Thursday, March 24, 2011

MICK THE PAINTER'S FIRST POST

Mick has been lurking on the fringes of the Blog for quite some time. He has asked me to post some of his 28mm painting efforts for everyone to enjoy. Mick wanted to point out the Fredericus Rex flower packs he has used for the bases - a nice touch that I will have to use myself.

French Cuirassiers - Vive le Empereur!


French Dragoons the 13th Regiment


Austrian Hussars, the 5th Regiment - Vorwarts!


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11 comments:

  1. The Angry LurkerMarch 24, 2011 at 5:03 AM

    Tell him their lovely, very nice painting skills.

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  2. kendoMarch 24, 2011 at 5:17 AM

    the figure are spiffingly good but the bases..lost in admiration..is this part of some secret canberra type project?

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  3. MarcbMarch 24, 2011 at 1:44 PM

    Wow! A magnificent effort Mick! Thanks for sharing your basing secrets!! I'm inspired to lif my game. Bravo! Show us more!

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  4. MickMarch 24, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    Thanks fellas. The basing is more about Greg's photoshopping magic than any wonderful technique. These are all based individually for a start. The Fredericus Rex flowers I bought from a bloke called Brian in Victoria wargameminiatures@y7mail.com. They come as a mix of red, yellow, white and purple. There is Noch 'Cow Pasture' grass mix (which I like as it has 'bits' in it), MiniNatur tufts from 2 packs and some Fredericus Rex tufts as well. Dirt colour is a cheap artists acrylic you can get from any arts shop or stationery shop. Highlighted with GW bleached bone. If my Foundry order comes in today I'll be in good shape to finish a unit of French Hussars as well.
    Cheers, Mick

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  5. kendoMarch 25, 2011 at 10:32 PM

    I have to say a few things disturb me with the painting here..the sky blue trumpeter is one.. there aren't any sky blue facing cuirassiers..and the red portmanteau, they should be blue, as matching the rest of the saddle cloth bizzo,, and the cloak should be an off white with a wide facing/lining colour stripe lengthwise down the middle, , same with the dragoons..and as the portmanteau is part of the saddlery the straps are black as are the carbine buckets.. and the boot stockings should be white..and horses with black tails and manes always have black lower legs..
    and to be a total pest Austrian huzzars' overalls were grey..

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  6. MarcbMarch 26, 2011 at 1:30 AM

    Being totally colourblind, and having painted a green horse, believing it was grey, these details keep me awake at night! Horse markings are not my strong point. Is that true about the horses with black tails markings? Is this one a product of modern breeding?
    http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Image:Trakhener_-_Dressur_Zweites_2.jpg

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  7. kendoMarch 26, 2011 at 2:35 AM

    Yep that is what a bay horse is and has always been.., red/brown body, black lower legs ,tail and mane..been that way since the cave paintings first recorded them

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  8. kendoMarch 26, 2011 at 2:41 AM

    Bay is a hair coat color of horses, characterized by a reddish brown body color with a black mane, tail, ear edges, and lower legs. Bay is one of the most common coat colors in many horse breeds.

    The black areas of a bay horse's hair coat are called "black points", and without them, a horse cannot be a bay. Black points may sometimes be covered by white markings, however such markings do not alter a horse's classification as "bay". Bay horses have dark skin, except under white markings, where the skin is pink. Bay is genetically a base color and the addition of other genes creates many additional coat colors. While the basic concepts behind bay coloring are fairly simple, the genes themselves and the mechanisms that cause shade variations within the bay family are quite complex and, at times, disputed.

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  9. kendoMarch 26, 2011 at 3:56 AM

    it is all here
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equine_coat_color

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  10. MickMarch 26, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Bmn3TGIYP2o/SmwP7F1rdwI/AAAAAAAAAeI/ksA-RYhQFEA/s1600-h/Cuirassier4.jpg
    http://www.military-art.com/mall/more.php?ProdID=5384
    These guys agree with my light blue trumpeter. The portmontau should only be red on top but I got carried away and passed the 'looks cool' test. Dragoons are fine according to my sources. Yes I know about the horse colours but choose to paint for effect - which is the point of the exercise. You have to know the rules to break 'em! Hussars wearing trousers, not overalls. Thanks for your comments, all noted.

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  11. MarcbMarch 26, 2011 at 2:25 PM

    Ahhh. I get it now. A bay is reddish brown! Ive never picked up the red. I have been painting plain old brown! Im surprised no one told me before!

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