Fred's 2014 Painting Diary

[fred.]

WWI Reinforcements

Also in the jiffy bag were several French guns and a few extra 1914 British.



Along with an earlier delivery from another manufacturer (shh!) I now have enough for a 1914 Division of French infantry with a couple of regiments of cavalry, and a brigade of British.

[fred.]

and finally for this week's catch-up

Late War WWI Germans

A regiment of troops for GWSH - just a couple of colours so far. Its taken a fair bit of googling to find out the colours of all their various bits of kit - of which the answer seems to be brown, light brown and dark grey.



With single colour uniforms the figures really paint up quickly.

I used a new brand of spray paint to under coat these - Kobra which is available from Amazon at around £5 for a can. Seems to be a nice paint, with good coverage, very matt, and comes in lots of colours too.

[fsn]

Is there some kind of conspiracy showing me lovely WWI stuff?

Now I want Mespot, 1914 and 1917!

[Fenton]

Is there some kind of conspiracy showing me lovely WWI stuff?

Now I want Mespot, 1914 and 1917!

Yes

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Very nice Fred! 

[fred.]

Sshh. We're not supposed to talk about the conspiracy.

[Fenton]

Sshh. We're not supposed to talk about the conspiracy.

Sorry...I have mentioned it once but I think I got away with it

[fred.]

French artillery cleaned and assembled  (a Mongol old man has crept in at the back!)

First 20 or so Mongols cleaned and on painting sticks


The 5th leg is a bit fiddly to remove, especially on the horses where their legs come together. I've also managed to snap a couple of bows off the firing poses. The figures look very dynamic, and on rough basing attempts look suitably horde like.

[Leon]

Looking good!

The 5th leg is a bit fiddly to remove, especially on the horses where their legs come together. I've also managed to snap a couple of bows off the firing poses. The figures look very dynamic, and on rough basing attempts look suitably horde like.

Let me know how many breakages, and I'll send some replacements out.  The feed under the horse can be tricky on that pose, I usually use a pair of small clippers for the bulk of it and then file the stub off.

[Steve J]

Nice work there

[Techno]

 
Cheers - Phil.

[fred.]

Let me know how many breakages, and I'll send some replacements out.  The feed under the horse can be tricky on that pose, I usually use a pair of small clippers for the bulk of it and then file the stub off.

Thanks for the offer Leon, I'll let you know if I need any replacements.

The rest of you, minds in the gutter.      

Today back to WWI Germans

Painted most of the details in today - was able to paint in the conservatory in the sun this afternoon, while the rest of the family were out at a panto.

Made a start on basing tonight - going for the sea of mud look, so although these feel like they have taken a while to base, they are nearly done.


From the top down,
A battalion of Stosstroopen, a infantry battalion, command and support weapons, and finally tripod MG08s


A slightly different angle


2nd and 3rd battalions ready for basing.

[fred.]

Also spray painted the French guns and Mongols - but can't be bothered with photos of them - just imagine the ones above in black or brown respectively rather than silver. 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Good look batch of Germans.

[petercooman]

Great job on the germans!