Wednesday 1 June 2011

Some Huns, Some Yanks and a Limey or two

Well, the painting over the last couple of days has gone well. Or more, the painting yesterday went very well, to make up for the fact that I was going to get very little done today! Might get a little more done before hockey training, but it is unlikely!

So, what did I get done? How about half a unit of KGL?
So there is 8 done, plus the skirmisher (he is hiding on the left); so 9 out of 17 germans completed! I have developed a pretty good system for painting my British now; the only change that I needed to sort out with these guys was to find a good way of painting the grey trousers (coldstreamers have white if you can't remember)
Herr Commandant, looking classy as ever!

So, not only did I manage to finish off half of the KGL; the Coldstreamers are also completed...
But wait, there is more! I got sick of painting red; so I painted up two skirmisher stands for the army, these represent the 60th Rifles (Royal Americans). I opted for these over the (far more popular) 95th rifles because the Royal Americans fought alot with the Guards; plus they have some sweet red cuffs!

I still don't really have a handle on the "painting faces" aspect of 28mm modelling; but I guess I have plenty more models to practice on! Overall, at this point I am pretty happy with how my guys look. Quality basing will bump them up as a force, and as of this morning I have a pretty good way to get 50mm bases I think, so watch this space, there might actually be some based troops sometime!

Also, the count for 28mm figures complelty painted so far this project? 36 so far....

CP

5 comments:

  1. Great looking army and I like the mix of forces as well.
    I've never seen the KGL on a tabletop before but I have read about them.
    The Royal Americans! Fracking awesome. Someone in an early Psyops unit made that happen eh.

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  2. Thanks man! I am hoping to have a pretty good mix of troops; if for no better reason than to give me some fun stuff to paint!

    There is a very cool unit half assembled so far; they will be my next project!

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  3. This are looking really good Pooch!

    Very much looking forward to getting some Frenchies to take them on eventually!. I may also have some spare Victrix British sprues, not sure how many models are one them but will bring them along tonight.

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  4. I wont be there tonight, gotta pick up Nick G before southcon at the weekend. So hold onto them for a week! I have those frenchies too if you want them, I wont be doing much with them at all for a long time (at least till my Brits are done!)

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  5. Nice work and you pretty quick too..Looking forward to see it grow. Cheers, Michael

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