Yesterday I made a new mould using some computer generated 40mm Austrians sent from Graham C of Crann Tara. The plastic/resin masters are extremely fragile and tend to break in a standard vulcanised rubber mould, so I bought some silicone moulds, which can harden at a lower temperature, are much softer on masters, and shrink less.... Unfortunately the same result, with many of the masters breaking in the mould or distorting. However the Austrian grenadiers and some other figures came out ok. The rest I will patch up with milliput and cast the masters in metal.
The results are stunning. The pictures do not do the figures justice. They are lovely to paint, full of detail, but easy to work with the brush.
These chaps are painted as IR27 Baden-Durlach who saw action in many of the major actions of the Seven Years War and War of Austrian Succession. The light blue facings makes a nice contract with the predominantly darker blue or red facings of the majority of Austrian regiments.
Creating a full regiment will be one of my winter projects.
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