Great video! As it happens I've just completed the Heavy Brigade myself (Christmas gift from my lovely wife); I now have all the British and Russians to do Balaklava while another club member is doing the French army. I had to convert Austrian Grenzers for British line and rifles, Russian infantry from Tumbling Dice as well as converted Prussian Landwehr from Hat and Strelets. Great work on those figures, we'll have to compare notes!
You're units and painting is really good, very impressive. I am a big fan of 1/72 (20mm) plastics. I find them inexpensive, easy to paint and with a vast range of choice. Plastics are so easy to convert that there is very little need to get expensive metals. You definitely get a lot more for your money. Keep up the good work.
Hi Scotty, I use brush-on gesso to prime my 1/72 figures. It provides a great painting surface and is very sturdy, no peeling or chipping so far with over a thousand figures painted! For me historical wargaming is all about the grand spectacle of hundreds of figures on each side and that's why I love 1/72s, nice and realistic and it's easy and cheap to create a sense of mass.
Looks great this project and great value boxes . Cracking paint job was done ! Remenber me my own Crimea War but I have done the French troops . Cheers ! Robert .
sorry to hear that you had to sell stuff, but glad that you held on to the WSS. I think you comments on 1/72 are spot on..most of us started with Airfix and moved on like you say. People who do 1/72 seem to be a distinct part of hobby - rare to see featured in magazines etc - i think Miniature Wargames sometimes had them on. I think the 902 is the code. Nice to see the Jimmy (my dad was R.Sigs). Nice work on the models!
Really pleased to see you putting out a video and glad that you have found a solution to moving things forwards. Your forces so far are splendid, did you use any special preparation on the figures before painting?
Many thanks. I am glad to be painting again. I give the figures a good scrubbing with water/washing up liquid. I use an undercoat mix of vallejo black/pva glue and water as base coat.
I looked into using 1/72 when I decided to get back into war gaming and some of the figures (especially the zvezda ones) were really nice but my eyesight wasn't really up to it (except very simple WW2 color schemes) but very economical - recommend the zvezda Naps (French vs Russian) if you ever do that period
I have a longtime interest in the Crimean War as well but I have never games it before but Putin’s BS game playing in Ukraine has me thinking about gaming the Crimean war lately as well. Is that what got you going now too? Lovely figures!
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Great video! As it happens I've just completed the Heavy Brigade myself (Christmas gift from my lovely wife); I now have all the British and Russians to do Balaklava while another club member is doing the French army. I had to convert Austrian Grenzers for British line and rifles, Russian infantry from Tumbling Dice as well as converted Prussian Landwehr from Hat and Strelets. Great work on those figures, we'll have to compare notes!
unfortunately I had to sell my Crimean collection. I did do some infantry before I sold them..using strelets rifles.
You're units and painting is really good, very impressive. I am a big fan of 1/72 (20mm) plastics. I find them inexpensive, easy to paint and with a vast range of choice.
Plastics are so easy to convert that there is very little need to get expensive metals. You definitely get a lot more for your money. Keep up the good work.
Many thanks. I agree plastics are very easy to convert. Most of my standard bearers were originally carrying muskets. Quick trim and add a flag pole 😀
Nice to see you putting out some content mate sorry to hear about having to sell stuff
Thanks. Appreciated. Thankfully still able to keep a couple of armies.
Hi Scotty, I use brush-on gesso to prime my 1/72 figures. It provides a great painting surface and is very sturdy, no peeling or chipping so far with over a thousand figures painted! For me historical wargaming is all about the grand spectacle of hundreds of figures on each side and that's why I love 1/72s, nice and realistic and it's easy and cheap to create a sense of mass.
thanks I will look into brush-on gesso. I agree 1/72 is a cheap but great looking scale
Looks great this project and great value boxes . Cracking paint job was done ! Remenber me my own Crimea War but I have done the French troops . Cheers ! Robert .
many thanks. I look forward to doing the french at some point. cheers
@@scotty7906 The Zouaves of Emhar will be great for them !
For lances and flag Poles use plastic broom bristles. They are strong and straight but will not snap or pop off as they will bend...
sounds good. many thanks for the advice.
sorry to hear that you had to sell stuff, but glad that you held on to the WSS. I think you comments on 1/72 are spot on..most of us started with Airfix and moved on like you say. People who do 1/72 seem to be a distinct part of hobby - rare to see featured in magazines etc - i think Miniature Wargames sometimes had them on. I think the 902 is the code. Nice to see the Jimmy (my dad was R.Sigs). Nice work on the models!
Really pleased to see you putting out a video and glad that you have found a solution to moving things forwards. Your forces so far are splendid, did you use any special preparation on the figures before painting?
Many thanks. I am glad to be painting again. I give the figures a good scrubbing with water/washing up liquid. I use an undercoat mix of vallejo black/pva glue and water as base coat.
@@scotty7906 I hadn’t thought of mixing the vallejo with the PVA, good idea.
A nice project with splendid troops so far, promising!👍
Many thanks. I look forward to progressing this project.
I looked into using 1/72 when I decided to get back into war gaming and some of the figures (especially the zvezda ones) were really nice but my eyesight wasn't really up to it (except very simple WW2 color schemes) but very economical
- recommend the zvezda Naps (French vs Russian) if you ever do that period
Yes I looked on plasticsoldier review site and zvezda do look magnificent models
Where do you buy these models from?
I got mine from ebay
I have a longtime interest in the Crimean War as well but I have never games it before but Putin’s BS game playing in Ukraine has me thinking about gaming the Crimean war lately as well. Is that what got you going now too? Lovely figures!
Always been interested in Crimean war but always failed to get the armies painted up.