Slowly but surely I'm piecing together my 28mm French army. I've been trying out some different techniques to speed things up a little and just make the process a little more enjoyable (I'm an amazingly slow painter).
These are 28mm Perry Miniatures metals (some of my favorite sculpts of theirs), painted as 11ème Régiment de Cuirassiers-
There's some more info and a couple more pics on my blog.
Thanks for looking
-Scott
http://djokergaming.wordpress.com
Great work. And a curious unit with such relaxed attitude on both mount and horsemen..opposed to the charging attitude of their plastic counterparts they complement both quite well
Great looking figures, I am using the AP method as well, and am now just experimenting with highlights over the AP. I presume that you do the highlights after you have applied the flat polyurethane coat. I wish mine looked as nice as yours.
John
Thanks guys.
vilcum- For some reason I like the relaxed "at ease" poses that the Perry's have done for some of their figures, especially the French. Maybe it's because it's something different on the table. Plus, there seems to be alot of character in the sculpts. Just neat figures.
John- That's exactly how I do it, starting the highlight using the same base colors that I used before the AP glaze, and going lighter from there as needed. I didn't do as many highlights on these as I could have, as I was trying for economy of time, though overall it really isn't much faster than a three layer paint job...just a little simpler. The key is definately brushing the AP on as a light glaze, soaking up areas with the brush that pool too heavy.
I agree with the use of the AP, I apply it with a brush, and then go back within a couple of minutes and start removing the build up areas. I started with the strong tone but am now using the dark tone, I like the black pigment better than the brown. But will reserve the brown for the lighter colours ie. reds and greens.
I think you used the brown here.
I think it is great stuff.
John
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