| Tango01 | 03 Sep 2015 10:32 p.m. PST |
Superb terrain and scenic here…!
1/72
More here
link Hope you enjoy! Amicalement
Armand |
 ochoin  | 03 Sep 2015 10:58 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the publicity, Armand but I beat you to the punch: TMP link |
| Tango01 | 03 Sep 2015 11:35 p.m. PST |
Dooo!… (smile) Still superb!. (smile)
Amicalement
Armand
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| Marc at work | 04 Sep 2015 4:25 a.m. PST |
Can never have enough opportunities to see that game  |
| tshryock | 04 Sep 2015 8:21 a.m. PST |
Some of the best modeled streams I've seen in wargaming. Looks like a painted bottom of varying shades with some sort of water effect/gloss stipled over it? Very well done. |
| Tango01 | 04 Sep 2015 11:03 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it boys!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| forwardmarchstudios | 04 Sep 2015 11:10 a.m. PST |
Erg. I would do Naps in 1/72 if there was a single good line of French infantry. Unfortunately it doesn't exist. Great Russians, some Ok Austrians, but not a single good looking line of French infantry. |
| Tango01 | 04 Sep 2015 11:25 p.m. PST |
Have you tried with Italeri or Hat or Strelets? Amicalement
Armand |
| ochoin | 04 Sep 2015 11:34 p.m. PST |
I think forwardmarchstudios is meaning Bardin uniformed French infantry. He is correct there are none in 1/72 plastic (HaT has them on the drawing board). At least some of my French are metals dressed in the Bardin regulation. |
| Marc the plastics fan | 05 Sep 2015 4:34 a.m. PST |
Agreed. The crushing lack of a really decent French infantry set is the most baffling marketing decision ever in toy soldier land. HaT do a set of pre-Bardin but it is a bit chunky. I think "we" had high hopes for Zvezda but they gave up with the finishing post in sight. The new much anticipated HaT set cannot come soon enough |
| forwardmarchstudios | 05 Sep 2015 8:27 a.m. PST |
You know what, I have to apologize.
I forgot all about Italeri box 6066, which are absolutely acceptable. Actually quite good. I'd forgot about them until last night when I accidentally stumbled up some of them painted and based up really nicely in a firing line formation, three ranks deep on what looked like a 60mm square base. I was quite impressed. Also that box comes with some good, and accurate, charging and marching poses.
So, I stand corrected. Although they are 1813-1815, which is an interesting period, but it would be nice to be able to do 1809…
Still, I'm going to order a box or two of them today to try out.
I'm mostly getting into plastics because of this guys work: link Perry on right, Italeri samurai on left. Can't even tell the difference except for size. I just got two boxes of this code last night and it really blew my mind how good the sculpts for those are. Painting those is going to be a lot of fun…especially after several years of 15s! |
| Marc the plastics fan | 06 Sep 2015 9:46 a.m. PST |
Welcome to the fold. There are some great 1/72 out there, and some real dogs. But zvezda and later HaT are generally pretty tasty. And some guys work miracles with the paintwork. They are a matter of taste, but I would never change from my, that I augment with some metals and resins (Franznap especially) |
| Marc the plastics fan | 06 Sep 2015 9:47 a.m. PST |
That Italeri set is nice. The missing chins is odd, but I still like them. I have seen them with Zvezda voltigeur heads and they look even better Still waiting for the HaT marching French though |
| Tango01 | 06 Sep 2015 12:41 p.m. PST |
Me too!! Amicalement
Armand |
| Marc the plastics fan | 06 Sep 2015 12:48 p.m. PST |
Have you sern the guy painting this set (about 20 posts below this one on the Naps discussion page) |
| forwardmarchstudios | 06 Sep 2015 12:50 p.m. PST |
link Apparently Waterloo coming out with some marching French in near future
Im excited to get my hands on the Zvezda french foot arty box, actually. Im a big fan of games with all the extras on the table. Thatd be the limber, caisson and 12 horses between them! Debating how Im going to paint the naps- probably a block/dip method. A good dip should protect thd paint job. |
| forwardmarchstudios | 06 Sep 2015 3:20 p.m. PST |
MarcTPF- I could't find it. Do you have a link?
Just sprayed the samurai down- hmm. Paint does seem to come off a bit. I doused it down with some watered down Tacky Glue after it was sprayed, that seems to be an accepted tactic in fixing it. We'll see how it goes! |
| ochoin | 06 Sep 2015 4:28 p.m. PST |
As an aside, out of the over 2000 figures used in our Ligny game, 4-5 muskets needed re-touching afterwards. Flaking paint is a factor of poor prep or cheap paint. There are several ways of preparing plastic figures for painting. My way: - wash in hot, soapy water (use vinegar for some manufacturers who seem to use industrial strength mould release agent). - undercoat in a good matte paint ( I use the Vallejo white primer) - after painting, lightly spray with matte Krylon clear spray. It works. |
