Saturday, February 13, 2010

More Victrix painting adventures!

I was looking at my Victrix Italians and noticed that the Voltigeur company was bereft of two plumed shakos, making it look at bit, well... ordinary.  Hunting threw my spare bits I found two long shako heads so decided to do a head-swap op!

In doing so I decided to paint up the new heads at least in base colours before I attached them because of the fiddly paint work involved with the packs partially covering the back of the heads.  Well, once I started on this I kind of continued, as I was getting pretty good results just holding the heads by the plume and painting them up.
 
I ended up putting washes and finishing which I found easy to do.
I then glued on the heads and painted the shako plumes - they'll just need a wash to add depth and some  highlight to the feathers and they're done!
This poses an interesting question as it took me about ten minutes per head to paint to completion - less than an hour from having the idea, luckily finding the required bits, painting then gluing them on.  It would seem that you can do fine detail required quickly and easily painting the heads before putting the model together.  Hmmm, I wonder if I should try it with the next bunch of Victrix I build? 

As you can see in the last pic they're big lads against the Perry's cuirassiers I'm doing behind them but will still fit in well enough.  

Happy now I have four Italian Voltigeurs that actually look like those fancy-dancy skirmishers! Now after that brief illuminating interlude - back to the cuirassiers!

Cheers,
       Doc

7 comments:

  1. Doc:

    I see you've been busy on Napoleonics too. It's great to see folks painting up Victrix and Perry plastics in a variety of uniforms. Great work and looking forward to the completion of your Cuirassiers. Regarfds, Dean

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  2. Thanks Dean! It wasn't something I initially planned - just noticed the Voltigeurs didn't look quite right - so fixed it! Always fiddling about with the figures, making little improvements here and there.

    Its one of the reasons I enjoy the hobby so much - another is now getting to share it with other enthusiasts through blogging!

    Cheers,
    Doc

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  3. Doc:

    Same sentiments here - about the blogging of the hobby. I know a lot a local gamers here have boxes of Victrix and Perrys. However, unless I saw them painted up on others' blogs - I wouldn't know who else is working on them. No one else in the local area seems to be working on them as much. It'll be interesting to see what appears at the local big convention, Enfilade, in May. Regards, Dean

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  4. Most impressive results Doc...why did you choose Italians?

    Matt

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  5. Hi Matt - having painted up numerous units of them for others and after seeing one blogger's results of turning his Victrix figures into Italians, I thought I'd have a go.

    When I do the next regiment of them up I will have four battalions of line and a fifth in skirmish order. If I choose I can use the elite companies to make two Guard units: Grenadiers & Velites Voltigeurs - easy to mix 'em up as I please. One box of Victrix = 1 Brigade of Italians, pretty good value if you ask me.

    Cheers,
    Doc

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  6. Hi
    These 28mm cuirassiers will look really big! You'll need a very large wargaming table and a tactical ruleset, but they look beutiful
    Rafa

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  7. Thanks Rafa! Hmmm... note to wife: Rafa said I'll need a BIG wargames table to game on!

    Cheers,
    Doc

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