Wounded Chindit

Wounded Chindit

Saturday 25 November 2017

French commander and generals.

The French commander and generals are to be the last of my bases for the French contingent of my AWI project. 
After finishing the painting  a couple of weeks ago I brushed on my preferred  Windsor and Newton's galleria mat varnish. When dried the blue jackets had a gloss sheen to them and then, in a moment of madness, I picked up an old can of mat spray varnish and sprayed them. They greyed. I wanted to bang my head against the wall. I took the can out into the garden along with my air rifle and removed the temptation from my grasp. A few touch ups and some more brush on varnish and they are suitable.

The French commander and a Commissaire des Guerres.

The French generals

And the whole French contingent.

 Next up something new for one of my ongoing projects.






10 comments:

  1. That's a great stand Dan, really impressive Sir.

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  2. Hope you've got no copiright for the command stand, the little promontory is a great idea, soon duplicated! Excellent job...

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    1. Cheers Phil. I don't know if I've seen this anywhere else but I thought it would look good for this base.

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  3. Nice work, Dan - in spite of the troubled can of aerosol.

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    1. Thanks Dean. And I enjoyed getting rid of the can.

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  4. They do look grand - nice painting :)

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    1. Thanks Tamsin. Now if only I could match your output.

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  5. Lovely command unit. They painted up brilliant and I really like the basing.

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