Chortle | 23 Oct 2014 7:29 a.m. PST |
These are from Old Glory miniatures. They are cheap but very good. They are a work in progress as I have to highlight the shields and do some of these shield designs. I painted some samples, which you can see on the blog. I want to ask, out of each thirty figures, how many would you do designs on? These are hand painted designs. I don't want to do every one that way. I was thinking of painting about in three. The other shields will just be highlighted.
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GurKhan | 23 Oct 2014 7:39 a.m. PST |
Very nice, especially the laurels on the shield. Though your officer looks as if he's about to attack his own trumpeter, who's cowering away from the blow quite convincingly. Did he play Retreat instead of Charge, or something? |
VicCina | 23 Oct 2014 7:39 a.m. PST |
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Chortle | 23 Oct 2014 8:55 a.m. PST |
Thanks. What % of shields would you paint designs on? A third? |
John the OFM | 23 Oct 2014 9:28 a.m. PST |
If I am going to paint shields, I do all of them. |
DColtman | 23 Oct 2014 9:39 a.m. PST |
They look great. If I have to economize on transfers (I don't even try to paint mine) I put them mostly on the ones that will be the front rank. Otherwise I would do 50% – that way the majority of them are not blank. |
redmist1122 | 23 Oct 2014 9:45 a.m. PST |
I have painted up a few packs of these guys and always put some sort of design on each shield. I make my own shield designs on decal sheets and apply. Saves me a whole lot of money if I were to buy them. That can be an option too. Good luck! P. |
377CSG | 23 Oct 2014 10:36 p.m. PST |
Very nice painting and figures – about a third on the shields. |
Tarty2Ts | 24 Oct 2014 9:20 p.m. PST |
Big fan of OG. Way prefer these over plastics any day if I was concerned about cost ( which I'm not overly ) . I like designs on my shields so I would go for 90% at least if not all of them. |
Chortle | 24 Oct 2014 9:58 p.m. PST |
I liked the idea of having a full front row with painted shield designs. So I went for that plus some others for the rear rows. I can at least cover what is mainly seen from the table top view. I guess I am doing 2/3 of the shields. The others are highlighted with a "flash" of lighter colour in places so it looks like the light is hitting the shields. Thanks for helping me to think this through. |
bracken | 25 Oct 2014 7:55 a.m. PST |
Very nicely done! I would do them all with designs on the shields they would certainly look impressive. Although for the sake of sanity I would probably only do between a third and half. |