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Re: The Ayton 2023 Colonial Thread, Friday 28th-30th April.
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 3:02 pm
by goat major
there was partly that - the subject really deserves an in depth treatment, it would look amazing. The other reason was more practical - just not sure i have the time to paint a 30 (or potentially even larger) force from scratch.
Re: The Ayton 2023 Colonial Thread, Friday 28th-30th April.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2022 5:46 pm
by goat major
So what are people working on for this year's 19thc extravaganza?
Re: The Ayton 2023 Colonial Thread, Friday 28th-30th April.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2022 6:22 pm
by Count Belisarius
I have started the tarting up of the bases on my C19th SSM FPW type stuff. They are staying gloss....
And I have some Bavarian types in progress as well...
Re: The Ayton 2023 Colonial Thread, Friday 28th-30th April.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2022 6:34 pm
by tim.w
Count Belisarius wrote: ↑Thu Dec 29, 2022 6:22 pm
I have started the tarting up of the bases on my C19th SSM FPW type stuff. They are staying gloss....
And I have some Bavarian types in progress as well...
What blue are you using for Bavarians?
Re: The Ayton 2023 Colonial Thread, Friday 28th-30th April.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2022 6:37 pm
by Count Belisarius
tim.w wrote: ↑Thu Dec 29, 2022 6:34 pm
Count Belisarius wrote: ↑Thu Dec 29, 2022 6:22 pm
I have started the tarting up of the bases on my C19th SSM FPW type stuff. They are staying gloss....
And I have some Bavarian types in progress as well...
What blue are you using for Bavarians?
I'm using Bavarian figures but in assorted uniforms drawn from my C18th units...
Re: The Ayton 2023 Colonial Thread, Friday 28th-30th April.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2022 8:23 pm
by Essex Boy
Count Belisarius wrote: ↑Thu Dec 29, 2022 6:22 pm
I have started the tarting up of the bases on my C19th SSM FPW type stuff. They are staying gloss....
And I have some Bavarian types in progress as well...
The bases are staying gloss?
Re: The Ayton 2023 Colonial Thread, Friday 28th-30th April.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2022 8:44 pm
by Count Belisarius
Yes. I'm gloss varnishing the tufts and static grass...
Re: The Ayton 2023 Colonial Thread, Friday 28th-30th April.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:07 pm
by goat major
Essex Boy wrote: ↑Thu Dec 29, 2022 8:23 pm
[The bases are staying gloss?
so what are you doing ?
Re: The Ayton 2023 Colonial Thread, Friday 28th-30th April.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:08 pm
by goat major
i'm probably going to review my afghan-ish types this weekend and get them some cavalry and regulars. No Europeans in my force though
Re: The Ayton 2023 Colonial Thread, Friday 28th-30th April.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:26 pm
by BaronVonWreckedoften
Count Belisarius wrote: ↑Thu Dec 29, 2022 6:22 pm
And I have some Bavarian types in progress as well...
I've always said you were a man of taste and sophistication, my dear Count.
Knowing that some of you already had late 19th Century Bavarians. I have decided to visit the other side of my Baronial tree and go for Brunswickers, who still had natty black uniforms and drooping horsehair plumes well into the 1880s. Some boxes of Perry FPW Prussians will give me what I need for IR92, using the landwehr caps with the cords trimmed off and a greenstuff plume, and with the cuff flaps shaved off and some delicate re-pointing as the Polish variety. Already have a unit of hussars (HR17) primed and based. May add a gun if I can find something suitable.