Wednesday, August 3, 2011

28mm Front Rank French Legere

Here are the first figures I've painted in a looong time. 2011 is not going to be a very productive year for me.



French Legere Chasseurs

I bought these figures from my friend Wally before he died. He had planned a big Napoleonic project that he never quite got started. The figures had all been primed white, and many of them had an unfinished block paint job.

Rather than strip them, I just sprayed primer right over the existing paint jobs. Wally was a world class modeler, and he had put a very thin coat of paint on these, so they took another coat without losing much detail.



I had planned to put a very basic paint job on these figures, but as usual, once I started, I could not hold back. I gave these the full treatment everywhere but their hair, which only got black shading.



Regular readers will know that I prefer march attack poses for my infantry, but Wally had ordered advancing poses. It was a challenge to fit the figures onto their bases, and I doubt they will ever be able to form a tight march column.



I was going to just slap on a flag from Warflag.com, but now that I spent a week on this battalion, I will order a flag from GMB. I just couldn't wait to post some finished figures on my blog. It has been a long time since I had anything to show.

7 comments:

  1. Well they look fantastic! FR are great sculpts & I like them a lot. Regards, Dean

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  2. Nice to see another post from you and they do look great!

    Christopher

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  3. Fantastic work. I just love FR fig's. Always nice to paint.

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  4. Good to see another post, I've always enjoyed seeing your work.

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  5. Very nice, the shading on the blue coat and trousers is very eye-catching.

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  6. great job, I like legere but I prefer the side plume because it looks wierd!

    cheers
    matt

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  7. Great to see your back your son looks very cute, and your new figures as amazing as normal, I'm working on the same figures myself, I am also waiting on GMB flags

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