"52nd in the Waterloo mud" Topic

Real Waterloo mud….from the south east corner of Hgmt. Flags GMB of course.

Having done the 71st, I wanted something more relaxing to use up my Front Rank figures. These are the first I have ever used. I have many sitting in the lead pile, but find that the older mounted figures especially have the most extraordinary anatomy….hobbits. These newer Reinforcement releases are superb and the moulding is exquisite.

Had to be 52nd after reading that superb book, with a daft title ("The Lie etc Waterloo")

The whole purpose was to practice puddles and not happy with these. I think they should be grey, to reflect the sky and highly glossed. I need to get water right, because I now have been given an idea for those Lithuanian Tartars…crossing a stream! Any advice appreciated!

Yes, I much prefer the Russian "Reinforcements" as well.

Extremely courageous to show such close-ups – that is unforgiving – but your painting skill clearly stands the challenge and then some.. truly impressive.
C

superb

Ah, a joy to behold, well researched and painted miniatures. Agree, water needs refurbishing. Repost your solution. Meanwhile, Belgium is administering a tax on the removed soil…brilliant, by the way. ; ^ )

I meant to say that the flags are hand-painted by me.

Well part of them is, the edging, to cover the white paper line………GMB did the rest

Downright BEAUTIFUL! You could repaint then add a little Future wax or something similar on top and that will "gloss" them up quite nicely!
Peter
board2deathterrain.com

Your figure painting is excellent to stand up to such close-ups. With the puddles I think they look too 'clean' and perhaps would be better as darker muddy water.

The only other nit picky thing is you model ferns but I never saw that kind of vegetation when I visited Waterloo although I did get a wet foot in a bit of low lying boggy ground. Just a thought but if you wanted some additional greenery some tall unripe 'green' wheat would be one appropriate solution. The battle was in June before the cereal crops had turned a golden colour.

Very clean brush work!

Lovely work Deadhead. I would add a little hi-lite of dark grey or dark blue to the black Shakos. JMHO.

I completely forgot to highlight the shakos……..absolutely! I always do that. I never forget except………..Thanks

The only nettle bushes I have ever seen were in the old ruins of Hgmt, I admit. Ferns I think would only be in woodland. Nothing wrong with nit picking…exactly what I wanted.

The puddles. Yes…too grey…too light. But puddles reflect the sky…..I think that what was I had hoped to capture but did not. Muddy water would be more convincing.

Future polish…..yes…..always hear about it for aircraft canopies for example! Nice one.

Deadhead…great work…love what you are trying to do…

On an overcast day….muddy puddles do not reflect the sky they are…muddy! Especially over ground that has been churned up….but also glossy…

Would suggest a darkening the exposed earth around the figures and using a lighter brown in the pools to suggest churned earth/ water…..also maybe do some footprints that will rough up the ares and can have the water medium added to them….again suggesting movement of troops

A piece of spru can be easily carved to use to make the indentations.

Great work
Chris

Foot prints…..?

Of course…….

Not a single footprint in this boggy field. Weird

Did I tell you I used to work for NASA, in the Apollo simulations, in the mid 70s, before I started treating Head and Neck Cancers? Those shadows were fine………then ….everyone was fooled.

Even I was puzzled back then by the diverging shadows. Then I moved from London and could see 20 miles any day……and finally could understand how parallel beams diverged………

Nice… where did you get those ferns?

Noch (German Company) makes all kinds of paper lasercut plants for model railways. From my favourite store…Monkbar Models in York.

They are meant to be stinging nettles. They also do ferns which look exactly the same to me, as you said.

The green wheat field I have long intended to try. It is just that the ripe field looks better (as in my 71st posting)…….even if wrong for June. Like my laden apple trees in Hgmt orchard!

Nicely painted & great models, especially the officers!