All I can say is that your eyesight is better than mine . Great work as always .

Cuff buttons on a 10mm figure? You'll go blind, you know! 

Only just looked at these , great work Michael, the painting of the cart is excellent, will check out your blog from now on,

kev

Quote from: kev1964 on 21 March 2013, 06:06:54 PM
Only just looked at these , great work Michael, the painting of the cart is excellent, will check out your blog from now on

Hungary might be loadsa miles from Aspern-Essling, Kev, but I'm jealous of how much nearer you are!

Hi Michael, i,m about 3 hrs drive from Wagram. I,m only having a quick jolly back to the uk this year so plan to have a good drive about the countries near me.
There are loads of museums here as they like to commemorate their battles , mostly with the turks but loads of later war memorials, and the revolt against the Russians is always good for a few bank holidays. There are odd bits everywhere, i was driving about one day and came accross two german field guns at an entrance to a small memorial and thats only an hour from me, towards Budapest their are more ww11 museums which i hope to visit one day. If i find anything of interest on my travels i will put a pic on here.

kev

Guess you have to be quite selective with so much on offer. Given my Aspern-Essling project, I'd be off to check out the Marchfeld and be in seventh heaven. But if I was already in Hungary, I might have been tempted by a Hungarian project -- I have, of course, a pile of Hungarian Napoleonics to paint! And the 1809 campaign did get as far as Hungary.

Hi Michael.  Just thought I'd browse through the Forum and came across this post and visited your BLOG. 

Wow!  Brilliant.  What a heck of a lot of time you've put in.  Enjoyed it very much and lots of useful tips.

Such a good read I've had to delay getting tea!   

Well done.     DaveL

Hi Dave. Hope your Blog read made Sunday tea all the more digestable! Cheers, Michael

Quote from: Hertsblue on 21 March 2013, 08:27:59 AM
Cuff buttons on a 10mm figure? You'll go blind, you know! 

Don't let him fool you Ray.
Michael is Europe's leading specialist in insect training.
Those buttons were done by a group of super intelligent ants with microscopic brushes.....Er.....Possibly. 
Cheers - Phil.

You on the furniture polish again, Phil? 

 

Quote from: Hertsblue on 25 March 2013, 09:14:17 AM
You on the furniture polish again, Phil? 

He claims it's medicinal 

Quote from: Hertsblue on 25 March 2013, 09:14:17 AM
You on the furniture polish again, Phil? 

I knew that second mug of Bovril tasted strange !
Cheers - Phil.

Quote from: Techno on 25 March 2013, 07:50:47 AM
Don't let him fool you Ray.
Michael is Europe's leading specialist in insect training.
Those buttons were done by a group of super intelligent ants with microscopic brushes.....Er.....Possibly. 
Cheers - Phil.

There are a lot of midges up here in Scotland.

I've added a wee post:

www.michaelscott.name/1809/1809blogpost79.htm

Cheers, Michael

Quote from: WeeWars on 25 March 2013, 02:31:11 PM
There are a lot of midges up here in Scotland.

Not at the moment surely ? Mind you, they probably breed them tough up there.
Great work again Michael.
Cheers - Phil.

Very nice Michael, i have done similar on some colonial figs , just painting small areas, i am not a fan of dipping but then im never in a rush to get my figs on the gaming table.

kev

Quote from: kev1964 on 25 March 2013, 08:32:55 PM
Very nice Michael, i have done similar on some colonial figs , just painting small areas, i am not a fan of dipping but then im never in a rush to get my figs on the gaming table.

Kev, I tried Army Painter dip mainly to put that one to rest

www.michaelscott.name/1809/1809blogpost12.htm

as I don't think it works as well with the bright uniforms of the 18th and 19th century in 10mm as in using different coloured inks where you specifically want them.

I agree that speed painting, in my case anyway, can simply lead to having to do the whole thing again. I prefer to spend time on trial figures first before rushing anything. The small areas you mention will probably with the projected 1809 multitudes get smaller and smaller as the will to paint the same figures over and over decreases while the will to get the figures on the table increases. But that won't be a bad thing.

Cheers, Michael

A quick post, Post 80 – walking wounded:

www.michaelscott.name/1809/1809blogpost80.htm

Cheers, Michael

Love it! Leggy fella!