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Wednesday, 9 January 2019

Britains Deetail French Imperial Guard

On occasions I get the urge to paint something different and I find painting larger scale figures quite satisfying.  I have good number of Britains 'Deetail' figures, that even in good condition look quite ropey and, although I should imagine serious collectors shudder at the thought, I like to paint mine so that they are more presentable.

I have enough French guards (with a few repairs) to form a wargames unit; so last weekend I decided to paint them.  This is the result:



The standard bearer is a converted line infantry officer:
This scrap line infantry figure has had a new pack added, a pom pom (from a map pin) and a new arm with musket and he has been painted as a line voltigeur:



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15 comments:

  1. Springinsfeld9 January 2019 at 08:45

    They look splendid. 100 times better than the original paintjobs. I do like large scale Napoleonics.

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  2. Brian Carrick9 January 2019 at 09:45

    That's a big improvement, will you game with them?

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    1. Bob The Old Painter11 January 2019 at 00:52

      My plan is to slowly paint sufficient units to play out some of Neil Thomas's scenarios. It will be a while though as I only paint them when the mood takes me.

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  3. The Good Soldier Svjek9 January 2019 at 11:05

    Smashing figures and a great paint job .

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    1. Bob The Old Painter11 January 2019 at 00:53

      Thanks for your kind comments. They are particularly well sculpted figures.

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  4. Peter9 January 2019 at 12:10

    A splendid looking unit.

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  5. JohnM10 January 2019 at 15:10

    Look brilliant, especially like the fact you've repainted the original fluorescent lime-green bases

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  6. Bob The Old Painter11 January 2019 at 00:55

    For me, the lime green bases are the worst aspect of these figures. On my ACW figures the base is all that I have painted and the difference is remarkable. I bought a pot of paint from Homebase for the bases that I colour matched with my wargames table.

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  7. Jeffers11 January 2019 at 04:58

    One of my friends at school used to get freebies from his Nan who painted Britains figures. Never gave me any, the cheap so-and-so! Am I the only one here who watched hundreds being blown up in Quincey's Quest in 1979?

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  8. John Y11 January 2019 at 04:59

    They look terrific! Do you strip the figures of their original paint or do you paint on top of it?

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    1. Bob The Old Painter14 January 2019 at 12:32

      I do not strip them down, but I do clean them up, cut off any rough bits and straighten the weapons etc.

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  9. Bob The Old Painter14 January 2019 at 12:31

    I took a look at Quincey's Quest (odd film) which is the first time that I have watched it. You are right, there are hundreds of Deetail figures being blown about - amazing.

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  10. Jeffers15 January 2019 at 05:20

    What always tickled me was Tommy Steele's subtle as a brick Waterloo-style 'why are we killing each other' whining was completely lost on my schoolmates. We thought the battle was cracking and wanted to do something similar!

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