Military Miniatures

My first 54mm scale model, although I have done 100s of 15 mm.

This depicts a private of the British 6th Line running past a dead French Grenadier at the battle of La Coruña in Spain 1809.

Painted in water soluble acrylics and finsihed in a matt varnish to help protect it.
The base is original, but I have mounted it on a home turned and polished wooden plinth.

Initially I was very happy with the way this model turned out. Then I coated it with a thin coat of clear, matt varnish.

This unfortunately gave the whole a ’shiny’ look, a bit like a toy soldier.

Does anyone know of a truely clear and matt varnish out there?

Comments on the model most welcome. Suggestions for improvements or any other modelling tips welcome too!

My next project is a figure depicting a French Dragoon, on foot, during the retreat from Moscow. I will put up a step by step picture record of how the preperation and painting of the figure progresses.

This entry was posted on Saturday, May 6th, 2006 at 11:42 am and is filed under La Coruña. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.