Monday, January 18, 2021

Perry Napoleonic Russian Infantry - WIP +1

Just a quick update; painted the flesh (face & hands); brown for the hair and mustaches on the grenadiers; black for the shakos, grenadier plumes, shoes, backpacks, sword/bayonet scabbards, as well as undercoating the bayonets and mitre plates for the Pavlov guys; and also had to painted the green coats - to inspire me :).

So far so good; production-line block painting. Next will be the white (silver for officers) shako cords; gray-brown for the greatcoats; red for the cuffs, collars and turn backs; brown and gun metal for the muskets and metal parts - shako plates, officer swords, sword hilts and scabbard tips, etc.
Just wanted to post this as I may not be able to get to them until the weekend - back to the salt mines tomorrow. :) Wishing you all the best in health and hobby endeavors!

22 comments:

  1. Wooooow! That's looks amazing!
    Great progress :)

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    1. Thank you very much, Michal! Yes, progressing well. Warmest regards, Dean

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  2. Ummmmm you may officially be crazy Dean batch painting 240 figures at a time ! You are certainly mentally stronger than me. But the progress will be awesome....hang in there 👍

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    1. Thanks, Matt. Yes, since there is not official "reason" to have these painted, I'm not under any particular stress :) Kindest regards, Dean

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  3. Your mass production is always so impressive Dean. Particularly as the next post will likely be 'voilá, all done'!
    Regards, James

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    1. Lol! Thanks so much for the vote of confidence, James! Warmest regards, Dean

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  4. Most impressive pictures...and work!

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    1. Thank you very much, Phil! Warmest regards, Dean

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  5. Very impressive numbers in one go! The most I've done is 96 Swiss pike, admitidly not uniform,foundit a bit of a slog,you're steaming through it !
    Best Iain

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    1. 96 in various colors is very impressive, Iain. One reason I felt I could commit to this project is that the Russian uniform is a bit simpler than French, or even British. The line units didn't have piping, just a green strip for the buttons on the cuffs. Also, the greatcoat rolled across the chest covers most of the jacket details (like buttons). Warmest regards, Dean

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  6. Dean,
    Dang! When you do a project, you do a project! Looking forward to the reports and the finished units.
    Neil

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    1. Thanks a lot, Neil. I want to use up my Minwax before it dried up. Kindest regards, Dean

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    2. Don't you hate when that happens? Nothing like getting ready to paint and the item you want to use is all dried up!

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    3. And sometimes wasteful - as I've had half a can's worth dried out. And, I try to seal the lid carefully, even adding plastic wrap over it.

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  7. Dean you are just a painting machine - two days between pots and you have half painted 240 figures - I would be lucky to do 6 or 8 in that tome! PLUS your finished product is definitely in the top 10-20% of quality we see on blogs....look forward to seeing them completed on Sunday!

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    1. Thanks, Keith! First time painting this much as one project. So far, so good. Warmest regards, Dean

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    1. Thanks, Bartek. Yes, if you're doing Russians, you gotta have numbers. :) Warm regards, Dean

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  9. That's a decent dent sir! I am always so proud of myself when I get one figure done, and then I come here and go whoa!

    Cheers
    Kevin

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    1. Thanks for the kind words again, Kevin. These will be painted to very basic table top standards. Going to rely heavily on the Minwax process. Warmest regards, Dean

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  10. It would never cross my mind to do something like this. Even assembling the figures would set me off let alone painting them! You have my full admiration Sir!

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    1. Thanks, Mike. I suppose I felt like tackling this project as I had no other plans, and knowing there's no rush for them to get on the gaming table anytime soon. Kindest regards, Dean

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