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Spanner wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:25 pm Has Phil used the old "wiped oils" for the wood-grain effect?

Not as far as I know. He uses only Acrylics from what I've seen. The carriage body colour looks like Foundry Conker Brown to my eye. If I remember I'll ask him next week.

It was cheaper in 2016

Those are really good!

Paul wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:08 pm Did you research coach colours for the period or go with something that you felt looked right?

Phil painted it for me, so I have no idea of the answer on colour. It looks right to my eye for C18-19th games.

I bought it in 2016 from Cran Tara when Graham owned them at Carronade. It's by Westfalia as Paul says. It was really fiddly to assemble and Phil painted it for me.

Features over on my blog at the moment. Here we see the French commander, the infamous Comte de Merde and his staff at the outset of hostilities ~ https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/hh135/Yankeepedlar01/IMG_20240409_101801_01.jpg Lots more pictures obviously if you pop over for a view. (Next up ...

The first base of Cameron Highlanders is done. As you'd expect there is more about my struggles with these on my blog.

Very nice figures and bases. Single unit bases look better somehow in the smaller scales

https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/hh135/Yankeepedlar01/IMG_20240401_091522_01.jpg The third battalion of Roosian Jaegers has marched across the painting desk and deployed into GHQ ready for action. More on the blog of course. Thanks to those who have taken the time to look and leave a comment,...

St Olaf's added to the project. Pictured with a base of Jaegers who are also in process. More on the blog if anyone fancies a visit...