Yes, the Figures are generally Bicorne Miniatures and some Renegade Miniatures. The canon and crew are all Bicorne and the accessories came with the guns I bought ( Powder tub, balls etc.) The 1685 Figs (first pic) are Dixon Miniatures Grand Alliance figures. Thanks Gunter for providing the link etc...

Works absolutely fine for grey coats.

Example:






Hope this helps.
Olddorg

I'm with Clarence on this one. He's described precisely how I do it and very clearly with the illustration. I also use the side of the brush and run it around the rim of the hat from above (I mainly paint informal tricorns so it works well here.) I don't use a fine brush for this as a slightly large...

Just put a tutorial (and examples) of how I paint Red coats on my blog. This was the method I used to paint Sedgemoor figs shown in recent postings. For those interested blog is at http://themetalmountain.blogspot.com Some examples of my work: http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h428/olddorg2/100_24...

Thanks for the comments. Clarence - thanks for that. I've followed your site since the Cropredy theme (ECW galleries and articles) which have been a great inspiration for me. I'll be posting pics of more ECW stuff based on VWQ - rules I really enjoy playing - on the blog as time goes on. Thanks agai...

Just put some pics of Trelawney's Foot Regt on my blog for those interested in this period. Blog at: http://themetalmountain.blogspot.com http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h428/olddorg2/Trelawneys%20Regt%201685/TrelawneysRegt16853.jpg http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h428/olddorg2/Trelawneys%20...

Am currently building up metal ECW armies for use with Victory Without Quarter rules (which I really like and they work well.) Just thought I'd give the plastics a go so here's a sample. It was a joy to paint. More pics on blog: http://themetalmountain.blogspot.com http://i1109.photobucket.com/album...

A Flag 'quickie' - tutorial On request I've put a simple tutorial on my blog showing how I do the flags for my Sedgemoor units shown below. Hope some of you find it useful for doing your own flags (if you don't already!!) More details in future posts. Blog at: http://themetalmountain.blogspot.com I ...

Hi Barry. Just started a new blog recently which might (or might not) have some interest to you/ your visitors to your site. Blog is at http://themetalmountain.blogspot.com If you feel it would be a useful site for your followers I'd appreciate you helping to publicise it for me to attract more visi...