Black Powder - Painting the Old Guard 

You're welcome, glad it was helpful 👍

Thanks, one of the first I did but still one of my favourites 😁

Thank you 😀

Cheers buddy, thats exactly my take in things as well 😃👍

Yeah efficiency is the name of the game when painting huge armies. I learned it the hard way. Painted my first 10 little Tyranids to very high detail (took looong time) then pretty much lost the motivation to do the same for the remaining 100+ bugs.

Thanks very much 👍 have lots more planned, looking to get some battle reports up soon

Thanks very much 😄

Thanks, 👍 glad it was a help

Thank you, hope to do more

Thanks mate, let me know how they turn out 👍

Cheers mate, do like the old guard 👍

Cheers, glad it helped 👍😀 which make of guard did you use, I'm looking at getting some middle guard

@@7thson726 funny enough victrix middle guard.

Thanks very much 😀👍 let me know how you get on, I love this set

Thanks for that, will hopefully do some more soon. Using contrast would be interesting though I would have to approach it completely differently, I'm currently fly using contrast for my Wars of the Roses project so will definitely be trying it out on some napoleonics.

Pleased you enjoyed it, thanks 👍

No problem, Cheers bud 👍

Cheers mate, glad you enjoyed it 👍

Thanks, I've nearly finished my next video, I've been playing about with the settings a bit but for the one after I'll give it a go 😀

I've thought about ACW though considering doing it in 10mm or 6mm as the throught of another large black powder 28mm project is slightly daunting haha

I’d recommend 15mm ACW but that just me. To me Nappies are a ass kicker. I’ve been working on 4 Russian figures and almost threw them across the room. ACW is second nature to me as I’ve re-enacted and studied it for years. Please keep your videos coming there interesting enjoyable.

Thanks very much 👍

Thanks very much 👍

Cheers mate

Cheers mate 👍😀

Its great stuff 👍

Thanks mate 😀👍

Awesome, sounds like a plan 👍😀

This is true, there are so many details to see. I see it as a time/numbers situation. While I'd love to paint these and pick out all the nice detail I don't always have the time if I want to use them in games, so I compromise at a level that I think shows off enough to still be satisfying. However, command bases are different, always try to go all out on those 😀👍

I used to do all the brass fittings on the muskets for all my first battalions of old guard, then started going slowly insane, same with the eyes 😀 I now save them for command bases and vignettes

That's slightly odd, one thing i do with the GW washes is give them a really good shake as ive noticed sometimes the pigment seperates, that could cause it to be less defined once its dry. Let me know if that helped, I'll keep having a think 👍

Ahh. What a rookie error 😂😂😂

Sure, will try and remember to do that in the future

Hello mate, personally id do 2 batttalions of 24 with a drummer, officer and flag for watch then keep the remaining 8 normal guys with 3 officers and either use as a smaller regiment or use them to make one of the other units large 👍

@@7thson726 cheers martin i`ll do that thanks for help

That's the one 👍 You could start from white, your first coat after would have to be a medium to dark blue like the ultramarine colour, spraying them blue just cuts out a step and avoids looking detail 😀👍

@@7thson726 Thx my first paint figs and I'm a beginner your video is good for learning also i think paint medieval 15mm HYW Essex Min

I agree to an extent, however the tone of the coat is too light and needs darkening first hence the initial wash. After that, nuln oil or strong tonw works fine. I cant leave thibgs at just a wash as to me they always look more defined with a little highlight 👍 of course theres absolutely nothing wrong with not doing that, this is just the way i do it 😃