Friday 16 February 2018

VictorC: 28mm Foundry War of the Spanish Succession Infantry (55 points)

This week submission contains 11 War of Spanish Succession troops. These are Foundry figures. I've painted them like the "Old Yellow" uniforms for the Spanish. Also I painted these with oil paints and this was my attempt at painting troops in mass with oil paints.  



 I have no idea if the commander of this group had a green jacket or not but I liked it so I went with it. 



I still have to work on painting flesh at this scale. I haven't found a good technique I like.





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Painting mass troops with oils? Wow, you're a braver (and more patient) man than me Victor. Good on you! I really like the yellow coats with the blue facings - very sharp. If you ever wish to try doing flesh tones with acrylics I can recommend both the Vallejo and Foundry flesh 'systems'. Another quick cheat is to use a midtone flesh colour, apply a wash like the P3 Formula Flesh Wash (most paint ranges have something similar), retouch the raised areas with the same midtone colour and then for a final highlight, add a bit of white to the mix. Works a doodle for rank-and-file figures. 

55 points for your climb up the roster. Well done!

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12 comments:

  1. Doing the flesh in oils ... undercoat the flesh are a white . Then do thin oil wash of burnt umbers or sienna ... let it dry , then highlight the nose , chin cheeks

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  2. More la guerre en dentelles goodness! excellent work there, Victor!

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  3. Well done Victor. You're a brave man working in oils.

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  4. Bravest among the brave, Victor! ... using oils to paint, mon Dieu!!

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  5. As others have said - oil paints? Wow.
    Thanks for another great post Victor - it's always fun to check in on more Spanish Succession stuff, a wonderful period in terms of gaming.

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  6. great figures, love the yellow!

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  7. Those yellow coats are great!

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