WIP Attack on La Haye Sainte at Waterloo in 28mm

[Waterlooman]

Nice work on these, I can see it's going to be an interesting finished product with some really great detail.

Cheers Simon

Thank you kindly.

W.

 

[Waterlooman]

Hi all, I am currently going through the stage of deciding to change the Blue shade on most of my French to reach a closer shade near to Blue-Black as mine is to Blue in shade, also if I use my Matt Black with a few drops of the Blue it should come out quite matt in its finish.

W.

 

[Briggsy]

Sounds like a lot of work, but good luck if you proceed.

Cheers Simon

 

[Waterlooman]

Sounds like a lot of work, but good luck if you proceed.

Cheers Simon

Deffo worth it though to get the correct shade and finish.

W.

 

[Waterlooman]

Thought I would post this as I like the facial expressions on them, they are my few 3d printed ones I brought of ebay, they have since been matt varnished.

W.

 

[Waterlooman]

Excellent detail on such a small scale.

Malc

Thank you again.

W.

 

[Nap]

Hi W

Good to see you posting these 3D have a a lot of character , nice painting as well

Ok forward to seeing more

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Briggsy]

Great little fellows, so much character in the faces on such a small scale, really impressive.

Cheers Simon

 

[Waterlooman]

Hi W

Good to see you posting these 3D have a a lot of character , nice painting as well

Ok forward to seeing more

Happy benchtime

Nap

Thank you Nap.

W.

 

[Waterlooman]

Great little fellows, so much character in the faces on such a small scale, really impressive.

Cheers Simon

Thank you kindly Simon.

W.

 

[Waterlooman]

Hello all, I tried my new trick to get a darker flatter shade of Blue by mixing a majority of matt Black with Matt Blue, I achieved the shade I wanted but it dried a semi satin shade, so although the shade is good - and I will re paint the obvious areas on the other 80 or so French figures, I will need to re matt varnish them when my Ammo Lucky Ultra Matt arrives in the post.

A good lesson for any future figures to be built - I will try using the Ultra Matt varnish as a primer as it may take the paint layers better as it should dry with a slight texture and not the slight silky finish of may Vallejo surface primer.

W.

 

[Briggsy]

A lot of work but will be worth the effort.

Cheers Simon

 

[Merryweather]

this is going to be the DBs when it's done!

 

[NigelR]

Hello all, I tried my new trick to get a darker flatter shade of Blue by mixing a majority of matt Black with Matt Blue, I achieved the shade I wanted but it dried a semi satin shade, so although the shade is good - and I will re paint the obvious areas on the other 80 or so French figures, I will need to re matt varnish them when my Ammo Lucky Ultra Matt arrives in the post.

A good lesson for any future figures to be built - I will try using the Ultra Matt varnish as a primer as it may take the paint layers better as it should dry with a slight texture and not the slight silky finish of may Vallejo surface primer.

I think you made the right decision to go with a darker blue despite all the added work. I hear you about the primer as well, a good matt primer is helpful for figure painting.

 

[Waterlooman]

A lot of work but will be worth the effort.

Cheers Simon

Thank you Simon.

W.

 

[Waterlooman]

this is going to be the DBs when it's done!

Thank you kindly mate.

W.

 

[Waterlooman]

I think you made the right decision to go with a darker blue despite all the added work. I hear you about the primer as well, a good matt primer is helpful for figure painting.

For some reason the vallejo surface primer seems to leave a shiny finish - that cant be a good surface to grab the paint layers.

W.

 

[theBaron]

For some reason the vallejo surface primer seems to leave a shiny finish - that cant be a good surface to grab the paint layers.

W.

Vallejo Model Color's Prussian Blue does, too, even though it's part of their matte colors. Makes me think there's something in the chemistry of the pigment and how it reacts in the carrier.
Prost!
Brad

 

[Steve Ski]

This always amazes me how you can create such incredibly detailed work on these tiny lil guys, impressive! Excellent facial work!

 

[Waterlooman]

This always amazes me how you can create such incredibly detailed work on these tiny lil guys, impressive! Excellent facial work!

Thank you kindly Steve, its a steady hand - good magnification and good light.

W.