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.

Wednesday 11 April 2012

French Line Lancer - a change of scale

It's been a productive Easter break - mainly with the weather being bad I have been able to focus on clearing off the table with a number of items coming to completion.

I showed you the 18mm AB trumpeters last time , well they have now be joined by their mates. I have been really impressed with the quality of the casting - really makes the painters job easier.

Basically exactly the same colour mix for the greens as the Chasseurs - Vallejo Military Green , and Flat Green. The horses were done in oils bar the trumpeter and the officers. I undercoated the bays in Humbrol 62 Leather and painted on the furniture in black Vallejo - I highlighted some of the flanks with a little Dark Flesh or Ochre , just to give a little variation as well. After 24 hours they were given an oil rub using Burnt Umber , Burnt Sienna , and mixing some black in on some. I did use my more expensive better quality oils for this as the pigment is finer and given the actual size of the figure it was needed to give a fine finish.






For the basing I used Minatur moss tufts due to size required - these were fairly dark so i gave them a light drybrush of a yellow ochre just to lighten them slightly while they were still attached to sticky sheet.

Time for a bit of something not green based i think.

21 comments:

  1. Exceptional !! These are just beautiful Dave. Really like the colour combo of the 5th, the sky blue looks great with the green.

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    1. yeah I was impressed with that one too It is Vallejo Andrea blue , and highlight mix of sky blue

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  2. Lovely figures and great painting :)


    *must**resist**temptation**to**do**Napoleonics*

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    1. don;t go there - you will be lost in lead for years

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  3. Lovely stuff. They could pass as 28mms, which is always a sign of well painted miniatures.

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  4. These are nicely done. I like what you guys do with the oil, you get such subtle variations in color on the coats of the horses. I think my favorite in this one is the gray in the lead.

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    1. Anne, the oil technique is incredibly easy to do, and achieves a great result. Also if you then feel like doing extra you can work the oil in a more traditional method and it works too.

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  5. Ranks are nice n' tight as they should be. Certainly not as characterful in the hand as the old 25'ers but certainly an excellent view.

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    1. oh yes . massed ranks - the whole look of napoleonics , thats why i love it

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  6. They turned out lovely Dave,
    If mine turn out half as good as yours I will be very pleased with them!!!

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    1. thanks ,sure yours will be excellent as always

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  7. Great looking mass of lancers! Those are wonderful figures and you've painted them superbly. Dean

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  8. My word you have been busy! What a fantastic result, great work sir!

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    1. Amazing what no day job and wet bank holiday weekend can achieve eh!

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  9. Wow! Simply WOW Dave, the faces look absolutely brilliant and the colour combo's are fantastic.

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