AWI Painting Diary

[TinyTerrain]

Hi,

Being a slow painter (not much time and too fussy for my own good) Ive set myself the grand goal on 1 unit for Maurice (typically 16 minis) per week 

Ive been going 3 weeks and so far so good.

Heres week 3's unit, a rag tag bunch of non-uniformed American militia





and here's week's 1, 2 and 3 to bring everything up to date




This week (4) sees me finish another unit of rag tags before I embark on some uniformed continentals (fingers crossed that Leon shipd within the week 

Cheers, Craig

Tiny Terrain Models

[Steve J]

You are a faster painter than I Craig . These are looking very, very nice BTW .

[Serotonin]

Looking great- cant wait for my army pack to arrive.

[wargamesbob]

There's no problem being slow if you're producing results of that quality. Great looking units.

Bob

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Superb!

[Leon]

Very nice indeed!   

This week (4) sees me finish another unit of rag tags before I embark on some uniformed continentals (fingers crossed that Leon shipd within the week 

Received that one on Wednesday, so it'd be the end of this coming week at the earliest I'd think for despatch.  I'll try and get it done quicker for you though.

[TinyTerrain]

Dont worry Leon I was only pulling your leg

[Leon]

Dont worry Leon I was only pulling your leg

We've got a big pile to get through tomorrow and Tuesday, and then we should be back to around a 10-day despatch hopefully.  Then if we can maintain that while replacing show stock, we'll be looking pretty good by the time we hit the autumn show season!

[Nav]

exelent figures 

[GavinP]

Very nice, I love the brown tones. What colours are you using, technique etc?

[TinyTerrain]

Hi,

Thanks for all the kind comments. I can give you a pretty detailed account of what paints and techniques I ve used as I record the detail of everything I paint so I can replicate it later on if I want to add units that are identical, so for example the uniformed "Brown" militia:

1) White undercoat everything

2) Base colours as follows:

Flesh - Vallejo Basic Skin Tone
Straps - Vallejo Red Leather or White
Jacket Vallejo US Field Drab
Trousers - Vallejo Buff
Putties - White
Wood - Vallejo US Tan Eath
Hat - Black
Boots - Black
Powder pouch - Vallejo London Grey

3) GW Devlan Mud wash on all

4) Highlights all as stage 2, except:

Jacket - Vallejo US Tan Earth
Hat - Vallejo London Grey
Boots - Vallejo London Grey

No highlights on flesh, and wooden parts.

Bases are simply a sprinkle of grit & sand glued in 2 or 3 places, then painted Vallejo Buff. Then GW Scorched Grass around the rest of the base so the grit shows up as light coloured little stony patches. Add a bush or 3 and your done.



Cheers,

Craig
Tiny Terrain Models

[nikharwood]

Nicely done Craig 

[Hertsblue]

Good job, Craig. 

[TinyTerrain]

Week 4 Update

The 2nd and final "Rag Tag" Militia unit completed this week....v happy with the drummer on this one  :



and here's a pic of all 4 units from my American AWI Mauruice Army completed so far:



Next week a change of focus.....3 x 6lbs and crew in Continental uniforms.

Cheers, Craig
Tiny Terrain Models

[Leon]

Very very nice!   

Incidentally, what kind of photo setup are you using?