deadhead | 21 Mar 2019 11:12 a.m. PST |
Finally completed my Life Guards from Brigade Games Miniatures. Pretty much "straight from the box" (which is unusual from me). Lengthened the horses' tails and added those sheepskins (after I had painted the wretched horses!). Swapped a dragoon hand for a sword carrying one, so I could use a GMB flag long sitting in my drawer. Officer's sabre, the hand guard was slightly changed. I think the models were intended for a laced front of jacket, as in full dress, but I kept it plain. Same with the overall buttons, I started to paint some but stopped. Had I thought of it I would have removed them at the start One action shot, but, on this occasion, I think they look best just on a desktop. Now I must photograph KDG from the same maker. Both are Paul Hicks sculpts and I am a big fan.
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The Badger | 21 Mar 2019 12:51 p.m. PST |
Great figures and a great job! Perfect scarlet. |
deadhead | 21 Mar 2019 2:07 p.m. PST |
With the degree of lighting I need for both close ups, but also depth of focus (ie a very closed shutter) the colours can look glaring but also shiny. The red is dead matt in reality. The white plumes actually have highlights and are three shades of white…but not here. The officer, the two NCOs (the chap wiping his nose on his sleeve next to the officer and also the standard bearer) and the trumpeter all got scarlet. The troopers are in vermillion red. It all looks the same on a PC screen though!
I think the officer is a superb model
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von Winterfeldt | 31 Mar 2019 4:34 a.m. PST |
great painting and conversion, those miniatures show your enthusiasm – don't forget to read about horses, the article of Dawson – which gives some hints about docking or nocht docking horse tails PDF link |
deadhead | 31 Mar 2019 11:23 a.m. PST |
Must first thank you for the feedback. Strikes me that the forum has been quiet. I really do welcome something that tells me this button is wrong or I have the shoulder straps incorrect (I do wonder there). Corrections I seriously welcome. But your PDF. That is serious stuff. I started to read it and thought…no, far too good a Sunday lunch…and I was cooking it….that I will read tomorrow. Fascinating!
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deadhead | 01 Apr 2019 6:23 a.m. PST |
The detail on horse supply and sales in this PDF is fascinating. I think you did mention this before as evidence that the Scots Greys had many a chestnut and bay horse to dispose of (whether baggage and supply, rather than squadron mounts, I can well imagine they could not be too fussy after Waterloo, those troopers that survived unscathed that is. Nice to see long tails and blacks confirmed for Life Guards but how interesting to see various shades of brown from RHGs.
This is great primary evidence. Thanks again |
Gunfreak | 01 Apr 2019 7:36 a.m. PST |
Semi related question, did the dragoon guards get their helmets before the regular dragoons? Or would both be using the Bicorne in 1812? |
deadhead | 01 Apr 2019 11:57 a.m. PST |
Well they certainly got the Life Guards style helmet for a very short period (see below), but soon reverted to the horse tailed dragoon helmet we all now know. NB the figure below is a KDG not a Life Guard. Blue not red worm through the lace, red collar patches. But when the bicorne, Crested Helmet, Horse-tailed transitions……honestly no idea. KDG never got beyond the English Channel until 1815, so I expect changes in uniforms a bit quicker than those in the Peninsula.
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Lord Hill | 01 Apr 2019 12:32 p.m. PST |
Very nice painting, Deadhead – I really like that your faces! I like that colour red, too. How many variations of pose for the horses are there? |
Markconz | 01 Apr 2019 12:50 p.m. PST |
More fantastic work Liam! Minor question – you only seem to have painted brass buttons on some of the breeches stripes, e.g. see 4th photo down, is there a reason for this? |
deadhead | 01 Apr 2019 1:07 p.m. PST |
There are three horse poses. These figures fit just fine on Front Rank horses also and I used them for my conversion of their Chasseurs a Cheval into Imperial Guard C a C. Bit of variety. The brass buttons. They should not have exposed buttons at all, but I thought I would paint a few to see how they looked. I think the answer is wrong frankly.
It would have been so easy to remove them at the start, but I chickened out. Correct is red stripe, no buttons. Answer is sheer apathy at the stage I noticed.
BUT WELL SPOTTED. You could wonder about the trumpeter and NCO carrying the musketoon also. Plus the stripes on the face of the waterbottle. I always do that because it looks so good. It is wrong. The face was one piece of wood, the edging was multiple pieces bound together like a barrel.
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Markconz | 02 Apr 2019 3:03 p.m. PST |
Ha yes I tend to be far more impressionistic than yourself Liam, painting masses for the wargaming table and all, but nice to know I'm not entirely alone when it comes to some detail choices. :) |
deadhead | 03 Apr 2019 2:14 a.m. PST |
I think you make a very important point there. Many of the experts, you recognise their work instantly. I can tell Rafa A, from F. Thau or von W immediately by their style. I think there is much to be said for being even more "impressionsistic". Stark realism as I have shown is more demanding of skill than imagination or artistry. Faces I do largely rely on the observer's brain to be hard wired to "see" eyes, cheeks, lips etc. I have often pondered that there should be more to this than just creating replica miniatures of the real thing.
After that bit of philosophising I think I must go and lie down.
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jammy four | 11 Apr 2019 4:55 p.m. PST |
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BrigadeGames | 12 May 2019 6:42 a.m. PST |
Your painting and photography always inspires me. link |
AuvergneWargamer | 12 May 2019 8:09 a.m. PST |
Bonsoir Liam, Greetings from the centre of France! Excellent work as always and apologies for being elsewhere (FB & D-Day WW2). I also think that you've done really well with the faces. It would appear, and this is a compliment, that Prince Philip was whom the faces were modelled on! Cheers, Paul |
deadhead | 12 May 2019 11:14 a.m. PST |
What a nice surprise to hear from both of you. Spent today working on my Belgian Carabiniers. Though I say so myself…looking good. Nearly done. BGM keeps producing really imaginative stuff. I am just hanging on to see what trade deals mean to UK import duty. I will not go into my views on Brexit, but one advantage might be…well we will see. But the prize goes to AW. I hope this gets back to Mr Paul Hicks. Phil the Greek…perfect. The fourth picture down, second one in. Of course. 100%. Nice shout that is…. The image of him….
The trumpeter is Reinhard Heydrich of course |
AuvergneWargamer | 12 May 2019 11:49 p.m. PST |
Liam, Re: "The trumpeter is Reinhard Heydrich of course" Very true. P |