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18th Century Guy
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by 18th Century Guy » Wed Aug 25, 2010 12:41 am
Ok, now you've created a monster. Here's another of unit of mine. All I show will be ones I've painted.
I enjoyed painting up this unit, but then I enjoy painting all of my stuff.
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18th Century Guy
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by 18th Century Guy » Wed Aug 25, 2010 12:47 am
Ok, ok, last one.
The picture shows the blue as being too light in color. It really is a few shades darker in person.
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by j1mwallace » Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:33 am
These are really nice. I particularly like your musketeers.Very nice flags as well. I always think that flags and faces bring units to life!
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18th Century Guy
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by 18th Century Guy » Wed Aug 25, 2010 11:59 pm
All my flags are from The Flag Dude. Done on cloth.
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by Churchill » Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:39 am
Ray.
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18th Century Guy
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by 18th Century Guy » Thu Aug 26, 2010 9:53 pm
Sorry I didn't post this with the pics. All figures are Front Rank 28mm.
1st - Picardie (French)
2nd - Foot Guard of Cologne
3rd - 1ere Companie Mousquetaires de la Garde
I've got pics of the 2nd Companie, Gendarmes & Chevaux_legers, and the Cuirassiers du Roi. I've got some regular line cav as well but no pics of them yet.
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dashing blade
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by dashing blade » Sun Aug 29, 2010 12:52 pm
Beautiful flags and lovely units,i wanted to try the homemade flag method rather than buy them. I've spent some time on them.......... and now realise i should have bought them!
Keep up the good work, nice eye candy
(The historical evidence that God comes from Lancashire is slim, however he's definitely not from Yorkshire)
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by footslogger » Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:22 pm
Nice 18cg. The Cologne guys look good. It looks like you've given them 4 flags? I went to check the flag dude's flag listing and don't see any for Cologne there. Did he do a custom for you? I have the Robert Hall volume on Cologne and he shows a Leibfahne for them as well as a couple of other company flags. I'm intrigued now about what the Flag Dude can do.
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by 18th Century Guy » Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:17 pm
The Flag Dude can do anything you ask him to which is what I did. Yes I love lots of flags on my units when possible. I read that the French in this period could still have 3 to 4 flags per battalion SOOOOO....
You can see the results! If you want the Cologne flags then just ask Rick for them as he's got them on his computer. He may not have added them to his list of available WSS flags.
Just remember that I'm doing my flags on his 'cloth' paper and they are oversized - usually around 42mm to 45mm along the pole. So he'll charge you for a 40mm flag on cloth. Not cheap but I really like the effect and if you decide to go with that set up tell him to leave his white off! His white gives you the shading colors of white which for some of these flags I didn't want as I prefer them to pop a little more with color. It's all in the asking. Just ask Rick if he can do it or ask him how you can achieve a particular result. He's really good about making recommendations and if you don't like the result he'll either make you an new flag or refund your money. Hard to beat that kind of service these days.
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by CoffinDodger » Sat Oct 09, 2010 9:43 am
Gentlefolk,
I am quite pleased with how my Brigadier Vignettes turned out. Three more regiments to go and the infantry will be done. That's of course with the exception of Dismounted Dragoons and Grenadiers. All figures are from
Front Rank's new range.
Maison du Roi
Irish Brigade
1st French Brigade
All Three
Regards,
Jim
“I can assure you, Gentlefolk, they look better from a distance."
Jim O'Neill.
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18th Century Guy
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by 18th Century Guy » Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:48 pm
Very nice work! I've been tempted to pick up some of their new range just to see how they paint up. Now I know they will look fantastic based on what you've done here. Show us more!
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by CoffinDodger » Sat Oct 09, 2010 3:27 pm
Hi,
If you go back to page one of this thread that I set up many moons ago to detail my foray into
BtLB, you will see the battalions that I have already done. They are not quite up to your standard but, I get a lot of pleasure from painting them and the old
"DIP" makes them look quite good for an effort by a
sexygenarian.
Many thanks for the kind words.
Jim
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by Churchill » Sat Oct 09, 2010 4:12 pm
Ray.
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by Greystreak » Sat Oct 09, 2010 4:42 pm
Very nicely done, Jim!
Never underestimate old age and guile!
Bryce
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by conflans » Sat Oct 09, 2010 5:24 pm
Ray;
Did Alec mention when the armored pike are going to be released?
Thanks.