Saturday, June 10, 2017

ECW Cavalry are done!

So yesterday I put the finishing touches on a unit of ECW cavalry for our war game groups effort in raising enough figures to run a few games.  The below figures are Warlord Games and there were 12 horses and riders to make up a unit.  I had fun painting these and I took the step by step instructions from Wargame Illustrated painting handbook for the horses.  I took a few liberties as I chose a few color patterns for real photos of horses but over all I like how they turned out.  The flag used is from Cotton Jims Flags.  

One thing that I have figured out that I don't like painting is hair.

So I hope you like them.  I have now turned the figures over to Alyssa who is basing them up so they fit in with scheme she is using for the figures.









5 comments:

  1. They painted up nicely. If you use lighter colored hair and dip or magic wash, the shading of the hair can be quite effective. There *is* quite a bit of hair showing for most ECW chaps, isn't there? It may be the lighting, but I wonder if a ruddier flash tone might be more effective on these?

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  2. Did you mean Flesh tone?
    I'm still experimenting with painting hair. I was following a procedure from Wargames Soldiers and Strategy.

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  3. Uh, yep, the FLESH tone. The *Flash* tone, would, of course, be paler... :-)

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  4. Nice looking ponies - would be interested in taking a look at the horse painting guide if you're at one of the Saturday games in the next couple of months.

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