For starters: white primed and then paint bases, faces, hair, boots, and trousers.
Greetings, fellow shut-ins. In this post, we continue on our Balkan pathways, returning to the Romanians of the Russo-Turkish War. Taking advantage (if you can call it that) of the long term continuation of social isolation and working from home, I have embarked on the largest painting project I have ever attempted: Forty-five infantry figures and eleven specialty figures (!). I have been on this project for the last two weeks, but am on track (fingers crossed) to have them done by this weekend. Although daunting (for me), I figured this was a unique opportunity to tackle this part of the Romanian pile en-masse. I also figured that doing them together would be needed to render a consistent look. As usual, you may clix pix for BIG PIX in this post. Doing a large project like this deepens my admiration for fellow bloggists like Mark N and Stokes, who do such wonderful paint jobs on large figure count projects like this routinely: I doff my brush in respect.
French-inspired Romanian Line Infantry Uniform. At a glance, fairly simple, but closer inspection shows that it is more involved, particularly the piping and number of details on the headgear. Figures are from Outpost Wargame Service (acquired through Badger Games in the US).
Next Step: paint coats, highlight coats, highlight trousers, and then do trouser stripes.
Musicians and leaders done: on large projects, I finish the specialty figures ahead of the rest. This interim milestone gives me a boost and also gets me familiar with the figures and the color palette, which helps when next shifting to the assembly-line work of the other figures.
Some of the piping detail work (repeat x45).
Equipment, done: working my way up to the headgear. Not yet cleaned up, but getting there...
...the entire batch, marching towards completion.
Excelsior!
The Romanian Line infantry uniform is a smart one!
ReplyDeleteGiven that few would recognize them as Romanian, I think they could be mistaken for French Foreign Legion (another smart uniform!).
DeleteLooking mighty fine Ed!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ray: carrying on.
DeleteIt is a good time to tackle a large painting project. Good luck! I think you’re right that they’ll come out more consistent if painted all at once. 😀
ReplyDeleteThanks, Stew. I'm now on to the large basing stage of the project. Definitely a marathon and not a sprint.
DeleteLovely uniform, the specialists look good,the piping looks splendid if daunting!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks, Iain. Some of those details, like the piping, are probably more about my habits than any realistic effect once on the table. But that gets into all those questions about it being a combination hobby: the painting/modelling and the playing.
DeleteA lovely looking unit Ed...
ReplyDeleteI am fond of the 19th century French inspired uniforms... although this uniform is also reminiscent of some of the smaller 19th German States as well.
All the best. Aly
Good eye, Aly (but what else would one expect from a fellow connoisseur of the Post-Napoleonic/Pre-Khaki era).They could indeed stand in for some of the German Confederation troops in a pinch (now that you mention it).
Delete