Foundry Bavarians

[RTB]

Some pictures of the recent edition of my colleciton. Hope you like them. If not, then Eccles has poisoned you against me.

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[craig]

Something wrong with your link?
Regards,

[ArchiducCharles]

Roger's no good with that new thing they call the Internet
here's the link
http://rtbatlarge.blogspot.com/

Nice work
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[Greystreak]

A fine Blog, Sir Roger, which we shall follow with interest!
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[Ronan the Librarian]

Lovely painting.

(Just a small comment - in the last (7th) pic, the two officers, foot and mounted, seem to have acquired some static grass on their faces; the colonel appears to be drooling - probably at how good the painting is!)
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Those medals you wear on that moth-eaten chest, should be there for bungling, at which you are best.

[goat major]

lovely stuff. I really like your bases - the colours and mix of sand, stones and grass looks pretty realistic

[RTB]

Thanks gents,

The static grass on the faces comes from the officers being forced to do press ups for poor leadership......

I had spotted it. Its due to the static grass being shaken off.

The basing idea was borrowed from Roly Hermans and is simply PVA, sand, brown wash, dry brush, static grass.

Thanks for the kind comments by the way.

[valleyboy]

Most enjoyable Roger
hopefully like the rugby result will be this coming weekend
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[RTB]

Hello VB

Its a game we should win (be more confident with Jones, Phillips, Byrne and Thomas fit though) but think they still have the Indian sign over us.

Glad you liked my Bavarians. Experimenting with grey undercoat, Andrea paints and the odd inking.

[Giles]

Very nicely done, Rogertheguardianreader

What blue did you use on the coats? I used the Foundry "Bavarian Cornflower Blue" paints the other day and they suited my Carlists just fine, but are perhaps a little dark for Bavarian Naps.
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[RTB]

Hi Giles

I used Foundry Sky Blue. I think it works well.

By the way; I prefer Rogertheguardiantypospotter!

R

[Theo]

these are very nice Roger; I also enjoyed seeing your Discworld characters on the blog though!

[Ronan the Librarian]

[Eccles]

I don't use poison, I mostly strangle.
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[Timmo]

Nice painting RTB.

Ronan
I think that most Napoleonics are painted too light from the surviving uniforms I've seen. I have a view, rightly or wrongly, that the colours tended to be more greyish than we would hope for and darker too.

[Ronan the Librarian]

I agree; the weak(er) 19th Century dyes and the coarse finish of the material gives a generally "dull" tone.

Best example I've seen was the Franco-Swiss Neuchatel Batallion; known as "les Canaris" and invariably depicted in a rich yellow, the actual cloth was more of a mustard colour. The blues used by most wargamers for French line - and more especially light - infantry are another example. All extant examples are clearly very dark, indigo.

RTB is one of the few painters I have seen who has given his Bavarians the correct (in my view) light tone for "sulphur yellow."
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Muttley, you snickering, cloth-eared hound - when courage is needed, you're never around.
Those medals you wear on that moth-eaten chest, should be there for bungling, at which you are best.

[Timmo]

That Osprey French Legere book has a lot to answer for. The examples I've seen in Portugal were as you describe – very 'flat' colours and the blues really near black.

[RTB]

Again, thanks for the kind words.

I've updated the blog with some more pic's; this time of some Frenchies.

Theo, I love the Discworld stuff and I think I did a good job on Nanny (and Greebo) but gutted with Vimes as I messed up.