| Wellington Man | 26 Nov 2014 10:19 a.m. PST |
For those who enjoyed the Jaegers, the 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuss finished at last:
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| Doug em4miniatures | 26 Nov 2014 11:19 a.m. PST |
I just love 'em. The third wargamer I met had beautiful HH Prussian army back in 1970 so this is very nostalgic for me.
 Doug |
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| Yesthatphil | 26 Nov 2014 4:47 p.m. PST |
Nice gloss finish too …
 ! Phil |
| Jeigheff | 26 Nov 2014 7:14 p.m. PST |
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 Mserafin | 26 Nov 2014 8:01 p.m. PST |
Aww, those bring up such old memories. Very nice! |
| SJDonovan | 27 Nov 2014 3:05 a.m. PST |
I love these. And I think the paint jobs are great. I love shiny toy soldiers. I assume you use enamels? I paint with acrylics and then use a gloss varnish but somehow it doesn't quite replicate that old school shine. |
| Hal Thinglum | 27 Nov 2014 10:06 a.m. PST |
What a great job! Love this look. |
| Wellington Man | 27 Nov 2014 10:07 a.m. PST |
Thanks SJ, and everyone else who commented. You're absolutely correct! They are painted from top to toe with Humbrol enamels, and finished off with two coats of Humbrol gloss varnish. I reckon this gives an amazing depth to the colours and enhances the fantastic creamy quality of Humbrol white. |
| SJDonovan | 27 Nov 2014 3:12 p.m. PST |
They do look fantastic. It makes me seriously tempted to try Humbrol enamels again (and I haven't been tempted to do that for over thirty years). I'm not sure whether I can face taking the plunge though. Acrylics dry so fast and it is so easy to cover up after you make a mistake. |
| Sainsbury | 02 Dec 2014 3:25 p.m. PST |
Beautiful figures, full of nostalgia for me. 50 years ago when I was 17, I travelled from Sussex in the UK to London, to buy some of these in the Hinton Hunt shop. It was in a small arcade in Islington. Only one counter and a display back, full of these figures that were hugely expense if those day. I bought two volumes of Fred & lilian Funk's Uniforms of the Napoleon Era in French and twenty Prussian Guardsmen, they were sold singularly in those days. I have the books but alas the soldiers were taken by my sons many years later. Many thanks Wellington man for the memories and the pictures, thank you. |
gets started with Flintloque.
