Having been immersed in feldgrau, horizon bleu and mud for the past two weeks or so, it is time to go for a bit more colour.
Back to working on Napoleonic figures, but also some for the Great Turkish War (and such).
Having been immersed in feldgrau, horizon bleu and mud for the past two weeks or so, it is time to go for a bit more colour.
Back to working on Napoleonic figures, but also some for the Great Turkish War (and such).
A nice mix of stuff there James. I know that after painting lots of British uniforms for WWII, I hankered after colourful units to paint, even though the former were somewhat quicker!
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve. It's funny, I expected the First World War figures to be easy to paint, but found them quite a challenge, particularly the Germans with all that kit in different shades of brown. It was a bit to do with familiarity too. I enjoyed painting them though. Just as well as there are more that I want to do.
DeleteThe search for the perfect color has something to do with alchemy, I suppose... a way to keep on searching, endlessly :)
ReplyDeleteThe 'perfect colour' can send you mad, can't it? I like to play with mixing colours, washing and highlighting, but am happy to accept that the true colour ranges greatly due to weather, dyes and wear and tear!
DeleteThat is a mean looking cheval de frise on your painting bench.
ReplyDeleteThat's keen-eyed of you Peter! I thought it would be right, but it was (and is still) out of scale. It is there for redoing...
DeleteGreat Turkish War, hmmm...sounds and looks very interesting.
ReplyDeleteYou may well know it as the Holy League? From the siege of Vienna in 1683 (often said to be formed after that) until the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699. I 'came to it' from an expanding interest in 'things Ottoman' from initially focussing on Napoleonic and Great Northern Wars. I have expanded it forwards and backwards to include Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664), Polish-Tartar War (1666–1671), Polish-Ottoman War (1672–1676), Russo-Ottoman War of 1710–11, Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718). Largely the same Ottomans can be used across all of these; certainly within the definition of 'practical wargaming'!
DeleteGreat looking figures for a period of military history I know literally nothing about James - I look forward to being educated via your progress with this project!
ReplyDeleteGosh Keith, it could be the blind leading the blind then!
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