| ehetheri | 27 Dec 2018 9:21 a.m. PST |
Bought myself Warlord's new Black Powder start set for version 2 of the rules. Very nice set overall. I've always been interested in Napoleonics, but there are so many rules sets out there it's hard to really get a grip on what's going on and with all the various scales it's a bit overwhelming. I've always in my heart of hearts wanted to do a complete Front Rank Napoleonic collection, but the more I got on with my research the more I started to like the look of Warlord and Perry miniatures. I still want to do a complete Prussian army by Front Rank, however, I think Warlord has done an excellent job of laying out the game in Black Powder terms. It's not a simulation, for sure, but I'm more interested in having a nice afternoon with some friends than I am with tackling the shortcomings of Marshall Ney or Blucher. Anyhow, here's a photo of my test miniature for the British. Hopefully I can maintain the wherewithal to keep updating this as I go along.
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| JLA105 | 27 Dec 2018 9:41 a.m. PST |
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| ferg981 | 27 Dec 2018 10:24 a.m. PST |
Woah Not messing about with that face texturing were you? Regards J |
377CSG  | 27 Dec 2018 11:06 a.m. PST |
Looking good – keep it up. I have started on the Front Rank Prussians (5 Battalions so far) and 1 Cavalry Unit and they are very nice. |
| ehetheri | 27 Dec 2018 11:14 a.m. PST |
Not messing about with that face texturing were you? I suppose not! I've tried other methods in the past (e.g. inking), but I really like calling out the detail like this. From 3 feet overhead it really looks nice. I don't paint eyes anymore. I've noticed that I can't really see them from my vantage point of 6'0"! :) |
| Viper911 | 27 Dec 2018 11:25 a.m. PST |
Ehetheri
You in the u.s.a? If you are sent me your email |
| ehetheri | 27 Dec 2018 11:29 a.m. PST |
You in the u.s.a? If you are sent me your email I'm in the USA. I don't know how to send private messages on the board, but if you can send one to me I will reply. |
 deadhead | 27 Dec 2018 11:45 a.m. PST |
If you do ever quote your e mail address, always use at not @ and dot not . So it would be joedotbloggsatsomerubbishserverdotcom not joe.bloggs@some etc.
It fools the robots. At least right now it does.
Never try to paint eyes (although I have seen it work in expert hands). The facial features you have shown on this one figure are just brilliant. If I would criticise anything it is the eye sockets. They should be the darkest part of the face colours, not the lightest. Our brains "see" faces on just the slightest clues.
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| ehetheri | 27 Dec 2018 12:00 p.m. PST |
Previous "eye work"
I agreed with you deadhead. I hadn't caught that a bit of paint crept into his eyesocket on his left side there. I'll have to correct that. Thank you for pointing it out. |
| deadhead | 27 Dec 2018 1:53 p.m. PST |
OH blimey no. If you can paint eyes to that standard, that is different. Keep going. Not just the eyes. The facial highlights |
| Viper911 | 27 Dec 2018 2:38 p.m. PST |
ehetheri my email is: rjdunn62@hotmail.com |
| ehetheri | 12 Jan 2019 7:02 a.m. PST |
Quick update. I finished 9 more of the British Infantry from the box set. Took me a little while as I'm entering the busy time of work. Slowly but surely.
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returns to Flintloque to paint an Ogre.
