As I promised two weeks ago, I’ve painted up four of the
Fusiliers as Italian 3rd regiment. I would’ve posted sooner, but my
Lovely Wife’s Birthday consumed most of my free time (no regrets) and real life
(work, seminar, etc.) inevitably interrupted my painting schedule. Thankfully I
was able to get in a game of “Runebound” with my BFF CPBELT (holla, holla)(his
blog: A League of Ordinary Gamers)
and his son Jeremeister! We had a BLAST!! As usual Jeremeister won (grumble,
grumble) LOL!
Block painted
Block painted
After the brushed on Magic dip
After the brushed on Magic dip
This week I’ve had time to paint these four figures. I’ve
added photos showing the figures with their block paint job and photos showing
them after the Magic dip was brushed on.
White uniforms used to be a challenge for me until I took Pictors
Studio’s advice and made one of the best hobby purchases in years! I bought
the brilliant white and various gray colors (amongst others) from Cel-Vinyl
(and yep, I wrote various grays). For white uniforms I use gray-3 for the base
and gray-1 and brilliant white for the highlights. I use gray-7 for the rolled greatcoat.
When I decided to paint the 3rd, I realized that
the green color I needed for the lapels and piping would be a problem. I can
never tell what shades of colors I’m looking at when they’re inside those
little Vallejo Model Colors eye dropper bottles!! I can’t stand wasting paint,
so it bugs me when I have to put a drop on a pallet to figure out which one to
us.
I decided to ask on TMP about the green color that
the 3rd would’ve used and I received a couple of useful suggestions.
Strangely enough the VMC Russian green (894) and the Catachan green came out to
look about the same when I compared them!! Since VMC are cheaper, I went with
it. The red for the collar and cuff slashes is Red (926). The brown I use for
the back-pack is VMC Beige Brown (875) and Flat Brown (984) for the musket and
bayonet scabbard. For the metal I use Brass (801), Silver (997) and Gunmetal
Grey (863). The pom-pom on the shako is Deep Sky Blue (844).
I’ve used Medium Flesh (860) for these figures, as I was
going to do a Magic dip with GW black ink, so I would highlight the flesh after
the dip dried. I mixed the Medium Flesh with Light Flesh (928) for more
pronounced highlights.
Sometimes I’ll use Black Grey (862) to highlight black, but
I’ve decided to forego that highlight and leave them to the ambient light.
The finished figures!
I found these figures very brush friendly and with crisp
details. Unfortunately my painting skills were put to the test as I had to rush
through a few things (like the piping) on them, but the figures were kind to my
limitations. The facial features are very good. There’s a nice variety of them
and, if you’re like me and don’t paint eyes, they’ll still look realistic.
If you’re looking for full dress French Infantry in plastic
you can’t go wrong with these figures (granted, they’re the ONLY full dress
French Infantry in plastic, but they can be used for other French allied armies).
I hope you’ve found this review useful to you.
My next review will be Blue Moon’s 18mm Napoleonic 1812
Russian Musketeers. See you soon.
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