"La Marck and 6e CL Lanciers 28 mm " Topic

First La Marck – 7YW a so called "German" French unit, the details of the uniform changed all the times so I picked one which suited me mostly.

The figures are from Black Hussar

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They show incredible amount of detail and are a joy to paint

some details of those incredible miniatures

I couldn't find any information about the drummer so that is my version

Janner who painted excellen 1er Chevaux Leger Regiment Lanciers motivated me to photo my 6e CL which I did ages ago and were one of the reasons to paint also 28 mm especially due to the very innovative Perrys who produce even 2nd rank with carbines and sabres.

That grey…he even has horseshoes………..and the shading of the three chestnuts……..not to mention the yellow coat of the drummer

Quite lovely work…and as deadhead notes, the yellows are over the top!

I like the Black Hussar sculpts as well--particularly the eyelids--perfect for those of us who just want shadows, instead of eyeballs on 28s.

Lovely work – what paints do you use (and if you have the patience what colours did you use on these?)
Thanks in advance
C

I use acrylics whatever I bought in the past and what is available, however when old paints are dried up – I try to replace them by Coat d'Armes or Foundry and Duncan colours.

Addtitonal to that I use artist acrylic paints and most important artist water colours to be used as glaces – washes and a lot of other usefull tasks.

@Chokidair

In case of any specific colour ask.

Fantastic work!

That's a new one--watercolors as glazes…

Outstanding work – thank you for posting

The horses are some of the best I have seen, particularly the black – so questions ….

What base colour/highlightings did you use for the black ?

I have never heard of water colour glazes – could you give an example of a colour in these images where you glazed in this way ?

Thanks

John

@jwebster

First undercoating with GW skull white spray

then a glaze with a dark violet (mix of artist acrylic colours Prussian Blue and crimson) this will give me a good definition and settle in the shades.

Next base colour of horse skin, a mix of artist acrylic Indian Red with ivory black, so a very dark red brown, next for part of the belly, inside of the upper legs, front of the neck and lower part of the head a mix of acrylic burnt sienna and golden ocre, then highlightening the black with adding white to the base colour in several layers, then glazing the dark shadow areas with lamp black artist water colour – which I can thin down with a wet brush directly on the horse in case it is obscuring too much or covering too much area, for tale and mane I use another mix to create contrast by quality of hue.

Forgot, when I paint on the horse colour – I don't paint the recesses of the sculpt and leave it in the dark violet glaze – to create a very deep shadow.

As for glazing, works well with dark colours, like the tack, painted in a bluish light grey, deep shadows again not painted by not overpainting the deep violet then add a glaze of artist water colour lamp black with a bit Prussian blue – then take gently off those parts where lights should be with a damp brush.

The chestnut horses are painted in the identical technique, however there I overpainted the deep violet even in the recesses other the most deep ones – you can see this well for the horse tails, where the violett is still showing through a bit.

Sounds a bit complicated but works easier as described, the good thing on the artist water colours you can thin them down directly on the base colour and even lift more off to create light (doesn't work for all purposes) the bad side, one must varnish

Beautiful!!! SYW 4 – napoleonic 2

Been a while since we have seen painting of this quality on the Gallery. This is truly high end painting.
Thank you for posting!

What flesh colors are you using?

I think you have made an impression here……we all want to know more about your techniques. Not just the painting, I have seen what you can do with Greenstuff. When does your book come out? The one you have not started yet………..

Wow, impressive stuff…

Von W,
Gorgeous stuff, you and Paul are making me want to get back to painting my Naps!! First though I need to finish off some WWII for my grandson.

Thanks for the feed back

@jeffryw3

For skin, nothing spectacular GW Dwarf Flesh and Elven Flesh, recently I experimented a bit wth a Hobby line Salmon colour plus vallejo Model color basic skin tone (for a more pink approach) – I start dark – don't paint over the deep recesses (eyes, around the nose, between the lips – so to let stay the deep violet – then give it a wash with a mix of burnt sienna and burnt umber artist water colours – then the usual highlightening, in the end a very thin glaze of burnt sienna in the checks and where I like a more smoother transition, in case as usual where I want have it thinner I use a damp brush to thin the water colour at that area on the figure, lower lips with a very thin glaze of artist water colour crimson, create a light on the lower lip by just taking a bit paint off with a damp brush.

I don't paint eyes which usually ruin well painted figures in my opinion.

Best skin colour in my view however is that one of Paul Alba

I forgot to add – recently I don't cover the white priming of flesh part with the usual deep violet glaze but with burnt umber acrylic artist cover – which already gives quite a good effect.

Bonjour,

Just seen these and think that they're wonderful, particularly the lanceless Lancers!

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,

Paul

thanks for the nice comments and feed back

Recently, and that is nothing sensational new, I added one drop of dish washing liquid to the water where to clean the brushes and it also makes the paint flow better when using to thin paint with a bit of this mix.

I tried the same very recently with a wash on cobblestones….made an amazing difference to the flow into the recesses. Might even try it on figures now.

Is there not this same claim for liquid floor polish?