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Offline JOHN BOND

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FRENCH MARINES 28mm FIW
« on: March 12, 2021, 09:48:43 PM »
Finally finished my French Marines for French Indian Wars, they are Conquest Miniatures available from Warlord games, lovely models to paint.
follow this link to my Blog:
http://iagsmgm.blogspot.com/2021/02/french-marines-28mm.html

cheers John





Offline marianas_gamer

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Re: FRENCH MARINES 28mm FIW
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2021, 10:50:27 PM »
Nice looking unit!
Got to kick at the darkness till it bleeds daylight.

Offline valleyboy

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Re: FRENCH MARINES 28mm FIW
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2021, 11:25:42 PM »
Wow -those are superbly painted
I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns. - Winston Churchill

Offline Grumpy Gnome

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Re: FRENCH MARINES 28mm FIW
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2021, 01:28:54 AM »
Great work!
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Offline Paul Richardson

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Re: FRENCH MARINES 28mm FIW
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2021, 01:40:12 PM »
You can really paint. These are superb.

Offline Emir of Askaristan

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Re: FRENCH MARINES 28mm FIW
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2021, 02:26:49 PM »
Very nice, basing is great too.

Offline marco55

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Re: FRENCH MARINES 28mm FIW
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2021, 04:18:27 AM »
Beautiful painting!  :-*
Mark

Offline Belisarius

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Re: FRENCH MARINES 28mm FIW
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2021, 04:42:10 AM »
Very well done , yours greys are remarkable. The 1st shot , of the squad approaching the fence in the dawns early light is very atmospheric.

Offline WillPhillips

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Re: FRENCH MARINES 28mm FIW
« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2021, 03:05:21 PM »
Really nice work!

I'm just starting on a 54mm skirmish project featuring these guys, myself.

Do you have any resources on their uniforms?

I see some with the blue coats and breeches with ivory details, and others have ivory coats with blue details. Was there any consistency there?
Focused on 6mm pike and shot and 28mm Frostgrave
Blogging about my projects at Tabletop.WillPhillips.org

Offline Captain Blood

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Re: FRENCH MARINES 28mm FIW
« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2021, 06:14:11 PM »
Lovely paintwork, well done  8)

Offline marco55

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Re: FRENCH MARINES 28mm FIW
« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2021, 12:59:13 AM »
Really nice work!

I'm just starting on a 54mm skirmish project featuring these guys, myself.

Do you have any resources on their uniforms?

I see some with the blue coats and breeches with ivory details, and others have ivory coats with blue details. Was there any consistency there?

http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Main_Page

Offline marco55

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Re: FRENCH MARINES 28mm FIW
« Reply #11 on: March 16, 2021, 01:21:57 AM »
Really nice work!

I'm just starting on a 54mm skirmish project featuring these guys, myself.

Do you have any resources on their uniforms?

I see some with the blue coats and breeches with ivory details, and others have ivory coats with blue details. Was there any consistency there?

https://www.militaryheritage.com/7ywart.htm

Offline JOHN BOND

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Re: FRENCH MARINES 28mm FIW
« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2021, 05:46:39 AM »
Thanks marco55 for posting those links.
I just went with the images on the front of the Warlord games box the figures where in
cheers John  ;)

 

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