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Friday, May 2, 2014
Mounted British Officers
It's a bit hard to have an army without some proper leaders so I dug into my lead pile and painted up some Perry AWI British Officers to lead the king's forces. The poses of the figures are very nice and give a real feel to the period. The gentlemen with the sword raised will act as the army general until I have some time to paint up a proper high command and the others will be brigade commanders. I painted them in the traditional British uniform of red, blue and white. A note on the red in that I'm not entirely sure how I feel about it. I do like it.... but then again I'm rarely if ever completely satisfied with any reds I do as it's either too dark or too light or too pinkish or too much orange or something frigg'in too much of. I'll try a different tone with something else and see which one I prefer more and change this if I have too.
I now happily have enough figures to play small games with and even have more plans for AWI soon. but I'm going to take a small break from it and paint some other things I've been meaning to do, so until then keep your brushes going.
Thanks for viewing!:-)
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Lovely painting and basing - proper leaders make all the difference!
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Excellent work Rodger, as Andrew said great red!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Fran!
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The red looks pretty good to me too! Really like these guys Christopher, great work!
ReplyDeleteThank you kindly Rodger!
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Fantastic amazing.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much HaWior.
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Others said they already have all the previously comments.
ReplyDeleteThe colors and the use of light is a great job.
If I not see these three circle, I thinks, I'm the realy live in middle of to these events
Thank you kindly Maximex.
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Excellently painted and based, as always, Christopher!
ReplyDeleteThank you kindly Dean!
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Excellent work again my friend! To me your red looks spot on but I get your point. I always have the same issues with red. Can't wait to see them in the flesh and have a game or two.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Nick and looking forward to our next game.
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Beautiful brush work and the basing is, as always, splendid!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Anne!
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Reds look terrific to me. Outstanding work as always and looking forward to seeing reports of these chaps leading their troops to victory. I have these Perry officers snd they are nice.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Jonathan and looking forward to seeing your version of these figures.
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I don't know what troubles you with red - you got it in a perfect way on these figures. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Mike. I'm just never sure with red when I paint it.
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Gorgeous painting and basing Christopher! I'm like the rest, and don't see anything wrong with the red.
ReplyDeleteThank you kindly Jonas!
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Fantastic painting and basing Christopher!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Cyrus!
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Thank you very much Andrew. Everyone I think always has one colour that gives them trouble and red is mine.
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I can only second the rest of the crowd! I love your reds, your painting and basing. Looking forward to seeing these fine fellows lead your British in an AAR.
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Thank you very much Monty! I suspect my brushes are going to pay Rome a visit.:-)
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Wonderfully, characterful work there and the basing sets them off.
ReplyDeleteThank you kindly PK.
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A dynamic pose for the General Christopher and the British scarlet looks spot on to me.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Pat! The posing and more ornate uniform made him stand out so I chose him, but actually I prefer the look of the officer leaning out from his saddle.
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Lovely stuff Christopher. Your horses are beautiful and so is the basing.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Michael.
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Really great figures and bases! I know what you are saying about getting the perfect red. The 14th Brooklyn's red pants have been driving me crazy!
ReplyDeleteThank you kindly Cory! I'll being doing some fire zouaves this year and I can't decide if I'll do a subdued red or a flamboyant one.
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Those are smashing, mate: well done!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Admiral!
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Lovely paint jobs, and those round-capped chaps look like they're perfect for the Saratoga campaign.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much AJ. I think they are intended for Southern, but Saratoga would be just fine too.
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Oh, and the red looks great. Plus with dyes of the period it only was 'perfect' when it was on the seamstress' table.
ReplyDeleteThank you AJ and that is true as time and elements do take effect on clothing.
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Greate paint work !
ReplyDeleteBest regards Michael
Thank you kindly Michael!
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Super job Chris, well done!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Scott!
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Stunning painting, Christopher, as always. BTW I think your photos are pretty much perfect...
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Giles
Thank you very much Giles I really do appreciate the encouragement!
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Sorry, bit late on commenting, terrific Christopher, more splendid AWI stuff
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Chris
Thank you very much Chris!
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Wonderful work on the minis and basing! Really the whole scene looks picture perfect. :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Jason!
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