9/21/2023 0 Comments 15mm modern tanks![]() I also decided to paint them a shade lighter, since smaller figures usually require this for the colors to look right at a distance. Since these are mid-to-late war French Légère, I wanted the coats and pants to be a darker blue. My next step was to stain paint the uniforms. I find it goes on very evenly, and the off-white color is perfect for when you are painting flesh, since it has a bit of yellow and green in it. Given the small size of the figures and the amount of detail, I wanted a thin coat. I knew I was going to use a mixture of Army Painter Speed Paints and regular acrylic paints, so a light-colored primer was called for. For thirty-four figures, it took me about 30 minutes to get them trimmed, mold lines removed and attached to popsicle stands for painting. The only tricky bit was some extra material around the eagle standards ( The Wargaming Company has solved this problem for the production molds). ![]() I quickly cleaned the figures up – even in pre-production these figures were very clean with minimal mold lines. Regardless, I was excited to finally get them on my painting table this past week. I had several work projects and other painting commitments before I could get to them. ![]() I received the samples in February, and it is now May. Better yet, the detail is crisp and deep, ideal for people who need to quickly paint large numbers because you can use staining techniques or GW contrast paints/AP Speed Painter paints for spectacular results. ![]() It rivals that of many larger 15 and 20mm models. The detail on these figures is insane at 10mm. My initial impression of the new samples was simply ‘Wow’. I have many 10mm historicals in my collection from several metal manufacturers. The owner, David Ensteness, was kind enough to send me enough figures and bases for three battalions of Légère and two companies of sappers. I received some samples from The Wargaming Company for review purposes of some pre-production casts of the new 10mm line of thermal plastic French Napoleonics. ![]()
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