16e Regiment de Dragons Waterloo 1815

Boxart for CGS Military Figures

1/9th scale French Dragoon Waterloo

Here is the latest boxart that I have painted for my friend Graham at CGS Military Figures

No WIP pictures at the moment as I'm preparing a magazine article for this.

2nd Regt. Velites Of The Guard Officer

Completed

Here are the finished images of my 54mm Velites of the Guard Officer. Base has been finished in a faux marble effect using acrylics. The veining was done by painting over the base-coat with Amsterdam acrylic retarder and then applying the vein colour onto the wet surface. This technique allows for some diffusion of the paint for a more realistic marble effect.

2nd Regt. Velites of the Guard Officer

Working on the golds

More work today, this time on the golds. Once again I have used the Scale 75 acrylics metallics for this blended with some Vallejo. Starting with a dark mix base-coat of Vallejo Black, Leather Brown, Yellow Ochre and some Scale 75 Elven Gold I have gradually applied highlights by adding first more Elven Gold and Yellow Ochre and then incorporating some Scale 75 Citrine Alchemy to mix to highlight further.

2nd Regt. Velites of the Guard Officer

Continuing with the face in oils and moving onto the uniform.

Having just finished a project for a magazine article I've found the time to get back to this figure. As with the Crimean Grenadier bust I've opted to over-paint the acrylics with oils. The face and bearskin were the first to receive this treatment.

Oil mix used for the flesh consisted of Titanium White; Yellow Ochre; Cadmium Red; Naples Yellow; Burnt Sienna; Raw Umber; Viridian Green; Mars Black; Purple Madder.

Moving on to the uniform I pre-painted the white using the Scale 75 Black and White paint set working from dark to light using Petroleum Grey, Brown Grey, Rainy Grey, Thar Brown, Mojave White and White. This was then over-painted in oil using mixes that mirrored the 6 different acrylics. Oils used to achieve these colours were Titanium White; Yellow Ochre; Raw Umber; Burnt Umber; Mars Black; Purple Madder.  

The red is again Scale 75 acrylics over-painted with the following oil colours: Alazarin Crimson; Cadmium Red; Titanium White; Mars Black.

2nd Regt. Velites of the Guard Officer

54mm Romeo Models Velites of the Guard Officer 1814-15

My next 54mm project this lovely little figure sculpted by Maurizio Bruno for Romeo Models.

I will be using acrylics for this.

Here's the boxart.

Once assembled I have used the Scale 75 Black and White paint set to airbrush a basecoat leaving a pre-shade/highlight to work on.

Face has been painted first after wrapping the body in protective clingfilm. Painted exclusively using the Scale 75 Flesh paint set.

French Cuirassier 200mm bust Box Art

Box Art for CGS Miniatures 200mm Cuirassier Bust

1er Regiment de Cuirassiers Waterloo 1815

Here I present my first box art commission for CGS Miniatures - 200mm French Napoleonic Cuirassier sculpted by Carl Reid.

A beautiful figure to paint which presented an opportunity to explore some different techniques and mediums to tackle the various finishes required.

First of all here are some shots of the finished piece.

I used multiple mediums for this piece beginning with priming the cuirass and helmet with gloss black enamel through the airbrush. This was followed by an airbrushed coat of Spaztix Mirror Chrome (most commonly used on RC car bodies), the opacity of this was increased for the highlighted areas with just a single thin coat in the areas of shade. This is a super chrome finish, about the highest shine I've yet to find.

 

The cap peak on the helmet has been left gloss black and the face primed with a medium flesh mix of Jo Sonjas over matt black undercoat (Jo Sonjas Carbon black)

As is my common practice the flesh and clothing have been rendered in Jo Sonjas.

Here we see the face near completion.

 Colours used (all Jo Sonja) are:

White + Norwegian Red (base flesh)

Burnt Sienna (added to base for shades)

Raw Umber + Green Oxide (added to base for greyed shades)

Naples Yellow (added to base for highlights)

Raw Sienna (tones)

Peranment Alazarine (tones)

Plum Pink (tones)

The blue uniform colours (all Jo Sonja) are:

Paynes Grey + Ultramarine Blue (base colour)

Naples Yellow ( added to base for highlights)

Black (added to base for shade)

Raw Umber + white (added to base for greyed highlight)

Raw Umber + Black (added to base for greyed shade)

The cuirass and helmet have had some additional shading done to add further depth using thinned oil paint (lamp black and vandyke brown)

Printers inks were used for the brasswork, a mixture of copper, 9 carat gold and silver with mars black and burnt umber oils to shade. These give off a distinctly different sheen to the mirror chrome.

 

Due to the higher opacity of Vallejo paints over Jo Sonjas I often prefer to use them for whites and did the gloves/gauntlets and straps with a mix of Vallejo white, buff, yellow ochre and medium grey.

I wanted to add some real texture to the mud weathering so opted for Vallejo pigments, first mixed to a thick consistency with Vallejo matt medium and applied with an old brush, then thinned out with water and flicked on.

The carbine has another different metal effect, this time it's an undercoat of Jo Sonja carbon black with careful rub over with a soft pencil and polished with a cotton bud. I feel this still matches the type of shine acheived by the mirror chrome although in a duller more gunmetal finish.

The carbine's stock is a vallejo Red Brown, Brown Earth and Raw Sienna with layers of Brown Earth considerably thinned with Vallejo matt medium to give it a sheen (I know it's suposed to be matt medium, but a few layers of it give Jo Sonjas a nice glow).

A big thanks to Graham from CGS Military Figures for commissioning me to do this wonderful bust. Alongside the previously released Imperial Guard bust I feel these are the amongst the best busts released on the subject. An absolute joy to paint.

Alex.