samedi 3 mars 2018

Grenadier à cheval de la garde

Hi everyone! Don't know what's happening to me, I'm more in Napoleonics than in Ancients these days :D

I've started to paint several minis for the French Imperial Guard, and this time I can show you my first Grenadier à cheval. It's a Hät mini, one of their first references, and still very good in my opinion.
His uniform is the model worn in the early years of the empire.


It is a test shot - I wish I have patience to paint a dozen more after this one - and I would like you to tell me what you think of it, and if you find any mistake I should correct. I chose to paint his horse black, which is correct according to the regulation, but a dark brown horse would be correct too.
Any comment welcome :)







23 commentaires:

  1. Very good painting (comme toujours) Phil - nice figure too.
    I don't know how you have the patience to paint one figure so well..

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    1. Thank you Maudlin, very nice of you. I don't know how other people can paint dozens of minis so fast :)

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  2. very nice job, fantastic detail.

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    1. Thank you Sprinks. Please note that he isn't walking in the snow :)

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  3. Un superbe travail sur un uniforme de légende...

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    1. Merci Phil. J'avoue que je me suis presque senti intimidé par le sujet.

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  4. Très beau travail de mise en peinture d'un grenadier de la garde à cheval...bravo !

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  5. Lovely painting. I wouldn´t have rated them from looking at the unpainted sculpts but you´ve brought out the best in it. With your painting it Looks more like a zvezda sculpt than a hat one. One Thing..Has he got stirrups or are my eyes bad?

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    1. Thank you Paul. Oh no sorry, I didn't paint any stirrups, I don't think they were sculpted, or my eyes... :)

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    1. Hi, thank you for asking.
      Sorry but no, it is not for sale. I paint less than 100 figures a year, so this one would be hiiiiighly expensive.
      And even so, I am not interested in getting money in painting, it would not be a hobby anymore.
      But again, I really appreciate your request.

      Philotep.

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