ALY MORRISON'S "BUTTERFLY" ADVENTURES IN THE WORLD OF WARGAMES AND TOY SOLDIERS

Monday, 4 June 2018

A Song of Drums and Shakos... British

Greetings...


So...


After all that khaki...
Time for some... SCARLET.


This is the next unit for my Song of Drums and Shakos project ,,,


The 50th Regiment of foot... The Dirty Half Hundred.


Facings as black as Uxbridge Rust's heart...


http://alystoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2018/03/song-of-drums-and-shakos-uxbridge-rust.html


I was so excited to paint something bright that I didn't bother to take any work in progress shots...Sorry


Everything was painted in my usual way... base colours followed by a wash of Aly's Brown Liquid...






Coatee... Citadel ... Evil Sunz Scarlet.
Trousers.. Citadel... Adminstratum  Grey.
White... Citadel... Pallid Wych Elf Flesh.
Facings... BLACK.
Water Bottle... Foundry... Night Sky 62B.
Shako Cords... Citadel... Loren Forest.
Musket... Citadel.. Mournfang Brown.
Belts... Citadel...  Ceramite white.
Snap sack... Foundry... Canvas 8B.


And of course .... Aly's Brown Liquid.


Then re-highlight with original colour.




I Glossed the black leather with Tamiya Clear...and any brown leather with Tamiya Clear orange.








These were a pleasure to paint...


The miniature are from Front Rank.
https://www.frontrank.com/product-category/napoleonic/napoleonic-british/


The bases are from War Bases...
https://warbases.co.uk/


Paints from...
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Painting-Modelling


And...
https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/paint


I have some civilian and character figures still to paint...
I need to find a suitable Malchanceux...
And a dashing escort for both commanders...


Then Mharaid.. my beloved daughter will slaughter me on the wargames table.


Hurrah!


All the best  Aly.








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28 comments:

  1. Jonathan Freitag5 June 2018 at 01:23

    A pleasure for you to paint and a pleasure for your readers to view!
    The Front Rank figures are my favorites.

    Splendid brushwork!

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    1. Aly Morrison6 June 2018 at 18:23

      Thank you Jonathan....
      They really are a delight to paint...

      All the best. Aly

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  2. David5 June 2018 at 06:25

    A fine looking body of chaps, but can they fight sir?

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    1. Aly Morrison6 June 2018 at 18:25

      Thank you David...

      Can they fight...?
      If I’m throwing the dice?
      Hmmmm!

      All the best. Aly

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  3. Phil Robinson5 June 2018 at 06:32

    Splendid stuff Sir.

    David, dear boy, they are British of course they can fight🙂

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    1. Aly Morrison6 June 2018 at 18:26

      Thank you Phil...

      Phil... they will fight...
      But probably not for me...

      All the best. Aly

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  4. The Good Soldier Svjek5 June 2018 at 06:51

    Fine looking chaps !

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  5. rross5 June 2018 at 07:21

    Beautiful paint job you have done on these Front Rank figures - I always find them a joy to paint as well!

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    1. Aly Morrison6 June 2018 at 18:29

      Thank you...
      I have always found Front Rank very easy to paint ... I think they suit my painting style...

      All the best. Aly

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  6. Phil5 June 2018 at 11:14

    Well done sir, well done!

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  7. Moiterei_19846 June 2018 at 02:44

    They look rather spiffing, don‘t they?

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  8. Grey Heron6 June 2018 at 10:30

    Lovely work Aly and simply done. The Front Rank miniatures come alive under your brush.

    All the best,

    GH

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  9. caveadsum14716 June 2018 at 13:25

    Lovely figures, delightfully finished!
    Best Iain

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  10. Matt Crump6 June 2018 at 16:50

    Lovely Regiment would grace any battlefield 🙂

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  11. Mark Strachan6 June 2018 at 19:31

    Great work Aly. I love that way you have posed the shot with the officer calling "On me, men, on me!" And the sergeant asking "excuse me Capt Mainwaring Sir, but 'ave you seen them chaps on 'orses over there?"

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    1. Aly Morrison7 June 2018 at 06:55

      Thank you Mark...

      As they will probably be fighting against me I am hoping for such dimwittedness.

      All the best. Aly

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  12. Maurice Mickelwhite11 June 2018 at 18:39

    Looking fantastic. Is there a recipe for brown liquid wash?

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  13. Aly Morrison11 June 2018 at 18:49

    Thank you Maurice...

    The recipe can be found at the end of this post...

    I should probably put it in a place that is easier to find... :-)

    https://alystoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-war-of-spanish-succession.html

    All the best. Aly

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  14. Graham C12 June 2018 at 12:27

    As usual a first class job. Your butterfly syndrome makes me feel so much better when I buy something new.

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    1. Aly Morrison15 June 2018 at 22:07

      You don’t need to hide behind me Graham...
      Be out loud and proud... flutter flutter... ;-)

      All the best. Aly

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  15. Old Nick20 June 2018 at 17:04

    Outstanding work. I really like how you list your paints used .They have given me excellent suggestions which have improved my figures. Thank you.

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  16. Aly Morrison21 June 2018 at 20:41

    Thank you very much Mark
    I am glad that my ramblings are of some help...
    I did wonder if the lists of paints etc were becoming a bit repetitive... but I shall continue on with them... until of course I can find a more hip and exciting way of getting things across.... :-)

    All the best. Aly

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