Thursday, June 10, 2010

Highlanders Version 1.01

Ok, it seems that most poeple thought the Highlanders were ok, atleast not butt ugly, the one thing that kept coming up was the blue eyes, so I tried another take, this time I just filled the eye sockets with light brown, in general the faces turned out better to, so I decided to do the same on the old, to get rid of the blue eyes, now the camera pics up the ink on the faces to the exteme making the whole face looking brown, but it dosn't look that way in real life, the eyes don't pic up on all the brown, not that I'm totaly happy with the faces, but they are still my best faces so far.

Anyway finished the base on the first 8, and painted another 8 today, while I can do 45 6mm easy in a day, probebly 90 if I realy tried with out it affecting the ressault, these take all day, I started at around 13:00, and finished 19:00, ofcourse that's with many breaks, but still I could paint 90 6mm alder in the same period with the same breaks. thats why I'm glad I orderd figs from RBP, so some time in the not to distant future, I'll have 7 fresh battalions of OG 2nd edition ready painted in the post.
I've also orderd flank company highlanders to finish this unit, and some portuguese also from victrix, I've never painted the portuguese, but they were good troops that preformed very well in the Peninsula, so I think it's about time I honor these troops.











So what you think?

7 comments:

James said...

Which Highland unit is that ?

Gunfreak said...

They are supose to be the 42nd, atleast that was the tartan I tried to do

James said...

They fought off quadruple their number at Piscataway Town, NJ in 1777 and that ain't where people think Piscataway, NJ is. It's actually a combo of mainly Edison and Highland Park, high up on the banks of ye ole' Raritan. Founded1666. There's an Episcopal Church I drive by every day which served as a barracks for part of their battalion. I read an account where a wounded Scotish Sgt. made a NJ militiaman carry him back to the 42nd's lines during the battle. Very few people know that. They also got issued an extra ration of rum for their action that day. The question I have is, why weren't the Brits running supplies up the river to New Brunswick,NJ and why were they so dependent on the ground route?

Gunfreak said...

I choose the 42nd becasue the kilt is the easiet one to paint, it's dark, så all the bad painting dosn't show up. 79th and 92nd has bright streaks across I would never have been able to do that.

James said...

I always tell people about Black Watch plaid and they never seem to have heard of it or know what it looks.

Nice job on the tartans.

Jim

Gunfreak said...

Even my mom knows about the blackwatch pattern.


I showed some old figs to her were I've had painted it and tho she didn't know anything about the unit, she did know the tartan was called blackwatch

James said...

Your mom must not be a liberal feminist. My mom has built a philosophical obstacle course to understanding anything that has to do with men or understanding her son. There are certain things I don't bring up with her, but that won't keep her from trying :)