Sunday 12 January 2014

Valiant British Infantry

Painted up some of the Valiant British Infantry to kick off 2014.
 These guys came to me via a trip over the Alps and across the plains of Canterbury from Paul the Plastic Warrior  (Thanks again mate).
Due to Paul's kindness these guys brings my British force up to a total of 52 fig's. Add these to what Gav has painted and we have enough to play some Bolt Action games!

A few Brit's to add to the force.

Mortars should be handy.

Some of the commanders.



I have never been that keen on covering my freshly painted figures with an ink wash of some sort. I have been using a flesh wash on flesh and washes on armour etc for some time now but not over the whole fig. Somehow the first lot of these guys needed something so I decided to try the GW dark brown ink " Devlan mud". I am happy with the result, it seem to work well on these guys. However I am now due for another bottle and at the price for this stuff I decided to have a go at making my own. I followed Pat Smith's recipe, he of Wargaming with Silver Whistle fame.
What do you think.
Left hand fig is done with GW wash and the right hand one with mine.

Left hand one here is mine. My wash is a bit lighter than the GW wash but I think this gives me more control as I can always give them another coat.

Here the two left hand figs have my wash on them and the right hand dude has the GW wash.





Thought it was about time I pimped our groups blog.Southern Strategists If you haven't taken a look please pop over and have a quick look about. Not too much to read(most of the posts are from me) but a few photos from our games.




27 comments:

  1. Well done and fantastic pics , i love it .
    Greetings .

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  2. Greate paint work Rodger !!!

    I´ll be sure to take a look at your club site to.

    Best regards Michael

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  3. Beautiful pictures and figures, I love the faces, really amazing!
    For the Indian Mutiny, I've post something on Google+, I do love this post!
    Thanks for that Rodger...
    Best,
    Phil.

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  4. The are very nice and I like the washing on the figures its very effective.

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  5. Excellent outcome on all aspects of these Rodger. I am glad they found a good home.

    Well done. Looking forward to seeing some game time with these.

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  6. Nice job - I am a washer/dipper and think it enhances most figures but most importantly for me - it's quicker!
    Not seen the other blog....thanks for the link - looks like some great stuff to look at.

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  7. Very well done! And your wash sems to look a lot nicer.

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  8. Very nice, Rodger. I have a soft spot for these figures - a little too big to be 20mm, a little too small to be 28mm, but they are nicely sculpted for the most part and they paint up easily. You've done them justice for sure. Your wash looks just as good as the Devlan Mud stuff. Well done.
    I recognize the Italieri farmhouse in the background - I need to get mine assembled and painted.
    Cheers,
    Michael

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  9. You have done a superb job on those chaps Roger and I am glad the W&N Raw Umber wash was of use. These days after the wash I re highlight with the original colour as well.
    Cheers,
    Pat.

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    1. Cheers Pat. I might do a re highlight on these guys. Some are a bit dark.

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  10. Excellent painting job. They looks great. Personally I like and dislike the Valiant figures. Like them for their structure, but hate for the size.
    Cheers,
    Bart

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  11. Good looking job there, the wash is good especially yours!

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  12. Roger, how compatible would those farm buildings be with 28mm figures?

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  13. Great looking figures, terrrain and photography, Roger!

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  14. Some great looking figures Roger

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  15. Very nice indeed Roger! Just tackling some WW2 Brit Paras myself...I'm looking forward to finishing all those bloody Camp Denizen smocks!!!!

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    1. I would like to do some 28mm Para's but the camo does put me off a bit! Good luck Paul.

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  16. Looking really good and great background buildings as well Rodger!

    Christopher

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  17. Excellent WW 2 British Rodger!

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  18. You rarely post but when you do it's always a pleasure to see you brushwork. These guys look brilliant!

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  19. They look excellent Rodger!
    Wich brown did you use for the uniforms? I'm going to paint some WW1 Belgians and this brown might do or them.

    Greetings
    Peter

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    1. Thanks Peter

      Vallejo English Uniform was the main colour I used, with the wash over the top!

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    2. Thanks for the information Rodger!

      Greetings
      Peter

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  20. Your wash works out nicely, excellent figs. Like the background as well

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  21. ~Really great painting there mate, shame they don't fit easily with other figures :(

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