Community Spotlight: British Soldiers, Vampire Queens & The Fighting Third
February 20, 2019 by brennon
Come and join us for another delve into the Forums and Projects to find the best of the best from the last week or so. We're going to be getting stuck into lots of great looking pieces this week...
...make sure to always let us know what YOU have been working on and share it across the site.
British Provincial Force by brizzlerob
The first set of awesome miniatures we're going to be looking at comes from brizzlerob who has been doing a sterling job working on these French & Indian War figures for use in games of Sharp Practise. Check out these fantastic characters.
This army came together so that he could play through a big event at Bristol Independent Gaming and I think they look awesome. There's a lot of awesome stuff done to bring these characters to life, building up those bright red uniforms alongside cleverly finished facial details too.
You can see this continued across the mass of different units that were worked on for this force. I think this is great and whilst a big Historical force is probably beyond most of us, it's superb to see someone actually bring it to life in 28mm no less.
As well as these close-ups as part of the Project there are also some great gaming shots from a friend which you check out too so you can see the army in action.
Now isn't that a splendid site! I love them all ranked up like that and the colours really stand out from the rest of the tabletop. Hopefully, this will spur some people on as they try and create armies just as impressive as these.
Vampire Queen by yogiebear
Next up we're looking away from an army to a more singular project. yogiebear has been doing an awesome job on this Vampire Queen and she has finished up as quite the impressive diorama piece, stalking through a graveyard raising the dead as she goes.
There is some serious skill on show here as they managed to bring that deep red through against her pale skin and shadowy black/blue leathers. You can just imagine the moon bathing her in the light as she steps forward, ready to tear apart the hunters who are looking to dust here.
If you're interested in seeing just how the miniature came to life yogiebear has done a fantastic job of taking us through the step by step process. Make sure to dive in and check this one out.
The Fighting Third by beaudouro
Lastly, for this week, we're going to be looking at some more Black Powder era soldiers with The Fighting Third by beaudouro. Here we can see more amazing painting in 28mm bringing these soldiers to life and really pumping folks up to get started in this era of warfare.
He has been doing a lot of research into these soldiers and working out the right scheme for them. I love their distinctive blue trousers and the big 'steam engine green' tunics that they're wearing too. Just as with the first project we looked at today these are a great example of how you can create some sterling soldiers that work as rank and file troops with a sense of individuality.
As with the first project it is well worth diving into it to come and check out more of the work going into these soldiers. I think they stand out particularly nicely and the bright bases work as a good compliment to the darker tones for their uniforms; another plus point from me!
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Every week we’re absolutely blown away by the incredible topics that are put into the Projects, it’s getting more difficult to choose Community Spotlights! We love your work and we hope to see a lot more of it in the future!
If you fancy getting your hobby fingers out and showing off your newest paint job, terrain piece or even greatest gaming achievement, we want to know about it!
We don’t mind if you’re a newcomer to painting or a veteran of the brush, everything you do inspires us to create more and more content together!
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So very well deserved everyone! Great work…
three well deserved gold buttons folks.
Lovely work, all well deserved buttons.
All those profiled this week are indeed well done!
Lots of great brushwork going on.
I really love the ‘British Provincial Force’ @brizzlerob what line of minis did you use?
Also, that battlefield with the pumpkin patch really wowed me. It made me remember the TV series ‘TURN’. Lots of farms and fields were shown as they passed through and fought in some during the series.
@brennon thanks for the recognition, but credit should be given to others who help motivate me, and enable many of the lovely tables we played on; especially Dave Hunter (the main man), Dave (again) Jenny and Leigh (terrain), and everyone else with their lovely forces. I should also add the last phot of redcoat with a pumpkin patch isn’t of my force! It’s my mate Ben’s incredible British Regulars! @templar007 my models are largely from Lance at the Galloping Major (who joined us at the event). His figures are gorgeous. I’m pretty sure the pumpkin patch is a Dave Hunter… Read more »
@Dennis Cross in the last picture all the minis except the Officer and tokens are Warlord Games. On the Left are British Regulars and on the Right are British Grenadiers
@brizzlerob fantastic work mate they look brilliant
Thanks for the info @Elessar2590 & @brizzlerob
Since this was posted I’ve been thinking of building an American Revolution skirmish battle table.
With the inspiration that you have supplied I think I’ll put in an order for some minis. Thanks!
Wow, a golden button! Pleased with that! Cheers guys…