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

Saturday, 4 April 2020

A Song of Drums and Shako's... 2nd Paris Municipal Guard.

Greetings...


These guys have been sitting on my painting desk for quite a few weeks now...
So I decided to get some paint on them...


The 2nd Paris Municipal Guard...






I am very pleased with these... they make for a very different French unit.
They are the new Perry Miniatures Plastic French Infantry... I altered the bearskins on the Voltigeurs to remove the front plate and bearskin patch.


https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_62&products_id=4073&osCsid=7k38vcbtkcaue53bd8k3587ge3


https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_62&products_id=4074&osCsid=7k38vcbtkcaue53bd8k3587ge3


I decided to use a bit more Contrast Colours than I would normally... I am interested in what I can do with them...


The Tunics are... Citadel... Evil Sunz Scarlet... Then a coat of Contrast Blood Angels Red followed by a highlight Evil Sunz Scarlet.
The Facings are... Citadel... Warboss Green... Followed by Quickshade Green Tone wash and highlight with the original shade.
The White bits are... Citadel... Corax White.. Followed by a wash of Contrast Apothecary White... this was then highlighted back up to an off white for the clothes and cords... the belts were taken up to a pure White.
The Pack and Gun were painted... Citadel... Mournfang Brown... and washed with a couple of coats of Aly's Brown Liquid.


The paints are..
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Painting-Modelling
https://shop.thearmypainter.com/products.php?ProductGroupId=1



 The bases are Warbases...
 https://warbases.co.uk/


So... Next up.... More Sassanids.


All the best   Aly


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27 comments:

  1. Wellington Man4 April 2020 at 22:22

    I think the best response to them is 'Wow!'. Stunning work, Aly

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    1. Aly Morrison4 April 2020 at 22:31

      Thank you Matt...
      The only downside with these figures is with the amount of stunning detail on them they take an absolute age to paint.... a lot of fun though.

      All the best. Aly

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  2. Phil Robinson4 April 2020 at 22:52

    Nicely turned out Sir.

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  3. WSTKS-FM Worldwide4 April 2020 at 23:04

    Any figures featuring red or scarlet jackets gets my vote. Lovely brushwork.

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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  4. Matt4 April 2020 at 23:07

    Ah, the memories. Painting up the Airfix Imperial Guard using Humbrol Red.

    An excellent choice Sir!

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  5. rross5 April 2020 at 00:05

    Lovely work on these beutiful Perry figures Aly. I fully recognise the desire for "different" units...I have always had a hankering to add red coated Swiss units to my French Napoleonic army since reading about how their red jackets caused confusion at the Battle of Maida many years ago ( my reading...the battle was obviously many years ago, 215 I believe!)

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    1. Aly Morrison5 April 2020 at 10:41

      Thank you Keith...

      Yes there are quite a few different coloured units in the French army... sky blue, yellow, brown and green come to mind...
      I really like this colour combination so it won...
      When I get around to gaming with these I may try a confusion/friend or foe rule out.

      All the best. Aly

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  6. Jonathan Freitag5 April 2020 at 00:59

    You should be pleased. These figures look great! Well done!

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  7. Natholeon5 April 2020 at 01:13

    A great unit to choose and the painting turned out really well.

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  8. Phil5 April 2020 at 06:20

    An unusual unit, at last for me, they look splendid Aly!!

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    1. Aly Morrison5 April 2020 at 10:44

      Thank you Phil...
      It’s a pleasure to bring you something new.

      All the best. Aly

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  9. David5 April 2020 at 07:06

    Different, so what's not to like? Fine brushwork, as expected of course.

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  10. MSFoy5 April 2020 at 11:39

    Smashing work Aly - these are lovely - one of my favourite units - I am still angry that Napoleon never restored their eagle after Bailen. Upstart!

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    1. Aly Morrison6 April 2020 at 00:29

      Thank you Tony...
      I may have to add a command group and rectify that for you....

      All the best. Aly...

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  11. Matt Crump6 April 2020 at 07:26

    Looking good to me Aly, I am not sure I can comment on the painting technique they certainly look clean and crisp to me. I do like your white.....but I fear I am a man of habit in relation to paintingđź‘Ť

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    1. Aly Morrison6 April 2020 at 16:08

      Thank you Matt...

      If your happy with your technique and results it gives you then why change...
      I am however.... a bit of a butterfly;-)

      All the best. Aly

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  12. Paul Scrivens-Smith6 April 2020 at 13:12

    Lovely work Aly. Although I do wonder what Aly's brown liquid could possibly be ;)

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    1. Aly Morrison6 April 2020 at 16:04

      Thank you Paul....

      The recipe is in the Pages section....
      Of course you can always make your own ‘Brow Liquid’.....

      All the best. Aly

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    2. Paul Scrivens-Smith9 April 2020 at 00:29

      Thanks Aly. Should there be a spot of single malt in there too?

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  13. Jay White7 April 2020 at 00:33

    Well heck - those are just plain beautiful! :-)

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