Grenadier Music Band (5)

Finally, all Charbens finished. Simple block colour scheme, matt varnish, then gloss varnish. The blend in nicely with the other toy soldiers in the wargaming room.

Grenadier Music Band (4)

And this is how they look with a good coat of varnish applied. The last row has some Britains from the Ceremonial Collection, the 2 front rows are the ones (re)painted by me. Of course, the (lack of) detail in the Charbens is noticeable, but that was to be expected.

Grenadier Music Band (3)

I finished the paintjob on 6 toy soldiers. 2 are Britains from the New Metal range (70s), the other 4 are plastic Charbens. I tried to paoint them in a colour scheme as close as possible to the current Ceremonial Collection Britains.

Only thing left to do is to varnish them (first a matt spray, then a gloss coat).

Grenadier Music Band (2)

In a previous post I showed some of my toy soldiers which have been sitting on my painting table. I didn't have much time for the past month (exams and all that), but finally started working on some of the figures again.

The plastic music band turned out to be Charbens figures, and I mounted them on plastic 20x40mm bases to give them more uniform look (and a more stable pose). I will repaint them, such that they can join my other figures in the wargaming room.

Below you see (left and middle) two Guards figures from Britains. They are not from the Deetail range, since they are completely made of metal, except for their bearskin hat and their rifle, which is plastic. Probably figures from the 60s? On the right you see a modern Britains figure from the Ceremonial Collection ange. The idea is to (re)paint the two old figures such that they match the one on the right ...