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Friday, 13 July 2012

Napoleonic French

I painted these figures a while ago using 'Army Painter' apart from Napoleon and his staff which were painted with a black undercoat.. I only used this method for a short while (for about a quarter of a tin before the AP dried up) and then moved onto washes but have kept using the white undercoat method.  With AP you can achieve a reasonable paint job and get your figures on the table very quickly but I find that the end result is not as satisfying as painting your figures in a more conventional method.



















The next two pictures are conversions with Wargames Foundry bodies and Perry Miniatures plastic heads. The figure on the right in each picture has not been converted and is the original Foundry figure.



These figures have been based on single bases and then used in movement trays from 'Warbases'. I plan to use these for large skirmish games like 'Sharpes Practice'. I am only half way through painting the French so there will be plenty more of these to come along with British and Brunswick.  
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14 comments:

  1. Steve h13 July 2012 at 14:06

    I am not worthy ....
    Your going to need a bigger Display cabinet mate!

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  2. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)13 July 2012 at 17:13

    I think they look very nice and look forward to seeing more!

    Christopher

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  3. davetaylor13 July 2012 at 17:15

    Looking good! It's always great to see columns of bluecoats marching over bridges. And those curassiers look great too!

    Cheers
    Dave

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  4. Rodger13 July 2012 at 20:17

    Stunning troops SW. Really like the Hussars. Very nice conversions too.

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  5. Ray Rousell13 July 2012 at 22:38

    Beautiful figures and great photo composition!

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  6. Cyrus14 July 2012 at 00:33

    Fantastic French, cool conversions and great photos!

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  7. BigRedBat14 July 2012 at 00:42

    Very nice minis, and a fine bridge, too!

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  8. Michael Awdry14 July 2012 at 02:15

    You can't beat the AP method for getting large numbers of the troops on the table quickly and yours are certainly some of the best I've seen using the method; great work Pat.

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  9. Sidney Roundwood14 July 2012 at 02:28

    Pat, these look great. I agree with you absolutely about the AP dip - it's not the same, it's very difficult getting super-detailed results and side by side with black undercoated figures ... well, you know the rest. However, when you prepare this many figures, you do them so well, it really does make sense and you get a fantastic result overall. Great stuff - well done and really looking forward to seeing more.

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  10. fireymonkeyboy14 July 2012 at 05:29

    Seeing stuff like this makes me wish I had the patience to stick exclusively to one period in 28mm. Then the Magpie knocks at my window . . . .

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  11. Silver Whistle15 July 2012 at 09:38

    Thanks for all the kind remarks chaps, much appreciated.

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  12. Cory17 July 2012 at 19:19

    really great looking figs...I love the volts holding the bridgehead...a skirmish game sounds perfect!

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  13. Dr Evil26 July 2012 at 13:05

    Outstanding work yet again Pat - love the conversions with the Perry plastic heads on the FOundry bodies - they look very good :)

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  14. Willie Anderson29 July 2012 at 13:33

    Great work Pat the conversions are seemless!

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