So here we have the first of my French Command...
I haven't tried to paint these up as any particular personality... They have been painted in classic Blue Coats with Red or Blue facings...I really like this combination as it makes the gold 'pop' nicely.
The horses were painted using a couple of coats of Citadel Contrast Colours over...
Army Painter Brown Fur ( https://shop.thearmypainter.com/products.php?ProductGroupId=15)
with Gore-Grunta Fur for the Brown horse and...
Halfords Grey Primer ( https://www.halfords.com/motoring/paints-body-repair/car-spray-paints/halfords-primer-grey-500ml) with Black Templar for the Black ...
The Coats are... Citadel Kantor Blue... With a wash of Contrast Leviadon Blue.
The Red Facings are... Citadel... Evil Sunz Scarlet... With a wash of Contrast Blood Angel Red.
The Gold Braid is... Citadel... Retributor Armour Plus Troll Slayer Orange... Then given a wash of Aly's Brown Liquid... This is highlighted with the original colour then given a final highlight with the original colour plus some Foundry Boneyard Light 9C.
Belts ,Flesh and white bits ware all painted in my normal way... Basecoat... Aly's Brown Liquid and re-highlight.
A pleasing little group I think...
The miniatures are as always Front Rank...
https://www.frontrank.com/product-category/18th-century/spanish-succession/
The paints are Wargames Foundry and Citadel...
https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/paint
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Painting-Modelling
Bases from Warbases...
https://warbases.co.uk/?product_cat=premier-bases-metric
All the best Aly.
Like the chap with the telescope .
ReplyDeleteHe is from the French Artillery Crew...
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Pleasing indeed, full of Gallic flair.
ReplyDeleteThank you Phil...
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A pleasing trio, for sure! The gold does pop and I like the officer with the spyglass.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jonathan.
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A very nice vignette. I can smell the champagne!
ReplyDeleteThank you Nathan...
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Excellent. Hot chocolate in Marlborough's carriage awaits.
ReplyDeleteAnd a nice house in Nottingham... ;-)
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And in return - the introduction of English society to celery.
DeleteThey look great. Is the the telescope to look for French taunters?
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DeleteHe hasn’t see anything new... ;-)
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Nice work Aly đ
ReplyDeleteThank you Matt...
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Very fine command stand there!
ReplyDeleteThank you David...
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Lovely command vignette and great baroque colour combo!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thank you Iain...
DeleteBaroque colour combo... I like that... ;-)
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Great looking command Aly!
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Thank you Christopher...
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Superb Aly. I like the Contrast work on the horses, I am have been doing experimentation on horses myself and enjoying the results.
ReplyDeleteThank you Mark...
DeleteThe Contrast Paints do indeed work well on horses... there are a fair amount of brows and tans to choose from...
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Nice work Aly.
ReplyDeleteThank you Paul...
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They look fabulous Aly!
ReplyDeleteThank you...
DeleteI am at this moment working on the next couple...
All the best. Aly