Prufrock's Wargaming Blog

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Monday, April 22, 2013

Painting Gauls: the colour / pattern guinea pigs.

Have been testing paint and pattern combinations for the 330 or so Gauls I have to paint.  It's very slow going, but some progress has been made.  I've now got about four sets of base and highlight colours that go together reasonably nicely, and another couple that I'll use base and wash with.  Not very happy with the patterns so far, but hopefully I'll get better as we go along!

The idea is to have around half of the figures in drab, plain patterned articles,with every second figure having something mildly fancy (stripes of some description; rich colours; armour, etc), and every sixth or seventh figure in something a bit spiffy (in checked patterns, having a nicely striped cloak, good shield, etc).



It's very slow going, but once I get the groundwork done things should progress faster (he says with fingers crossed...).

To finish on a positive note, I pulled out the few bases of Gauls I painted six years ago and while they are too small to join this crew it's noticeable that my painting skills have improved in the interval, so that's some good news.

7 comments:

  1. Good luck! I shudder at the idea of painting Celtiberians, never mind Gauls - and they only need some patterned cloaks!

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  2. Interesting to see. I have a 15mm gaul DBA army that I should do something with eventually. Warband armies just are not my thing. Bosphorans are much more fun.

    Rhys

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  3. Very nice, looking forward to watching your progress. :)

    I have been putting off painting the Gauls as long as possible because I know the chore (I mean joy) that awaits me!

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  4. Nice work, especially on the checked cloaks!

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  5. Great start and I do really like your checked cloaks. I think you made the right call using Xyston figs. I grabbed OGs naked Gauls for a quick batch and I'm regretting it. ;-)

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  6. Great paintjob!
    Best regards
    derFigurenschieber

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  7. Thanks all; it's my first time to try and paint any patterns that are at all complicated, and some of the attempts are pretty cringeworthy. Hopefully these 'interesting' experiments will stand me in good stead when it comes time to do the next batches!

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