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Miniatures Adventure => Pikes, Muskets and Flouncy Shirts => Topic started by: vcina on August 09, 2016, 06:31:18 AM

Title: First ECW Troops
Post by: vcina on August 09, 2016, 06:31:18 AM

My group has decided to venture into doing some ECW battles.  So I painted up a unit for the group to use.
I also used the Army Painter Method to paint these.  My blog post details how they turned out.
https://operationwargaming.blogspot.com/2016/08/first-28mm-ecw-unit-completed.html (https://operationwargaming.blogspot.com/2016/08/first-28mm-ecw-unit-completed.html)

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qZNAisOyl0k/V6ld_gDCmBI/AAAAAAAAEvY/PJg1ZyP9BWEXHLi9DzUYXTOWvgHFMyuUACLcB/s1600/IMG_9250.JPG)

Title: Re: First ECW Troops
Post by: Codsticker on August 09, 2016, 04:21:32 PM

I prefer the look of the ink to the dip- it takes a bit longer to apply but I think it does a better job.

Title: Re: First ECW Troops
Post by: Calimero on August 09, 2016, 04:38:14 PM

I've looked at the Blog. The dip technique doesn’t give the best results indeed but if the idea is to have "tabletop ready" units as fast as possible then that's fine. Anyhow, it's always possible to return to the minis later on and add details.

Cheers! 8)

Title: Re: First ECW Troops
Post by: vcina on August 09, 2016, 07:55:22 PM

Like I stated on the blog. I'm not totally sold on this method.  I think I prefer painting in the basic colors and doing a wash to add the depth and then a high light.