Heisler Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 When I'm working on competition pieces I always have something that I can relax with. This time around it was my first platoon of 28mm WWI US Marines. There are only 7 more platoons to go! I haven't posted anything here in a long time so I thought a little historical stuff would shake things up. These are only gaming quality and as I look at them there are still a few problems; the Army Painter Matte Spray had some issue and I got a semi-gloss coat instead of a nice matte coat. It also created white specks on some of the minis. It did that on a some of my railroad boxcars as well so its definitely the can, so that one is going in the trash. I still managed to miss some stuff on the touchups and (as is normal) the matte coat killed my highlights. That will be dealt with later. Right now these are ready for the table. A few pictures here and you can see more on my blog: http://wargamesandra...ed-for-now.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stern Kestrelmann Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Hey those are cool. Can you do a couple of close ups? SK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisler Posted February 4, 2012 Author Share Posted February 4, 2012 There are a fair number of closeups in my blog, but I'll post a couple here too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Good looking set of Doughboys. Bet they look great on the table! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stern Kestrelmann Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 I get trenchfoot just looking at them... SK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisler Posted February 4, 2012 Author Share Posted February 4, 2012 Well, you probably don't have to worry about trenchfoot with the Marines, they didn't spend much time in the trenches at all. In fact after Belleau Wood they were never in the trenches again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Very nice! Very clean paintjob, it looks good. How did you make the shrubs on the base? Is that Woodland Scenic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neatpete Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Great looking squads here. Bet they are fun to play with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisler Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Very nice! Very clean paintjob, it looks good. How did you make the shrubs on the base? Is that Woodland Scenic? The "tufts" on the bases is a product from Siflor and in this instance I believe its called Buffalo Grass. In the US Siflor is only available from scenic express. I see the Army Painter now has a range tufts as well although the packs are small and rather expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuaslater Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I've been watching a lot of World War I documentaries and movies lately, and these paintjobs really come alive. Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stern Kestrelmann Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I appreciate the history lesson H! SK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty kahn Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Awesome looking figs! I havent ever looked into ww1 stuff much but these are really cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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