Mex Rev : Government army - WiP

[Anatoli]

Hi 

I started the building of a government army in order to play the "Fighting for Mexico" rule when it becomes available.

Here are the pictures of my first four bases. The sculpting of these figures is... terrific !! A real pleasure to paint them...























Next pictures when I make significant progress... 

[martin goddard]

Anatoli, they look very fine indeed.
If you would like a play test set of the rules just e mail me and I will send you a copy.



martin

[Colonel Kilgore]

Those are wonderful - both figures and bases!

Simon

[Leman (Andy)]

Lovely work.

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

These are great, I only hope I can do mine as much justice to the lovely sculpts that they are!

[Stewart 46A]

They look very good, bases look excellent


Stewart

[Anatoli]

Thank you very much for your very kind comments... 

If you would like a play test set of the rules just e mail me and I will send you a copy.

martin

Thank you Martin. I just sent you my email adress in a PM on this forum... 

Cheers,

Xavier

[pbeccas (Paul)]

Very nicely painted and the bases are superb.  Well done.

[Anatoli]

Hi... 

Here is the first of my 4 units, plus an artillery unit...

My whole early government army should be ready within the next 3 or 4 weeks...  I already finished the basic painting and shading of the 3 other units. I still have to work on the finishing touches (lightings...).

































Painting these figures is, again, a real pleasure, as the sculpting is terrific !!


Cheers,

Xavier

[Wardy64]

Great job, they look a good force.

Dave

[Leman (Andy)]

Lovely paint job on those figures.

[Colonel Kilgore]

Wonderful work, Xavier - thanks for sharing.

Simon

[Stewart 46A]

That look great


Stewart

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

Nice! Even with good eyesight I don't think I'd ever be able to match that quality of painting! It's like I'm looking at 25/28mm figures. You've really made Martin's sculpting pop! Bravo!

[Anatoli]

Thank you, gentlemen... 

I wanted to share something I discovered a few months ago as I was watching a Youtube video. It is a kind of Shade, made from a mix of several Citadel colours.

Here is the video :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1ivFV5NY0Q

Here is the "recipe" :
https://alystoysoldiers.blogspot.com/p/a.html

I used it for my mexican army : it works well, from my point of view. The effects on white colours are quite nice.

As you could notice on the following pictures, I used a white primer and some different white colours (picture n°1).

And the picture n°2 shows the same soldiers just after I used the Shade, after having applied all basic colours. Of course, I still have to make the finishing touches (highlights, ...).



Picture n°1







Picture n°2





Cheers,

Xavier