French Foreign Legion

[despertaferro]

Hi there...

Not much time for painting lately...
And the little I do, is not for hobby but just as a break or to clear my mind.
Probably my painting had resented from it, same as my pictures... This time I even have'nt the time to clean the figures from the basing stuff before taking the pictures...

Anyway, French Foreign Legion and Berber warriors at the beginning of 20th century.

Many thanks for your time...!

Joan

[C M Dodson]

I am not sure why you are being negative because these troops are lovely.

The painting standard is excellent.

The camera never lies and unfortunately is merciless with mistakes, especially when the subject is ‘blown up’ to many times it’s original size.

These are wonderful.

Congratulations.

Best wishes,

Chris

[dykio]

dear Joan,

I fully agree with cris, these figures are as all your figs top of the bill !! I do have a question, wich sets did you use for the berber warriors?

Laterrrrr

Dykio

[despertaferro]

Many thank's dear friends...

I answer you know, I'm not sure if I could tomorrow...

C M Dobson... thank's for your kind worlds. Maybe is just my mood... If you follow International news, surelly you can make a guess why...

Dykio...
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=2540
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=2526

All the best...!

Joan

[Konrad]

What's wrong with this figs?
They looking great.
Nice to hear from you again.

[Susofrick]

Agree with the others! And, as Konrad said, very nice to see something from you again. I am very fond of trying to find out which figures you used. You are really a master mixing figures from different makers so they fit together!

[lobo]

Congratulations. As always, excellent job, composition and photos.
This recerences have a lot of posibilities!
Antonio.

[Egbert]

I think the parts look great
and your painting is excellent.

[Bluefalchion]

Wonderful figures, as always. I hope painting can cheer you up a bit and be a welcome escape from the troubles your area is experiencing. Thanks for showing the Foreign Legion v. Berbers to us.

[Bill Slavin]

Thanks for sharing these. As others have said, these are beautifully painted figures that stand up to the close camera work amazingly well!

[Graeme]

I have to agree with the others this is real quality paintwork on these figures. The hand painted flag is very good it really looks like it's rippling in the wind.

I'm very impressed by the way your bases fit together to make a very realistic melee scene.

[guilhem]

Excellent idea o mix all the french legion… your work is excellent!

[Marvin]

I can only add to the praise. Terrific in so many ways.

[despertaferro]

Not the smartest move to post my legionaires the very same day Dykio post their own viewtopic.php?f=2&t=23013 , beautifully painted I must say; but Sunday I'm flying to NZ for a month and I'm frantically trying to finish and post everything I got...

Not accurate for the period, Fire at Will did it right viewtopic.php?f=2&t=22938 , the Legionnaires should wear khaki drill instead; but I wanted them with a classic look (I guess it took some time to fully replace their old uniforms ...) ... The Riffians are not accurate neither. They carry more weapons than a Mexican bandit, and they look mostly like Arabs, not Amazics like they should.

Anyhow, here they are. Another FFL platoon and a Berber harka to built up numbers in this project.

Regards

Joan



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Riff War

[despertaferro]

Hi boys…

Reinforcements for the Riffian side, a mounted Harka.

Even though I am happy with the outcome, I was a bit disappointed with these figures. The weapons are not well defined (most of the rifles have just a rough shape of what they are meant to represent…) and I had to carve half of the horse’s body wide to make these chaps fit into the saddle. Not good, but that I can understand. Somehow.
But the dromedary riders using stirrups is far beyond my comprehension. Did they check any book before planning a figure set? Do they have access to internet…?
(Not to mention the pegs on their legs made to fit into holes impossible to reach… But not because bad moulding. These riders did not fit the dromedaries intended to ride clearly at their master’s stage. Conclusion? Or they even didn’t try or tried and didn’t care…)

I’m sorry, I do not mean to offend anybody but, I can’t understand why Strelets still making mistakes like these when they are so easy to prevent.

I hope you’re all well.

Joan

[Bluefalchion]

Joan--

You managed to overcome any shortcomings with the figures and their horses. The final result is spectacular.
And if Strelets were smart, they would purchase these images from you and use the images to sell more copies of this set!

[despertaferro]

Hello...
I was pretty sure that I had a topic about the Rif War, French Foreign Legion and the Abd El-Karim rebels figures….
I can't find it, so I'll post the new bases here. If I have time, I will try to take new photos of everything I have about the era so far.
Some of the figures are vintage Airfix that have been waiting for their chance to be painted since I was a kid, about 50 years ago

To Aixfix's credit, I have to say that its plastic remains flexible and in perfect condition, not like some newer Revell or Hat that fall apart at the slightest touch.

Thank you very much for your time.

Joan

[Peter]

Nice army again Joan!

[Kekso]

Awesome comeback Joan.

[Bill Slavin]

Great to see more of your figures - beautifully painted, as always, in your subtle palette.
Regarding the old Airfix figures, it is interesting that that is your experience. My ancient 50 year old figures are as brittle as anything and snap if dropped! I wonder if it has something to do with how they are stored rather than the plastic itself?