168 Man Project Day 6

I made progress yesterday, highlighting all the putties, blanket rolls, and scarves.  I also painted the drums and NCO rank insignia.  I started on highlighting the overcoats and got through over half the figures.

Today I will finish highlighting overcoats and start on the flesh highlights.  After that, all that is left is to apply gold paint to the brass fittings!

168 Man Project Day 5

Yesterday I was only able to spend about 90 minutes painting.  I highlighted the canteen straps, canteens, and forage caps.  I also painted the drum rims red.

Today I will highlight blankets, scarves, and putties.

168 Man Project Day 4

After a Saturday gaming and a Sunday with my family, I was able to put in a good painting day yesterday.  I finished all the basecoating.  Today I will start on the highlights!

168 Man Project Day 3 (Sort of)

Wednesday my youngest came down with a bug, and I spent two days nursing her back to health.  Today I was able to return to my project.

This morning I painted haversacks, cartridge boxes, percussion cap pouches, and belts black.  I also painted the muskets all black.  This afternoon I painted the musket stocks brown, and I hit the drums and bugles with brown while I was at it.  Tonight I painted all the metal fittings with steel color.

I won't be painting at all this weekend.  Day four will have to be Monday!

168 Man Project Day 2

I put in a couple hours yesterday and painted all the overcoats and trousers on these figures.

Today I will try to get the forage caps and muskets painted.

168 Man Project

I have been in something of a painting funk lately.  Nothing can kick start my painting like a large group of American Civil War figures.  I painted up those command figures in winter attire last week, and I have no troops for them to command!  I prepped 168 Union infantry from Raven Banner Games.  All these troops are in overcoat, so speed painting should be a breeze.

Yesterday I got the hair and face basecoat done.  Today I am working on their overcoats and trousers.

I'll have more pictures up tomorrow.  I would really like to hammer these out in a week.  I've never painted so many 28mm figures that fast before, but it should be doable.