I am currently (as of November 16th 2018) working on some Perry's Union infantry. I have painted 12 for a regiment of 24. I always start with the command base amongst my 12. I always paint in batches of 12 if doing a regiment. Not too few to be slow and not too many to be daunting. I use mainly Vallejo paints and use two coats of matt varnish to finish, which I brush on. I have not decided which regiment these will be yet and will order the appropriate flags at a later date from GMB, who I think make great flags.

 Again from Perry's...Prince Bernhard centre and two staff officers. I like the idea of one mounting his horse. I am currently waiting to move house and so have been painting individual figures rather than a project of a regiment. But with getting a move date I know I have time to get a Union regiment off my production line.

 Left to right, Reille, d'Erlon and Lobau, Perry's.

 Left to right, Picton, Wellington and Uxbridge. I still have these three figures in their Minifigs sculpts that I purchased as a teenager in 25mm. The hobby has come on a long way since and the detail now on the metal and plastic figures is quite amazing in most cases. I read many years ago, that Picton's umbrella at Waterloo was green and white but have never seen exactly how it was, so I had to improvise a green and white and hope for the best. If I discover how it really looked I aint repainting it!

 Here you can see the Uxbridge figure still awaiting the base to be made. I use a pva glue and then dip in an old margarine tub filled with model railway scenic material. Let it dry for at least 8 hours and then paint in Vallejo chocolate brown 70.872 and leave it all day. Then dry brush with Vallejo light mud 315 in their Panzer Aces range and dab pva before adding model railway grass scatter and grass tufts.

I have been working on some individual figures recently, just for a change. On the left is Hooker and on the right is Buford, both from Redoubt. I quite like the Hooker sculpt but not so much the Buford one, it seemed too toy like. My gf tells me that the figures I normally paint are spooky as I do not make a point of painting eyes. I am of the school of thinking it is an art form to get right and best just shade them as on the tabletop no one really pays attention. However, I tried eyes for the first time and am not too disappointed.

 I have also been working on Picket (left) and Meagher. Also from Redoubt. I thought they were good sculpts but Meagher looks a bit skinny, or at least his horse does. Perhaps I am too used to seeing modern day mankind and the non skinny normality of the world!

 The figures prior to painting. I used a Vallejo black primer 73.602 which I brush on.

Introduction to me and my world

Hi,
I will keep this short. I hope to add pictures and anything to do with what I paint on here, primarily connected with the 1815 Waterloo Campaign, the American Civil War and I am considering adding some American Revolution figures to my collection. I used to model 1/72 scale as I started out with these as a child, painting Airfix figures with Humbrol enamels and playing with them on the lounge carpet. I am not a great painter of competition standard, it is purely a hobby. But I like to think what I paint is respectable enough to grace most tables, at least of the average gamer. So if you are looking for superbly painted figures with each individual eyelash highlighted, I am not your guy. This is my first post and I will add pictures later and start the blog for real.