"french infantry -painted by 9yr old" Topic

So my son and I are painting warlord games waterloo set. Here's his first french company. He's 9 and painted, shaded and highlighted the figures entirely by himself. I just help with the basing.

Excellent work. Much better than I do.

Outstanding work.

That's some very nice work indeed!

That boy's got talent! and much more patience than any 9 year olds I know. You must be proud.

Very nice!

What everyone else above said…WOW!

Does your son take on painting commissions?

Excellent brushwork, contrast and highlighting!

Plus, what everyone else said.

Rick

Impressive, you should be proud.

I was ready to see something crap like I would have painted at 9. :0)
These are remarkable!

Very nice

He do commissions?

Seriously great work. Well done

Very nice work.

Excellent!

Well done that man!!!

Wow! Has he started taking orders yet?

He's an artist, encourage him!

Wow better than I can do

Very nice – much better than my 9-year old self :)

John

Beautifully done, I can't wait to see him paint cavalry!

NO.WAY! NINE years old, you say? Incredible! That boy's got talent!

a very clever boy indeed .

Fantastic painting!

So I take it he's now chained to a table in the basement with a pile of figures to get done?

If not, you are missing a golden opportunity.

Bravo! Great work at any age!

Great brushwork, you should be proud.

I never did like kids!

LOL – Well done. Give him a pat on the back from this side of the pond. Keep up the good work.

Very very nice !

Wow

Thanks, he's very pleased by all the comments.

He liked the idea of commissions but he's got to finish all those waterloo figures first (it's a sneaky way of me getting half the army painted for free).

tbh, his shading is better than mine

Cavalry are next but I've promised to do the horses.

"I'll do the horses" he says.

Pick up a tin of spray paint and do half in black and half in dark brown. Dry brush on any details of harness. Then paint a white blaze on the nose and a few socks at random.

Slightly more work for bays I admit….like another ten minutes doing a black mane, tail and eyes.

You have got this well worked out. I hope he is on a good pocket money rate ("allowance" to our colonial cousins over the water). UK has something called the minimum wage…even for 9 year olds.

Your lad has earned it. Seriously tho'..great posting. My two got me back into this years ago with Perry LOTR figures. I knew nothing of acrylics, dry brushing, washes and inks, lining…

At 9yrs old, that's freakin fabulous.

I'm 52 and have been painting for 30 years and I still can't paint as well as he does.

Have him start a commission business to help pay for college

One of the benefits of this hobby for children is that it teaches delayed gratification. You have to put some time and effort into it to get the results. The lure of PC games is the instant nature of the gratification. Your boy showed patience and a steady hand. Well done.

I'm 58 years older than your son… mine could never measure up.

Similar to Brian's comment, I as a young lad had no patients and couldn't wait for anything, painting a few thousand figures I think changed that for me.

great talent, very well done

He is obviously a true natural!
Especially the faces. Faces are very hard to do right. And he did them much better than me.

Sam wanted me to load his latest mini, this was a pressie for his grandma whose reading the Simon Scarrow books (so a bit like a commission ;-))

It's also my first attempt at double lighting a mini, quite a lot of shadow, need a third light I guess

What cute little legs you have, mon General.