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

Wednesday, 26 August 2020

A Song of Drums and Shakos... French Light Infantry.

Greetings...


Here we have another addition to my Drums and Shakos collection...


I don't really need any more French at the moment... but these are so pretty I just had to add a few...


They are painted up as Voltigeurs from The 2nd Light Infantry... 1808-1812.




They are based on an illustration in Lucien Rousselots... Napoleons Army 1790-1815.







The Uniform is... Citadel... Kantor Blue...With a Diluted Contrast Leviadon Blue Wash... followed by Kantor Blue highlights.
The Muskets and Packs are... Citadel... Mournfang Brown.
The Red Bits are... Citadel... Evil Sunz Scarlet.
The Yellow Bits are... Citadel... Averland Sunset.
The White piping etc. is... Citadel... Pallid Wych Flesh.
The Belts are... Citadel... Corax White.
The Water Bottles and Bayonet Scabbards are... Citadel... Skrag Brown.
The Water Bottle Straps are... Wargames Foundry... Buff Leather 7B.
 Everything was given a coat of Aly's Brown Liquid then highlighted back to the original shade...
An extra highlight was added to the Red and Yellow and the belts were brought up to pure white...
The Leather and metal goods were given a coat of gloss...



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


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

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


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


These were a real joy to paint and I find this to be a particularly nice uniform...




I suppose I really do need to add more people for the French to shoot at now...


All the best   Aly.

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32 comments:

  1. marinergrim26 August 2020 at 16:39

    Very nice Aly

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  2. David26 August 2020 at 17:02

    Splendid! Not much point in adding to that is there?

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    1. Aly Morrison26 August 2020 at 22:44

      Thank you very much David...

      All the best. Aly

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  3. Paul Scrivens-Smith26 August 2020 at 18:02

    Splendid stuff.

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  4. rross26 August 2020 at 18:29

    Lovely work as always Aly...as I have just written on my own blog, the French always have the best uniforms!

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    1. Aly Morrison26 August 2020 at 22:46

      Thank you Keith...
      They are certainly a bunch of dandies in a room full of dandies...


      All the best. Aly

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  5. Delta Coy26 August 2020 at 20:59

    Good choice of uniform, the figures turned out nicely and yes you need to add more targets for the French.

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    1. Aly Morrison26 August 2020 at 22:48

      Thank you Greg...
      Maybe some Spanish next....

      All the best. Aly

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  6. Jonathan Freitag26 August 2020 at 22:57

    Beautiful work, Aly! I have much trouble resisting a pretty uniform as well.

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    1. Aly Morrison27 August 2020 at 08:04

      Thank you Jonathan...
      The trouble/good thing with Napoleonics is they are nearly all pretty uniforms 😂

      All the best. Aly

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  7. Mark Strachan27 August 2020 at 00:50

    Lovely...can’t think of a better descriptive. Those figures on on my wish list.

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    1. Aly Morrison27 August 2020 at 08:06

      Thant you Mark...
      They are very nice figures.

      All the best. Aly

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  8. WSTKS-FM Worldwide27 August 2020 at 02:20

    Stunning! Some of favorites even.

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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  9. Steve J.27 August 2020 at 08:17

    Lovely work as always Aly and who can resist a nice uniform to paint? Certainly not I!

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  10. pacofeanor27 August 2020 at 10:03

    Magnifique !!

    You are tempting my personnal "butterfly"....they would fit nicely with a futur "muskets and tomahawks" supplément.....

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    1. Aly Morrison29 August 2020 at 20:03

      Thank you...
      I’m sure your butterfly won’t take much persuading...

      All the best. Aly

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  11. caveadsum147127 August 2020 at 10:43

    Lovely looking chaps! By all means someone for them to shoot at would be splendid!
    Best Iain

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    1. Aly Morrison29 August 2020 at 20:05

      Thank you Iain...
      Yes the collection is a bit unbalanced at the moment...

      All the best. Aly

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  12. Pan Janek27 August 2020 at 22:52

    Beautiful work and crisp colors!
    Who will they shoot at? British or some other army?

    Best wishes,
    Jan

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    1. Aly Morrison29 August 2020 at 20:06

      Thank you Jan...
      I planning to paint some Spanish...

      All the best. Aly

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  13. Matt Crump28 August 2020 at 07:42

    ...and who wouldn’t want such lovely figures. You might need a few more ?

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    1. Aly Morrison29 August 2020 at 20:07

      Thank you Matt...
      Clearly I will need a few more...😂

      All the best. Aly

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  14. Carlo29 August 2020 at 02:00

    Absolutely brilliant figures and a superb paint job Aly. You truly are a gentleman laying out the colours and washes used mate. Good man!

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    1. Aly Morrison29 August 2020 at 20:14

      Thank you Carlo...
      I have always been interested in the colours/paints that people use on their miniatures and I felt that other people may feel the same as me...

      All the best. Aly

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  15. Delta Coy29 August 2020 at 04:57

    G'Day Aly, I forgot to mention I left a note for you on your last comments on my blog. Cheers Greg

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  16. Chasseur31 August 2020 at 02:53

    Beautiful Voltigeurs! Thanks for your paint recipe too!

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    1. Aly Morrison31 August 2020 at 03:03

      Thank you...
      I’m glad to be of some help...

      All the best. Aly

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