Britain's ACW Re-Paints (1 Viewer)

[swalterh]

Hello Everyone,

Its been a while since my last post, been coaching HS Football. Now that the seaon's over I can get back to painting miniatures. Here are some Britain's ACW Re-Paints I've just completed.

 

[swalterh]

Here's a junior officer from the Iron Brigade. I absolutely love this pose. These Britain's figures paint up really well, superb sculpting. I should get him some fellow Black Hats to follow his lead.

 

[mr colt 45]

I must say real nice job on the repaints. But I have a question. I have Jeff Davis president of the south ACW. It is a Del Prado figure. The paint is missing from the tip of his nose. What paint brand should I use and color code? Also were can I get the brand of paint to use? There are no hobby shops were I live. Thank You Mr Colt 45.

 

[swalterh]

Hello Mr. Colt 45,

Thanks for the kind words about the repainted figures. As far as paints go, many within the industry would encourage you to use industry specific brands such as Vallejo. I personally use craft store acrylics, such as Delta Ceram coat, Apple Barrel, Americana and Folk Art that are available from retailers such as Michael’s and Hobby Lobby. I believe that Wal-Mart carries a few of these items as well. Frankly, these brands get the job done just as well as any hobby specific brand at a fraction of the price.

As far as your figure, there is little to no way of knowing exactly what brands and colors were used in the production of the Jeff Davis figure. The manufacturing process occurs off shore and the Chinese will use whatever paints they can that are close to the mark and are the cheapest and most readily available. Oftentimes figures from the same brand have differing shades of flesh or uniform colors because it is very difficult for the parent company to control production consistency when manufacturing overseas.

If your interest is merely in mending the chipped paint may I suggest purchasing a few flesh tones, tans, browns and white acrylic hobby paint from a local retailer such as Wal-Mart or an online vendor, I do believe that Hobby Lobby offers acrylic paints for sale on line. Mix these colors together until you have something that closely resembles the flesh shade on the figure and paint over the chipped area with your mixture. You colud also repaint the enitre face and hands with an acrylic flesh tone and re-do the eyes and eye brows. I guess it just depends on how adventurous you're feeling.

Hope this helps.

 

[mr colt 45]

Swaltern: I want to Thank You very much for Your information and help. I will use it. Do to medical problems I can no longer do the fine work that I used to do and the excellent work You do. Thanks again. Mr Colt 45.

 

[ROUGH RIDER]

You do very good work.

 

[swalterh]

Here are a few photos of the first enlisted man for my Iron Brigade Unit.

 

[swalterh]

Here's an update on my Iron Brigade Project.

 

[wds0855]

Here's an update on my Iron Brigade Project.

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Those look great. I am starting off my collection with the Iron Brigade. I really like the poses. I got the Chosen Ground set with the 2 color bearers because it has the drummber boy. I did not see a Iron Brigrade drummer boy sold seperate. Or even in the new Antietam IB set. I am looking forward to getting some Johnny Rebs too.

Walt

 

[Scott]

Here's a junior officer from the Iron Brigade. I absolutely love this pose. These Britain's figures paint up really well, superb sculpting. I should get him some fellow Black Hats to follow his lead.

/QuOTE]

The officer's coat is double breasted and for more senior officers than Lt.s and captains. The trousers should also have gold stripes as well. It is a good figure and your painting style looks great. I really like the brownish wear on the leather gear.

 

[NY Collector]

Here's a junior officer from the Iron Brigade. I absolutely love this pose. These Britain's figures paint up really well, superb sculpting. I should get him some fellow Black Hats to follow his lead.

/QuOTE]

The officer's coat is double breasted and for more senior officers than Lt.s and captains. The trousers should also have gold stripes as well. It is a good figure and your painting style looks great. I really like the brownish wear on the leather gear.

Wasn't Black leather the standard issue ?

 

[swalterh]

Here's a junior officer from the Iron Brigade. I absolutely love this pose. These Britain's figures paint up really well, superb sculpting. I should get him some fellow Black Hats to follow his lead.

/QuOTE]

The officer's coat is double breasted and for more senior officers than Lt.s and captains. The trousers should also have gold stripes as well. It is a good figure and your painting style looks great. I really like the brownish wear on the leather gear.

Hi Scott,

Thanks for your kind comments. You are correct about the historical accuracy issue pertaining to the button arrangement on the coat. Let us imagine for the sake of artistic argument that this junior officer came across a double-breasted coat at some point during his illustrious field service. Perhaps it was a gift from a superior who was looking to discard his extra double-breasted coat and decided to bestow it upon his deserving subordinate. Our junior officer is, after all, a member of the famed Iron Brigade and would have had ample opportunity to distiguish himself.

In regards to the trousers. My source, Echoes of Glory: Arms and Equipment of the Union, gives two photographic examples of sky blue infantry officer's trousers with dark blue piping on pages 115 and 116. The same source provides examples of trousers with gold piping on pages 101 and 105, but these are said to have been worn by staff and cavalry officers.

Thanks agian,
Shane

 

[swalterh]

Wasn't Black leather the standard issue ?

Hi NYC,

Yes, black leather was the standard, mint condition issue. The dry brushing of the light brown color on the edges of the cartridge box and cap pouch are meant to give these items a worn and weathered look.

 

[Scott]

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In regards to the trousers. My source, Echoes of Glory: Arms and Equipment of the Union, gives two photographic examples of sky blue infantry officer's trousers with dark blue piping on pages 115 and 116. The same source provides examples of trousers with gold piping on pages 101 and 105, but these are said to have been worn by staff and cavalry officers.

Thanks agian,
Shane

Thank you for the source. The book is a great source. I was looking at officer trouser colors in the regs. and I must have hit reply before editing out the gold piping sentence for infantry officers.

 

[Scott]

Wasn't Black leather the standard issue ?

".....brownish wear .."

http://www.angelfire.com/oh3/civilwarantiques/2ndJuly2011webcat.html

 

[swalterh]

Thank you for the source. The book is a great source. I was looking at officer trouser colors in the regs. and I must have hit reply before editing out the gold piping sentence for infantry officers.

Thanks Scott,

You about gave me a scare there. I appreciate your historical commentary on the figures. It’s always good to have someone to double check with. You’re suggestion regarding the shading of the knapsacks was particularly helpful. I had to take some artistic liberty with the officer’s coat though.

The figures are currently members of a diorama and I wanted the leadership to reflect command initiative at the company level. This particular officer bears the blank rank insignia straps of a 2nd Lieutenant. The closest commissioned grade you can get to the rank and file. Perhaps he was at one point an enlisted man himself. In the diorama he is seen displaying an exemplary level of individual command initiative and personal courage by inspiring his men forward in order to exploit a potential tactical advantage.

Unfortunately, Britain’s doesn’t currently offer an individually sold Iron Brigade officer donning a single-breasted coat, so I made due. It’s still a great figure and he adds just the right touch to the scene.