Dave,
really enjoyed painting these guys, makes a change from napoleonics.
I was pleased with the results, and Barry's picking up another unit on his way to Belgium next week.

See you in 2 weeks time

Bob

Jim, I never did finish my correspondence course on the Language of Diplomacy as I found the whole thing a bag of crap :roll:

OOPS must censor myself now and send myself to the SINBIN for a week.

Tommy Tourette :oops:

Never use flash it is shit and bleeds all depth and colour out of a mini.

Barry,
Could you please put this in plain English. I cant really understand these technical photographic terms.
:lol: :lol: :shock:

[quote="barr7430"]John,

I use 3 day light bulbs against plain white paper background. One bulb to the left, one to the right, one overhead(and angle lamp sitting on a box and pointing straight down). Use the aperture setting on your camera and set it to a very small aperture. Use the timer and use a small tripod. The shutter will only stay open for a fraction longer than normal because of the intensity of the light sources. Use photoshop afterwards to enhance the shot by correcting the balance. Daylight is good but not always available. Never use flash it is shit and bleeds all depth and colour out of a mini.[/quote]

Thanks for the info. I will give something like this a try so I can be an all weather photographer. Worked out that the flash makes just about any miniature look like crap!

John,

I use 3 day light bulbs against plain white paper background. One bulb to the left, one to the right, one overhead(and angle lamp sitting on a box and pointing straight down). Use the aperture setting on your camera and set it to a very small aperture. Use the timer and use a small tripod. The shutter will only stay open for a fraction longer than normal because of the intensity of the light sources. Use photoshop afterwards to enhance the shot by correcting the balance. Daylight is good but not always available. Never use flash it is shit and bleeds all depth and colour out of a mini.

More great looking units there.

Definitely going to re-do my first base of rank and file to make a more dynamic more looking unit. Great inspiration

I should ask any tips as to how you photograph your miniatures?. Most of my pictures have been in natural sun light but in general my apartment is badly lit and there is only a very small window for taking decent pictures and with the autumn weather, whole days can be a write off.

The straw yellow colour will probably have been something like BUFF or DESERT YELLOW from Vallejo I think.

Beautiful!

Do you know what colors Chris used for the Danish Foot Guards' coat?

Nice job Bob! look forward to seeing them in the flesh when you come up for the Kirrie show.
Cheers
Dave

Aha! now some work by other painters.. in the GALLERY
http://www.leagueofaugsburg.com/gallery/gallery-347-366.html

Danish Footguards by Chris Meacham and two lovely units.. Coldstream Guards and Regiment Conde by Bob Talbot

Ray.

Those look...splashing!

Oh. My sides. They seem to have split. :roll:

Seriously, more excellent work.

Andy

Nice work!

I thought that grenadiers were always stationed on the right of the regiment, unless they were converged off elsewhere? Or were they split between both flanks?

[quote="barr7430"]ok.. it's BATH time....[/quote]

A Bath?! Oh NOOOOO!!! :wink:

Seriously though, very nice looking unit, it's good to break up all the red and grey coated regiments with this one.

ok.. it's BATH time....
http://www.leagueofaugsburg.com/gallery/gallery-347-366.html