Sunday, 26 November 2017

My amateurish attempts at Voltigeurs

A good four years ago, when I was just beginning to get into the hobby, I bought myself several Italeri 1/72 Napoleonic miniature kits, including the current main part of my infantry, the Voltigeurs. At the time I wasn't much good at painting fine detail (in fact I still aren't), and so ended up with not quite what I would have liked. So, come this year, when I was just getting back into Napoleonics after a long period of doing ww1 and 2 stuff (evrything from the ww1 'Eindecker' to the ww2 'Tiger Tank') I decided to fix the mess that I had created with my extremely uncoordinated hand. After just over a month of off and on painting, I am finally at a point where I can say that I am almost done with them and am now doing minute details such as regimental insignia. I have decided to base them on the 1st regiment of the Young Guard, with their yellow plumes.


 While waiting for these to dry I have also been doing a side poject of Prussian Cuirassiers of the Garde du Corpe. These have been relatively simple to paint, the uniform being largely white, with small amounts of red.




1 comment:

  1. My paints are Humbrol enamel paints that have worked rather well for my Prussian infantry.

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