FPW

[FierceKitty]

Oh, and try to ignore what Ian does to English, especially when he's expressing loathing for everyone who speaks any other lingo. 

[paulr]

 

Welcome

That's a joke... right? 

It's complicated

I think I will enjoy visiting this forum every day.

I certainly do

[sean66]

Welcome to the Forum.
Regards
Sean

[Ben Waterhouse]

Those are beautiful.

[Ray Rivers]

 

Thanks all... very much!

The scenic stuff you see posted was made by Irregular Miniatures about 20 years ago and are mostly OOP. I did them for a 6mm project and am now rebasing them and refurbishing them a bit for this project. I am trying to do at least one base of scenic stuff for each batch of minis. They are not the greatest...

I am working on some Cuirassiers atm. Hopefully they will be done soon. Though "soon" for me may be a week! 

[Ithoriel]

Hopefully they will be done soon. Though "soon" for me may be a week! 

I have some figures I was going to paint "soon" that are still unpainted .... bought in 1978!!!

I like CCP (makers of the EVE Online MMO computer game) definition of SOON^TM - "a period up to, but not including, the next Ice Age"

Deployed regularly when asked when a fix was going to happen or an update was to be released.

[Ray Rivers]

I like CCP (makers of the EVE Online MMO computer game) definition of SOON^TM - "a period up to, but not including, the next Ice Age"

Hopefully it will be before that...   

[Westmarcher]

Marvellous detail! "Slow" has a certain quality! (bet you're ten times faster than me!  )

Btw, you said you've never done the FPW before - neither have I but I found this site some years ago that might help you with equipment and uniform colours and shades for the various participating nations:-
http://www.laguerrede1870enimages.fr/page180.html

[Westmarcher]

Marvellous detail! "Slow" has a certain quality! (bet you're ten times faster than me!  )

Btw, you said you've never done the FPW before - neither have I but I found this site some years ago that might help you with equipment and uniform colours and shades for the various participating nations:-
http://www.laguerrede1870enimages.fr/page180.html

Sorry. Pasted 'wrong' link.    Here's the Home Page:-

http://www.laguerrede1870enimages.fr/index.html

[Leman]

Very many thanks for that. I had access to it back in the UK but my old computer didn't make it across the North Sea. It is indeed an invaluable resource, and where I first came across French Republican infantry in white uniforms and dragoons having to resort to their old green uniforms.

[Ray Rivers]

Here's the Home Page:-

http://www.laguerrede1870enimages.fr/index.html

Very interesting site. Have bookmarked it for future use.

Thanks!

[Gareth121]

Those are very nice looking figures. Looking forward to seeing some more.

[Leman]

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[Ray Rivers]

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Hmmm.... 

Had a painting spree on Saturday, which rarely happens and managed to finish my Cuirassiers. They are on white horses, which is a bit unrealistic for an entire regiment, but what the hell!

Here is a couple photos of them based, though the photos are a bit too dark and fuzzy.





Here is a link to closeups of the troopers before I based them: https://i.imgur.com/epGqI7J.jpg

I had hoped they would come out better but with so much detail... well, not as well as I had hoped.

On the brighter side, I finished a flock of sheep! 



I'm presently working on a different piece of terrain and we'll see how that comes out. After that a couple regiments of Zouaves!

Cheers!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Those are both brilliant.

[John Cook]

Had a painting spree on Saturday, which rarely happens and managed to finish my Cuirassiers. They are on white horses, which is a bit unrealistic for an entire regiment, but what the hell!

Nicely done, white horses notwithstanding.  I like the pose too - that's what cavalry should look like. 

[Ithoriel]

Beautifully painted, white horses notwithstanding!

As to the pose - too static for my tastes. I like my heavy cavalry modelled in the final moments of a charge ... or dead. The latter only for enemy units, of course

[mmcv]

Very nice!

[Steve J]

Very nice work Ray .

[Techno II]

Like those lots !

Cheers - Phil