Epic Painting, Warlord Confederate Infantry Quickly and Easily
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So I thought I'd paint up the free sprue of Confederate troops which was on the front of January's Wargames |Illustrated magazine of the new Warlord Games Epic scale plastic troops.
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I would've gone for walnut pants or just straight up grey since most confederate regular army had that rather than looted / leftover union stuff. Also I would've taken the time to do a flesh dot on the faces and hands. I personally find that wash color plus drybrush made them look a bit corpse-like and manually painting each face and hand is incredibly fast and pops a lot. This is all preference though and all that matters is you're happy with them.
Yes a lot more time spent improves the effect for sure
Nicely done and I quite enjoyed doing mine, the repetition isn’t that bad - I painted the whole sprue in two sessions. The bases aren’t too much of an issue all the rules I use are base driven although I usually use 30mm frontage so these will just equate to two bases no hassle. Think WLG have a great idea
Yeah they were quick and easy and pretty effective
I like the fact that you did the Confederates and they came out very nicely indeed. Ive enjoyed your recent review of this venture by Warlords. I dont agree with everything you say though but thats what this is all about, differing views but on reflection i think you have done a splendid job giving a very good review and the comparisons. Being new to ACW i think this is perfect for me to do large scale battles as 28mm is such a daunting task for these theatres of war like Napoleonics, American War of Independence and of course ACW. With 28mm Ive found the perfect game for me in Too Fat Lardies Sharp Practice rules. From what I have read I do believe Black Powder is best suited for the larger battles and this scale. Ive never played Black Powder just watched many videos so i may be well off base here but that my early take on it.
I Agree 28mm poops ....looks way better ...but to each his own.....lol
Completely agree mate. I love Sharp Practice and actually that’s how I started with AWI, and as the figures grew, I expanded into playing 28mm AWI Black Powder..... but you do need a lot of room for these games as well as figures. As a new player to ACW, I would say these figures are a great option
@@BootsontheTable Likewise i think Sharp Practice is just utterly brilliant especially with the narrative lengths you can go to. I just spotted the Perrys ACW boxset in 28mm perfect for Sharp Practice......bollocks!!! LOL
Thank you , Dom .
You are very welcome
You can use this basing system for Johnny Reb III, or any other ACW game out there. As long as all the miniatures use the same bashing system. Johnny Reb III has rules for everything from 6mm - 28mm
good to know thanks
Thank you for this video! 👍👍
No problem 👍
They do come out rather nice, as you say. I might pick up some of their later stuff in the range.
Cheers mate, they are ok but look ok from distance
Still think they are good value and great for someone starting in ACW but i have far to many 15mm figs to start again
but i am thinking about going into Nap`s so if they go down that route I will be interested big time. great vid as always Dom
a Happy New Year to all
Cheers mate, same to you
The figures came out nice Dom, the smaller scales certainly lend themsevles well to the base-wash-highlight system.
True mate
I’ve bought the army painter speed paints (fingers crossed) and I hope it works well !!!
nice - I pre-ordered a set myself as I like the GW ones so thought i'd try the Speed Paints too
For the union hats and jackets, I mixed the blue contrast with black templar and a touch of flow improver (I bought two $120 sets; I really didnt need the fancy buildings, and I end up with more regiments, 48 instead of 30 for just a few $ more)
Interesting I assume you didnt use a dark wash or that would have made them almost black? Good value for all those troops for sure
Enjoyed the video. Figures have turned out great.
Thank you kindly
Good tutorial Dom and yeah as you say, they turned out ok, just a shame they don’t mix and I wish they were in groups of 4 or 5 figures instead. Good job mate 👍😁
Yeah agreed mate, but oh well I have enough projects already so probably a good thing
@@BootsontheTable 😂
Great video Dom, totally agree about the figure size, and for that reason it wont be for me, i will stick to 10mm and 28mm ACW
Yeah agree with you mate
Great video - very useful to see them being painted up, and the end result. 👍
cheers thanks very much - i was a,little out of practice at something so small but they were nice to do
Nice job Dom. I agree, they paint up well, and if you want to do BP with them then fine, but I will stick with what I have for now.
yeah me too mate
Well done, they came out nicely!
not bad thanks Phil
They come out alright it seems. Good job.
yeah - I havent painted figures this small for 15 years so I was very rusty
To my surprise I find them very easy to paint. The ones I got in WI.. even better than 15mm.... really looking forward to my preorder starter set.
yes indeed they are, I quite enjoyed painting mine
They came out brilliantly Dom!
Not sure I'd go brilliantly Nik - but they were OK but thanks!
They came out nicely mate.
yeah they were OK in the end I think
Wonderful stuff dom
cheers mate - as I said a little out of practice on figures so small but fun to do
Nice job dom haven't got mine yet will do them as union i think
Apparently they are exactly the same except the union figures are blue plastic
They paint up very well. Whether I need ACW in another (odd) scale is doubtful- other periods may tempt me...
yeah my thoughts exactly Martin, now if it was a 7YW or Crimea or something I'd be all over it
@@BootsontheTable 7YW? Now that is a thought!
Nice one Dom. They turned out well. Napoleonics next I reckon. 👍
We shall see but i suspect you are right
Good vid, very helpful, thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Epic, lol, happy new year, all the best, Garry
same to you mate
They are not bad. I think it’s the repetition of the same unit over and over again that would dissuade me for now. But you are right that it is cheap to build a big army. If they do ECW that might be a page turner. Also when the cavalry and resin figures come out how much the costs jump up. Bit like dangling a carrot in front of a donkey leading him into a minefield. I do think warlord are slowly turning into the GW of historical gaming.
warlords resin is fairly priced and the quality is better then most metal minis
yeah I wonder how much more the 'elite' or special units will be. I do dearly hope that they arent heading the GW direction
I am not sure I agree - the resin I have seen is not great and give me hard plastic or metal any day - but each to their own
Again totally agree with you....too bad they are not compatible with other brands...
Agreed Eric
Loads of alleged 15mm figures don’t mix with other brands and it gets worse at 28mm at least they’ve been upfront.
@@squigs1917 You are right on point, buy one bag of 15mm union infantry from every mini company and line them up together and see what you get "15mm".
Thanks for the video.. they look great. A *stupid* question if I may? Which primer do you get from Halfords?? New to this, and there are a confusing range of options to the uninitiated.. 😏
Not stupid mate. The one I use is Halfords Primer Grey a 500ml sized one
Magnificent .
Thanks
So are you going to add to your collection at this scale. If you want single figures, for the price I am sure you could afford to lose two figures to get a single figure if you must. Great stuff Dom. Ignore the critics.
They do paint up well.
No not getting anymore Leslie, just the WI ones
They look good. Easily identifiable as rebs on the table. The contrast method looked quick.
I might have accidentally bought the £90 set 🙄
Oops! Lol
Did you feel that it was worth using the contrast paint, at this scale could you notice it actually contrasting? Cheers. Nice vid.
it's a good question. Contrast paints flow so well I tend to use them a lot, but probably watered down 'normal' paint would have worked just as well
Please make a video about the Union and cavalry :D
I only have the free sprue from WI magazine right now - If i get hold of more I will
They do look epic painted. I don t like the formation style tho.
Lol
Too close- they would not have advanced shoulder to shoulder. This is more of a Napoleonic formation- and you can't change it...
@@peezebeuponyou3774 nope you can’t
They do look good! Which makes it even more annoying about the scale! Nice video
cheers thanks very much - yeah nice but not that nice!
Nice work, Your video would be improved greatly if you turned off the autofocus on your camera. Cheers! Hard to watch at times.
Thanks for the tip
nice tutorial but , Why blue hats and white belts? historically inaccurate (for confederate)
Just seemed right really, sorry it seems to offend some
Confederate soldiers did wear blue, some Throughout the whole war. One you thing you got to remember uniforms and equipment specially among the Confederacy varied because they where raised differently and equipped differently by their officers. In fact I believe some union regiments didn't even have shoes.
@@Gloryholrr It was some confederates that did not have boots, due to manufacturing corners being cut and supply issues.
@@dragonsdenexotics ye I know
Elijah Taylor, the only Southern troops to wear blue after the confusion of Bull Run that lead to being shot down by your own side, were a few Zouave units and the famed Washington artillery,the Confederacy adopted gray and butternut for front line units to avoid confusion, and the sky blue trousers were also pretty rare among Rebel troops apart from the ones they looted from Union supply trains. It certainly confused me when he painted the Kepis Union blue....the blue slouch hats were even more eyebrow raising...peace...
lovely painting.....hate the black bases thoug...looks unnatural
fair enough but thanks anyway!
Google Confederate uniforms for more uniforms if you are new to the period. Wargames Illustrated painted the uniforms wrong in there "How to Paint" these figures, honestly how could they allow such a screw up in the mag! Look at Warlords site for these figures they have the uniforms correct. Thank You for the video did enjoy having a look at the figures themselves. I dropped my Sub to these idiots years ago.
No thanks, I am not worried even if I guess you are :)
@@BootsontheTable Agreed Dom! Don't know why the uniform custodians bother posting.
@@lesliebeilby-tipping6854 I don’t care Leslie, I am thick skinned and don’t claim to be any kind of expert, especially for this period, but I hate Button Nazis with a passion... they are the one bad thing about the hobby and how they try and belittle people. Old gits like me don’t care, but younger hobbyists can be put off the hobby by the crap attitude of these twats
@@BootsontheTable What ever dude I said nothing about buttons or anything all I am saying if you are going to make a video just get the basic colors right. I was a ACW re-enactor just get the basics right, the paint job was fine the colors were wrong that's it.
@@pastandpresentgaming-zh7fe just ways of pointing things out in a nice way.....
Thank you,Dom.
Thank you!
Loupis Canis here, PC down , Using wife’s Thighpad thingy .