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Thursday, February 8, 2018
French Foreign Legion Company in White Fatigues
Here is the first company of 12 Legionnaires that I painted in white fatigues. I have various methods of painting white, my favorite involving layering light brown, buff and then white. A grey base works well also with with highlights. However . . . I cheated this time and just painted 2 coats of white over a black primer.
The figures are from Artizan Designs which is one of my favorite figure manufacturers. The flag is from the wonderful site Warflag. The staff for the flag is a cut down metal pike from Warlord Games.
The company is organized as 12 figures and can be utilized for a variety of Colonial rule sets; my two favorite these days are In Her Majesty's Name and The Men Who Would be Kings.
I'm a retired Colonel of Infantry (Regulars by God!) and Military Historian who likes to play with toy soldiers. I've been married to the love of my life since 1986, I have 5 honorable sons (my geeks in training), 4 daughters-in-law, a beautiful grandson, 1 dog and a gazillion miniatures.
Hobbies include . . . wait for it . . . Toy Soldiers, Reading, Wargaming, Reading about Toy Soldiers, History, Reading about Wargaming, Gardening, Reading about History and Reading.
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Wonderful painting Neil - they are full of esprit de corps.
ReplyDeleteThanks. It makes it easier to paint when figures are well sculpted.
DeleteGreat painting, this uniform is superb!
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil!
DeleteThese look lovely, Neil. I have some of the very same figures myself. I have no actual historical opponents for them. I just liked the figures and put together a couple of units...
ReplyDeleteTim, I've done the same thing - no opponents but boy are they great figures. I'm currently building an "adventuring company" for In Her Majesty's name that feature the Artizan figures.
DeleteLovely miniatures. Good job mate.
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