Wednesday 13 January 2016

From Eric Mc- WW1 French Chasseur (150 points)

After three weeks of German Gray its nice to paint some blue.   My offering this week is three 10 man units of French Chasseur.  I am planning on running a small game based on the fighting at Verdun around Bois de Caures.   The excellent gaming blog Scrivsland has several after action reports that have provided inspiration.   


All of the figures are from Old Glory.  While they are a little rough with some blocky looks and odd castings, once I got started they painted quickly. 









30-28mm figures   150points.

Aaah more "Horizon Bleu" loveliness for the brave defenders of la France!- I really like the guys in masks - suitably menacing. I have often found that with Old Glory figures that look are a bit oddly sculpted and cast , they frequently have real  life once painted. 

16 comments:

  1. These look fantastic Eric! I don't know if its the good lighting for the photos but the figures really 'pop' and look vibrant. If you don't mind me asking, what is your recipe for their greatcoats?

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  2. Lovely blue on these guys Eric. Great work :)

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  3. Smashing looking Poilus Eric! Really fond of your take at horizon bleu.

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  4. Nice vibrant paint jobs, well done! Getting up there with Mr Roundwood!

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  5. Superb work Eric! One of my favourite entries so far!

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  6. Wow, I can't wait to get some 15mm French to try my hand at that lovely blue.

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  7. Real fine looking chaps, love the colours

    Ian

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  8. Super Looking ww1 French. It will be a delight to see more

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  9. Smashing blue. I hadn't realised the WW1 colours could be so.... well, colourful! That's what I get for supporting the khaki team I guess.

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  10. Fantastic! Echoing many of the comments here already.. great colors on this here.. really pop indeed!

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  11. Some really, really awesome WW1 stuff has been rolling through the challenge and looking just smashing. This is a great entry! Really well done Eric.

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  12. Nice, I like the interspersing of gas masks in the units.

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  13. Very fine blue! I do like those poses and equipment! I usually spend a lot to mix up metal models as I hate the repetition, but that is a nice individual unit!

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