Tuesday 21 August 2012

Napoleonic Austrian Pioneers (FINISHED!!)

Finally..they are all finished. HUZZAH! HUZZAH!!
The last 30 were painted in the last couple of days..and then...........the one´s that had previously been painted were, one by one,  re-inspected.
Missing bits and pieces were filled in.
Epaulettes,  buttons  and chinstraps added.
Faces and hands re-painted.
I´d painted all their drink bottles as wood, with a white belt..but then it turns out some are wood with a brownleather belt or Aluminium coloured with a white belt.
The drummers got a white edging added to thier collars, birdsnests and the drums repainted.
The officers had their Cummerbunds changed from gold to yellow.
My photos aren´t that good.. The camera has developed a "ghost" in the lens but they will soon get a new home on the Croeburn 1813 diorama and better photos will be taken.


Hello to QuidamCorvus from QuidamCorvus Blog. Fantasy modellining and painting on a very high level...his buildings have to be seen to be believed!!

19 comments:

  1. They look nice Paul, good output as well

    Ian

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  2. Fantastic work Paul!
    Well done to you and your patience! :-)

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  3. What a fantastic achievement Paul, brilliant stuff.

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  4. These look great. You've inspired me to paint some in 15mm.

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  5. Very glad to see there's more progress with Croebern. The sheer mass of everything involved is just breathtaking.



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  6. Looking very nice! Congrats!

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  7. The work has paid off. Very nice figures.

    Regards
    Bruno

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  8. Beautiful array of troops.

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  9. You're doing a great job here!

    And thank you for the welcome and greet!

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    1. Thanks :-D
      No problem and you really do have some incredible buildings!! Very inspirational.
      Cheers
      paul

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  10. Nice work Paul. I especially like the sitting figures, the most natural pose for soldiers in my experience. :)
    What scale and make of figure?

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    1. Thanks :-D
      They are 1/72nd scale and all originals..there is only one of each in the whole world. Each one is a conversion from the napoleonic range (mainly Austrians with headswops) here;
      http://www.schmaeling.de/
      All I did was to paint them.
      Cheers
      paul

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  11. THERE ARE SO MANY!!!!!! if you have not made an army of them, I do not know what that is!

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    1. Compared to how many have allready been painted for the dio this is like a drop of water on a hot stone..but for me it felt like a lot of work..generally I don´t like painting Napoleonic bods..to much of the "same thing" over and over again.

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  12. Love the sitting versions especially, nice white work Paul!

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  13. Great figures and a terrific paint job Paul. The Austrian 'off-white' may be simple but its actually difficult to get a convincing and historically accurate finish. A very worthy contribution to the Croebern diorama.

    Cheers,
    Doc

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  14. Massive group, I guess that's what you need for that period. Good job!

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  15. impressive work Paul. You've inspired me to try and make some pioneers for my 18mm Austrians.

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