Well, some details done! BUT I have to do the hair and the “faces” yet… meaning eyes, eyebrows and mouths… beards are fairly easy…
Finally did (not yet finished) the yellow colour!
Black stripes on the saddle bag.
Doing neckties too! Had to consult the film again to get them right!
Now… next week it would be the horses… if I do not gloss varnish the soldiers first… always nagging doubts… if I do varnish with gloss the riders and let them dry they will provide a very good hold to grip while doing the horses… I do not want chipping now… at all…
NEVER… never throw away anything at all… the building of a box of spares is the best thing you can do in your hobby lifetime (if it lasts that long that is).
The saber is from DUCAL (bought with extra numbers to convert Life Guards and Blues and Royals with lance to troopers with sword… LONG LONG LONG time ago… this was a spare).
Of course one of the “lances” substituted is now the guidon of this patrol…
Yellow colour and then the horses I guess… or maybe I will gloss in two fases… ALL YOU NEED IS GLOSS la la la lara!
Well… today I did the white crossbelt and the silver swords and spurs.
Also working on the side on Winston’s horse… not yet finished but I like so far the dappled effect (Toy Soldier like NOT Military Modeling) so… do not be too harsh on it!
It seems to take ages now to finish all the petty details … but I enjoy it I guess (much encouragement on Facebook from my friends there)
Well, yes I could do the faces (not yet finished of course… it lacks eyebrows, eyes and mouth + sole moustaches and full beards…). So for those who expected Buffalo Soldiers it is not the case that was the primer colour all over.
Coming up slow but sure.
Would be fun to paint the non regulation scarves in differet colours.
And yellow stripes on breeches blue only for NCO’s and Officers.
On the Baccus Forum we had a lively discussion or debate about the basing of ACW Cavalry.
After reading books about Brandy Station, Trevilian Station and others… I concluded that I needed more variety than the standard 60x30MM base (one brigade) of many stablished popular rules.