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Title: Napoleonic French
Post by: kev1964 on 16 February 2016, 02:59:18 PM
A few French cav.


kev

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Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: Matt J on 16 February 2016, 03:41:45 PM
you seem to be having far too much fun doing these  :D

excellent work Kev
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: jimduncanuk on 16 February 2016, 03:47:29 PM
They look pretty smart to me.
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: Techno on 16 February 2016, 04:37:11 PM
As they can't go into the painting competition.....I'll say those are really rather spiffy !!  :-bd :-bd
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 16 February 2016, 05:17:48 PM
Superb Kev!
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: paulr on 16 February 2016, 06:52:43 PM
 :-bd =D> :-bd =D> :-bd =D>
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: kev1964 on 16 February 2016, 07:15:27 PM
Cheers chaps,  yes i'm really enjoying them, it's nice to have a few of each instead of loads of the same. Arty should be done soon.


kev
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: Subedai on 16 February 2016, 07:21:02 PM
Very nice.
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: Szymon on 16 February 2016, 07:53:11 PM
Amazing, as expected ;)
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: KTravlos on 16 February 2016, 09:56:27 PM
Excellent!
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: kev1964 on 18 February 2016, 07:21:26 PM
Arty and the some of the infantry.

kev

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Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: Westmarcher on 18 February 2016, 07:40:15 PM
Just had a look at all of them for the first time. Marvellous detail, Kev!

:-bd
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: Ithoriel on 18 February 2016, 07:46:25 PM
JUst had a good look at these and at the competition entries ... if anyone wants me, I'll be in the corner, rocking back and forward and crying a lot :D
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: mollinary on 18 February 2016, 08:08:24 PM
Wow, Kev, you have excelled yourself!   =D> =D> =D> =D> :-bd

Mollinary
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: paulr on 18 February 2016, 11:21:26 PM
 :-bd =D> :-bd =D> :-bd =D>
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 18 February 2016, 11:56:16 PM
(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: Womble67 on 19 February 2016, 12:51:04 AM
Just brilliant I'm so jealous of your skill  :'( :'(

Take care

Andy
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: Techno on 19 February 2016, 07:21:31 AM
This man is just showing off ! ;)

Absolutely superb, Kev ! =D> :-bd =D>

Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: kev1964 on 24 February 2016, 10:50:41 AM
Cheers chaps,

The last of the French, lots more pics on my imageshack if you want to see more .

kev

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Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: Techno on 24 February 2016, 11:33:48 AM
LOVELY !!  :-bd :-bd :-bd

Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: skywalker on 24 February 2016, 12:28:43 PM
AWESOME  :-bd :-bd =D> =D>
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: paulr on 24 February 2016, 06:47:20 PM
 :-bd =D> :-bd =D> :-bd =D>
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 24 February 2016, 07:08:41 PM
Holy funt! Those are a magnum opus and magnificent in a major magnitude!
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: fred. on 24 February 2016, 07:13:11 PM
They are rather excellent. How do you get such a vibrant blue?
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: petercooman on 24 February 2016, 09:33:57 PM
 :-bd :-bd :-bd
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: paulr on 24 February 2016, 10:15:04 PM
Quote from: fred. on 24 February 2016, 07:13:11 PM
They are rather excellent. How do you get such a vibrant blue?

I was pondering that as well :-\
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: Womble67 on 25 February 2016, 12:22:34 AM
If only I could paint like that, just amazing

Take care

Andy
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: kev1964 on 25 February 2016, 07:23:43 AM
Thank's chaps,

I always paint the base uniform colour the darkest i have , for French i use regal blue then use the nearest actual uniform colour, ( leaving some of the dark blue showing, this makes the next coat stand out ) for this i use Prussian blue ( sounds daft for French :) ) , it gives a good contrast against the dark blue, also using a dark blue basecoat it's more forgiving if you catch the straps etc as you dont notice the overlap of colour when you paint the white on the straps. For the Generals i added a highlight of 80% prussian blue and 20% white just to make them stand out a bit more. It sounds a bit of a chore but it saves time touching up mistakes with black as you go, hope that makes sense :).


kev
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: Techno on 25 February 2016, 10:15:48 AM
I've said it before.......But I just LOVE that particular shade of blue !
It's as though it almost fluoresces.

Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: Werthor on 09 March 2016, 01:23:44 PM
Wow awesome show of paintskill, you gave a lot of character to thoose minis with that neat painting! Do you apply some kind of wash before making the highlight?
Title: Re: Napoleonic French
Post by: Zippee on 09 March 2016, 08:24:20 PM
STOP IT, Stop It, stop it. . . :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

lovely as ever damn it