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| IR22 Prinz Moritz Regiment (click to enlarge) |
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| Two companies plus the mounted officer. Note the Zimmerman on the left side. (click to enlarge) |
Moving on to more happier topics, I completed the first battalion of Prussian regiment Prinz Moritz (IR22), using Minden figures of course. I paint two battalion regiments of 30 figures x 2 or 60 figures for both battalions. The flags are the wonderful creations of GMB Designs.
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| Close up view of the GMB Designs flags and the Minden figures. (click to enlarge). |
The uniform is your basic and typical Prussian Blue coat with red facings and tight Prussian cuffs, and with Straw breeches and waistcoat.
I used the following paint colors for the figures:
Straw waistcoats and breeches:
Shade color - Stained Ivory (Reaper Master Series #09142)
Highlight color - Creamy Ivory (Reaper Master Series #09144)
The third color in the triad is Yellowed Bond (Reaper Master Series #09143) but I did not use it on these figures as I like to limit my painting to two colors only, rather than the popular three color technique.
Red facings: Shade color - Reaper Pro Paints #19002 Blood Red
Highlight color - Reaper Master Series #09004 Bright Red
Blue uniform coat: Shade color - Apple Barrel (craft store paints) English Navy Blue #20773
Highlight - IWM True Blue #77-720 (Iron Wind Metals)
I used the following paint colors for the figures:
Straw waistcoats and breeches:
Shade color - Stained Ivory (Reaper Master Series #09142)
Highlight color - Creamy Ivory (Reaper Master Series #09144)
The third color in the triad is Yellowed Bond (Reaper Master Series #09143) but I did not use it on these figures as I like to limit my painting to two colors only, rather than the popular three color technique.
Red facings: Shade color - Reaper Pro Paints #19002 Blood Red
Highlight color - Reaper Master Series #09004 Bright Red
Blue uniform coat: Shade color - Apple Barrel (craft store paints) English Navy Blue #20773
Highlight - IWM True Blue #77-720 (Iron Wind Metals)
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| Another view of the first battalion. Black Hussars in the background. (click to enlarge) |
I will start the process of terraining the bases tonight, troweling the speckle compound onto the stand and dipping it into fine railroad ballast. Then I let the stands dry overnight and apply dark brown ink to the ballast. Once the ink dries, then I dry brush the stand with Flesh Color and then finish it off with static grass and some tufts.
Really nice Jim.
ReplyDeleteEvery time I see one of your handsome Minden battalions take form, it reminds me that I have several handfuls to get to the painting desk. One day...
ReplyDeleteThe pictures look a little out of focus. I will fix this tonight when I get home and also change the pictures so that they enlarge when clicked.
ReplyDeleteLooking good Jim. Looking forward to some more pics.
ReplyDeleteI added a couple more pix. :)
DeleteGreat paint job. I'm looking forward to the zoomable pics. What paints did you use for the straw breeches and waistcoat?
ReplyDeleteRob
Rob: I posted the paint color information in the entry when I updated the article.
DeleteThanks Jim!
DeleteGreat looking unit!
ReplyDeleteNicely done, but I think your flags are upside down...Bill
ReplyDeleteOh sink me, I think that you are right!
DeleteI can see missing on one of them, but doing it on both flags - oh snap.
glad I'm not the only one to do that!
DeleteLooking as good as if painted with the three layer method!
ReplyDeleteThree layer painting seems like overkill to me and not worth the extra time spent. I guess that I am already using the method for flesh though: red-brown undercoat on the flesh area followed by flesh shade and highlight. Everything else is two-tone.
DeleteCapt BillAugust 19, 2015 at 3:30 PM
ReplyDeleteNicely done, but I think your flags are upside down...
Is that what is meant by "Reversed Colours"...? : )
They are grand, Prinz Moritz must be proud!
Prinz Moritz is a bit embarrassed by the flags. Lucky for me I have a spare set, but I really hate to destroy a perfectly good flag.
DeleteIt is something that I have to admit to having done more than once! I've also destroyed a couple just trying to mount them on the pole... fingers a bit clumsy I guess. After the investment you put into the superb painting of a large unit, repairing the flag seems like a small price to pay. What would Konig Frederick say when the reg't passed on parade, after all?! ; )
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to see the secret of your blue shading. I've long been a fan of the effect and would never have guessed the Apple Barrel paint. It works!
The Apple Barrel English Navy is "thin" so I usually paint two coats of it if I use grey primer. If I use black primer, then only one coat of paint is needed because the highlighting takes care of everything for black primer.
DeleteAlas, I think that you are right. Fritz would have placed Prinz Moritz under fortress arrest if his regiment showed up on the parade ground with colors akimbo. This is one of my better painted Prussian units, so as you say, they deserve the correct flagging.
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