"1/72 Napoleonic French line infantry" Topic

Hi! A few more minis for my Imperial French army, some line soldiers, first for the 1808-12 period:

And also for the 1812-15 period:

I tried to paint faster than usual (three at a time instead of one), so I spent less time on details, what do you think ?

More pictures and comments here: philotepsfigures.blogspot.fr/2018/03/napoleonic-french-line-infantry.html

They look to have plenty detail to me! Good job on some lovely figures!

Firstly they certainly do not seem to lack detail

But secondly….and this is dumb, but how does painting three at a time speed things? Do you normally paint one and then start on the next?

I am a collector not a wargamer, but, if I am doing a unit, of maybe two dozen, I will paint all the overalls, then all the coats, then all the hats etc etc. It can be mind numbing and very discouraging in the early stages (they look awful) but steadily improve. Until the button stage, when I will ejaculate "Oh my goodness, these are really jolly good and probably the best I have ever done"….but that only comes after a week or so…the ejaculation I mean.

I thought my English was clear enough but I realize that it is not the case.
Yes, I usually paint one figure, from the beginning to the end. Most of the time, I paint Ancients, they don't wear uniforms and I want them to be different from one another. But moreover, I find it boring to paint several times the same thing. That's why I play DBA :)
So, yes, three at a time is more than one, but less than two dozens, we can agree on arithmetic :D

I'm working on this very set as we speak. Yours are painted much nicer than mine. Great job!

Lovely work!

Cracking work👍 you've done them proud

I like to do units of 36 French, 40 British and 30 Portuguese sat a time, and it takes me forever!

I like the cutting and glueing preparation MUCH more than the painting.

With the Victrix 28mm plastics, I enjoy doing the jackets and headgear "Standard" but the overalls varied.

Then comes the backpacks! I try to have a variety among 4 Brits in a company, and 6 French.

Sadly, I sometimes have too many backpacks with metal pans side by side in one of the ranks!

The only one-at-a-time would be a Drum Major type figure, where the basics of face, coat, lapels etc would be "gang painted," but the breeches, gold edging, bicorn, boots would be "unique."

GdeP

No, your English was perfect Philotep.

I just could not imagine painting 28mm figures one at a time. As G de P says above, I might consider it for a special figure….maybe….but not often!

That way lies madness, if you want any numbers of figures

When doing troops in, erm ,uniformed uniform, I always paint them in batches of 10-20 or so. Preferably whole unit in one go. Also depending on scale; the smaller the scale the larger the batch.

It speeds up the process greatly.
Just try to avoid overtly large batches as when you fumble a bit and need to retouch a bit it might be difficult to remember with humongous batches.

Thank you all for your comments and for your advice.
I would say that the method depends on the goal: you're painting armies, I'm painting for pleasure. It's just a hobby among others :) Of course I like to look at large well-painted armies, but I think that the process interests me more than the result.

Very well done. What miniatures are they, brand?

Thank you. These minis are produced by Hät, set 8095 for the first picture, and sets 8041 and 8042 for the second one – everything's explained in this post: philotepsfigures.blogspot.fr/2018/03/napoleonic-french-line-infantry.html