WIP 40mm Trident , Maison Du Roi

[MarquisMini]

Great conversion workas well from Daniel , every post is a pleasure to see

He rather good at painting as well ....as we can see ! ....

And ....his bench looks tidy and organised ...unlike mine ..lol


Hi Daniel

Liking the handkerchief ...do hope it's the finest French lace

The kneeling fellows are interesting ....are they the last to add ?

Happy benchtime

Nap

Cheers Kev,
These are the last 3 chaps as part of the whole unit, only left to do is the sergeant holding the line, 2 officers ( one standimg and the other mounted) and 3 drummers, after that the project will be at an end.

 

[MarquisMini]

Worked on modifying the obvious Brit features of the uniform with some mix of greenstuff and magic sculp, added the waist belts using lead foil.
Primed the figures with Vallejo brush on primer in white...

 

[MarquisMini]

I have layed the base colors for these Guards...

 

[MarquisMini]

Made progress on this Sergeant,
Attached the arms and fixed his coat by closing it 2 buttons short of the waist belt, the figure is 80% done with the modifications...

 

[Nap]

That's very clever puttywork on the figure , nice start on the trio as well

Following with interest

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[MarquisMini]

I have finished the faces on these Troopers, added the silver lace to their hat brims , coat looos, shoulder belts and waistbelts.
I have painted the cartridboxes using vallejo red leather mixed with formula P3 Murdeous Magenta, that gives me the exact look ( at least in my own eyes) of the Russian Red Leather used by these fancy French / Swiss Guards, painted the edges of the cartridge box in silver as described by French Guards regulations, all i need to do in order to finish that item is adding the silvered Royal Cypher

 

[MarquisMini]

I've made progress on the Sergeant, added the side belts for the sword, positoned the hands and shirt cuffs

I used a lance from another figure, got rid of the tip and added the halberd tip from a Historex spare parts i had, to my surprise they work well together even thou this figure is 40mm.

Finally, primed the figure using Vallejo brush on primer white.
Can't wait to lay some colors on tiis chap

 

[Nap]

Hi Daniel

Nice updates , those faces look good , all slightly different imo ..not sure how you manage to do the eyes !

That Sgt is definately coming alive, nice putty work on the cuffs and the halberd works well with the Historex piece

Bring on the paints

Thanks for sharing

Nap

 

[MarquisMini]

I've made great progress on this sergeant , hat, face, hair, blues and reds are done, still need some work on the gaiters , shoes, sword and Halberd..

 

[Nap]

Hi Daniel

Great progress indeed , nice facial work on the fellow

Will he have silver lace ? .....if so will you use metallics or have you another way in this scale ?

Thanks for sharing the updates

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Historex Rob]

Daniel, do you also cast these yourself?

 

[MarquisMini]

Hi Daniel

Great progress indeed , nice facial work on the fellow

Will he have silver lace ? .....if so will you use metallics or have you another way in this scale ?

Thanks for sharing the updates

Happy benchtime

Nap

Hi Kev,
The Guards had silver lace, for the troopers i do a little bit whiter Silver lace since it was not as high quality lace fir Officers and NCOs.
For Silver Lace i always use these 3 colors, Vallejo metal medium, vallejo silver grey ( off white basically) and Army painter chainmail silver.
I use the drop of Metal medium which is a pearl white, perfect for lace sin when light reflects on lace it has some sort of pearly shine, then i add silver and add a little bit of silver grey to test the color.
I do add a drop of Matt varnish which is really liquidy and a drip of water, that takes the "shimy metal" out of the equation.
I use more silver and less silver grey when i do the Officer's lace.

 

[MarquisMini]

Daniel, do you also cast these yourself?

Hey Rob,
No i don't, they are from Triguard Miniatures ( former Trident).
I do like the idea of fee " special" figures when i build a diorama and with the bulk of the figures i try to paint each face with slightly different expression to move away from the coockie cutter Army.
How is your project coming along?

 

[MarquisMini]

And finally done with this sergeant.
Placed him on the battlefield and put him to work...

 

[Historex Rob]

Hey Rob,
No i don't, they are from Triguard Miniatures ( former Trident).
I do like the idea of fee " special" figures when i build a diorama and with the bulk of the figures i try to paint each face with slightly different expression to move away from the coockie cutter Army.
How is your project coming along?

I am carving away. Working on a few other projects at the same time while things cure/set.

 

[MarquisMini]

I am carving away. Working on a few other projects at the same time while things cure/set.

Ok, looking forward to the progress pics !

 

[MarquisMini]

I meant to post this pic earlier..so, late post ;-)

 

[Nap]

Hi Daniel

Great updates figures as always really 'sing' .....cheers for the lace colours ...appreciate your time

Liking the late post as well....lol

Thanks for sharing

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[TERRYSOMME1916]

I can only have admiration for someone who can repetitively paint armies of figures, warhammer or these wee metal beauties that you are working with, its a labour of love and they are coming together brilliantly.
TERRY

 

[MarquisMini]

I can only have admiration for someone who can repe
titively paint armies of figures, warhammer or these wee metal beauties that you are working with, its a labour of love and they are coming together brilliantly.
TERRY

Hi Terry, thank you so much for your kind words!