"AB 18mm Württemberg for 1809" Topic

Hello All,

Still plugging away on my little men. Finished a few miniatures for my 1809 Allies, as I slowly work towards finishing my Abensberg order of battle. At this rate, it will take me thirty years.

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Cheers,

Kurt.

Great miniatures and masterfully painted. Well done.

great work Inhaber Jerry, excellent colour control

"At this rate, it will take me thirty years."

I hear you, I'm the same way with my Wagram project… ;)

Great looking army by the way.

Cheers,
Dean

"At this rate, it will take me thirty years."
Yup I am already their.
Now have 85% of Davout's forces and the Kaiserlicks III and V + Res Corps forces for this OOB April 1809 completed at 1:20.
Time will fly by!

MG

It must be the figure poses…plus the painting skill…plus the photography of tiny miniatures…

But the best 18 mm figs seem to beat 28mm hands down.

How good is the shading of yellow, on that trumpeter, above?

Weep. Too late for me it is…..

These are simply terrific. Can I ask your process for the shading – is it colours-over-black, tri-colour shading, or a black wash? The results are brilliant.

Hello All,

Thank you for your kind words. @ Deadhead, It is all down to the sculpts. If you water down your paints, and don't clog up the detail you can't really fail.

@Fred Mills.

1. Lay down the darkest blue you can find, I use Dark Prussian Blue.

2. Mix, one part black wash, one part blue wash, one part medium and then apply to the blue areas.

3. Take red, add it to the blue until you get a shade lighter.* Then add one part medium. Now just hit the raised areas of the creases and the top of the arms, always dragging the very thin paint towards where the sun will hit the figure at a 45 degree angle. Build up the intensity of the colour over two glazes, with the second glaze only on the most prominent areas.

*Alternatively, instead of mixing red, purchase Citadel Altaioc Blue.

This system covers all blue uniforms up until ACW.