"Didn't you say we are on friendly territory, Mrs. Winterbottom ..."

[gamer Mac]

Everything about it is stunning
Even the ground work and the plants are great

[Chairface]

Absolutely gorgeous!

[Ray Rivers]

Fantastic work!

Especially like the yellow ribboned hat lady - gorgeous

Me too... a great mini, superbly rendered.

[argsilverson]

Absolutely gorgeous!

there is nothing left to add. This says all!

[Traveler Man]

Phenomenal work, and that tartan skirt is outstanding! A fitting display for The Queen (Gawd bless 'er!) 

[Bullshott]

Lovely work. Now get back to that terrain building 

[Silent Invader]

Wow, Herr Admiral, that is magnificent.

[Bako]

Holy carp!

[Admiral Benbow]

Thanks for the nice comments, mates! 

Recipe for a slightly complicated tartan in 28 mm:

- get yourself in the right zen-mood with a beer or two and relax; some cool background music can't harm too.

- study a picture of the real thing: what kind of stripes in which order on what background colour?

- take a fine-pointed brush (I used a 00) for the lines and ensure that your colours are nicely thinned with water for a smooth flow ...; a consistence like milk is what you're after.

- paint one or two thin coats of the background colour (a Foundry dark blue in my case).

- take the fine brush and paint the first array of lines (a dark green pattern of even-spaced vertical and horizontal lines).

- try to be as neat as possible; any crude lines can be corrected easily later with the background colour.

- with some light green colour paint a small square where the green lines cross.

- now comes the fun part: paint a thin black line on either side of each green line! 
Well, you can try that, and some years earlier I could have done it, but today we have technology from Japan: a ultrafine Gundam marker, see here http://www.gundamstoreandmore.com/gunmargunbla.html

- let the Gundam ink dry some time and paint a thin red line in the middle of each green line.

- paint a lighter red dot where the red lines cross.

- paint a thin off-white line between all green lines.

- paint a pure white dot where all the white lines cross.

Seal and varnish.

I know that sounds terribly complicated, but believe me, after some practise and in the right mood you can finish this in two hours. I wouldn'd do that for a regiment though ... 

Here is an extreme macro shot of the tartan to see all painting steps; please keep in mind that at this enlargement most lines look terrible ...

[Silent Invader]

...... please keep in mind that at this enlargement most lines look terrible ...

I think I must have a different meaning for the word "terrible" as at this enlargement I think it still looks fantastic.     

[Thunderchicken]

Whoa!!   

That is stunning. If I tried something like that it would look like a demented stain.

[Svennn]

Here is an extreme macro shot of the tartan to see all painting steps; please keep in mind that at this enlargement most lines look terrible ...

Yeah, right. If you say so

any chance of a close up of the other lady?

[Thunderchicken]

any chance of a close up of the other lady?

You saucy devil!

[Admiral Benbow]

any chance of a close up of the other lady?

Sorry for waiting that long, Svennn. Just for you, two shots of Mrs. Winterbottom in her up-to-date outdoor outfit:

[Grimm]

ÄHAH Genial !!! fantastic !!