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

Sunday 17 March 2019

Shiny Napoleonics... The Royal Scots Greys

Hurrah!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIDvyGifRE0


Well if that doesn't get your Napoleonic dander up ... nothing will...


The first (shiny) unit...
I actually painted these last year... but I have fussed around with the standard and the basing until I got the look I was after...




The Royal Scots Greys...


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Scots_Greys


It couldn't really be anything else (for me, that is)... One of my favourite British units, I have spent many an hour in their museum in Edinburgh Castle.


https://www.scotsdgmuseum.com/


One of my first purchases on this shiny journey was a rather large unit of Minifigs S Range Royal Scots Greys... More than I needed in fact.




They were neatly painted and in very good condition...




The one thing that I wasn't to keen on was the way the horses were painted...they had been stippled in two shades of grey... I wanted a smoother finish...



I managed to match all of the colours from my collection of paints... so I could tidy everything up a bit... All the metal work was redone with modern 'brighter' paints... The horses were repainted with mostly...


Citadel... Stormvermin Fur and Administratum Grey.
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Painting-Modelling?N=3815391097+3918877057+2542067766&Nr=AND%28sku.siteId%3AGB_gw%2Cproduct.locale%3Aen_GB_gw%29&Nrs=collection%28%29%2Frecord%5Bproduct.startDate+%3C%3D+1552829820000+and+product.endDate+%3E%3D+1552829820000%5D






Everything was given a coat of Aly's Brown Liquid... I experimented a bit by adding some Acrylic Gloss varnish to the mix to see if it would deepen the shine ...




Everything was re-highlighted with the original colours slightly diluted with some Acrylic Gloss Varnish...




 They were then given a generous coat of...


 Wilko's Gloss Yacht Varnish...


Did the extra gloss layers deepen the shine of the finished figures?... Probably not!
I shall use my normal method next time...




The bugler certainly looks very shiny...


I wasn't sure what to do with the guidon. I didn't fancy drawing the whole thing out free hand but I did want a more hand painted style...




After a number of unsuccessful tries and a complete loss of patience I went for one from GMB Designs.
https://gmbdesigns.com/product-category/28mm-range/28mm-range-napoleonic-wars/28mm-range-napoleonic-wars-british-1801-to-1815/


Its a little oversized... as its from the 28mm range... but I rather like big flags.
I sealed it with matt spray varnish then gave it a good coat of gloss.


I think its turned out rather well.








The bases are from Warbases...
https://warbases.co.uk/product-category/bases/round-cornered-bases/


They were painted Wilkos Urban Jungle Green...
https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-emulsion-paint-tester-pot-urban-jungle-75ml/p/0310653
Then sprayed with Games workshop Munitorum varnish...
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Citadel-Purity-Seal-2017


I am very pleased with these... its been a good start to this collection.


Back to painting more grey horses...


All the best   Aly







30 comments:

  1. Very spiffy! And the guidon fits in well. I can almost hear the thundering of a few thousand hooves.

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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  2. Great job. I enjoyed scrolling back and forth looking at these guys.

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  3. Wonderful job for a famous unit!

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    1. Indeed Tony...
      I should probably do the Gordons.

      All the best. Aly

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  5. Your troopers look all spit and polish! Fine work!

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  6. Very shiny. If it floats your boat then that's all that you can ask. Nostalgia though ain't what it used to be.

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    1. My boat is indeed floated...

      Can you get nostalgic about nostalgia?

      All the best. Aly

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  7. You have done an excellent job rejuvenating those figures.

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    1. Thank you Phil...
      Very observant... ;-)

      All the best. Aly

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  9. Hurrah indeed! Lots of memories there Aly.

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  10. Very shiny indeed.

    I do like it when the horses aren't forced to march in step. (or be extortionists)

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    1. Thank you Ross
      They still maintain a steady determined look...

      All the best. Aly

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  11. Very Spiffing Aly!
    I remember you me and Keith spending time at the castle and ogling the eagle of the 45th regiment captured by the Greys at Waterloo.

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    1. Thank you Dave...
      It’s about time we did it again.... ;-)

      All the best. Aly

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  12. Lovely shiny cavalry! The grey is great!
    Best Iain

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