| Abwehrschlacht | 21 Jun 2015 9:35 a.m. PST |
I painted my first 6mm Napoleonics, they are British Line infantry by Baccus and there's a couple of pictures on the blog: link Thanks for looking!
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| Timotheous | 21 Jun 2015 9:40 a.m. PST |
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| Knob | 21 Jun 2015 10:21 a.m. PST |
Nice work! Holy  they are small! lol |
| HistoryPhD | 21 Jun 2015 10:34 a.m. PST |
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bracken  | 21 Jun 2015 10:45 a.m. PST |
I think I would need a magnifying glass the size of a bus to paint them, lovely work as always. |
| normsmith | 21 Jun 2015 11:27 a.m. PST |
Good transition from your 15mm work. |
| morrigan | 21 Jun 2015 11:37 a.m. PST |
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| EHeise | 21 Jun 2015 12:46 p.m. PST |
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| Abwehrschlacht | 21 Jun 2015 2:12 p.m. PST |
Thanks guys, they are very small indeed. I think I went cross eyed after just these four, so we'll see how we get on with the rest of the pack… |
| rampantlion | 21 Jun 2015 2:17 p.m. PST |
Those are nice! Baccus figs are fun to paint. |
| Abwehrschlacht | 21 Jun 2015 2:21 p.m. PST |
Thanks a million, yes, the detail is brilliant and really helps with painting! |
| Baccus 6mm | 21 Jun 2015 3:17 p.m. PST |
There is no dot smaller or line thinner to be painted on a 6mm figure than you find on 15mm or 28mmm castings. 6mm are actually far easier to paint than bigger figures as they are far more forgiving of mistakes and liberate you from the tyranny of irrelevant detail and multi-coats of shading and highlighting. |
| steamingdave47 | 21 Jun 2015 3:41 p.m. PST |
Have to agree with Peter @ Baccus 6mm; painting 6 mm is a doddle. I find they are particularly good using black primer, white dry brush over this and then a thinned layer of the main colours ( which stains the white dry brush layer) followed by " Magic Wash" and a delicate dry brush- I did over 300 ACW Federals in less than three weeks of my " half hour" sessions- takes that long to do a dozen 15 mm. |
| Edwulf | 21 Jun 2015 4:38 p.m. PST |
Just got my 6mm Napoleonic British. Haven't painted them. Still finishing off my AWI Anglo-Hessians. Nice work. Very brave to tackle black lining! I just paint the cross belts strait over the two tone uniform. Looks striking but a little less finesse. |
| Dynaman8789 | 21 Jun 2015 6:18 p.m. PST |
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| Abwehrschlacht | 21 Jun 2015 11:25 p.m. PST |
Cheers guys, I found these pretty quick to paint, as Baccus says, there is a lot of forgiveness in them. The black lining comes from the black primer, the rest of the paint is just layered up on top of that. I did no shading besides an extra layer of flesh on the face. |
| Frederick | 22 Jun 2015 7:49 a.m. PST |
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| Hampshire Hog | 22 Jun 2015 7:50 a.m. PST |
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| Abwehrschlacht | 22 Jun 2015 8:14 a.m. PST |
Cheers chaps, thanks for the link! |
| le Grande Quartier General | 22 Jun 2015 6:21 p.m. PST |
SD47- That's exactly what I do- link |
goes to sea with the Terrain Mat.
