One more addition to the French ranks in the form of another Essex Miniatures "firing line" battalion. This marks the last of the "substantially started but not finished" French figures. Next up will be the first of the Bavarian battalions which were also started over a year ago now.
The flesh tones are straight from the Foundry 3 colour palette after my old paints finally dried up. While they look good enough in the flesh (sorry!) they do not necessarily photograph as well so a little experimentation may be in order.
I know have 4 of the required 6 line battalions, I have one more Essex and one more Minifigs battalion to complete plus either an Old Glory or Essex Chasseur a Pied battalion to complete for stage 1 of the collection.
I will probably add some more command stands before I let them take to the field as well; but for now it's time to break out the cornflower blue and getting cracking on the first of the German forces.
Nice Frenchmen! Cornflower blue is my favorite color!
ReplyDeleteI am finding the blue a little daunting as will be discussed in my next post!
DeleteA cracking looking unit there Matt.
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil!
DeleteChassepots and Moustaches, hmmm, what a great name for a set of rules?
ReplyDeleteAnother lovely looking unit!
A 19th Century variant of Muskets & Marshals perhaps??
DeleteLove them! Your fleshtone might be fine. It could simply be a matter of brightening your photographs a bit. One good online photo editor is Pixlr.com.
ReplyDeleteBest Regards,
Stokes
That may well be a solution, although upon reflection I was considering a darker base coat. I will have a play with the photo editor first though.
DeleteExcellent work, Matt.
ReplyDeleteIf you ever discover the secret of photgraphing them, please let me know!