French Grenadier, Soissonois Regiment, 1781

[Jason W.]

Another winter project. I must have used every shade, from cold to warm, off white color Vallejo has to offer with alot of mixing between them. I really liked how this one turned out, I just wish I would have wrote down the mixes I used for the white uniform.

The only point in posting a couple in-progress pictures is to simply show how I posed the armature and material used in creating the sculpture. If someone takes something from them, all the better.

Thanks for looking.

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[Steve]

Outstanding work!

 

[megroot]

Outstanding work!

+1 Totally Agree.....

Marc

 

[housecarl]

Great sculpt and paint, not much more to add.
Carl.

 

[gordy]

Excellent work Jason

Who produces the rifle you are using ?

 

[Jason W.]

Thanks Steve, Marc, Carl and Gordy!

Gordy, the musket was part of a goodie bag full of odd weapons I bought from a vendor some years ago at some show. It included Springfield trapdoors, Maritni-Henrys, Mauser and some funky looking carbines. I want to say H-R Minatures made the batch. The casting aren't the greatest but a little TLC will make them servicable.

 

[homellop]

Beautiful!
I like the sculpting but your subtle painting drive me crazy
Congrats

jaume

 

[Dan Morton]

Beautifully done, Jason!

All the best,
Dan

 

[Jason W.]

Thanks Dan!

Wow, thanks Jaume! I think of your painting style whenever I pick up a brush

 

[pipetrepid]

jason, excellent sculpting and painting. bill

 

[MarquisMini]

What an amazing figure Jason,i really love this period.
Unfortunatelly there are very few sculptors or brands that produce figures of that "era".
I have modified figures from the sevwn years's war to bring it as close as possible to the french infantry of 1781.
More than welcome to visit my page and posts.
I spent a good deal of time researching their uniforms and if you need a reference feel free to contact me.
Thanks
Daniel