Saturday, March 6, 2010

Allons'y!


Got started on the French this week, starting with this set of line infantry from Hat:

It is superb, really great raised detail, 100 figs in the box with perfect proprotions of grenadiers, fusiliers and voltigeurs to do 4 large battalions of 24 figs, including drummer, nco and officer. They are a very soft and rubbery plastic with takes paint very well but also holds a lot of detail that is very easy to pick out. Here are some shots:






I completed 48 of them this week, I think they are probably the best 1/72 I have ever worked with. The sculpter who does this range for Hat is brilliant, I really like the oversized detail, they look like metals when painted, and the soft plastic takes paint very well and has little flash. OK, they are a bit too tidy and well-equipped for 1815, but frankly I want my toy soldier to look sharp on the table.

Some way to go just yet, next up more fusiliers, voltigeurs then maybe some infantry in greatcoats and Legeres.

5 comments:

  1. Nice job. When I saw that box on Mark's blog I thought that was a pretty heads-up move by HaT. A perfect wargamer purchase! Your productivity is amazing! Have you subcontracted some of the basic steps (priming, glueing) to the girls and their classmates?

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  2. I only wish...the girls just aren't paying off yet. Maybe if I did a little pony army?

    Yeah, Hat are really well geared to the wargamer market. I give the nod to Zvezda for detail, but for wargaming utility Hat are tops.

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  3. If I had one wish, it would be that Hat would include casualties. One of the only good things about Airfix.

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  4. Nothing a lighter and a hammer couldn't fix; maybe this is how to introduce the girls to gaming?

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