Progress is good so far. All battalions have been blocked in, and a couple have been "dipped", plus IR1 (in foreground) is complete, with just base painting still to do, and flags to be added.
More progress as it happens...
Monday 21 December 2015
A White Christmas - Austrians!
Well, it's beginning to look a lot like a White Christmas with Austrians (aka Astrovians) dominating the workbench...
Progress is good so far. All battalions have been blocked in, and a couple have been "dipped", plus IR1 (in foreground) is complete, with just base painting still to do, and flags to be added.
More progress as it happens...
Progress is good so far. All battalions have been blocked in, and a couple have been "dipped", plus IR1 (in foreground) is complete, with just base painting still to do, and flags to be added.
More progress as it happens...
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Most impressive! But can they fight?
ReplyDeleteBest Regards,
Stokes
Very impressive sir!
ReplyDeleteLooking good!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Very good progress on those Phil. The dip method certainly seems to work well for you.
ReplyDeleteDave
Very impressive, look forward to seeing en masse.
ReplyDeleteAlways inspirational watching your projects come to fruition, thanks for sharing, happy Christmas and new year and look forward to more updates.
Paul
Thank you all.
ReplyDeleteYes, Stokes, I'm sure they will be able to fight... they'll get chance sometime in the spring, and maybe at a show in the year ahead too.
Phil
Looking wonderful Phil. I do very much enjoy Austrian armies and find that they are, despite popular belief, an extremely colourful army throughout the horse and musket period. Have a wonderful "white" Christmas!
ReplyDeletethey look good so far. I hate painting white so am interested to watch progress with yours.
ReplyDeleteVery impressive productivity Phil! Did I miss something because i thought you had said your project schedule was based on outsourcing all your figure painting to professionals? Is there a plan?
ReplyDeleteChris
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Looking forward to seeing their first AAR.
ReplyDeleteMost sharp looking men.
What sort of 'dip' are you doing?
Thank you Carlo, Paul, Chris and Murdock.
ReplyDeleteChris - there's always a plan! I'm outsourcing MOST of the painting for the mid-18th century project, but not all of it. I'm doing the Austrian infantry myself.
Murdock - I use the middle dip (I think it's called Strong Tone). Just spray undercoat the figures white, block in some basic colours elsewhere (faces, hands, cuffs, turnbacks, hats, cartridge boxes, gaiters and shoes, water bottles, and backpacks), then dip, then add a highlight. Very simple.
Phil
They are looking trim and fit! Maria Theresa will be proud.
ReplyDeletebest wishes for the holidays and the upcoming New Year
Jim