"18mm French Battalion" Topic
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| Colbourne66 | 13 Feb 2017 2:50 a.m. PST |
First 18mm French battalion for the Marengo project up on my blog: link Also a Death Guard Marine and WW1 German test figure. |
| steamingdave47 | 13 Feb 2017 3:54 a.m. PST |
Good effort. I hate painting French infantry, I can never manage to get the red piping line thin enough, even on nice sculpts like ABs. |
| Sharpe52 | 13 Feb 2017 5:00 a.m. PST |
Nice result. Actually it's not easy to paint crossbelts over white coat. I have the same problem and tried to get a good effect by using brown washing. AB figures are really good however.
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 Flashman14  | 13 Feb 2017 5:11 a.m. PST |
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| von Winterfeldt | 13 Feb 2017 5:36 a.m. PST |
use two different whites, a colder for the belts and a warmer (beige) for the lapels, then of course a bit "black" lining would help as well, just don't use black but for example paynes grey – or spepia |
| Colbourne66 | 13 Feb 2017 9:16 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the comments. Yeah I agree, painting the redlining is a pain….I think I might leave it off in future. Von Winterfeld, yes, I have tried to use different whites. White-grey for the lapels and off-white for the belts. Not sure it shows up in the pictures. |
| jrames | 13 Feb 2017 4:20 p.m. PST |
Use a white or gray primer, then black wash to entire miniature. Then when painting the white don't paint everything all in, this will help them to stand out. link |
| Colbourne66 | 14 Feb 2017 5:37 a.m. PST |
Jrames, yeah that's what I've done – white primer, followed by a black wash over the figure. I find it works well – both at 18mm and 28mm. cheers |
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looks at a multi-period building.
