Galloping Major's Redcoats

[folnjir]

Thanks for sharing.

[axabrax]

Great stuff! Are there going to be photos of the redcoats available in the store eventually? Would be nice to be able to see what I'm buying.   Personally I think unpainted miniatures are better than nothing if that's the issue...

[Galloping Major]

"Great stuff! Are there going to be photos of the redcoats available in the store eventually? Would be nice to be able to see what I'm buying.   Personally I think unpainted miniatures are better than nothing if that's the issue..."
No Sir, not a painted v unpainted thing but time related due to other pressing stuff (I've long since admitted to myself that I won't find time to paint them all soon enough - pictures of full pack content painted up by any customers would be appreciated to fill in though  ).
Sorry about the delay, I'm planning some more pictures of unpainted stuff soon to get full packs onto the online shop, meanwhile, here are a few pics:

3 Figures from Redcoats pack SYW/FIW B10 British Line Infantry Hat Company Skirmishing.

3 characters for packs FIW BRT3 (left) & 4 ( middle and right).



All these and other bits are on the Studio page of the website, sorry they're incomplete and not up-to-date. I'll try to get more pics into the shop during the weekend. I do appreciate how pictures of pack content help with planning units  
Cheers,
Lance
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[axabrax]

Thanks!

[Captain Reid]

Some pictures here: https://saindouxnet.com/2017/04/12/loyal-americans/

 Mainly 60th foot packs with one of the Skirmish packs and a leader pack, if I recall correctly.

[Galloping Major]

Mainly 60th foot packs with one of the Skirmish packs and a leader pack, if I recall correctly.

That's right David, thanks adding them.

Cheers,
Lance

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[Galloping Major]

Great stuff! Are there going to be photos of the redcoats available in the store eventually? Would be nice to be able to see what I'm buying.   Personally I think unpainted miniatures are better than nothing if that's the issue...

Sorry about the delay, I've updated the website shop with pictures of more of the packs, 10 out of the 14 now have shots of pack contents - I'll try to get caught up with the other 4 soon.
Here are the pics to date:

SYW/FIW B1 Charge your bayonet.

SYW/FIW B2 Push your bayonet.

SYW/FIW B3 Rest your bayonet

SYW/FIW B4 Command 1

SYW/FIW B5 Charge your bayonet 2.

SYW/FIW B9 Sergeants & characters.

SYW/FIW B10 Skirmishing.

FIW BRT1 60th Foot 1

FIW BRT260th Foot 2

FIW BRT4 60th Foot skirmishing

I hope these all come out OK 
Cheers,
Lance

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[Galloping Major]

Sorry the pictures are so small folks, I used the ones from the shop page on the website, but I could only copy the addresses from the small ones, to check any out larger, go to the online shop page and click on the thumbnail pics 

Meanwhile, I can show pack SYW/FIW B10 at a better size 


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[Galloping Major]

Customer Gareth Tilley recently asked on our facebook page (galloping Major Ltd Wargames) for any tips about painting Redcoat red, I've been asked this sort of question several times, so thought I should share this here.

I use a lot of the original Foundry colours, alongside various others including Humbrol, Games Workshop, Vallejo etc. If you think my painting of Redcoat soldiers' clothing isn't too far off the mark, you might like to try this one out. I normally start from a dark base coat and work up through mid tones to highlights these days, but just for Redcoats I've returned to my old style of mid tone base, then painting in shade and highlights over this. The thing that sparked this was, as I'm always on the lookout for interesting paints, I spotted the pot pictured in a range of acrylics stocked by "The Range" stores in their craft (not fine art) department and bought one to try out. They contain about twice as much paint as most manufacturers' for, if I remember correctly, £1.99. I tried it, liked it, and bought several more colours from the fairly limited range. They give a good flat coverage, with the red "rouge" I start with a couple of thin coats. I then shade Foundry Conker Brown Shade (I use Citadel Scab Red to shade officers' coats); I then highlight with Foundry Scarlet Light with another highlight of Foundry Bright Red Light. Obviously, similar shade and highlight colours from your favoured range should work just as well. The thing I like about this Artiste rouge is it is a good strong red without being overly lurid, and has that hint of 'brickishness' about it that really does give the look of a military red coat. Worth a try for anyone who is (like I was) hesitating about what red to uniform their regulars in.
Cheers, Lance.

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[Ramirez Noname]

Thanks Lance,

Looks like trip to The Range on the way home from work ..

Harvey

[Ramirez Noname]

Sorted - managed to grab a bottle in my local store for the bargain price of £1.25! Good paint with plenty of pigment.

Looking forward to getting on with the Redcoats.

RMZ

[Galloping Major]

Sorted - managed to grab a bottle in my local store for the bargain price of £1.25! Good paint with plenty of pigment.

Looking forward to getting on with the Redcoats.

Very good value 

Cheers,
Lance
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[Galloping Major]

All the rest of the Redcoat packs now have pictures in the online shop:


SYW/FIW B6 British Line Infantry Hat Company – Push Your Bayonet 2


SYW/FIW B7 British Line Infantry Hat Company – Rest Your Bayonet 2


SYW/FIW B8 British Line Infantry Command 2


FIW BRT3 British Regular Infantry 60th Sergeants & Characters

Sorry about the size of the pictures, all 14 packs can be seen bigger by clicking on them in the online shop:

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[Galloping Major]

Just received a couple lovely of pics featuring some of our 60th Foot along with some Rangers and the Parson from pack FIW AAC3 from Ramirez NoName - thanks Harvey 
I just love Harvey's scenics too.



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