A blog describing interesting wargames and ongoing projects of significant interest.
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.
My paints are Humbrol enamel paints that have worked rather well for my Prussian infantry.
ReplyDelete