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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: Sascha Herm on March 07, 2016, 06:53:51 PM
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Hi all,
I painted some Calpe and Murawski Miniature for the first time which I thoroughly enjoyed. The Calpe Artillery figures are destined for Ebay and the Murawski Officers were a commission.
Calpe Foot Artillery aiming Gun:
http://www.sascha-herm.com/Calpe-Art01.htm
(http://www.sascha-herm.com/Calpe-Art01a.jpg)
I had these figures for years lying in my cupboard, forgotten until I came across them again while looking through my lead pile. They were such a pleasure to paint. The Calpe sculpts are making it so easy to paint. I have a Unit of charging Landwehr Infantry here with me which I will definitely tackle in the near future.
I used mostly Foundry paints for the figures. For the Uniform I used Foundry's Prussian Blue. I have not used that particular triad before but the transitions between the three shades were only minimal, so I added Black to Prussian Blue A for additional shading and highlighted C with Foundry's Expert Flesh D to increase its intensity. Slate Grey was used for the Trousers. The Gaiters were painted using Granite Grey. For the Black Leather items, i.e. Shako Covers, Shoes, Crossbelts and Pouches I used Coat d'Arms Black Triad but with a further highlight with Foundry's Charcoal Black C.
Calpe Mounted Artillery Officers:
Officer 1: http://www.sascha-herm.com/Calpe-Art02.htm
(http://www.sascha-herm.com/Calpe-Art02a.jpg)
Officer 2: http://www.sascha-herm.com/Calpe-Art03.htm
(http://www.sascha-herm.com/Calpe-Art03a.jpg)
Pretty much straight forward paint job but it took me a while to get some decent Uniform information about the "Überrock" (Sack Coat) and the right colour of the Officers Uniforms of the different Branches. They were also a "chunkier" sculpt typical for Calpe but that made painting them so easy. The cleaning up process was minimal as the casting quality is outstanding.
Murawski Miniatures
Nice clean sculpts and casting. They depict a Polish General and its ADC. The Basing will be completed by the Customer. Apart from the Red (Reaper's Blood Triad) the miniatures were mostly painted with Foundry again.
Polish General:
http://www.sascha-herm.com/Murawski01.htm
(http://www.sascha-herm.com/Murawski01e.jpg)
I used French Blue for the Uniform. I added black to the shade and Tomb Blue to C as an additional Highlight. I painted the Trousers with Wine Stain Red but added GW Rhinox Brown and Black to A as the Base colour. His Horse was painted using the Andrea's Black Paint set. I used Madder Red for the horse's tack.
Polish ADC:
http://www.sascha-herm.com/Murawski02.htm
(http://www.sascha-herm.com/Murawski02a.jpg)
I was not so sure about the colour of the Uniform before I started but I have found a reference and inspiration for the Chasseur Officer ADC in the "The French Imperial Guard Cavalry 1804-1815" Book by Andre Jouineau, so I took the liberty to base him on one of the illustration shown in the there. His coat was painted using Foundry's French Dragoon Green.
I hope you like them.
Please let me know what you think. All comments are very welcome ;)
Kind reagrds
Sascha
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Beautiful work Sascha :)
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Fabulous paintjobs. Calpe figures always look like they're nice to paint up.
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Lovely clean painting,I'm a big fan of this style.
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Exceptional brushwork! :-*
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Hi,
I love your work and also love, and have a lot of, Calpe Prussians.
Is it me or do the Polish chaps look too big for their horses or is it that they were mounted on small horses?
Cheers,
Paul
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One of my favourite things in life is to view your work Sascha. Just lovely, as usual!
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Bravo, dear boy .
Ke it up
cecil
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Stunning!
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You sure do this well. :o