Saturday 8 March 2014

En Avant!

Hot off the painting table is this regiment of Great War French infantry.  These are Armies in Plastic figures - all as they came out of the box save for the light conversion of an officer figure to produce a standard bearer.
The 'blue horizon' is in fact Dulux matt emulsion with, as usual a final coat of Ronseal outdoor varnish to finish things off.
Painting these chaps made a nice change from green Russians!


12 comments:

Conrad Kinch said...

They look very fine for men not wearing red trousers.

Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com said...

Very nice! I did mine in Colonial/WWII khaki and regretted it.

Archduke Piccolo said...

Look what you've gone and done! So good do your Russians and French look, I'm wondering whether a similar scheme would 'go' on my Army Men Omez Auxiliaries.

I like the colours, but I'm thinking I like them better with the high gloss finish. Jiggered if I know why...

Stephen Thomas said...

Écoutez attentivement. Je ne dirai qu'une seule fois. Nice :-)

tradgardmastare said...

I hope that they do everything it says on the tin,sorry orders.More great work Tim.

Tim Gow said...

Conrad Kinch
Justifying pantalons rouge would involve a lot of head swops!

Tim Gow said...

Ross Mac
I may yet do a unit in khaki - as worn by FFL and colonial troops.

Tim Gow said...

Archduke Piccolo
I know what you mean about the high gloss. It's so wrong - but somehow so right!

Tim Gow said...

Stephen Thomas
More to the point: Vous avez une licence pour ce singe?

Tim Gow said...

Tradgardmastare
Everything it said on the paint tin at any rate!

Col said...

G'day Tim. Can I ask what the actual Dulux colour was? You have captured the "horizon bleu" perfectly. (to my mind!)

Tim Gow said...

Col
I don't have it to hand right now, but I'm planning a post on Dulux paints soon!