2nd Afghan War British Officers

[Hu Rhu]

Excellent.  But do you call that 'simplified'? It looks bloody complicated to me!!

[Ray Earle]

Nice try cubs, but where's the tartan puttees?   

Top notch painting as usual sir. 

[Cubs]

Nice try cubs, but where's the tartan puttees?   

That's part of the simplification! It didn't look good to me, so I decided our man has got himself plainer replacements. The harsher the terrain and more senior the officer, the laxer the uniform regs!

Yeah, that tartan needed a couple more lines in there really to be accurate, but I figured it would just make it look messy so I left them out.

[Ray Earle]

That's one of the big problems with tiny 28mm tartan. After a while it all blends in together and doesn't look anything like what it should.

Agreed the puttees would have probably been a bit too much. 

[gamer Mac]

Stunning paint jobs

[axabrax]

Did you actually use a purple wash on the tartan? It's a very soft line.

[Cubs]

Did you actually use a purple wash on the tartan? It's a very soft line.

It's a dark brown glaze, with green ink squares in the intersections. The thin lines (black, white and a slightly hidden blue one) are just very thin paint put on very slowly with a very thin brush.

[guitarheroandy]

 

Wow!!! Love those, especially the chap with the tartan. I am looking forward to getting mine painted!

[Captain Blood]

Great tartan. Lovely job all round in fact

[rokurota]

Great work!