Monday 15 February 2010

Mainly Calpe Prussians

Foundry French artillery officer
Perry general and adc


Calpe Prussian reservists in British rifles uniform

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I tried to make the trousers look muddy - not sure if it worked.


Detail of the rear


Just noticed the ink stain on the officer - bugger



Nice figures but glad they are done.
















9 comments:

  1. I wish I could make mine look this good. The shading on the coats is wonderful and the dirt effect on the pants is spot on.

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  2. Nice job RTB - wouldn't have noticed the ink stain if you hadn't mentioned it! Don't you just hate that? Every time I take mine outside to spray lacquer them I always notice little blogs and splashes to clean up. Its a pain but good when the job is finally done right! Nice basing on the Prussians too.

    Cheers,
    Doc

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  3. The more I look at other peoples Prussians, the more I realise my life is such an empty hole without them! Very tidy work indeed.

    Matt

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  4. Thanks gents. I washed the lower parts of the trousers then dry brushed to make them muddy - looks like the wash pooled on the officer.

    I've only got two cavalry units and one more battery and my Prussians will be complete! Hurrah! My first complete army!

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  5. Lovely work Roger. But isn't it time that you started work on some AWI Tory militia?

    Giles

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  6. Hi Giles

    Am very tempted by AWI but seeing as you are going to do every unit there was my humble efforts would be wasted.

    I also have a victoriana / wild west project on the back burner. I have all the figures, just need a year to paint them!

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  7. Very nice, the highlights on the Calpe reservists are superb. Well done.

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  8. These are great Roger, did you go the army painter route on these?...Calpe are just so brilliant to paint...I've been thinking about this for a while...could I seriously be entertaining the idea of replacing 1,000 odd figures with Calpe?..

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