“…The 1st Alabama Infantry Regiment joined the Army of Tennessee..." |
Due to me trying to ascertain a quick(ish) method of pigmenting so many figures at once, half the soldiers were primed using a double-coat of "Citadel" Abaddon Black and the other half with “Vallejo” Sombre Grey. I then carefully started to ‘pick out’ all the strips’ numerous details from the ground up, applying a combination of "Vallejo" Heavy Sienna and "The Army Painter" Strong Tone Quickshade to the footwear of approximately half a dozen of the miniatures.
"...And served in General Quarles' and Shelley's Brigade." |
For the soldiers’ jackets I either went with a mixture of "Vallejo" Sombre Grey and "Citadel" Nuln Oil, "Vallejo" Heavy Blue and "Citadel" Drakenhof Nightshade, or Vallejo" Heavy Sienna and "The Army Painter" Strong Tone Quickshade. Such colours might seem a little odd for a Southern unit but the Alabama recruits actually wore "a dark blue frock coat" and "black broad brimmed felt hats at the war's start," so I wanted to capture that uniqueness with my palette choices.
"Catalyst Game Labs" WIPs - This Warhawk has been primed, shaded and dry-brushed |
With my latest Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge entry completed I have turned my attention towards progressing some French reinforcements for my Weird War Two homebrew rule-set, using some 1:285 scale plastic “Battletech” figures by “Catalyst Game Labs”. I actually plan on adding four stands of super-soldier infantry to President Albert Lebrun’s army, but have started with the large-sized model of a Warhawk to use as a Bloch-class war walker first…
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