Tuesday, 17 September 2013

A Cast of Thousands

Well, not quite thousands... yet.
But hundreds... six hundred and forty to be precise.

Yes, I picked up the infantry castings from Griffin Moulds yesterday: boy am I delighted!
Clean castings; they stand up flush on the desk without having to spend hours filing the underside of bases! Remarkable!!

Anyway, here's the lead mountain...

 
Remember, this is just the first tranche of the project.

And here are a couple of samples I painted of the pre-production castings a couple of weeks ago, just to play around with painting style and colours a little. These are in the colours of a couple of my Pils Holstein regiments.


Right, the game's afoot...



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14 comments:

  1. tradgardmastare17 September 2013 at 15:18

    Your painted chaps look great.
    Hope you enjoy the unpacking the cast of thousands/600...

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  2. Anonymous17 September 2013 at 17:16

    Like the painted chaps. Really like the pose, these will look great with your flags. Will form a unique collection.

    As for painting, rather you than me!

    cheers

    Paul

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  3. WSTKS-FM Worldwide17 September 2013 at 19:33

    Kind of makes one feel tingly all over!

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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  4. Steve17 September 2013 at 19:42

    Looking good, can't wait to see the rest.
    Cheers, Steve

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  5. James Brewerton18 September 2013 at 00:00

    thats a lorra lorra lead
    Peace James

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  6. Chris Gregg18 September 2013 at 10:34

    Great to see the figures at last. They look extremely nice. Do you have a painting schedule to predict how big your armies will grow by when? Will the bases be textured or "old school"?
    best wishes
    Chris
    http://notjustoldschool.blogspot.co.uk/

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  7. tidders218 September 2013 at 12:35

    plenty to keep you busy ! like the nicely possed marching men - full of movement

    -- Allan

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  8. Phil18 September 2013 at 18:25

    Thanks for all the kind comments, and for your interest in taking time to ask questions... all of which will be answered in the fullness of time.
    James - warm up your paint-brush!
    Chris G - basing will be textured, and yes I do have a painting schedule which goes way beyond this batch of figures. It's around 6 years till the project will be fully completed. Stage one, which I'll post about soon, is all about getting some game-able balanced forces completed.
    Phil

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  9. Old School ACW20 September 2013 at 12:30

    My word.

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  10. Bedford20 September 2013 at 13:32

    That's quite a few to paint up then Phil.

    The mini's you've painted up do look the business.

    Darrell.

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  11. Graham C21 September 2013 at 06:16

    Lovely stuff, classic figures these are going to look awesome.

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  12. Phil21 September 2013 at 17:41

    Thanks for the further comments Greg, Darrell and Graham.
    The brushwork is beginning today...
    Phil

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  13. Anonymous26 September 2013 at 00:24

    Great stuff Phil, really looking forward to seeing the collection evolve.

    John B WD3

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  14. Chris bump19 February 2014 at 13:38

    Are those figures commercially available?
    They look so much like John Ray's and I'd always thought hisnline was exclusive.
    Thanks
    Chris

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