Hullo,
Finished my first 17/18th century project. The figs are LOA6, matchlockmen marching. I have to say painting the LoA range is a joy. Next regiment will be something in colourful coats!
(http://www.the-ancients.com/gemigabok/gemilog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/loa-lorraine-2.jpg)
(http://www.the-ancients.com/gemigabok/gemilog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/loa-lorraine-3.jpg)
(http://www.the-ancients.com/gemigabok/gemilog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/loa-lorraine-4.jpg)
Cheers,
Aksu
Lovely job, they look superb!! :-bd
Fabulous job on those.
Lovely work
Very nice indeed.
Beautifully done sir =D>
What rules are you using
Magnificent. Well done.
I particularly like the flags and consistency of quality.
Can I ask how you achieved the grey colour ? Did you paint over a black
undercoat ?
The reason I ask is that, when I have finished my current Prussian SYW
project, I will be starting a French army to face them. Lots of grey !
In preparation, I'm looking at different ways to achieve this on the required
scale. The first attempt is white undercoat with badab black wash and
then highlight up.
Again, well done on the superb painting.
Phil
Wow, they look superb 8). Hard to believe they are 10mm.
Lovely. I am constantly tempted by the figures in this range. I like the balance you have achieved with basing not being overstated and distracting the eye form the figures and the figure spacing on the bases, not too wide and not too close.
Brilliant. :)
Look great, to me !! 8)
Cheers - Phil
Hullo,
Thank you all for the positive comments. I based these for Maurice, i.e. four square bases per regiment. The way I placed the colour party across two bases allows me to use them also as 2 x 2-base regiment for other systems. It took me a while to figure out how many figs to use, I finally thought that four abreast on a 30 mm base looks just about tight enough in my eyes. I base my Longstreet ACW five abreast on 30 mm, but in a single rank. Anyway, as I am (again) the only one in our club painting the figures, it probably takes at least six months before I get to play with these figures :/
Paints: Nowadays I try to prime in the main uniform colour. In these I used Vallejo Surface Primer USN Light Ghost (70.615) as the basecoat (brushed on). I then painted the coat bits with Vallejo Medium Sea Grey (870) to make sure there is no metallic sheen. All the other base colours were block painted as well. I then used Army painter warpaints dark tone ink on the whole figure. I then painted highlights. I had hoped one highlight would be enough, for they grey coat I used a mix of white and the medium sea grey. Unfortunately my first highlight was not light enough, so I ended up mixing a lighter shade and doing a second highlight pass for the coat.
That was basically it. I painted the entire regiment of 32 figs at one go for each colour. I did end up using Vallejo Sepia Wash on the skin after basing the regiment, as the chaps looked a bit too pale. I did not bother highlighting the faces, or painting Ts and Us or anything, as the beautiful sculpts worked just fine with the wash in my opinion. I also did a final light green higlight pass on the cuffs.
And yes, I know there should be pikemen in there, but I did not have the figs and the French did sometimes discard their pikes in favour of muskets according to Osprey 203.
Cheers,
Aksu
Aksu,
Thank you for the extra info. This is much appreciated and gives lots of
food for thought.
I bought several packs of the LOA figures before starting a SYW project
and have to agree that they really are exceptional. I'm looking forward
to painting them up in due course.
>>It took me a while to figure out how many figs to use..
Worth taking the time to do this properly though, particularly bearing in
mind how much time and cash will be spent on a typical army. I am
planning a LOA Dutch army for the future (more grey !) and used Robert
Hall's superb CD to work out the right proportion of muskets / pikes /
officers etc.
Very best of luck with the project and I'm sure everyone will appreciate
some more pics when the next unit is finished. The first Battalion of
Frenchies is inspirational.
Cheers,
Phil
Very nice, looking forward to others.
Aksu
Where did you find the uniform information? Mark Allen's series in Wargames Illustrated gives different facings and the drummer in 'livree du roi'
Chad
Superb work in those! :)
Great stuff; looking forward to see more!
Cheers,
Rob
Quote from: Chad on 07 November 2015, 09:11:47 PM
Where did you find the uniform information? Mark Allen's series in Wargames Illustrated gives different facings and the drummer in 'livree du roi'
Hi Chad, I used The Osprey Louis XIV book info, which was minimal to say the least. Online I found several different colours for the coat, stockings, flag and even the necktie, so I decided to just go with something. I admit the drummer should not be on reverse colours, but I wanted to limit the colour palette for the unit.
As you can see, I am definitely not a uniform purist, mea culpa. But I did realise that I should invest in better sources for the next regiments, and definitely for the Dutch.
Cheers, Aksu
Aksu
If I can be of any help with information I have let me know..
Chad
Aksu
I have quite a lot of information on Dutch and othe nation's units, so let me know what you want.
Chad
Beautiful. Keep them coming!
Very nice, Aksu! :-bd
Very impressive =D>