
Federal artillery
General Hancock and staff
It appears that my blogging tool has now stopped allowing me to post pictures. Confederate troops were up next but no matter what I do they won,t post. BHS.
I took a few pictures today of some Mutineer miniatures I painted a few months ago. I purchased them to see how they painted up. Overall excellent sculpts well proportioned and easy to paint. The photos were taken with my son Joes' video camera outdoors by the woodshed.
EIC British infantry
EIC British infantry
EIC command group. The figure in the center is supposed to be holding a flag but one day it disappeared from my painting table a victim I suspect of my 5 year old sons interest in Dads toy soldiers.I'm still looking for it. Also this pack was supposed to contain a drummer but I ended up with two buglers instead.
Bad Mashes.
I hope you enjoy the pictures. BHS.
