It turns out that rumours of Miles' demise are overstated. He has not been consumed for the benefit of others and is posted with the vigor of a man snowed in all weekend.
The first of several posts I will be submitting today is a group of 9 Colonial dock workers in 28mm scale. The figures are from the Perry AWI line and are great sculpts. There was a lot of filing required from the casting process so prep time was a bit longish but I like the figures.
Lets see, 9 figures equals 45 points.
Well done Miles, a good start for a busy day of posting. I really like these Perry sculpts and you've done a fine job with them. It is also nice to see your figures in their natural habitat and not on a bare wood workbench top. If I can make a suggestion for the future, I recommend some heavier shading for the faces and hands. I don't like painting eyes and the like as I end up with an army of Pandas, racoons and Goth rockers. But a wash of a dark earth tone can really bring out the details (I use raw or burnt umber).
Great figures, though I agree with Peter about how a heavier wash would make the faces pop better, its the aproach I use most of the time which may or may not recomend it LOL.
ReplyDeleteGreat selection of colors they look like proper 18th century civilians.
Very nice set of figs. Not a great fan of washes but sometimes they work well. To be honest I dip them in a tall shot glass of thinned down ink and that works well for Zombies
ReplyDeleteI wash the flesh with a watered (50/50) down Vallejo fleshtone wash (73204) and less watered down Vallejo Brown (75 /25) (76514) for the rest of the body. I'll try a few figures with straight fleshtone and a few at 75/25 and see if that makes them pop a bit more - I really do appreciate the feedback - thanks
ReplyDeleteMiles, it may be the photography effect. My figures often look flat on Jpeg. I go with flesh base coat, terra cotta or iron oxide wash followed by umber wash and then highlight in flesh again. Another quickie technique is a horizontal dark line across each eye.
DeleteCheer PD
Another way to make those faces pop is to work down into the shadows after you've applied your base coat. You can add purples, reds or blues to the base colour to get deep, rich colours. It takes longer than a wash, but you get great contrast.
DeleteNow Im taking notes. I'll try that Anne.
DeleteI am turning more and more towards civilians in games to add flavour and these look great.
ReplyDeleteNice work Miles :)
ReplyDeleteVery pleasing to see civilians on the battle field. It just adds more depth to the game.
ReplyDeleteVery nicely painted.
nice paintwork!
ReplyDeletePretty nice!
ReplyDeleteGreat work Miles - and your are correct, figures like this do add a lot to a game, even just as "terrain"
ReplyDeleteGreat work - very pretty.
ReplyDeleteI'll echo everyone else's comments that non-coms make great additions to any army. Treating them as mobile terrain, or victory point objectives makes great scenarios.
ReplyDeleteI too am a fan of CoBs on the table, and this is a very nice lot you got...I like the fellow waving with his hat, a local landlord perhaps? ;)
ReplyDeleteI too enjoy seeing the civilians painted up. It's a nice break from batch painting and it adds more reality to the gaming table.
ReplyDeleteNice job on these!
Very nice!
ReplyDeleteNice to see some civvies getting painted. Great stuff Miles.
ReplyDeleteAs Millsy says, its great to see some civilians getting press. Good work Miles.
ReplyDeleteGreat job on these civi's
ReplyDeleteIan
Very useful set of figures!
ReplyDeleteNice figures. I second the preference for the game mat backdrop. Really adds interest to the photo.
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