Napoleon in Egypt- kinda project

[Cadet13]

I also found this Quinto plate. Date starts at 1801:

[AWu]

After some tough time for hobby, I managed to finish some reinforcements for my Demi brigade..
Most important part really - Flag of the 1st battalion!


I am not 100% happy about it- as my technique failed me there - I will have to invent other way to write on the French banners



I was thinking that writing letters will be easier with calligraphy pen - it was but it refuse to set and dry..
I will replaye flag when i will find new technique and test it.

Each Demi-brigade carried 3 flags (for each battalion)
Two were unique to the Demi-brigade (1st and 3rd battalion) and one was common for all of them (2nd bat)
Unfortunately every one of them were full of complicated suspiciously french sounding words ((

[ARKOUDAKI]

Why not just buy the flags from GMB, as they are great looking.

[AWu]

There are two reasons.

First: I don't know any producer that would print them on metal sheet and I am using thin metal sheets to form them later - I don't like paper flags as they are really difficult to do into any flaggy shape and I use them only for 15mm and only if I absolutely have to.

Second: - I love making them

They are never perfect but they are funny little side projects and they are unique.

I just hate those letters - dastardly French  

[gustav]

Nice work. Interesting subjects.

my top tip
too make paper flags more "flaggy" glue (using standard pva) a piece of tin foil (aluminium foil for cooking) in-between - makes creating a furling wind blown shape easy.

[AWu]

I tried that with ready made flags in 15mm. It certainly helps a lot - but effect stil is no match for metal painted straight on.

Flags I used were quite stiff and thick. They were ready made, I think that printing on thin paper could give better results.
I will have to try it next time.
-I plan to print, glue on foil and then paint over Austrian flag for my OPFOR

[AWu]

Some action in my Revolutionary wars in Italy project:

Due to TFL Deployment point competition (and some Late Romans and some Pulp - I have to many projects going to work fast on only one
 I skipped on units and made me a first pair of Deployment points.


and








Few more photos on my blog here.
http://waristheh-word.blogspot.com/2016/06/sharp-practice-v2-deployment-point.html

I made them as a test for underequipped group I am converting now (but it goes really slowly unfortunately

[Calimero]

  nice work!