I recently received an order from Old Guard Painters for an 1871 French Army. The figures are all Old Glory 15s and were ordered and painted through Old Guard Painting service in Ukraine.
Next step was to mount them all on bases. For this period, I use pre-cut plastic magnetized bases from Shogun Miniatures. The bases are 1-1/4″ wide by the appropriate depth. This is an in between size, to allow us to play different rules (normally Bloody Big Battles or Rank and File). I spray these dark brown and glue the figures on using white blue.
The next step was to add flags. In this case, I had some old flags in my collection (no idea what company). I attach them using thinned white glue.
Once the glue had dried, I went back with green paint (Howard Hughes Geo Hex Green) and painted the base tops (leaving the side boarders brown) and flocked them with Woodland Scenics blended turf.
The last step is to dull coat the figures with Testors Dull Coat. This puts a final seal on the figures. Hardens the flags that much more and better seals the flock. I will sometimes go back and gloss coat the bayonets, but it did not seem necessary in this case. Everything dried and my troops are ready for the table!
- Manteuffel