"How are painting projects going for Perry plastics?" Topic

I have just done my first 12 figures and have started on the second batch.

I have not painted 28mm before, they take longer tio paint but I am enjoying the results.

Mine are certainly 'wargame standard' rather than collector standard.

I've painted 60 of them so far. Probably next week, at some point, I'll try to get another 72 done.

I've painted 64, they are painted in a "impressionistic" way.

Pictors any pictures??

Painting 36 CSA/USA…

ataulfo are you in Lx?

Yes, a bunch. If you email me I will send some out to you.

pictors@pictorsstudio.com

Email sent!

Thank you Scott
The pictures look great!

Glad you liked them. I'm really looking forward to the plastic French line. The other thing i'm looking forward to is the new Foundry book on the great paraguayan war. I'll probably use these figs to do that with converting them where need be.

One Union regiment of 20 figs and one Reb of 18 now done – Meade's Ol' Generics and Lee's Fightin' Non-Specifics. I'll give them identities when I've got more reference material!

It's soooo long since I've done a complete 28mm unit I'm feeling slightly light-headed.

I've stuck them all together and mounted the infantry on some pennies but that's as far as I've got!
Given the nice weather in the UK at the moment, painting has had to give way to gardening before the weeds engulf us all.

So far I have the first box of 36 "almost done".

I used a wash technique which worked well on the Union troops but went badly wrong on the Confederates. A few more evenings and I will have this fixed.

After that there is another boxof infantry and one of cavalry…

Mick

I am basing mine on 40mm x 40mm bases with 2 ranks of 2. I put that 'Army Painter' magic dip (the light version) on my first batch of unions but am not impressed with how the brown staining effected the light blue trousers – I will do my next batch with a more traditional wash.

I haven't started them yet – took pictures of the box for the review, but have other stuff in front of them… Next week, the week after? I'm not certain yet. I am looking forward to them though, the sprues are very WH-esque, and I enjoy painting those well enough.

Don.

Normsmith

I also use this size of base. In a 16 figure unit there will be 1 x 4 (with the Standard on it – whatever rules are used we don't allow the Standard to fall on the assumption that it is always picked up by the next man ) 4 x 40 x 20mm deep 2 figure bases and 4 singles for "change".

Have done 2 boxes of confederates – 2 units of 16, 1 of 18 & 1 of 20, plus general officer and Standard Bearer to lead them. Not well painted but from 3 or 4 feet (ie on the table) look good enough

I've heard of "Army Painter" Magic Dip but never seen it – is it just a brown wash?

It's like a stained polyurethene (sp?)I might try and experiment a bit more with it, such as brushing more of it off or adding a thinner perhaps.

There are several "army painter" types of dip out there, and formulas for making your own. They are essentially a sealer (polyurethene) with a touch of ink to add color.

From the photos I've seen, they can work well when used properly. You are supposed to dip the figure then shake off any excess. The main techinique I've seen is to have the figure mounted to the end of rod/pencil. Then you roll the pencil between your hands which spins the figure rapidly and flings the dip off.

Some people pour the dip into a deeper container. Then you dip down to the bottom to dip the figure, raise it up so it's clear of the dip but still in the container, spint he figure to flick off the excess so it hits the walls of the container, then remove.

You may also need to use a brush (bry)_to sop up excess, or a paper towel.

However, I think it doesn't work too well on certain types of minis. Grungy fantasy warriors, excellent. How clean is an Orc, Skaven or Chaos warrior anyway. But prim and proper clean uniforms, forget it. They will look like they've been marching through mud all day. If that's the look you want, great.

Otherwise, I think a wash is better to bring out the details without staining the whole figure.