Polemos FPW Almost There!

So, I am almost there with the paintbrush. I've bashed on with the French, and the Prussians have come together nicely. Of course its been a bit of a devil with the paints. I learnt the hard way about 6mm painting:

1) The law of diminishing returns. I look at some 6mm figs on blogs, galleries etc and they are mighty (I said mighty) fine! But why? Why why why put so much effort into the finite details? I spent much too long on my GNW figs (which if I can be arsed to photograph I will) and really once I started shoving them about, it seemed pointless. For me, the beauty of 6mm is that on my board I can have a f**k off load of little men! And because I don't wargame with my eyeball 3cm from the figure bases, it really (start the shocked face) doesn't matter to me if I go over the line a bit wiv me painting! I did it with colour books when I was a child. I would probably still do that know if I did colouring books...

2) Reading Vallejo paint charts, are not for me. I'm 40 years old. My best years are behind me. And they were pretty good in parts. So now, I'm not going read paint colour charts. Am I painting my French line infantry with lemon jackets? Of course not. What you think I'm some sort of c**t or what? I'm doing it in a blue. That I like and in 6mm I think its good enough. Once I've washed the jacket wi' some black, it looks cock on. My Prussians have been done in Prussian Blue. Don't know if its right. I've never met a Prussian from 1870 in 6mm or otherwise. Frankly I like it.

This is a bit of a ramble now isn't it.? I've been off the cider for about 10 days and I think I am starting to crack up. Right without further waffle (having discussed FPW French & Prussians) here is a Mecklenburg battalion as a WIP. I don't do the bases until everything is finished. At least that way there is some attempt at making every thing look like they are in the same army.

Figures by Peter Berry (the man who basically rips food out of my kids mouth by making me spend my child benefit on little bits of metal). Table cloth by the other half. Blurred crap pictures by me. I really REALLY wish I could figure out how to work my b*****ding camera! I will get the thing sorted and get the rest up.