American Civil War - The Regiment from country roads West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
American Uncivil War - The Infantry
By this point I was happy with my colour choices and preceded to paint the main base coats, i.e, skin and cloth and the musket wooden parts and the canteens. I mixed match everything while still trying keep grey the predominat colour and I think this was achieved.
The next step was to paint the straps and details, so the metal musket bands, the cap peaks and trims and yes… even buttons. I was cotemplating painting the bag an off white then I saw a a documetary where the renactors had white bread bags and white straps fot the canteen and I thought that’ll do for me. For some reason with historicals the moment the straps are painted the model comes to life. The next step was a wash of Strong tone ink. This bubbled a little and has settled strangely on a couple of minis but the majority look well.
To finish the models I will reapply the base coats as a basic highlight. The one problem I have with the paint scheme is the length of time. 2 nights finished two coats of the main colours, 2 nights for the details, 1 for the wash and now another one or two to highlight and another to base (for 20 men). I’ll update when these are done. One night is about four hours painting which include tea making and flaffing.
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