Author Topic: Some very shiny Franco-Prussian war (Read 6281 times)

duc de limbourg · « **Reply #15 on:** December 05, 2016, 05:20:45 AM »

These look better and better. Please add more.

AlyMorrison · « **Reply #16 on:** December 10, 2016, 08:37:35 PM »

So...
On with the show...

You have seen my Brunswick regiment...
Now it is my Hesse-Darmstadt troops...
The Hessian regiments were organised differently from the Prussian troops...they only had two larger battalions ...
I have represented this by making each battalion three stands strong...

I have two regiments of Hessians...

AlyMorrison · « **Reply #17 on:** December 10, 2016, 09:00:27 PM »

Next up we have ...

Jagers...
I have gone for a Mecklenburg Jäger battalion ...
I liked the idea of a blue coated unit rather than the standard green...
These are based so they can shake out into skirmish order.
The cavalry...
Hessian light horse ...in rather nice green tunics...

AlyMorrison · « **Reply #18 on:** December 10, 2016, 09:08:05 PM »

This is a small unit of Prussian lancers... l only have them because they were sent to me by mistake...also I like the uniform
I have depicted them as a scouting unit...

AlyMorrison · « **Reply #19 on:** December 10, 2016, 09:12:42 PM »

Isn't it annoying when you spot a piece of stray static grass after you have made the post...

Never mind...

Some command...

The second photo is of two Staddens and a Willie...

There is a joke in there I am sure...

AlyMorrison · « **Reply #20 on:** December 10, 2016, 09:19:11 PM »

That's all my toys so far...
I have a unit of French Lancers in the painting que ... I may do them as Guard...in white tunics

I hope you have enjoyed looking at them as much as I enjoyed painting them

All the best. Aly

Vintage Wargaming · « **Reply #21 on:** December 10, 2016, 11:09:35 PM »

These are great to see Aly. I am just finishing off my FPW project using old Minifigs S Range. These are partly intended for use in refitting some of the Georland campaigns (georland.blogspot.co.uk) but if I had the money and was starting from scratch it would have been with these Spencer Smith 30s. Lovely to see the old Staddens and Willie too

dallascowboy43 · « **Reply #22 on:** December 11, 2016, 09:00:03 AM »

The figures are lovely
Do you shade the painting before the gloss coat?
Are the eyes just dots on the flesh?
I am tempted to dig out my french after this inspiration

Clive

jambo1 · « **Reply #23 on:** December 11, 2016, 09:41:57 AM »

Great work, a real joy to see these figures painted up.

AlyMorrison · « **Reply #24 on:** December 11, 2016, 01:57:23 PM »

Thank you for your kind comments...

If it wasn't for the Spencer Smith miniatures I would probably be using Minifigs S range or even Scruby miniatures...
With the Minifigs now apparently available through John Cunningham and the Scruby's still available from the States I am tempted to have a couple of units anyway...regardless of the size difference.

Clive...
I am using a very simple technique on these toys...
Base colour followed by a wash... I use Citadel washes and Citadel and Foundry paints.
On dark colours I leave it at that or sometimes give it another coat to get a more even and intense shade.
On lighter colours I highlight with the original colour... I have found that adding some Citadel Lamia Medium to the paint at this stage helps give the effect of blending.
On some of the white belts , plumes and cap lines I have painted them Citadel Palid Wytch Flesh then highlighted with pure white...you could always use a pale grey but I like the warmth of the Wytch Flesh...
Black is....Black

Then everything is given a generous coat of yacht varnish...I use Wilko's own brand ( this is a British household goods store) but any good varnish will do...

I hope this is of some help

All the best. Aly

Curassier · « **Reply #25 on:** December 11, 2016, 04:35:31 PM »

Beautiful and so stylish.
Can we have an ides of the rules you are using and more details of unit organisation ?
All best
JM

AlyMorrison · « **Reply #26 on:** December 13, 2016, 10:11:24 AM »

Curassier...

I am using Black Powder...

Two stands of Infantry represent an average sized battalion and three stands a large,the cavalry are three stands to a unit
Two or three battalions to a regiment...
I am not organising anything on an army level... I am just painting what I like...

Tony Barton · « **Reply #27 on:** December 13, 2016, 11:43:26 AM »

Those are delightful. They may be old-fashioned ( can you still buy them anywhere ? ) but they are actually quite classy sculptures, much better proportioned than most more modern figures. They may be a bit lacking in surface detail, but that's hardly a problem. And very nicely painted , by the way.

AlyMorrison · « **Reply #28 on:** December 13, 2016, 12:12:19 PM »

Tony...

The are available here...

http://www.spencersmithminiatures.co.uk/html/franco_pruss.html

One of my friends ...a none wargamer... describes them as charming...
She is right... they remind me of a childhood I never had...

All the best Aly

Totleben · « **Reply #29 on:** December 13, 2016, 05:01:00 PM »

And please have a few cuirassiers.

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