That looks absolutely BELTING Kev !
Love it !!
Cheers - Phil.

cheers chaps, on and off about 3 weeks for these. I have to limit my painting time to about 5 hours over the day to preserve my eyes and back nowdays 
I normally turn an equivelant  baccus one around in a week and a half as not so much cutting when basing. Will have a baccus one finished tomorrow so will put pics on over the weekend.

Thanks,

kev

Quote from: kev1964 on 14 March 2013, 08:10:28 PM

I normally turn an equivelant  baccus one around in a week and a half as not so much cutting when basing.

Why am i so slow!!!!!

probably because you dont use the 3 foot rule, only paint on the details that you'll see at 3 feet away, and to be honest in 10mm thats not a lot, in 6mm its even less.

Possibly Gordon, but Kev paints red grenades on the turnbacks of his 6mm French Grenadiers!!

Mollinary

Smashing little army, Kev. Got any more pics?

Quote from: GordonY on 15 March 2013, 05:43:37 AM
probably because you dont use the 3 foot rule, only paint on the details that you'll see at 3 feet away, and to be honest in 10mm thats not a lot, in 6mm its even less.

That's not true though, i paint on basic colours and shade /highlight / wash. What i don't tolerate is mistakes, so every one gets fixed. That's where most time goes in. (i don't have a steady hand like i used to  )

If you look at my acw units, you'll see what i mean. Nothing over te top, but still took me days to finish, with about 3-4 hours a day.

http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,7080.0.html

Thanks chaps, here,s a couple more Hertsblue. As 6mils my day job  and i dont want to break any rules  i,ll pm or mail you my site address so you can look through my imageshack pics.

kev

Please do share the adress :p

in your inbox peter,

kev

I'm not easily impressed but man, I'm impressed by that lot

Really really good kev it looks like you black undercoat then base colour and highlight?

Thanks!!
STunning stuff!

Thanks Matt, yes always black undercoat on 6s and now also 10s, i always leave a black line on 6s or leave the base coat colour showing near the different bits ( jacket to trouser etc)and paint the highlight just away from that as it makes the colours stand out more at a distance and you dont get that all colour running into each other  look, if that makes sense, although i,m sure your well aware of that looking at your quality of work.

Thanks peter
cheers
kev

Thanks for the info kev. I'm relatively new to this (other than a bit of gw as a kid what you see in my painting diary is all I have) so I'm looking at the best way of doing things particular turning out armies at good quality at a good pace. The technique you ve used is really effective, I undercoat white but seriously thinking about changing. Also basing is very good (something I struggle with) so might copy your style a bit there makes the figures pop 

Matt try using this for undercoating

http://www.minibits.net/VAL73602-p808/

I used to swear by Tamiya XF1 but I've made the switch to this stuff and can only describe myself as one contented rabbit.

Thanks gordon, does it come as a spray?

Quote from: Matt of Munslow on 16 March 2013, 04:34:27 PM
Thanks gordon, does it come as a spray?

Vallejo do have some sprays, but I've not started stocking them as yet.  The two things putting me off are firstly the cost (they retail at about £11-12, seems a bit pricey for a spray), and they also can't be shipped outside the UK.

nope its not a spray but it can be used neat in an airbrush, or if youre like me (a cheapskate) just plastered on with a big brush.

One thing about it is its self-levelling, yeah that confused me as well, but it seems to be like artists Gesso, no matter how much you slap on it all evaporates and doesnt block up any of the detail.

In short, try it, you'll love it, whats to lose? Its only a fiver, I pay that for a size 3 brush.

Kev, that last pic is brilliant, I've always had a softspot for French napoleonics, the only thing that puts me off (ironically, as I love variety) is the research needed to fully understand how the army is put together - pom poms, plumes, epaulettes etc seem to change with every company.

Definitely a project in the far future once I've got a grasp of it.

Thanks for sharing.