Author Topic: Chema1986 XVIIc.Gallery:13/09/23 Ark Royal miniatures 1/1200 Spanish ships (Read 39704 times)

chema1986 · « **Reply #90 on:** October 16, 2020, 09:31:45 AM »

Hello guys,

new post in my blog:
https://spanishleadpainting.blogspot.com/

I was in the mood of painting more officers of Grand Alliance era, so here you have my new command base for my Allied (Dutch, English, Spanish, Bavarian, Imperial...) army in the wars of Louis XIV...

The miniatures are from Casting Room Miniatures, I think they are part of Wargames Foundry, but they are clearly miniatures of lesser quality than Foundry's original ranges; the miniatures are crudely sculpted (imho), short and beefy, but... I wanted this set because of the nice poses and the table with maps.

This miniature set is labelled as Marlburian/WSS or War of Spanish Succession, so they are intended for a later period than I paint and play, BUT with some changes and conversions here and there, you can make some decent late XVII miniatures with them. I substituted their tricorns with floppy hats or broad brimmed hats, and added some shoulder ribbons to one of the officers in order to give him more flavour of the period.

The base is mdf with painted beach sand, static grass, tufts and flowers, and the miniatures painted in the usual way with successive layer triads (well not 3 but 4-5) with Vallejo and Foundry paints.

Cheers

has.been · « **Reply #91 on:** October 16, 2020, 09:34:16 AM »

Lovely vibrant colours.

Ray Rivers · « **Reply #92 on:** October 16, 2020, 01:56:14 PM »

Just had a trip through this wonderful thread full of rich and beautifully painted minis!

The command figures may not be optimum sculpts but your brush worked wonders on them!

DintheDin · « **Reply #93 on:** October 16, 2020, 02:17:46 PM »

Very characterful figures, so neatly painted! Top notch job! Congrats!

Paul Richardson · « **Reply #94 on:** October 16, 2020, 05:12:18 PM »

Wonderful. You've made some less-than-great sculpts look very good indeed.

Lord Raglan · « **Reply #95 on:** October 16, 2020, 06:41:17 PM »

Love the new command base mate

Arthur · « **Reply #96 on:** October 17, 2020, 04:11:20 AM »

Top painting job indeed : you've really made a silk purse out of a sow's ear with these less than appealing sculpts.

chema1986 · « **Reply #97 on:** October 17, 2020, 11:06:06 AM »

Quote from: Ray Rivers on October 16, 2020, 01:56:14 PM

Just had a trip through this wonderful thread full of rich and beautifully painted minis!

The command figures may not be optimum sculpts but your brush worked wonders on them!

Many thanks for your kind words

chema1986 · « **Reply #98 on:** October 17, 2020, 11:08:26 AM »

Quote from: Lord Raglan on October 16, 2020, 06:41:17 PM

Love the new command base mate

Thanks

more will come soon!

chema1986 · « **Reply #99 on:** October 17, 2020, 11:11:44 AM »

Quote from: Arthur on October 17, 2020, 04:11:20 AM

Top painting job indeed : you've really made a silk purse out of a sow's ear with these less than appealing sculpts.

Hehehe thanks a lot mate, I will paint better miniatures soon (Dixons, Front Rank, Warfare, Northstar...)
Cheers!

Friends of General Haig · « **Reply #100 on:** October 17, 2020, 03:04:40 PM »

Beautiful vignette!

Love the detail in the faces.

chema1986 · « **Reply #101 on:** November 03, 2020, 09:04:04 AM »

Hello mates,

new article in my blog

https://spanishleadpainting.blogspot.com/

I managed to finish a small gaming piece, Dutch artillery for either Franco Dutch War or League of Augsburg War (more appropiate for the latter). The gun crew is Warfare Miniatures and the gun itself is Ebor Miniatures.

Dutch artillery uniform, like most nationalities showed a mixture of civilian clothes and uniforms (especially from 1680' onwards). The uniform of Dutch artillery, seemed to be blue, all blue but the cuffs in "Swedish style" in red, with black hat and shoes. I painted my crew 2 in civilian clothes and 2 uniformed, but with normal cuffs and more orange than red (yes, I moved from the strictly historical uniform).

The wooden parts of the gun are painted in brick red, I read that gun carriage was in that colour, but other sources state that was in grey... I decided to paint in brick red. The debate on the wooden colour does not seem very important to me, since at that time it was common to use any artillery within reach, including many pieces captured from the enemy or bought from third parties.