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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Atheling on February 20, 2016, 08:55:51 AM
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Hi Folks,
Some of my Indian Mutiny Brits; 1st Madras Fusiliers or Neill's Blue Caps as they were known for their striking blue forage cap covers.
Hope you enjoy the pic, I'll certainly be adding more images and some close ups of the miniatures will follow hard on the heals on this pic of Col. James Neill's Blue Caps :)
More pics and history regarding the 1st Madras Fusiliers can be seen on my Just Add Water Blog here:
http://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/1st-madres-fusiliersneills-blue-caps.html
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LNLVlwrNU-c/VsgpKd7rldI/AAAAAAAAs34/F75X9a3UFDA/s1600/P1060696.JPG)
Cheers,
Darrell.
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Spectacular Darrell!
Lon
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They look stunning! :-* :-*
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Very nice!!! .... (And now the daft question.... Where did you get those walls from?)
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Looks very good. Indian Mutiny is not something I know a lot about, but from what I have seen it looks good on a wargaming table.
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I'm looking forward to Ospreys upcoming rules 'The Men Who Would Be Kings'. I have them in mind for The Sudan, and I'm now tempted by The Indian Mutiny after looking at these!
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Lovely job matey!
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Very nice mate.
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very nice painting
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Excellent.
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Well done that man!! Done to your usual very high standard!!
Lovely models too. Must say I plan to get a few Iron Duke Brits at some point, as I bought some Mutineer Miniatures mutineers a while back and need some Brits to fight them at TMWWBK...
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Love the painting.
ID figures are great and you have done them proud.
I need to get off my butt and get painting the ones I have.
I too, would like to know where the walls in the pic are from.
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Amazing!!!!!
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Thanks for the kind words guys- very much appreciated. :)
Very nice!!! .... (And now the daft question.... Where did you get those walls from?)
I too, would like to know where the walls in the pic are from.
The walls are from Tablescape (link below). I bought four Wall sections and one Gatehouse. They are lightweight resin and come already painted to a decent standard which I didn't realise when I ordered them! o_o o_o I have to say that the service I received from them was excellent too and they promptly answered the e-mails I shot off to them prior to buying. I've been told that four bastion corner pieces are probably next.
http://www.tablescape.co.uk/
Cheers,
Darrell.
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They look smashing. Those scurrilous mutineers had better look out!
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Whence the standard? (the flag) :o
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"The walls are from Tablescape (link below)." - thanks! Ian
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Whence the standard? (the flag) :o
Unless I am much mistaken, Darrell used one of the flagsheets produced as a joint venture by Iron Duke and Flags of War :
(http://www.46680.mrsite.com/USERIMAGES/IMBF03%201ST%20MADRAS%20(EUROPEAN)%20FUSILIERS%20REGIMENT%20(2)(1).JPG)
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Beautiful job on the Blue Caps, Darrell -- and thanks for posting that info and link to Tablescape! I don't think I knew anything about them until now. That is a very nice Midddle-East/North African City Wall system they have, and the buildings and standard walls in the same range look good as well.
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Looking good Darrell!!!! I think you should take this painting thing up as a business :D ;)
Post some more pics of your great work!
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Unless I am much mistaken, Darrell used one of the flagsheets produced as a joint venture by Iron Duke and Flags of War :
Yes it's the flags that are available from the Iron Duke section on the Empress site :)
Looking great Darrell :)
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Unless I am much mistaken, Darrell used one of the flagsheets produced as a joint venture by Iron Duke and Flags of War
Yes it's the flags that are available from the Iron Duke section on the Empress site :)
Sorry not to get back to you before now- busy, busy.....
Yep, they are from the range that Iain (Flags of War) designed for the Iron Duke Indian Mutiny range:
http://www.empressminiatures.com/userimages/procart88.htm
I have to say that they are superb quality- some of the best I've handled if you'll excuse the expression! :)
More pics of the mini's up close ASAP :)
Cheers,
Darrell.
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Nice work on those minis Darrell,I have the set of those flags and they are very nice indeed.Also like the look of the Tablescape scenery,it seems perfect for use in Mutiny games.As you know I'm a big fan of this Iron Duke range and have all the Brits,however ,I'm anticipating a lot of repair work on my Standard bearer minis after games as the "heroic" one handed grip on the Standard poles is an accident waiting to happen.They look cool though. :)
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Nice work on those minis Darrell,I have the set of those flags and they are very nice indeed.Also like the look of the Tablescape scenery,it seems perfect for use in Mutiny games.As you know I'm a big fan of this Iron Duke range and have all the Brits,however ,I'm anticipating a lot of repair work on my Standard bearer minis after games as the "heroic" one handed grip on the Standard poles is an accident waiting to happen.They look cool though. :)
I was tempted to base them on stands to try and reduce any damage but in the end to really play the mutiny you have to be flexible and have the option for skirmish games so I bit the bullet and bought some 18mm washers as shown on the Iron Duke site.
I also ordered some of the custom bases from Warbases- which reminds me, I need to order more! :)
Darrell.
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Ideal for a game Sharp Practice 2 when it comes out :)
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Ideal for a game Sharp Practice 2 when it comes out :)
Yep, I'm hoping to get a sneak peek at the WorLard (Geordie pun ;) ) day at the Durham club this April.
Here's a selection of close ups of the mini's that I've painted thus far (I know, not too many!).
You can read about how they were painted as well as seeing many 360 degree pics (or sorts) on my Just Add Water blog here:
http://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/1st-madras-fusiliersneills-blue-caps.html
In the meantime here are some pics to hopefully whet your appetitie:
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kqERti4rZR0/Vs2R42L1zhI/AAAAAAAAs8o/gtHpWcQNzrs/s1600/P1060713.JPG)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zGDSxt5eD3k/Vs2RXNYBmAI/AAAAAAAAs7c/eGIpRq5epOw/s1600/P1060719.JPG)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O_wFuAsc3Y8/Vs2RYLOokQI/AAAAAAAAs7s/6Qoz-ZNNtzs/s1600/P1060723.JPG)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-REOVvqovp3A/Vs2SrJTMasI/AAAAAAAAs9E/fLv3GRN04Kk/s1600/P1060727.JPG)
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3sJiGNls9bY/Vs2S9gVTkuI/AAAAAAAAs9Y/VMSskg4vJQw/s1600/P1060732.JPG)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-io4RCXO2yHA/Vs2TSeiw7fI/AAAAAAAAs9s/Z5qxCw1AFTw/s1600/P1060736.JPG)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Bc43srKpL4g/Vs2TejgPN3I/AAAAAAAAs98/VWmRBikbhFg/s1600/P1060740.JPG)
Cheers,
Darrell.
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Excellent. The white lovely :)
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Excellent. The white lovely :)
Thanks Iain, after a lot of experimentation I went with the Andrea White set for the 'whites' ; roughly four pots excluding the base coat and finally VMC Ivory.
I'm really happy with the subtle results :)
Darrell
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Jolly nice, indeed! :-*
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Top notch. :)
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Cheers chaps :).
More to follow.....
Cheers,
Darrell.
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Very nice!
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Thanks Iain, after a lot of experimentation I went with the Andrea White set for the 'whites' ; roughly four pots excluding the base coat and finally VMC Ivory.
I'm really happy with the subtle results :)
Darrell
WELL done! It' looks white without looking GOOFY white like one sees too often (a colour which wouldn't be seen on Campiagn especially in 19th century India). I like to use Foundry Rawhide B, Rawhide C, highlighted with Vallejo Game Colour Bone White.
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WELL done! It' looks white without looking GOOFY white like one sees too often (a colour which wouldn't be seen on Campiagn especially in 19th century India). I like to use Foundry Rawhide B, Rawhide C, highlighted with Vallejo Game Colour Bone White.
Funny, to get a similar 'white' I used to use the Foundry Boneyard Triad but by starting with Boneyard B and just adding VMC Ivory (it's a treasure of a colour for highlighting) to get this type of 'white'. I've never tried Rawhide but might give it a go as a base colour on one of the other regiments as soon as the Blue Caps are done.
to be honest it was a bit of a struggle to get the right hue for the worn looking 'whites'. I tried quite a few combinations before I settled on the Andrea 'White' box set which with the addition of VMC Ivory added for the highlights I think turned out rather well.
Andrea paints are very good and dry to a very flat matte which helps with further highlighting. The one small problem I have with them is that they tend to be very chalky and oddly you have to be careful that you don't add too much water (at 28mm scale) as they quickly become very this if this is so. I used about six layers on the uniforms including the final highlight :)
Cheers,
Darrell.
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I agree on the Andrea Paints - I have the Red set and the Blue set; Amazing quality. :)
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I agree on the Andrea Paints - I have the Red set and the Blue set; Amazing quality. :)
Great minds and all that ;) :D
Darrell.