WW1 French

 A quick post with some closeups of the WW1 French Army in 10mm.  Figures from Pendraken. 

Somehow I never posted anything about these and my painting notes aren't exactly perfect.  Most of the recipe was for my first attempt at WW1 with Le Coq Fou - we tried 15mm Flames of War.  I speed painted the army in 2 months for a tournament.  But then we realized that FoW was just not for us, and we switched to 10mm using some homebrew convention rules called Take Action! from the H.A.W.K.S. warming group.  Love these rules. 

Anyway, this French recipe was great for 15mm, but I tweaked it a bit for the 10mm scale figs.  I definitely eliminated a few steps but I can't remember exactly which ones. 

So, the biggest thing is a white undercoat. At this smaller scale, white undercoat is pretty important for this light blue color. Otherwise, it'll be too dark (or just too difficult to get it bright).  

Then...

1) Very thinned downed wash of Vallejo Model Color (VMC) Grey Blue 70.943.

2) Wash of GW Gulliman Blue Glaze (about 70%) + GW Nuln Oil (30%), then mix that with a 50/50 Lahmian Medium.

3) Wash of GW Hoth Blue 

4) Then drybrush of Hot Blue + VMC Grey Blue + GW Ulthuan Grey 

For the "Wash" of regular paint, it was a soupy solution of paint, water, and Vallejo Glaze Medium and Vallejo Thinner Medium

That's basically it.  Tweak the ratios above to your liking, or remove steps to speed things up. 

Republican Romans

I've been slowly working on 10mm romans for To The Strongest. 

I've completed the triarii, princeps and hastati.  Still need to finish the velites, commanders, and cavalry.

World War 1 Update (and other news)

It's been a while since the last post, and lots of things have changed.  The biggest thing is that we moved to a new house and with it comes my long desired dedicated wargaming room! I'll post more pictures of that later.

Recently I've been focused on finishing the World War 1 10mm gaming project, specifically getting the Germans completed.   Here are a few work-in-progress shots.

All figures are 10mm Pendraken.

Below are the artillery - I was trying to determine which location for the base (front, middle, or rear).  I went with front.

Next two pictures are basic infantry stands ready for their ink wash.  I follow the tried-and-true method from Le Coq Fou.  Paint them lighter colors, with impressionisting highlights, then seal them with a gloss varnish, then apply AP Dark Tone ink. Provides the shading and really looks great.  Especially at the smaller scales.

Two more stands ready for ink.

Most of the German Infantry ready for ink. This includes the stands that represent the stosstruppen (storm troopers)

These two were my test stands for infantry.

Here are two shots of the Germans and French lined up across from each other in the new gaming area.  Once the German artillery and MGs are complete, I think I will finally have enough painted to host a game of Take Action.

Eventually I will create some trenches and craters.  Haven't decided if i'm going to make custom modular boards or purchase pre-made trenches.  We shall see!