First batch of Indian Mutiny figures -finally- finished

[WillieB]

I should have had these finished last year but as often happens RL intervened.
Anyway, my first two brigades ( 3 regiments of sepoy rabble- 3 x 30 + command and 3 regiments of well ordered sepoys- 3 x 8 + command a a single gun + crew)  are done which means that with Axel's British troops also nearly ready, we will be able to get our first  Indian Mutiny Sharp Practice game on the table in the foreseeable future.

As usual my pictures aren't any good. I simply couldn't take a decent picture if my life depended on it. Any day now I expect a note from Image Shack asking me to please remove this trash.

Bases aren't finished yet as I prefer to do them all at once together with the movement trays. The groundwork is done but they will still get a Humbrol base-coat and some dry-brushing and some burnt grass tufts added.Which means that later this year I'll have to do about 600+ bases all at once. Masochistic?

All figures are from Iron Duke and they are superb and  a real joy to paint. Hopefully neither my paint-job nor the abysmal pictures distort the truth too much.































 

[gringo]

lovely work Willie

regards
Ged
www.gringo40s.com

[Andrei1975]

They look great. Bravo.

[THE CID]

Very nice indeed.

[Unlucky General]

Lovely brushwork and you nailed the skin tones.

[Romark]

They look great 

[Captain Blood]

Great work on those Willie 

[Marine0846]

Well painted.
I like them a lot.

[Poiter50]

Love to know what you have used for those skin tones. Great work.

Lovely brushwork and you nailed the skin tones.

[jambo1]

Superb, really nice work.

[HP2Sport]

Looking good. I like the sculpts, nicely animated.

[WillieB]

Thanks for all the nice comments guys! I promise to take a course in model photography this year.

[WillieB]

Love to know what you have used for those skin tones. Great work.

Just my basic 'flesh' recipe/ Naples Yellow reddish + Burnt Umber + Burnt Sienna From there you can get to almost any skin-tone in existence. Darker like these + Burnt Umber,( you can actually go as dark as the darkest Senegalese, Zulus or Central Africans). Nordic= lighter + Naples Yellow, American Native & South American + Burnt Sienna. For Asians add a little Yellow Ochre.

Shading Burnt Umber, Lighter shading Burnt Umber + Burnt Sienna. Highlights Naples Yellow reddish.
Eyes Burnt Umber + Phtalo Blue. This gives you a dark bluish-green colour that actually looks darker than black but isn't.
Lower lips a little Cadmium Scarlet in the flesh mix.
Teeth, eyes, Titanium White mixed with Naples Yellow.
On some Europeans especially those in desert or tropical climates an little additional Alizarin Crimson in the hollow of the cheeks for added 'redness'
In a colder climate a little Phtalo Blue mixed in with the basic flesh mixture.
Except for the Phtalo Blue which is Winton, all Rembrandt Oil paint.