"35th line infantry regiment, 1813 (update)" Topic

Late 2016 already: time to have a break from miniatures painting over the festive season, and look back at these last few months output.

So here the 1st battalion of the 35th line infantry regiment circa 1813.

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Thanks for looking!

Nice job, compliments.
Calpe, are my favourite miniatures.

Lovely work! I am a big fan of Calpe and have 8 battalions of these to paint up myself. I'll be referencing your blog when I do.
Thanks for posting.

Very nice! I picked up some Calpe too, to add some flavour to my plastic minis from Perry. It worked out really well.

Thanks for the feedback!

yep, you can't beat a Calpe range in terms of diversity and details. Only slightly chunkier than their Perry counterparts.

May I kindly ask what paints and colors you used? It's not on your blog.

You really need to post a quick tutorial on how you do greatcoats. Just fantastic.

I love these, and was looking at the Calpe French just the day before yesterday thinking I might need a few more.

thanks again for the kind feedback.

I'll give a few quick tips here. I am using Vallejo Model Color paints only.

0. I base coat in 'sky grey'
1. I block in the basic colours. Most importantly, I either paint the greatcoats in 'buff' or leave them grey. I paint trousers in 'offwhite' (but leave all belts in grey). I paint faces/hands in 'flat flesh'
2. all over I apply a 'sepia shade' wash
3. I go back to the initial colours: 'sky grey' for grey greatcoats, 'buff' for buff greatcoats, 'offwhite' for trousers, 'flat flesh' for faces. No further highlights.
4. By then all belts are off-grey, which is still a sufficient basecoat for a single coat of white.
5. blue uniforms: 'dark prussian blue' with a 'prussian blue' highlight.

It's probably not as fancy as the "three layers" technique but it works well for me. It's also quite fast.

Thanks CB!

Great work!