Painting Guide: French Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry 1812-1815

Perry Minatures: French Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry 1812-1815 Scale: 28mm
Material: Plastic
Number of units: 14

Method: Base Coat Method - Undercoat, Select and paint base colours, wash, use the same colours to highlight.

Paints used: Revell (R), Games Workshop (GW) and Vallejo (V)

Horses


To speed up the horses I choose not have very much variation. Nearly all horses would be brown except for the Trumpeter whose horse is usually grey.

1. Assemble, clean all horses
2. Undercoat with Black R302 or Basalt Gey V869
3. Heavy dry brush brown horses with Scorched Brown (GW)
4. Highlights, 1st - Bestial Brown (GW). 2nd - Black Badab (GW). 3rd Light dry brush Bestial Brown (GW)
5. If any horses are having "socks" use 1st Fortress Grey (GW), 2nd Skull White (GW), 3rd white V951 - Repeat for Nose/Head colours
6. Saddle Rug:
7. Reins:
8. Fur:

Pictures to follow......

Citadel Wood Painting Guide - Part Two

After the parts had been removed from the sprue and cleaned, they were put together and I used Green Stuff to fill the gaps. Once this had dried hard I undercoated everything in Chaos Black - any missing parts were painted over afterwards.

Not all paints used are Games Workshop.

Base:

1 - A heavy brushing of Scorched Brown to all of the base
2 - A heavy brushing of Dark Grey (Vallejo 70994) to stones and slates
3 - Highlight everything other than stones with Dark Earth (Revell 82)
4 - Highlight Dark Earth with Olive Brown (Revell 86)
5 - Highlight Olive Brown with Light Olive (Revell 45)
6 - Hightlight stones drybrushing with Basalt Grey (Vallejo 70869) and a lighter highlight with Light Grey (Revell 76) finish with a very dry highlight of Skull White.
7 - Add Flock to areas. In this case I wanted lots of ground to show.
8 - Any dropped wood was left Schorched brown and had a highlight of Dark Earth (Revell 82) and Medium Fleshtone (Vallejo 70860)

Tree Trunks/Branches:

1 - Undercoated Chaos Black
2 - Heavy dry brush of Scorched Brown
3 - Highlight of Dark Earth (Revell 82)
4 - Very dry brushing of Medium Fleshtone (Vallejo 70860)
5 - Stones and boulders had a brushing of Dark Grey (Vallejo 70994), highlight Basalt Grey and Light Grey with very fine Skull white for final highlight.
6 - Flock added to match base.

Citadel Wood Painting Guide - Part one - Look in the Box

Just arrived for Christmas.
Have a look at the sprue...



Once the parts had been removed and cleaned up, which wasn't much to be honest theyw ere glued together and all gaps filled with green stuff, ready for undercoating with choas black.

Haradrim Raiders

Painting Guide for Raider



For these I wanted a uniformed look, so went for the same colur scheme throughout i.e all have re turben, all have purple cloak.



Undercoat: Chaos Black

First coat;
Eyes: paint in eyes using skull white.
Flesh: Drawf flesh
Cloak: Liche Purple
Turben/Pants: Scab Red
Gaiters and arm bands: Graveyard Earth
Armour: Burnished gold with Ultramarine Blue
Bows/Wood: Scorched brown
Bones: Scorched brown with Bleached Bone highlight



Second coats;
Highlight Scab red with Blood red.
Wash cloaks with Leviathan Purple
Wash Reds with Baal Red
Highlight rope with bleached bone
Flesh wash with Ogryn Flesh



Once all dry wash with Badab Black all over.
Varnish and mount on horses.

Riders of Rohan Painting Guide

Men

Always water down your paint.

Undercoat: Chaos Black

First Coats

Flesh: Dwarf Flesh
Hair: Scorched Brown
Belts/Leather: Scorched Brown
Chainmail: Boltgun Metal
Cloak: Military Green (V)
Trousers: Catachan Green
Shirt: Bestial Brown
Bow: Scorched Brown
Feathers: Bleached Bone
Helmet: Silver / Shining Gold
Blanket: Graveyard Earth

Second Coat

Flesh: Elf Flesh
Hair: Bestial Brown Highlight
Belts/Leather: Leather Brown
Chainmail: Methril Silver

Wash

Flesh: Ogryn Flesh
Cloak: Thraka Green
All other parts: Badab Black

Varnish

Medium Matte (V540)

Painting Guide: 54mm British Pt2

After undercoating Dark grey I decided to return them all to Black. I used Vallejo Black instead of Chaos Black (GW).

In painting order;

• Jackets: Base coat Scab Red (GW), 1st highlight RED (V), 2nd highlight Bermellon Red (V), 3rd Highlight Blood Red (GW)



• Cuffs: Base coat Deep yellow (V), 1st highlight Lemon Yellow (V)



• Musket: Scorched Brown (GW), Strap White (V), Bayonet Bolt Gun Metal (GW) with Mithril Silver highlight (GW), end Wood Brown (R)



• Lapels/Strapping: White



• Trousers: Base Dark Grey (V), 1st highlight Med grey, wash with Badab Black, 3rd highlight Light Grey



• Belts: Scorched Brown (GW) with Snakebite Leather (GW) highlight.



• Gold: Shining Gold (GW), 1st highlight Gold (V)



• Plume: Deep Green (V), highlight Leaf Green (R)

Rucksack: Base Scorched Brown (GW), Mat Shadow Grey (GW) with light grey highlight, straps white (V) and light Grey bag.

Acrylic Paint Removal

A link about removing paint from plastic figures;

http://stason.org/TULARC/crafts/miniatures-painting/6-How-do-I-strip-paint-Miniatures-Painting.html

I will be trying a pine disinfectant from my local store. I will add a review later.

Painting Guide: 1/16 Netherlands Musketeer P2

Paints Used: Vallejo, Games Workshop

Flat Blue (V)
Scab red (GW)
White (V)
Red (V)
Royal Blue (V)
med Skin (V)
Basic Skin (V)
Ogryn Flesh Wash
Asurmen Blue Wash
Badab Black Wash
Scorched Brown (GW)

All Paint should be watered down.
Undercoat: Black (V) (not as good as Chaos Black IMO)

Eyes: White in the eyes and patch up with Black to get the correct shape.
Flesh: Medium Skintone heavy. Basic Skintone drybrush
Hair/Beard: Scorched Brown
Collar/cuffs: White layer to a good white coat
Tunic: Arms - Flat blue with royal Blue highlights, Asurmen Blue wash in crevases.

Painting Guide 1/16 French Cuirassier Part 3

Almost there now,

Helmet finished last night.

Paints:

Shining Gold GW, Boltgun Metal GW, Mithril Silver GW, badab Black wash, Red V.

Next task is to base the model. I will put the finished picture in the Gallery.

Painting Guide: 1/16 Netherlands Musketeer P1

One of my next projects is a Mini Art 1/16 model. Similar to the French Cuirassier, I enjoyed that project.
The model is very detailed and comes with its own Base.

I'll see how this model compares to the French one for fitting, I had to use a bit of green stuff on that one.

Colour Chart Conversions (Citadel, Vallejo, Foundary)

Vallejo Model Colour Chart

http://www.vallejo.nl/gb/assets/s2dmain.html?http://www.vallejo.nl/gb/vallejo/modelcolorchart/index.html

Vallejo Game Colour (not Model Colour) vs Citadel

http://www.vallejo.nl/gb/assets/s2dmain.html?http://www.vallejo.nl/gb/vallejo/citadel/index.html

Foundry to Citadel
http://www.paintingclinic.com/clinic/guestarticles/citfoundrypaintchart.htm

Painting Guide: Victrix 54mm British Pt1

PAINTS: Vallejo Model Colours (V), Revell (R), Games Workshop (GW)

METHOD:

Complete 8 Soldiers in a session.

Undercoat:- As these are light model I have used Gunship Grey (R74) watered down.
Eyes:- Bleached Bone (GW)
Flesh1:- Base coat of Dark Flesh (GW)

Flesh 2: - Medium Flesh (V), Basic skin tone (V) Ogryn Flesh wash (do not cover the eyes).
Uniform Jacket 1:- Undercoat jacket with Scab Red (GW)

Hair: Scorched Brown and Bestial Brown highlights.

Painting Guide 1/16 French Cuirassier Part 2

The Horse can be seen in Part 1

Ensure paints are watered down.
Paints used are Games Workshop, Revell and Vallejo.

The figure has been built and Green stuff used to fill any areas that are not flush and to remove mold lines etc.

Undercoat - to try and bring out the colours of the uniform I used Gunship Grey (R74)
Eyes - Bleached Bone (GW), Black Pupil
Flesh 1 - Dark Flesh (GW), shape the eyes. Wash with Ogryn Flesh.
Hair 1 - Scorched brown (GW), blended in to Dark Flesh.
Flesh 2 - Medium Skintone (V) Wash with Ogryn Flesh
Flesh 3 - Dry Brush Basic Skintone (V), wash with Ogryn Flesh

Hair 2 - Higlight with Bleached Bone and wash with Devlan Mid.

Body:

Arms - Oxford Blue (V) base, watered down Medium Blue (V) then a Royal Blue (V) Highlight

Collar/Trim - Red (V) and Gold (V)

Breast Plate - Boltgun Metal (GW), highlight with Mithril Silver (GW)

Wash gold with Badab Black and Silver with Devlan Mud.

Saddle:
Undercoat, Gunship Grey (R74)

Fur 1 - Beige (R89)
Fur 2 - 50/50 Bleached Bone and Beige. Highlight Bleached Bone. Wash with Gryphonne Sepia, When dry highlight again with Bleached Bone.
fur 3 - Wash with Devlan Mud, highlight with bleached bone then mix to pure white.

So far;

Trim - Red (V)
Under Blanket1 - Beige (R)
Under Blanket2 - Oxford Blue (V) Highlight Royal Blue (V) Trim Astronomican Grey (GW) and White (V ) highlight.

Wash with Devlan Mud (GW)

Boots: Chaos Black (GW)
Stirrups: Boltgun Metal and Mithril Silver highlight (GW)

Painting Guide 1/16 - Horse Part 1

This is a MiniArt 1/16 model.

Preparing the horse for gluing together took quite a while as the molds did not meet and needed to be heated in boiling water and straightened so they fitted better. Lots of Milliput and Green Stuff was used to fill gaps.

Ensure paints are watered down.
Paints used are Games Workshop, Revell and Vallejo.

Horse:


Undercoat - Chaos Black (GW)

Flesh 1- Very diluted Scorched Brown and Badab Black Wash

Flesh 2 - Paint on very diluted Dark Flesh, dry brush Dark Flesh, ensure there are darker areas. Wash with Badab Black all over. This helps to keep the darker areas dark.

Flesh 3 - Paint on very diluted Bestial brown, dry brush again and wash with Badab Black.

Mane/Tail - Wash with Badab Black. Highlight (Dry Brush) with 50/50 mix of Black Chaos/Astronomican Grey then add slightly more Astronomican Grey and highlight again. Wash with Badab Black to tone down if necessary.

Socks/Head Markings - Using Grey/Black mix bry brush around sock area and head markings, slowly bringing up to pure white.
Tack - I have painted Black in this case. Usually I'd go for a leather brown. Wash with badab Black. I will be looking for some black plastic or leather laces to make the reins with.

Painting Guide - Raiders of Middle Earth

The first twelve were painted in 2009 and used the following paints;

Undercoat - Chaos Black
Eyes - Bleached Bone (GW)
Flesh - Tallan Flesh (GW) Highlight Dwarf Flesh (GW) Diluted wash Ogryn Flesh
Cloak - Dark Green (R39) Highlights - Dark Angels Green (GW)
Uniform - Catachan Green (GW), Leather Brown (R)

I only have a completed picture >

The next twelve have Bubonic Brown uniforms;

Undercoat - Chaos Black
Cloak - Dark Green
Bottom Uniform - Catachan Green

Games Workshop Paint Blending Chart

http://www.paintingclinic.com/clinic/guestarticles/gwpaintblendingchart2.htm

Gandalf the White (Foot) - Metal

Painting Guide:

Ensure paints are watered down.
Paints used are Games Workshop and Revell Aqua Colour.

Undercoat - Gunship Grey (R74)
Eyes - Bleached Bone
Flesh (1) - Tallarn Flesh, shape the eyes.
Hair/Beard (1) - Dry brush Rotting Flesh
Cape (1) - Paint whole cape with beige (R89)
Hair (2) - Dry brush Bleached Bone
Flesh (2) - Highlight raised areas with Drwarf Flesh
Cape (2) - Dry brush Rotting Flesh then 50/50 with Bleached Bone leave to dry
Cape (3) - Dry brush very lightly to make the extremes very white. 50/50 Bleached Bone and White (R05)

This is how he looks now >>

Clothing:

Top Layer: - Paint with Rotten Flesh, dry brush highlight with 50/50 Rotten Flesh and Bleached Bone

Bottom Layer: - Paint with Bleached Bone, dry brush highlight with 50/50 Bleached bone and White (R05)

He now looks like this >>

Belt: Leather Brown (R)

Sword: Boltgun metal

Staff: Paint with Rotten Flesh and drybrush with Bleached Bone.

Washes: Ogryn Flesh wash to flesh areas, Devlan mud to staff, boots, and hair. Highlight again with Bleached Bone. Silver wash with Badab Black.

Based and varnished.

I had problems with ensuring the hand holding the staff actually stuck. It fell off several times during painting.

Painting Guide - Victrix British Centre

Ensure paints are watered down.

See "General Painting Techniques" in the painting guide section.

Undercoat - Gunship Grey (R74)

Eyes - Bleached Bone

Flesh (1) - Tallarn Flesh, shape the eyes.

Vallejo - Citadel Paints Comparison Guide

Comparison Chart

Vallejo - Citadel Paints Comparison Guide

Painting Guide - Perry French Line Infantry

1st set, I am experimenting with colours and techniques.

Painting;

Brushes:- 0, 2/, 3/0

Undercoat: Black Chaos

Flesh: Tallarn Flesh, Dwarf Flesh

Uniform: Blue (56), Bleached Bone and Blue for highlights, Devlan Mud Wash

Piping: White

Greatcoats: Revell Stone Grey (73) Grey (57), Devlan Mud Wash

Rifles: Wood Brown (382), Schorched Brown

Swords: Silver, Gold, Black Wash

Basing;

Mounted on 20x20mm square bases.

Sand and Static Grass

See General Painting Technique for painting them.