Started on March 10, by March 21 all the painting was done and the flocking was finished on the 23 of March.
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base coat was black then a dark brown coat then a 'light brown' (almost white) drybrush then a color coat (as seen here)
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ink layer (fresh and wet still)
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base color layer white on the horses for A.S. Johnston
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mid-tones and some details
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highlights & metallic parts
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off the painting sticks and onto bases
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flocking completed
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All of these troops are now filed into a Confederate storage space and three brigades of foot and one brigade of horse have been assembled and as I write this, they are at the inked stage.
Moving along on the 15mm ACW project and I can see the light of a Shiloh battlefield coming ... maybe this year?
1 comment:
You are making great progress Murdock!
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