Sunday 24 June 2012

Napoleonic Austrian Pioneers (Pt 2)

I know, I said napoleonics aren´t really my thing but.....
The first batch of 30 from 120 Napoleonic Austrian Pioneers for the Cröburn 1813 Diorama. or "what it´s possible to  speed paint in one day" :-D
They will all form a group along with a set of wagons, which I´ve already painted here.
No blacklining...!!!!
Every single bod is different...even if they have the same pose, the heads are at a different angle, the equipment is diffrerent.
Hello to Don from Old soldiers never Die..they just trade away Blog  a swop or Buying blog for 20mm bods. He also has another blog, ID Network Pics, a usefull bod recognition service

20 comments:

  1. Looks like you are in to Napoleontic to me ;-)
    Cool work, like your speedpaintng a lot!
    Well done my friend!

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  2. Nice work, dare I suggest a little inking????

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  3. You dare Ray...but which one? and one that won´t screw up the grey (it took ages to get the right mix)
    The thing is..they will more than likely be seen from a distance of over 2 meters away..hence my "speedpainting" of them and not basing them black first and floowing up with blacklining.
    Cheers
    paul

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  4. They're great and I always liked those hats!

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  5. Great work for such high speeds.

    Jason

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  6. The Old Soldiers Never Die is Ron Marshall's blog and the id netweork blog is mine. Both have multiple authors of whom Don is one. Perhaps this is why you have misattributed them.

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    1. Sorry!!! it came up showing Don as the Author...but you were also shown as being there..confused? I was :-D Thanks for clearing that up. The recognition blog is a Good idea btw.
      Cheers
      paul

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  7. Looking good - I see you've given them a grayer shade for their coats. Nice. Best, Dean

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  8. absolutely great. Love your painting!!!

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  9. The master of massive production strikes again!!

    Jen and I often talk about your work but we can't figure out how you can upkeep both QUALITY and QUANTITY.

    VS

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    1. Thanks
      These really are a bit of speed painting. They came already based in grey and as the biggest colours are white and grey I didn´t do my usual black base..which would have slowed me down but then enabled some black lining and shading/highlighting. They look ok en masse but close up..not so good.
      Cheers
      paul

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  10. An old proverb says, "Haste makes waste." But not your case!! Great job, Paul!

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  11. All done in one day? - You must use quick drying paint!

    Well done! - my brain would start dribbling out of my ears if i tried to paint that fast!

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    1. Not really one day..just over 5 hours ;-D To get the paint to dry a bit quicker..I put them on a ledge near a 60 watt bulb :-D
      Cheers
      paul

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  12. I tought i was fast but you win hands down well done Paul!

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  13. Very nice work.. and good luck getting through the rest of them..

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  14. Good Lord Paul, you put my humble output to shame. A tremendous effort!

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  15. good work paul...please tell me that these are only for this one thing and will not end up becoming part of a new nappie army

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  16. They look good Paul. Did you get them unbased?

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.be/

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    1. Thanks. based..but there´s some coming soon that are unbased.
      Cheers
      paul

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