General Espagne's Invasion of Portugal came to a halt after a rather abrubt "GTFO" message was delivered by Wellington. As a result Espagne moved his forces back to the rugged heights of Galacia and sought a more pressing foe. Unforunately it appears Portugese - British communications are limited as the Portugese attempted to meet their Spanish allies, but on the road they ran into something else of the blue coated, eagle bearing variety.
Other areas of Spain are rather quiet {As the xmas lull develops}.
Painting
Ion and I are going to fight a small skirmish on a bridge near Badajoz. We decided to use 28mm figures so as a result my Westphalians and Neopolitans are being press-ganged into the Spanish army. As a result I need to finish the 2nd Naples Line Regt. These are Victrix figures and are very very nice to paint. Painting the "French" is such fun I'm so tempted to get more ! Apart from the goldfish eyes which remind me I missed the final flesh tone paint layer. The photo makes them look horrendous :(
I am slowly finishing the 15mm Spanish, below are some more Dragoons and Heavy Cav that will be painted in the xmas period. I found some yellow counters that have proved quite usefull for when I undercoat the figures tonight with the magic spray. 8 Figures will be Dragoons and the final 8 Heavy Cavalry - I'm not sure what units yet as I need to check the colour chart.
And while I do that I am test painting two Westphalian Hussars of the 2nd Regiment. ONly partially painted and I'm not sure if my blue is the right tone, but on the while I quite like the figures.
A finished 15mm unit (The 1st Westphlian Hussars). One element painted in 1998, the rest sat there until last week when I finished them off. Most of my 15mm Germans are just the same units I have in 28mm as I cant really think of anything else to paint them as.
And I am now facing a problem I havent had before. A volatile force is beginnning to affect the storage of my wargames painting area. Usually all that is heard is a shriek of primevil excitement, the flash of white teeth and then the unmistaken sound of hundred of soldiers collapsing to the ground. The beast of beckenham is crawling and standing and thus my paints are moved further out of reach.
2 comments:
Those Westphalians don't look too bad, Paul - although the guy doffing his shako looks as though he's seen Cthulhu or something... Personally, I would not paint the whites of the eyes at all, and emphasise the eyebrows more. The reason is that at a distance of even just a few feet, the whites are hardly distinguishable in colour from the surrounding phizz, and the pupil and iris form a dark dot or spot.
I've done eyes as a dark line with a dot below touching it on Airfix figures and the like, and the effect is (in my view) pretty good. You don't get the 10,000 yard stare quite the same...
Cheers,
Ion
Hi Ion,
I think it was just a poor job on the face, I did some 7YW French las night and they look great. Im going to wash the faces in ink and tidy them up. But you might see them on ther table tonight.
Cheers
Paul
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