Painted Tau Riptide

Finished this today, more pics on my tau blog at http://faststrikescadre.blogspot.co.uk/

Victrix 28mm French

Finished a comission for Steve Hales of Victrix today, had to take some photos, these are superb miniatures, highly detailed, varied and poseable, really pleased with em. 36 figires, 4 command, 4 Grenadier Company, 4 Voltigeurs, 24 line infantry in colours of 4 companies. A pleasure to paint.

Painting 28mm Faces

Thought I'd post a quick how to for painting faces n flesh on 28mm miniatures, heres my process with the exact paints used.

1. Undercoat with old GW Tallarn flesh foundation.

2. Wash with new GW reikland fleshwash (An excellent product)

3. Mix a tiny amount of new GW macragge blue base paint with GW cadian fleshtone layer, be subtle, paint this on sideburns, chin and upper lip, leave bottom lip the washed Tallarn flesh.

4. Paint cheeks, nose, eyebrows and forehead with cadian fleshtone leave small gaps of darked washed tallarn flesh. The new GW layer colours are gel based and are superb for blending. Using them you get a much more subtle blend.

5. Highlight cheeks, nose (use spot for bridge n spot for end) eyebrows and forhead, stay inside the cadian flesh tone, a good Kolinsky sable is a godsend here.

6. Eyes, i paint a narrow black stripe and add 2 small dots with GW ceramite white base, a superb white that covers in one coat.

7. Hair inc beards n taches, paint a brown, sand etc and use variety of colours. Wash with new GW agrax earthshade, highlight raised ridges with original colour, super highlight by adding a tiny bit of GW bleached bone and be subtle, think where light would land and remember "Less is more".

Thats my current method guys!

Victrix 28mm Plastic Napoleonic Peninsula British

These are superb models, i'm painting some French for Steve Hales from Victrix and couldnt resist working on some of my own. I have 2 x 24 man battalions made from 12 centre and 12 flank company with officers, standards and drummers. These have the Victrix transfers on bottle and backpacks, fiddly but superb, first unit is 3rd foot "The Buffs".

Waffen SS on Ebay

Ive listed some Waffen SS on Ebay having fallen out with my gaming group, so any SAGA Players or Historical Players in Stoke drop me a line I'm looking for a game, anyway, ive concluded I'll not game with these again, so, theyre here at..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200910549033

BTW these miniatures won the WWPD Worldwide painting comp! The Panther shown on Blog is also listed here....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200910542177?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

And a SAGA Viking Army here....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200910440677?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649


Overall Planning a move into Napoleonics and back to 6th ed 40k as Tau are my favoured army and due for some love, plus, I need to fund my next SAGA Army of the Shieldwall Colin Patten Vikings!



28mm Plastic Napoleonics

Some pics of work in progress, first up a superb model from Perry Miniatures, a Cuirassier Trumpeter, I'm hopefully getting some British Hussars soon to fight these more pics and an amusing story with a happy ending to follow so stay posted!

The French Line are part of a comission for Victrix's Steve Hales, these are 28mm plastics that Steve built and sent, superb miniatures and around £20 for 48 odd figures, have we ever had it so good?

More soon.

Old Glory 25mm Napoleonics

Heres a blast from my past, some Old Glory 25mm Chasseur A Cheval figs I painted about 5 years ago

Gripping Beast Anglo Dane Warlord

 

Warlord Games 28mm Panther

Right Ive amended the Slogan on the JS2's Turret after advice from a very cool blogger called "Prince Repnin", blog here http://ageofreasonwargaming.blogspot.co.uk/ he knows Russian, thank you, very much Appreciated, he said "But i see a little mistake in a slogan. Not "боЯвая", but "боЕвая". Usually the slogan was such "Боевая Подруга" (in rus.:"Boyevaya Podruga" - "Fighting girlfriend") .Brilliant stuff, no doubt this led to much crude military humour about her having 5 guys at once inside her!

At least it would have in the British Army, maybe Ivan was more refined.........

Bit random here, JTFM Joseph Stalin 2 WIP
 

Finished JS2

Warlord Games T34/85
 

 

Heres a shot of that 122mm howitzer!

 



 

Black Tree Design Russki Snipers in "Oemeba" pattern Camo

 



 

BTW the previous posts shots are all Plastic Soldier Company 28mm Russki's, mostly one piece casts, cheap and effective, kinda like the Red Army!

 

For anyone interested here is a colour guide.

 

Tolcrothlogans Russian Painting guide
Helmets & painted metal
Vallejo 70894 Russian Green

Infantry Tunic, Breeches, Cap
Vallejo 70880 Khaki Grey

Boots Vallejo 70950 Black, highlight with dark grey then washed with GW Badab black.

Belts and webbing
Vallejo 70983 Flat Earth

Packs, bags, pouches, canvas on vehicles etc
Vallejo 70821 German Camo Beige

Great Coat / Coat Roll
Vallejo 70874 USA Tan Earth

Flesh all done using GW cadian fleshtone and kislev flesh with a reikland flesh wash in between. I make exclusive use of an airbrush and GW washes. White undercoat, airbrushed on Khaki Grey in big batches, block on all other colours then airbrush on GW Agrax Earthshade wash. When dry use original colours to highlight, then add a pale bone colour to super highlight. Weapon stocks a light brown/sand agrax wash then paint in grain with fine brush, gunmetal is black undercoated, drybrushed GW boltgun then badab black wash. Silver dints added to helmets. Done'

 

Plastic Soldier Company Russians

 

Tolcrothlogans Russian Painting guide

Helmets & painted metal
Vallejo 70894 Russian Green

Infantry Tunic, Breeches, Cap
Vallejo 70880 Khaki Grey

Boots Vallejo 70950 Black, highlight with dark grey then washed with GW Badab black.

Belts and webbing
Vallejo 70983 Flat Earth

Packs, bags, pouches, canvas on vehicles etc
Vallejo 70821 German Camo Beige

Great Coat / Coat Roll
Vallejo 70874 USA Tan Earth

Flesh all done using GW cadian fleshtone and kislev flesh with a reikland flesh wash in between. I make exclusive use of an airbrush and GW washes. White undercoat, airbrushed on Khaki Grey in big batches, block on all other colours then airbrush on GW Agrax Earthshade wash. When dry use original colours to highlight, then add a pale bone colour to super highlight. Weapon stocks a light brown/sand agrax wash then paint in grain with fine brush, gunmetal is black undercoated, drybrushed GW boltgun then badab black wash. Silver dints added to helmets. Done'

28mm Waffen SS LMG Team

28mm Warlord Games Waffen SS

Warlord Waffen SS Officer

Warlord Games 28mm SS