Friday, August 26, 2011

Eureka Miniatures French Infantry

Today I finished basing these, and I am happy to be able to share some photos with you.


I had painted most of these figures last week, but I was a fusilier shy (broken musket), and I wanted to add elite companies, so I spent a few more days at the painting bench. I know French line infantry of this period did not have integral voltiguer companies, but I want to be able to use these for other periods.




I honestly don't know how the historical wargaming world is not going crazy over these figures. If these are not the best sculpts I've ever seen, they are close. All the detail is there, and it is in sharp relief to ease painting. The poses are natural and they work well as a unit. The proportions are outstanding. I have nothing bad to say about these figures, and I hope sculptor Alan Marsh continues to produce miniatures of this quality.

If it reads like I'm gushing over these figures, well, they're just that good!


GMB Designs makes some beautiful flags for the Wars of the French Revolution. I've tried almost all the flag manufacturers, and GMB is still my favorite.


When I ordered my WFR flags, I snuck in a few for other projects. Here are the Front Rank legere from a couple posts back with a shiny new flag.
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10 comments:

  1. DeanMAugust 26, 2011 at 5:03 PM

    Beautiful work as always. Best, Dean

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  2. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)August 26, 2011 at 5:08 PM

    Lovely work! Very crisp painting as usual!

    Christopher

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  3. RodgerAugust 27, 2011 at 4:00 AM

    Very, very nice painting. I prefer the GMB flags too.

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  4. Ray RousellAugust 27, 2011 at 8:29 AM

    Damn fine work!! My pal is painting up Revolutionary French, he loves the Eureka figures but they're just too expensive, beautiful flags, gotta agree with you about GMB.

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  5. Greg SaparaAugust 27, 2011 at 12:11 PM

    Outstanding work!

    GregS

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  6. Al AmosAugust 30, 2011 at 4:07 PM

    I'm going to have to cash in my retirement fund, and have you paint for me! They're beautiful!!

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  7. Matt M. MatthewsAugust 30, 2011 at 4:47 PM

    Outstanding! What color blue did you use for the French uniforms?

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  8. Scott MacPheeAugust 30, 2011 at 9:36 PM

    Matt, the base color is Manganese Blue, and the highlight is Blueberry. Both Delta Ceramcoats.

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  9. Matt M. MatthewsAugust 31, 2011 at 4:18 PM

    Thanks Scott! Really nice. I have some of the Austrians. Just placed an order for the French!

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  10. CurtSeptember 22, 2011 at 10:22 AM

    Beautiful work on these. I picked up a battalion's worth of the 'ragged' variants and am eagerly looking forward to painting them. This is good inspiration, thanks!

    Curt

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