Another group of skirmishing Celts join the throng. I have decided to dip all my Celts from now on unless they're somebody really important. It just means I can produce hundreds of them in a month. I'm also impressed with the quality of the stain If painted on with a brush rather than dipped. The shading looks good and in some cases, even looks better than some of my old paint work...sigh. I may use this technique for my ancient Germans and ECW ranges as well.
One tip I use is to spend a little time on the shield, the detail helps to take the eye off the simple paint work on the figure. Little Big Man studio shields are a big help here too. As you can see, I am making the most of having loads of freed up bases now the French have been moved on to bigger ones.
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Which shade of AP do you use?
8 posts in 4 days, impressive! Nice site your productivity with Napoleonics is impressive. So what 2 rulesets do you like.
John
These look great! I like your hand painted shields as much as the ones with the transfers. Well done.
AJ
Hi Consul, these Celts were glazed with soft tone but I do tend to use the stronger tone on my next batch. I think soft tone is good for slin (light coloured horses too) and strong tone is better for clothes. Again, I will only brush it on lightly.
Hello JAM, at the moment we are looking at the Napoleon rules, they have point values and army lists which will save a lot of time for us. They both have good and bad points, only playing will tell.
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