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| 28mm Franco-Prussian war castings from "Eagles of Empire" |
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| French Imperial infantry ready to engage the Prussians - bugler is on the left |
As before, I absolutely love the French uniforms from this period! Red pantalons FTW!
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| Always love how the French infantry are carrying a full load of cooking kit on their backs :) |
The Prussian uniform in this era is not quite so dramatic, although those silly spiked helmets do stand out a fair bit! One thing about the Prussians is that they wear their longer rain coats tied around their bodies, and that tends to obscure a lot of the detail on the figure, but it does make things a little easier in terms of painting!
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| Spiked helmets for the glory of Prussia! |
One of the Prussian figures has an eerie finish to it - that's because I thought I would try a paint-on matte finish product. As you can see from the gross, glowing finish, it's not even close to matte, and will be the last f*cking time I try that sh*t product again. I can't spray out the lake, so I thought a paint-on product would work...no luck...I'll try and save that casting when I go home after Christmas.
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| The rolled coats obscure a lot of the detail on the Prussian infantry, but it was a pretty common way they wore their uniforms in the 1870 |
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| French infantry painted in the Challenge so far... |
There are 10 different 28mm castings in this submission, which should be good for another 50 points. A pretty good start to this edition of the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge! And I'm already looking forward to a Franco-Prussian War skirmish game with the gaming group early in the new year!
Merry Christmas everyone!
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Stonking nice work, Greg! The French are fabulous in their pantalons rouges but it's nice to see your efforts spreading out to the Prussians. Your brushwork on their helmet detail is excellent - wow. While on the whole the Eagles of Empire stuff is lovely, I do find some of their heads to be a bit narrow - sort of like bread loafs with kepis. I guess they are the antithesis of Dixon heads!
Merry Christmas Greg!
Lovely work, these look amazing.
ReplyDeletethese are a really interesting set of figures
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work!
ReplyDeleteNice work Greg :)
ReplyDeleteVery nice work Greg!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Maintaining a strong standard!
ReplyDeleteTerrific work again Greg, I suspect your game will go well, look forward to the snaps.
ReplyDeleteCracking good job .
ReplyDeleteAgain more fabulous work! I don‘t think the varnish mistake to be overly dramatic. It should be correctable with a simple overspray without problems. Hoping for some more shots of these with a little better lighting later on though ;-)
ReplyDeleteLovely looking 2nd empire types and the Prussians are great too!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Beautiful work love the Prussians actually love them all and painting by the lake sounds perfect
ReplyDeleteI do like those uniforms - very nice work!
ReplyDeleteLovely work again Greg. Picklehaubs and greatcoats round the torsos - that FPW Prussians!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant figures Greg!
ReplyDeleteNice work, Greg! They french are impressive, but I really like the Prussian infantry. They may have a lot of detail covered, but I can almost hear the raincoats crease with the animation they have! Nice work on that simple feature too!
ReplyDeleteGlad to see this period, lovely units and great paint brush!
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