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Hi guys,

I have updated some more details onto my Blog, these evolve around the re-vamping of my table-top and some new pictures of work I have done over the last few years with my French army. Neither of these new sections of the blog are finished, I am still working on them as I go and when I find the time. I will endeavor to add more as quickly as I can, hope you like them.

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P.S. I know showing blogs constantly can be a little egotistic so I do apologize in advance but I know there are several people who wanted me to continue to add to this so this is for them to see more than anything.

Regards,
Shane

I love the way you can get really bright reds on the thin lines against the dark background, like the shako cords and trim for French gunners.

I've always had a problem getting little bits of red to stand out against a dark uniform. In recent years I've been painting them orange, and it looks red from a distance.

In cross-posting this thread I think you might have misread "Galleys" as "Galleries", which is a bit unfortunate since to those of us who follow TMP from the front page, the thread looks like it's to do with ancient naval warfare and not Napoleonics.

Very nice indeed Shane.
One thought on your Line Lancers,they may have looked better on AB light cavalry mounts.
Well done & interesting blog.
Regards,

Very nicely done. I like your style of painting with the dark lines seperating the whites. Thank you

Before painting a red area I paint it white first, then red. It's much brighter that way.

For things like shako cords, though, it drives me nuts to try to prep-paint all that tiny detail white first, and then go over it again in red, hoping that I cover all the white, but nothing else.

With small figures, I find it's easier just to paint a shade or two lighter, which then looks exactly right from anything more than about 1 foot away.

Hi all,

I used to have that problem also with painting red, yellow etc over black undercoat, however, I began to spray a thick coat of clear matt lacquer over the base black and let it dry and set in the sun for a day or two before applying those colours. Doing this allowed me to paint these bright colours directly onto the figure with no problems at all after that. It might take a little longer and more work but the end result was worthwhile.

I am going to put up another section on the blog very soon showing Picton's 3rd Division that I painted up for a friend, the amount of red in that was enough to drive one crazy but because of the technique I explained above painting the red was virtually zero trouble at all.

P.S. thx for noticing the Lancier horses, I painted them up before much later realising that the regiments were in fact re-mounted on lighter horses. This was annoying but not one person in the group has noticed all these years so shhhhhh!! ;-p

Also, feel free to add any comments on the blog if you feel so inclined.

Regards,
Shane

Shane,

thanks for sharing, and again I'm officially JEALOUS!
Good luck with the scenery revamp, I must admit I had thought that there seemed to be a little of a mismatch between the impeccable standards fo your figures and your terrain, which was perhaps a little on the ordinary side. I look forward to picking up a few tips from your blog, since I too will have tostart my terrain from scratch once I've settled down in NSW. Maybe after more trivial things like getting a job and so on!

Kind Regards,

Ralph

Shane,

thanks for sharing, and again I'm officially JEALOUS!
Good luck with the scenery revamp, I must admit I had thought that there seemed to be a little of a mismatch between the impeccable standards fo your figures and your terrain, which was perhaps a little on the ordinary side. I look forward to picking up a few tips from your blog, since I too will have tostart my terrain from scratch once I've settled down in NSW. Maybe after more trivial things like getting a job and so on!

Kind Regards,

Sparker

G'day Sparker,

Yeah, you are correct Sparker, my terrain is very dated, ordinary at best and well past its glory days….Luckily we have a guy in our group who designs and builds terrain (and sells it worldwide over the Internet) who is slowly helping me get rid of the old stuff and replace it with his own creations. He has been an inspiration to me and the guys with his ideas and input.

Glynn is his name and he is an old grognard of the group now. Great guy, he comes over every Tuesday night, sits down with his Subway foot long and zero coke, swallows it all down in one gulp and proceeds to show us his latest creation. I hope he remains part of the group for many years to come and I am sure he will be.

This is his new website :

link

P.S. When you arrive phone him up and speak with him regarding your terrain needs, he will be more than happy to help you. He pricing is much better than most, he does it for the love of it, not the profit so much. And what profit he does make goes directly back into the purchase of resin etc… His also travels to Sydney and Canberra frequently for conventions etc…so you will probably meet him before long anyway. Glynn Harnell.

Regards,
Shane

Thanks Shane. If that site doesn't work, make it just fernvalescenics.com It is not officially 'live' yet, but very soon will be. There are a heap more products I need to enter yet.

Cheers,

Glynn

Very nice, and I think they all look great!

Terry

Nice blog

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