Refinishing these fine fellows has taken a
lot of time and a lot of fiddling about – they will henceforth be known, not as
“Napoleon’s Incomparables”, nor “Un contre huit”, nor even “Les Chasseurs du
Diable”, but as “Les Oreilles de Truie” – the sows’ ears, in commemoration of
the fact that they never quite made it into the Silk Purse section.
In fact I’m fairly pleased with them, and
am especially pleased that I have finished
the beggars. Perhaps at long last I may have learned that touching up a so-so
buy on eBay cannot achieve miracles, and that – whether I like the idea or not –
a complete paint job from bare metal will almost always give a better result, with probably
less effort and certainly a lot less irritation.
Whatever, here they are, and it’s hardly
their fault their military career with me got off to a bad start…
They look darn good to my eyes in this photograph though.
ReplyDeleteBest Regards,
Stokes
Thanks Stokes - that's encouraging…
DeleteThe paint job went on for over a week, including a 3-day break when I went away walking. When I get extended jobs like this, I usually store the figures away so they don't get dusty between sessions. Eventually there is a temptation to just leave them unfinished, at the back of a cupboard - but it would nag at me!
Regards - Tony
Sounds so much better in French!
ReplyDeleteThey look quite dashing, Foy. You are quite within your rights to be proud of them!
Thank you sir - they are OK - they may find they get a few gritty jobs fighting the guerrilleros, along with the foot dragoons and the Garde de Paris…
DeleteThat'll toughen them up - put them on their mettle (as opposed to plastic?).
Looks great. Time to kill some red coats... but where's the voltiguer company?
ReplyDeleteThey will have a contingent of skirmishers in the "converged" unit of voltigeurs I attach to each brigade - also, I couldn't get any suitable figures!
DeleteWell done, nice to hear French language!
ReplyDeleteBonjour de France...