Thursday, November 19, 2015

Giant Commission -- French Cuirassiers

I will admit it: these figures kicked my butt.  It took me three weeks to finish these 36 cuirassiers.  Still, the end result was worth the extra work.









Next up are the dragoons!
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  1. GlennNovember 19, 2015 at 7:50 AM

    So much detail!
    Impressive.
    Magnificent.
    Thank you for lavishing the French Cavalry with so much love. They are on the table more than any other nation, and the most impressive part of the French Army.

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    1. Scott MacPheeNovember 19, 2015 at 10:17 AM

      My thoughts exactly, Glenn! Probably the only other cavalry I will lavish such attention on will be the Austrian hussars.

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  2. Phil CNovember 19, 2015 at 8:16 AM

    Gorgeous brush work! love the horses skin colors you used Scott, lovely!


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    1. Scott MacPheeNovember 19, 2015 at 10:17 AM

      Thanks, Phil! I tried a new color in this batch, and I like the result.

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    2. Phil CNovember 19, 2015 at 11:07 AM

      looks like to me, Scott, you mixed a drop or two of black with reddish brown colors for your red horses?

      ...anyway..your French Cuirassiers look fantastic!

      cheers,

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    3. Scott MacPheeNovember 19, 2015 at 11:43 AM

      No, I tried Toffee Brown over an Autumn Brown base. The eagle bearer for the 7th regiment has a horse in those colors.

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  3. Jonathan FreitagNovember 19, 2015 at 9:21 AM

    Splendid work! You paint details I can't even see.

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    1. Scott MacPheeNovember 19, 2015 at 10:18 AM

      I don't know about that, Jon. Your Napoleonics always look plenty sharp to me!

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  4. DanthemanNovember 19, 2015 at 10:10 AM

    Scott, do you assemble horse and rider before or after you paint?

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    1. Scott MacPheeNovember 19, 2015 at 10:19 AM

      Always and in every scale. It makes painting go much easier, and it also helps keep riders from popping off horses after they're done.

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  5. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)November 19, 2015 at 12:57 PM

    No doubt all the hard work paid off Scott as the look brilliant!

    Christopher

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    1. Scott MacPheeNovember 19, 2015 at 9:37 PM

      Thanks, Christopher! I had a lot of practice on cuirassiers this year. I painted two regiments of Perry Miniatures in 28mm and three of Blue Moon in 18mm.

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  6. PaulalbaNovember 19, 2015 at 4:19 PM

    Lovely Scott, any tips on painting so many so well? And what paints did you use for the lighter chestnuts on your horses?

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    1. Scott MacPheeNovember 19, 2015 at 9:39 PM

      The biggest tip I have is to paint in quantity. That helps me, anyway. I can focus on one color at a time, and you would be surprised at how quickly you develop muscle memory for each part of the figure. By the time you're five or six figures in, your hands will almost make the brush stroke by themselves.

      Those lighter chesnuts are candy bar brown over cherry chocolate.

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    2. PaulalbaNovember 21, 2015 at 2:35 AM

      What company paints are the candy bar and cherry chocolate Scott?

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    3. Scott MacPheeNovember 21, 2015 at 9:07 AM

      Those are Delta Ceramcoat.

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  7. GlennNovember 19, 2015 at 4:34 PM

    I just keep coming back here to look at them. They are so perfect in every respect. The details are amazing at this scale. There is not even one tiny mistake...unbelievable!

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    1. Scott MacPheeNovember 19, 2015 at 9:39 PM

      I am really glad you like them. Hopefully you'll get years of happy gaming out of them!

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  8. Wargame News and Terrain BlogNovember 22, 2015 at 5:39 AM

    Looking great! Thanks for sharing and surely worth the effort!

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