"Barksdale's Brigade, McClaws' Division, at Gettysburg" Topic

The four elite Mississippi regiments of Brigadier General William Barksdale's Brigade are now on my Blog. These also are from the personal collection of Martin Robson from whom I acquired the collection in 2014. Martin painted all of the figures shown.

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That is one fine example of painting sir.

McLaws, not McClaws.

Nice collection Michael. I've bookmarked your blog for futher reference and inspiration.
Kind regards
Stephen

Sorry for the sp.

Nice collection

FWIW, the 21st Mississippi was responsible for the destruction of the 3rd Maine Infantry in the Peach Orchard on 2 July.

The 3rd was posted with it's right flank on the pike and facing south. As Barksdale's brigade continued to advance, Colonel Moses Lakeman of the 3rd attempted to change position to face them. Halfway through the change of facing, the 21st fired a volley which killed or wounded every man in the color company, as well as the entire color guard.

The 3rd was disorganized and although it put up a valiant and violent melee with the 21st, the numbers weren't there. The 3rd was forced to fall back, and in the melee lost it's national colors.

Interestingly, they were never recovered, and no mention of their capture was ever made by any of the confederate units that fought over that ground.

Even a little research can make so much difference to your gaming experience!

Nicely painted. Painting like that remains an aspirational goal for me (in other words, not a chance).

As I recall, the second day at Gettysburg wasn't much fun for Barksdale…

Sadly for Barksdale he found both death as well as glory waiting for him

Lovely models and great history I shall put that book on my reading list!

Well now that is some darn fine painting my good man! Love the straight-up layering of colors to achieve highlights, absolutely spot on fantastic.

That is my preferred technique for highlighting, I do use some washes but not as a prevalent technique. I always feel like I have more control over what I'm painting when I use layering with straight paint applied the way you have done here.

The black outlining separating and bringing out the details of the muskets is particularly good, well done!!

I may be the minority, but I'm not a fan of this painting style. The highlights are not blended into the base color at all. To me, it looks like they are wearing camouflage patterns of light colors and dark colors.

No knock on the artist, just my personal artistic opinion.

I have to agree with Cleburne1863. Although the brushwork is consistent and well-executed, I do not like this style at all. It appears to me to be more of a cartoonish style, what with all the black lining.

If you like it, then great! Painting styles are very subjective, and like most gaming, even to include rules, is subjective and most often represents the owner's biases and interpretations. Nothing at all wrong with that.

But as for this particular style of painting, I don't like it.

Fantastic painting.
Far superior to anything I could do.

TKindred and Cleburne

Thank you for taking the time to offer critical comment. I respect your views and there are of course many styles of painting out there. My own collection contains work by many different artists. My own work is not worthy of showing at all.

However, my view is that Martin Robson, who is a professional author and does not paint commissions, is one of the finest artists in 28mm. I feel myself very proud and lucky to own his former Civil War army.

If you like the style, that's great! No sarcasm at all. After all, they are meant to be put on the table and played with. That's the most important thing.

Happy gaming!