French, 28mm Scarab Miniatures

[Jacksarge]

WW1 French from Scarab Miniatures that I finished very recently:





More pictures here: http://www.jacksarge.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/more-boys-in-horizon-blueplus-some.html

[monk2002uk]

Beautifully done. Full of character, which is not easy to achieve.

Robert

[Metternich]

Excellent painting - fully evocative of the period.  And Scarab aren't even my favorite castings (can't get over the massive hands).

[Iron Haiden]

Good work bro.

Full of character, well done

[joekano]

They look great!

[Jacksarge]

Thanks guys! 

[marianas_gamer]

Really nice job  I like the "depth" of the blue uniforms.
LB

[archiduque]

Very nice work!!

[James Morris]

Terrific paint jobs! The horizon blue is especially good. I was painting a couple of these this week and they are full of character, if a bit bigger than some of the other French out there.
Good choice of backdrop too - is it a battle mat or something?

[Jacksarge]

Terrific paint jobs! The horizon blue is especially good. I was painting a couple of these this week and they are full of character, if a bit bigger than some of the other French out there.
Good choice of backdrop too - is it a battle mat or something?

Thanks James!
Actually the backdrop is just a sheet of A4 paper with a printed image I found somewhere on the internet - I think I just googled for "free backgrounds for miniatures" or somesuch.
Yes the minis are on the large side & those hands are kind of huge, but they are great to paint & have a lot of character I reckon

[GeKi]

Really nice paintjob. I just started with a french divisio using scarab ones.

Wich color do you use for the uniforms?

cheers

[Jacksarge]

Really nice paintjob. I just started with a french divisio using scarab ones.

Wich color do you use for the uniforms?

cheers

Thanks 
My recipe for Horizon Blue is:
50/50 mix of Vallejo Field Blue & Reaper HD Winter Blue for base
Apply Secret Weapon Blue Black Wash
Paint back over with base colour & then gradually lighten base colour with Derivan Light Grey Blue.

The Derivan paint is now out of production, but you can probably find a similar light bluish grey in another range. The application of the wash really helps to give depth to the figures - I use the Secret Weapon brand of washes all the time in my painting, so many useful colours. It may be worth noting that I use a light grey undercoat for my figure painting, so I'm not sure what my recipe would look like over black.
I hope that helps.

[James Morris]

I have found the Army Painter Wolf Grey paint (available in pots and sprays) an ideal grey blue to use as a base for horizon blue.

[The Gray Ghost]

Nice looking figs
I always liked Scarabs miniatures, to bad they haven't released any new ones

[Beast of Bukhara]

Nice brush work on the figures
 You have really brought out the very best in them