Sunday, December 30, 2012

Making History? Something entirely new for me...


Well, folks, we are about to enter a very strange period in my painting career.  I have painted thousands of miniatures since this all started in 2001, but I have never painted anything that was not a fantasy figure or a sci-fi miniature.

Due to a whirlwind of events, a new long term project has begun.  This one has been 3 years in the waiting.  My first Historical miniatures!!!

We start with some Napoleanic Cavalry from 1812.


What made all this even more bizarre is that these are all sculpted by the Perry Brothers, which means it fells like I am painting GW figures.  Some of these horses nearly match my LOTR horses detail for detail.  There are actually fewer pieces to put together on these guys.  I started out by making all of the sword arms at parade rest, but it was decided that having the front row in charging form would be better.


So, charging arms it is!


Here's the color reference for the painting.  Smile Dave!


And now for the first color test...

This was not shot on my usual photo setup, so it looks a little wonky, but you get the idea :-)


12 comments:

  1. Now that you mentioned these guys I have a question: Have you ever painted or plan to paint any 1:72 scale plastics? I love those little guys :)
    Great work as always; both encouraging and intimidating...

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    1. When Urban Mammoth produces their Age of Tyrants 6 MM scale game, that will be my introduction into the tiny world of super tiny figures :-)

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    1. Thanks! There will be a lot more repetition here from one figure to the next, by definition, but it should still be very interesting!!

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  3. Welcome to the other part of 28mm wargaming. I've been into Historicals more and more four about 4 years, don't know why it took me so long. The Perry's make some beautiful stuff, so does Victrix, FireForge, Gripping Beast, Foundry...

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    1. I do look forward to working on other historical things that I have here, including some micro-naught ships...
      :-)

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    1. Thanks for the kind words! I spent many hours yesterday assembling a big unit of dragoons!

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  5. Great to see you paint some historicals.

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    1. It sure has been a long time coming. What I would like to do most in the historical category is paint ships, but that will have to wait until after the kickstarter effects click in.

      'Cause I want to to DVD's on historicals too! :-)

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  6. The carabine should be attatched at the waist, to the white strap worn around the shoulder.

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    1. I was thinking the same thing myself, but the instructions said to attach it to the saddle, not the rider, which seemed odd to me.

      You will see that most of the unit's Carabines look more like your suggested attachment point. It was not the best fit on any of the figures, that's for sure.

      I placed those on the saddles over and over, but could never get a 'sweet' spot for them. I hope the Dragoons are easier!

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