War of 1812: US Marines Painting Progress

 A good bit of progress on a 36 figure US Marine unit for my War of 1812 project.  Over the weekend I completed the basic painting and now need to finish both some details, touch ups and  apply the GW washes to clean up the lines.  These figures are 28mm and are manufactured by Knuckleduster Miniatures.

I'm hazarding a close up pictures of the "work-in-progress" which shows my shaky hand.  As a lazy painter of dubious skill, I've grown to rely on the use of a "dip" wash (applied with a brush) to make the minor imperfections fade away and add depth to the figures.  The Knuckleduster range really benefit from the washes given the prominent features in their sculpting style.  Unfortunately, my wash of choice are the discontinued GW washes.  I think I've ranted enough about that topic...

Next up will be Joshua Barney and his flotilla men who served as artillery crews and makeshift infantry.

All of this painting is being done in preparation of a game I'll be running at Fall In.  My original plan was to refight Lundy's Lane but now I'm leaning towards Bladensburg given the mixture of units at the battle.  Either way the game will be a big one and will use "big battalions" (36-40 figures per) which always look good on the tabletop.