I recently acquired quite a large late 17th early 18th Century 20mm army, consisting of six battalions of line, two of horse and some grenadiers. My plan is to pitch these troops against my Jacobites. However, a quick review of my Jacobite army in this scale was sadly lacking, so I decided to remidy matters.
After some thinking I purchased several boxes of Strelets 1/72 plastic figures and set about painting them. I didn't want to spend an age on the figures, so I tried something that I have not done before, using techniques employed when painting 6mm figures. I first sprayed the figures in black primer, then, as I was going for en masse units I added blobs of colour to bring out the weapons, clothing and skin. I found that I was able to paint 60+ figures in two days.
The results are not pretty, but with a crowd of Highlanders gathered together on bases and viewed on the table they look OK. Here is the result:
This is very impressive work for two days and they look suitably fierce. Reminds me of walking down Sauchiehall Street at closing time!
ReplyDeleteThanks Stryker. I think that modern acrylic paint has really changed the way we can colour our figures, drying very quickly with deep colours. It makes painting a joy and keeps the mojo going as units can be churned out in quick time.
DeleteI have Strelets Jacobites as well , they got a bit of a panning on the Plastic Figures review but I found them rather charming and full of character.
ReplyDeleteI agree, although some of the sculpting is a bit odd, but they look OK when painted.
DeleteImpressive work, your system works very well for getting troop on the table and looking good too!
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie. I think that if I had used the traditional painting method my mojo would have died long before I completed them. Because it was so quick I am preparing some more for the painting table.
DeleteThe 6mm approach to these 20mm figures has worked out well.
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter, not that pretty but useable.
DeleteI’ve been blobbing paint on for years! They may not be the best figures, but in this case the roughness works in their favour and en mass they look fab. PSR does sometimes have its head up the proverbial. They give Airfix type 1s a bad press but forget how easy they are to paint for the vast majority of users. The Red Box ‘45 range looks superb, so worth looking at if you want to expand.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jef, as you probably know I am a great fan of Airfix figures, which look OK when viewed on the table. I have just bought the Red Box Militia and Loyalist troops.
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