Hi all, I hope this is the right forum for my first thread! A bit about me, I'm a serving soldier in the British Army and my project is a bit of Regimental history - to represent in miniature one figure from each of the regiments that now form my regiment (The Rifles), that served in the Peninsular War.

The Rifles were formed in 2007 as an amalgamation of four regiments of the British Army:
The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
The Light Infantry
The Royal Green Jackets

After a bit of research I worked out that I needed to represent 15 Regiments of Foot.
D & D - 11th and 39th
RGBW - 28th, 61st, 62nd and 66th
LI - 32nd, 51st, 53rd, 68th and 85th
RGJ - 43rd, 52nd, 60th and 95th

So far I've completed ten of them. All from Perry Miniatures and all painted using enamels. They're only small but I paint really slowly!

The first two, a Centre Company Officer of the 11th and a Light Company Sergeant of the 39th:
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Next a Centre Company Private of the 66th:



A Grenadier of the 32nd, a Private of the 68th and an officer of the 85th:

Finally, an officer of the 43rd, a private of the 52nd, an officer of the 60th and a sergeant of the 95th:

Hello Windy
Welcome to PF . You are on right place where you can show your work and your figures are greatly painted.
Enjoy in hobby and I hope to see more of your work.
If I may to give you one advice:try acrylic paints.For me enamels are to thick for figures.On PF you will find many expirienced painters who will gladly help you.They helped me.
Greetings from Serbia
Cheers

Welcome to PF Alex.
That's a very nice collection you're putting together.
By the way, there's nothing wrong with enamels. Bill Horan used them to produce masterpieces.

Cheers,
Andrew

Windy,
Nice selection of figures and well painted, so welcome aboard.
Ask and some one will always offer good advice. hope you will enjoy the feedback.
Any more planed?

Guys, thank you very much for the feedback. My phones been bleeping at me all day!

Dekiman and Nap. I've tried acrylics, as that seems to be what everyone uses, but I find they dry too quickly. Is there anything I can use to slow it down? I also like to mix my own shades so I reverted to enamels, which is what I always used as a kid. I agree though, they can be a bit thick sometimes.

Andrew. Oh to be in the same league as Bill Horan! The first of his work I ever saw was the 44th at Gandamack.

Bob. Still got five more to go with this project. Just made a start on a grenadier of the 28th. I need to source some more figures though - I've run out of Perrys!

Cheers all,

Windy

Welcome Windy.
Great idea for a project and they're looking good.

Surname Gale by any chance?
or
if like me an old fart

Very nice.
Mark

Or Miller?

Well it had to be Windy Gale or Windy Miller..... have a look at Windy's profile Kev.

You guessed it! Miller. I've been nicknamed Windy since the day I joined!

Nap. Good advice. Cheers. I'll try that! As for the Perrys, I've used almost all their figures now so I need to find another producer or I'll be duplicating poses. Sash and Saber do 40mm so I might have a look at theirs. They're in the States though and quite pricey.

Windy

That's a great idea for a project. Try different paints and mixtures until you find a happy medium that you like and remember to have fun!!!

Cheers

Huw

Cheers Huw. I will!

Great stuff and well done.

Paul

Thanks Paul. Glad you like them, knowing you to be the ultimate Napoleonic buff and all that!

HA.......It all started for me as a young soldier not allowed out of camp in basic training and I thought sod it I'll paint a figure.............be careful !

I also like the fact that it's YOUR Regimental history you are commemorating as a theme.

You get 11/10 for that alone.

Well done m'boy.

Paul.