Light sanded and cleaned these 17 troopers, i think my hand and fingers are achy .
Primed these fellas with Automotive self etching primer, let them dry under a little bit of heat firn30' and layed the base colors for the coats.
As you can se in the pictures, i uave use all of these different blues, every 3 troopers i have switched to the next blue and at the end i mixed some of them and finished the rest of the troop.
The idea is that , simce the Frenchies have their coats replaced every 3 years, not all of them would have worn out the same, and i want to avoid the "cookie cutter" look, especially when you have many of them.
In the end, they will look almost the same, not big difference in shade from one to another.

Mammoth task, very inventive use of screws as painting stands excellent idea.

Cheers Simon

Thanks Simon,
I am resorting to what i have at hand haha.
Cheers!

You're going to be busy by the look of things.

Malc

Very busy indeed Malc,
I take my time with these little troooers.

Update : Been busy the past couple days laying the base colors on these chaps.
Belts, Gaiters and shoes still need color but will do last.

Coming on nicely.

Malc

Reds are almost done, Added the wood grain to the muskets using Vallejo Smoke, still need the metal details and work some areas.
I have painted the base color for the gaiters usimg scape 75 Graphite grey.

Is that the Vallejo Blue on your jackets that we have been speaking about - why cant Vallejo get it sorted out - matt should mean matt.

W.

Hey W,
I have at least 4 different variations of blue for these figures, a couple days ago y decided to try the Army painter Blue Ink wash, they are now basically look like they have been based coated with the same paint and now they have a slight sheen.

I've just started using the Army painter washes, they are excellent.

Malc

They are indeed Malc

I have finish the blue coat, i need to add the edges of the reds, white lace , faces, hats ...and gaiters/ shoes.
Lot of work ahead, i will work on 4 or 5 troopers at a time and once they are done i will start placing them onto the base.

Seeing the figures tacked to drywall screws for painting really remind me of how small they are, and underscores the amount of detail you get from them, M'sieur le marquis!

Prost!
Brad

I use the Army Painter Dark Wash its is indeed excellent.

W.

Just as Brad said - Superb work.

W.

Do you cut them off their bases (like I do) its very tricky cutting round their feet.

W.

Hi Brad,
Glad to have you over here.
Thanks for the comments!

Hey W, i do not.
I do paint the base of the figure in Vallejo earth , then glue it onto the base, then i put some glue around the base and add dirt and grass.