Two crews populate my painting block. Those in light blue will form the battery attached to the line foot brigade: those in the fetching shade of purple will be the Guard artillery battery, graced by one Lt. Mary Amadeus. The two chaps in the Prussian blue weskit are common to both batteries, so I'll differentiate between them by some crimson piping on the guard gunner. The images below give the general impression of what I'm aiming for.
One of these days I will get the fusiliers...
The Ral Partha Indian artillery crew seen in front of the painting block are undergoing conversion before becoming a screw-gun detachment for my Daftest Africa project. Lurking alongside the tub in the middle-ground is one of the creatures they may just meet...
2 comments:
I like your dowel "rack" for holding the figures.
Thanks Fitz. It's a development of a method used by a wargaming buddy of mine in England. He uses 5 inch wire nails, with the figures glued to the nail head. The nails sit in holes drilled in a block of wood when not being worked with.
I came up with this similar system based on a labaratory test-tube holder. The dowels give a good secure grip and enable me to turn the figure any which way to get at all the hard to reach spots. It also avoids any messy business with paint getting on my fingers. I can honestly say it's increased my painting turnaround time quite dramatically. =)
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