Author Topic: UPDATE Confederate infantry part 12 UNIT FINISHED! (Read 9198 times)

Dewbakuk · « **Reply #15 on:** April 01, 2012, 07:40:27 AM »

Quote from: joroas on April 01, 2012, 12:02:38 AM

Yay! Aren't those Perry pikes and spears useful!

It's not a Perry one, their's are steel (unless they've changed since I last bought some). That looks more like a Warlord one, although I suspect others sell them too.

Where is the metal head on the plastic guy from? Is it from the head pack?

joroas · « **Reply #16 on:** April 01, 2012, 07:49:08 AM »

Perrys are now brassy-copper coloured and very sharp!!!!!

Dewbakuk · « **Reply #17 on:** April 01, 2012, 07:54:53 AM »

Heh, there speaks experiance.

General Lee · « **Reply #18 on:** April 01, 2012, 11:11:47 AM »

Quote from: Dewbakuk on April 01, 2012, 07:40:27 AM

It's not a Perry one, their's are steel (unless they've changed since I last bought some). That looks more like a Warlord one, although I suspect others sell them too.

Where is the metal head on the plastic guy from? Is it from the head pack?

it's a Perry one, they sell brass rods as well! The head is idd from the heads with slouch hats pack. very useful!

General Lee · « **Reply #19 on:** April 01, 2012, 02:01:28 PM »

Allright, primed and ready to go! I always use a light grey primer for my Confederates. It's a cheap can from a discount Store in the Netherlands: (Action) They only cost €2,- a can which is ridiculous, but not complaining!

I am going to paint four stands at a time (in order to ensure that I maintain some semblance of sanity)

General Lee · « **Reply #20 on:** April 01, 2012, 03:50:57 PM »

so I painted the skin first with Vallejo Dark Flesh (Model Color) and gave it a wash with watered down GW Dwarf Flesh to give it some depth.

up next, muskets!

wolfkill · « **Reply #21 on:** April 01, 2012, 09:15:57 PM »

wow!!! cant wait,lookin good

General Lee · « **Reply #22 on:** April 01, 2012, 11:14:29 PM »

so I have started on the uniforms. there is some debate as to how ragged Confederate infantry looked. How much variation among the men there really was. Although it is true that regiments received new unoforms from time to time (for example, before the battles of Gettysburg and Chickamauga). there is a general concensus however that as a campaign wore on, it became increasingly difficult for the Confederate army to maintain its uniformity. A lot of men received clothing from home or secured items from other sources. I also tend to go back to the paintings of Don Troiani which show a lot of different uniforms (and I also like the look of it :-D)

I have varied between different shades of grey and khaki (which you can use as butternut) some of the colors are:

Vallejo Model color:
- Khaki
- US Field Drab
- Green brown
- English uniform
- neutral grey
- light grey
- German Grey

Vallejo Game Color
- khaki (very different shade than the model color one)

GW
- commando khaki