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Philgreg Painting Service

Not Enough Hours In the Day

I have had to come to terms with an ugly fact in my life: I will never get painted all the armies I want. So I have begun to use some painting services. I recently decided to take the plunge and send a large batch of 6 mm, along with a few 15 mm figures, to the Philgreg Painting Service, located in Sri Lanka. Here are the results.

I sent several hundred 6 mm Napoleonic figures, as well as a handful of 15 mm figures. I followed the packing instructions carefully. Everything was carefully sorted and labeled, and detailed instructions were provided. I sent reference by putting images and scans on a CD. The package was sent in January 21, 2005. The painted figures were back in my hands on March 26, 2005.

I suppose I could have sent some test figures, but having read good things about the service on The Miniatures Page and elsewhere, I decided to leap in. Besides, I’m not s uniform Nazi. Frankly, in 6 mm, I’d use ACW Union for Prussians in a pinch! So if a color is off here or there, its not going to bother me!

How Can You Paint Something That Small?

In 6 mm the goal is to create the effect of seeing a battlefield from a distance. So “dab-n-go” is my order of the day. The Philgreg painters went beyond that as you can see.

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The eagle should be gold or brass instead of steel, but that will be easy enough to touch up. I would have liked black left between the legs and arms to get a little depth, but otherwise they look nice.

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These Austrians might come across a little bit monochromatic but remember, in 6 mm, and at any distance they’ll look really nice. I did lose a few flagpoles in the process (and some bayonets) but nothing an evening of work won’t fix.

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I did provide instruction to do one quarter of the infantry in each of the company pom-pom colors - which Philgreg did exactly. The color here is pretty bright, which I like. If it were at all a realistic dark blue it would essentially look black on the table. I want my French to be blue and my British to be red!

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And here they are. Very red! I suppose I could touch up the plumes with a bit of red, but this is 6 mm. Who am I kidding?

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Here we begin to see some 15 mm work. The horse is a bit roughly done. Not award winning work, but certainly more than worthy to grace a wargaming table.

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This is General Bagration, and the next figure is his aide. Finding good digital reference for these figures was quite difficult. As a result I’m not wild about these figures, but that’s a function of the process, not the service.

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Finally, here are two foot figures. The first is a Spanish militia figure. I’m quite pleased with how he came out.

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The final figure is a German Fusilier, in red coat faced blue, from the Peninsular War.

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Overall, I am very pleased with service. The price can’t be beat, but more important the results are worth waiting for.

I would make one suggestion - if you’re at all picky about specific colors, paint up a sample. I have heard that if you send one done the way you like, they will copy it quite exactly.

Review posted March 30, 2005

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