However, I must admit that the pain of working with yellow has been eased with my adoption of a wet palette. Gone is the problem of paint clagging on the brush that hindered the work on the first three battalions. Working with metallics is also easier.
With the eagle and the drapeau on the command base this will be the regiment's second battalion.
Next up will be s bit of a break from the Guard to complete something needed for next Sunday's game
The yellow has worked really well Mark, superb work once more, great looking regiment.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie. The yellow does really make them pop.
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ReplyDeleteSeveral somethings, actually...should be on show on Thursday or Friday
DeleteAnother excellent work 👏
ReplyDeleteThank you Michal
DeleteYour work with the yellow paint has clearly earned it's reward. These look magnificent and probably deserve a better fate than the Prussians intend for them. I am really enjoying your recreating the Guard.
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If Louis Napoleon did nothing else with his "Liberal Empire", he dressed his soldiers well!
DeleteI'm enjoying seeing your army develop. Another superb unit.
ReplyDeleteThanks. There are only a dozen or so units to go to complete this now huge collection and that WILL be it...unless I win the Lotto!
DeleteLovely work Mark
ReplyDeleteThank you Neil.
DeleteGreat work Mark, I know what you mean about using yellow. I've tried all sorts of makes of paint to find a decent yellow. The best one, that I've got several bottle hidden away is......gulp.....a Games Workshop paint! Averland Sunset, mix a little white in to lighten the colour and there you go!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray. My go-to yellow is also a GW colour - Flash Gitz Yellow - and I have used it well over the years because it has a strong pigment, but that clagging when working on fine detail is a drag. The wet palette has made a huge difference, but maybe I'll try the tone you suggest.
DeleteThe Flash Gitz yellow works well here. Not too bright and it looks nice and distinct against the red. A friend put me on to the wet palette ten or more years ago and immediately I wondered how I had managed so long without one.
ReplyDeleteFor everything except the boutonnières I gave the yellow two thin coats and that built up a depth to the colour. I have used the same colour for the Spanish heavy cavalry for Napoleonic and Carlist Wars - three coats drybrushed gave a a fabulous depth of colour.
DeleteBeautifully done as always Mark:)! I'm not a fan of painting yeloow, but needs must at times.
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve . I getting used to working with yellow now and will probably be a master with ig whenI finish these units...then not use it again for a couple of years and have to learn it all over again.
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