Serious temptation... Shiny

Greetings...


I have now gloss varnished my colour tests...

It makes a difference... doesn't it.


I think as these are from my Shiny Toy soldiers range... it would appear that they demand to be 'SHINY!'....


I am up for this... but it will probably be next year before I get started... I have to do a bit of sculpting and casting and such...


And I want to get my WSS collection to a point of gaming...


And all the other stuff...


All the best  Aly

Serious temptation... Colour tests

Greetings...


So letting myself be tempted even more I have painted a couple of colour/style tests using some 42mm castings I had at hand...

First up...  An Austrian Infantry...


Really not a lot of difference from what was worn in the Napoleonic wars... The shako in the 1830's appears to be a lot more extreme than the one I have here... I will make a few new ones if I go ahead with this project.

Next up...  A Bavarian Landwehr...


This is a lovely uniform... again the shako could be a bit more extreme.

  Finally... A Prussian Cuirassier...


I have gone for a matt finish with gloss leather work and metallics...
This is pretty much what I do now, but with a much lighter wash...the effect is reminiscent of Greenwood and Ball miniatures from  the late 60's and early 70's... though without the black lining.


I have also experimented with thicker bases... these are 6mm... I will probably go for slightly thinner.


I am now tempted to see what they look like with a gloss varnish.


All the best   Aly

An excellent book... And a serious temptation.

When we were in Hamburg earlier this year , our friend Florian Richter showed us this book...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/deutsche-Bundesheer-Nach-Uniformwerk-Jahren/dp/3611001325/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1521674562&sr=1-1&keywords=das+deutsche+bundesheer


Well what can I say... 'you had me on hello'


And then my friend Johannes got me a copy...


German and Austrian military uniforms 1835-1845


For those of us who like the concept and imagery of  what I have always called Chocolate Box Wars this is an ideal book...
The odd thing of course is that I doubt any of these states with the exception of Austria ever went to war during this period ...
But the uniforms are delightful...


My butterfly mind immediately went to the idea of a 'what if ' collection based on the concept that the Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian wars happened earlier...in those fantastic post Napoleonic uniforms...


Here are a few images I borrowed from the internet

How easy to involve France, Britain and Russia...


I have been wanting to do a couple of 'shiny projects  this year and this could be one of them...


The crazy thing is...WARNING CHEAP COMMERCIAL PLUG... I already make the miniatures... or should I say the components that make the miniatures...


http://www.spencersmithminiatures.co.uk/html/s_t_s_.html


So what are the chances of this happening?
Fairly high.....?


But I have the Spanish War of Succession to finish first..


If you are interested in all things 'Chocolate Box' I would recommend a visit to my fellow blogger Ed Mueller's blog..
http://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.co.uk/


Lots of inspiration here...


Flutter Flutter Flutter ...


All the best   Aly