Hi,
These 28mm Gringos 40's Gendarmes de Elite are hot off the painting table. They were a lot of fun to paint up as the sculpts are very finely detailed with bags of character with horses sharing this characteristic with the troopers. I have to say that I've never painted any Gringos Miniatures up before and I am very impressed with the overall quality. They are cast in nice hard white metal too and they require next to no cleaning up which is always a bonus. I would certainly recommend these mini's to anyone interested in the 'period' (that word again!).
I think I'll let the pictures do the talking from now on:
Gendarmes de Elite Trumpeter:
Gendarmes de Elite Eagle Bearer:
Gendarmes de Elite Officer:
Beautifully painted figures; the dappling is particularly lovely
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean- appreciated matey :>)
DeleteDarrell.
Evening Darrell,
ReplyDeleteI must pick your brains about how you paint Grey horses, it is very effective.
Robbie.
It's not as hard as it appears Robbie- it really isn't. Come through to the club one night and I'll show you with a pen and paper!
DeleteSeriously, it's not hard. But I think it is effective :>)
Darrell.
Wonderful brushwork sir. Your dappled grey is beautiful! Could you perhaps do a how-to?
ReplyDeleteYeah, I think I will do. It seems to be popular.
DeleteTo be honest, it's really not all that hard to do Michael and gives brilliant results.
Darrell.
Afternoon Darrell,
ReplyDeleteI know what your saying, but over the years Ive tried several techniques and none satisfy what Im trying to achieve. I particularly like the effect youve achieved. Plus the horses are very well sculptures so would be a joy to paint.
Well done, Robbie.
Yeah, the quality of the sculpts helps a lot. I find that the one's E-bob used to sell as dollies and the Mark Sims sculpted Foundry ones are the best for this technique.
DeleteEqually, Front =Rank and Gringos- who i'm now a big fan of (don't know who sculpted them though..... Ged?
Anyway, pop to the club, let me know and I'll bring some a primed horse and some greys and show you. It won't take long at all Robbie.
Darrell.
Lovely job on these!
ReplyDeleteThanks- appreciated.
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