"New Wargames Standard, So Far- Not So Good (Indian Mutiny!)" Topic

Recently I had a post on my blog about painting up the beautiful Iron Duke miniature range to a waragames standard(?). Well, I decided to go one step 'better' and try out a new style with more staggered steps between the layering.

The results of which and and certain amount of self criticism can be read about and seen on my Shooting Leave Blog here[:/b]

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I'd love to hear if anyone has had any similar experiences and how they have tackled the problem so please feel free to pop over to the blog and leave a comment or simply leave one here. There are also more pics illustrating the 'problem'.

They pretty fine to me. The only thing I'd suggest to try is to,add a think black wash over the uniform. That might deepen the shadows in the really tight areas (armpit, crotch, etc)

Two good references for higher-contrast styles would be Dallimore's book and the Painting War: French issue.

Maybe I'm blind or just stupid (probably both) but I can see nothing wrong with your painting of those marvellous Iron Duke Miniatures figures.

Having read your blog comments all I will say is that time taken to paint them is likely to be the more pressing issue. I like what you have done.

What do you think of the actual figures?

The only painting standard that really matters is there are painted figures that are not played with (or played with but that is sacrilege) or there are painted figures that are played with. Since the whole point of having a figure, for most of us, is to play with them, just plain painted is wonderful.

Once engaged, a painted figure is just an asset to manipulate on the mock field of battle, no more, no less – and the fancier the paint job the less chance of getting "stuck in".

May all our little folk get stuck in!

Having read your blog comments all I will say is that time taken to paint them is likely to be the more pressing issue. I like what you have done.

Yep, that is the issue. It has taken a lot of time to paint these even up to just adding the flesh and the uniforms! They were supposed to be Speed Painted to a Wargames Standard but as I've had to consider where to place each brushstroke it's taken a lot longer than I expected.

As far as the mini's go, I suppose I'll have to wait until they are finished before making any real judgments. If I can live with the end result then I will be happy- though it has to be said that this is a long way from the usual very gradual tones that i use on my layering technique!

Darrell.

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