From a huge set of Napoleonic figures, these appear to be Battle Honors figures representing a Hungarian unit in the Austrian army. These were painted with a white base coat, a heavy black wash on top of that, and then, everything else in acrylics except for enamels on the weapons.
The figures are based for Napoleon’s Battles, probably the only attempt by the venerable Avalon Hill company to produce a set of miniature rules. The rules offer a hefty figure scale of 1 infantry figure equals 120 actual men. Even so, most people would find the enormous number of figures required to stage even one of the smaller historical scenarios a bit off putting.
A group of 15mm Traveller figures. These were originally produced under The Citadel logo, the label that distributed figures for Games Workshop. The figures were sold either bagged or boxed with a nice brochure describing the military formation represented. Now the figures are produced under the RAFM label, a Canadian company, who according to their website, originally produced the figures for Citadel. For years, I lamented the lack of a source for these figures but they are currently being sold by RAFM.
I painted the figures with bright blue helmets to emulate those worn by the UN and red helmets to emulate the Red Devils of WWII. The dress, a khaki uniform with dark grey body armor, was deliberately kept drab. Figures on the left are newer. The ones on the right are painted with Humbrol enamels and mounted on matboard (now delaminating with age), the ones on the left were painted with Liquitex acrylics and mounted on wooden bases. The enamels are sturdier but not as bright. The figures represent a Tech 2 army for use with GDW’s original Striker rules. RAFM offered low tech troops resembling American infantry from the 50s, mid tech such as those shown and high tech where figures are dressed in battle armor. Figures to the right represent security troops and are painted with an olive drab base overlaid with paint dabs of light green and tan to offer the appearance of camouflage.
The figures are pleasant, easy to paint, and offer a nice range of support for 15mm SF military support.
15mm Essex Late Middle Ages figures. Fair warning that I no longer try for historical accuracy in painting. I am less than convinced by the standards often used to make a determination. Frankly, I just like to know which side is which.
After a few years, a larger army. It grows when the time is available. Still, mostly Essex. Tents are Baueda.
A large grouping of Assyrian soldiers in 15mm by Essex painted about as brightly as I could. Chariots are a pain in the neck to paint, even worse than cavalry but what would an ancient army be without chariots? All figures are mounted for Empire which seems to use a narrow depth for its base. Likely these will all be rebased at some point for DBM.
Here, I am leaning heavily on acrylics with enamels only in evidence in the metallic parts. Because I am trying to paint quickly, some faces are a bit askew but the overall effect from a distance is good. Time for painting is limited so I must get as many as is reasonable done in a relatively short time. One might also notice my annoying tendency to give everyone blue eyes. I had no desire to focus on any historical information here but rather painted an army I thought would look interesting, using both pure and mixed colors with a limited palette leaning heavily on green, red, brown, and blue.
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