These were labelled "generic" grenadiers so they may be extras and not actually represent units present at Monmouth Courthouse.
I was quite happy with how the details come up (the vest above and the cartridge boxes below, for example).
Up next: Some AWI artillery and guards are drying. I also have some 28mm knights that I've started and a few more superhero bad guys to re-base.
Huh, I just noticed the grenadiers have tassels hanging from their bearskin hats (bottom photo, right side of hat). Totally invisible to me at actual size! I will get that detail painted up before I package these up.
ReplyDeleteThat happens to me a lot too - paint something, take a picture, post it on the blog, THEN notice some glaring error that I would have otherwise never have noticed!? sometimes I wonder if I should just leave it - If I didn't notice until I took a picture and blew it up, who's ever going to notice it on the tabletop...!? But I think the fact that I know it's there would eventually drive me cRaZy!
ReplyDelete(I think the grenadiers look just awesome, by the way!)
ReplyDeleteThanks Tim. I'm not sure if it is aging eyes and a deep-seated character flaw ("what is wrong with me?") that causes me to miss what is obvious. In my defense, it was only visible to me at 400% of actual size! Oh well, no big thing to fix and I will watch for it on other figures.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words--I'm pretty happy with how they are turning out. Hand priming is working out much better than spray priming--a bit of the metal shows through on the high points and I can (mostly) see the detail much better.