Picking up those brushes again.

Hi and welcome to the occasional mutterings of Dave Doc, a military modeller and some time gamer. Gaming and model making has given me a real education, History & Geography(obvious really), Artistry, Politics, Economics, Logistics, Project Management -you try building miniature armies without the last 3.

I will use the blog to record my creations & the odd occasion I actually do some gaming.

I have always been inspired by the aesthetic side of gaming. Playing on well constructed terrain using excellently painted units is always a joy.

Thursday 29 November 2012

French Caisson team

This is other of those long ago started projects which i wanted to finish off this week. This is a nice Front Rank set of the Gribeauval artillery caisson and horse team. All were excellent casts - the horses in particular i thought were actually the best Front Rank ones I have dealt with. These have been completed with full oil painting - not just a rub, but actually using the medium fully with other mixed colours to provide shade and highlight. One of the reasons it had been parked so long was I had left it alone to dry and then got distracted by cowboys.








 Nice to see it finally completed. I think the winter period will see a lot more Napoleonic it's drawing me back - if there is one era you can't beat for colourful lads its this!

33 comments:

  1. Awesome work, simply amazing !

    Keep that high standard i really love it

    greets
    Jay

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  2. nicely done! May I ask where you found the base? It's pretty tough to find such dimensions - I myself wish to base my Guard 12-pounder artillery train (6 horses).

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    1. Thanks . The base is home made cut from 1.5mm birch ply which i have large sheets of.

      I would suggest you contact wwww.warbases.co.uk and ask them to custom make you a mdf nases to your own size, they are very helpful

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  3. Dave that is very impresive and looking forward to more of yur Naps work. I also second your recomendation

    Ian

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    1. Thanks Ian , got some good Napoleonic lined up , just need need to clear a few older projects out.

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  4. Excellent work - love the vibrant colors. Great backdrop for the photos too. Best, Dean

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  5. That is a great paint job. I will model my next caisson on this.

    John

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    1. Thanks John, look forward to seeing it..

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  6. Lovely stuff Dave! Nice and vibrant.

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    1. i know , blues, reds, greens!! i do like a bit of colour!

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    1. Thanks Jusn, very pleased with it myself

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  8. Excellent work Dave, what colour did you use on the green cassion?

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    1. Thanks Pat the base is Humbrol 227 , then has lighter detail painted in with mix of Vallejo Flat Green and Golden Olive , then a bit of deep green run around the deeper areas.

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  9. Great job Dave,
    Although I like your cowboys I do like your naps more.

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  10. Great work Dave. Its the little touches like this that really bring an army to life!

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    1. Agree it's nice to see more unusual model. Thanks Scott

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  11. Very nice! Great figures and lovely painting

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  12. Fantastic work Dave.

    Excellent painting and I really like the Front-Rank Caisson too.

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    1. Thanks Kawe, told there was more Naploeonics in the pipeline

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