Flintloque/Silver Bayonet cross over - part eight

Progress is a little slow, but I'm not bothered as I'm enjoying the laid-back painting. As you can see I have continued with the haphazard colour schemes, making each Alternative Armies mini a character and taking time to paint every piece of equipment (there are quite a few bits) with a base colour and a number of highlights.

I am still awaiting my copy of The Silver Bayonet. I have seen on different sites that the book has been posted out to a number of people so I'm hoping that I will have mine soon.

Tony

Flintloque/Silver Bayonet cross over - part seven

I have started to paint the uniforms. Given that the minis come from a variety of different Alternative Armies product codes I have purposely tried to vary the colours and styles of uniform and equipment to give a more 'run-down' feel to the unit while still trying to remain true to the source material and references I have.

I'll continue to add paint over the next couple of days, but have to admit to enjoying this little side project, plus very much looking forward to receiving my copy of The Silver Bayonet.

Tony

Flintloque/Silver bayonet cross over - part six

At last, some real paint.....

The eight Flintloque miniatures have been given an overall basecoat of brown, darker at the base and then lighter towards the top of the minis before I started with the flesh areas.

The dark brown/light brown basecoat is a new technique for me but so far I'm liking the effect and can't wait to get some colour on to the unit.

Tony

Flintloque/Silver Bayonet cross over - part five

Not much to see as painting minis black never produces great photos! But the eight Alternative Armies figures have now been based and undercoated and are now ready for painting.

Tony

Flintloque/Silver Bayonet cross over - part four

The Milliput bases have been further textured with sieved stones and sand applied over PVA glue. I should be undercoating the minis later today.

Tony

Flintloque/Silver bayonet cross over - part three

I'm still playing around with detailing the base and adding small Green Stuff additions, but enjoying the process. Hopefully you can see the (slow) progress and how I'm trying to build a unit of characters for my planned games of The Silver Bayonet.

I have no doubt that Flintloque minis from Alternative Armies is the way to go.

I've ordered my copy of The Silver bayonet via e-bay and hopefully should have it soon.

Tony

Flintloque/Silver Bayonet cross over - part two

My Flintloque/Silver Bayonet cross over miniatures have been based and subtly modified with some Green Stuff detailing in keeping with the SB theme and official SB minis.

I still have to build-up the groundwork on my 2p coin bases, but I'm happy with the (slow) progress and am enjoying the research and story-telling that these modified figures have inspired.

This new figure project has been great fun and I look forward to more updates.

Tony