tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58872782256162878032024-03-15T19:10:20.556-06:00Adventures in Miniature GamingAn exciting trip through the world of miniature gaming from my eyes.Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.comBlogger174125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-90317734115875654062021-05-22T12:33:00.000-06:002021-05-22T12:33:52.168-06:00Hessian JagersI keep finding little bits of American War of Independence projects hidden in interesting places. these guys were on bases, primed or partially painted, in the same box as my Imagination army, the Electorate of Lustigzollern-Grossgesass.<br /><br />These are Perry miniatures, and I eventually intend to have 3 teams of 6 figures, plus the amusette and command figures(for SP2). These are generally lovely figures, though some times the facial detail was a bit soft, and a wash wouldn't pick it up well.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitIg1-QV-iacC7ALQlw-_uvLbnjKatV4g9j8tyvciADoZrVCKx83gi5gY2n0ZnomTuQhGlmcLa13vF-AUD10c03747TGbi952UmfmNliWILD77Yv1p03TdmixS2-SJIPJW4MWekXmfdQ8/s1200/20210522_115437.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitIg1-QV-iacC7ALQlw-_uvLbnjKatV4g9j8tyvciADoZrVCKx83gi5gY2n0ZnomTuQhGlmcLa13vF-AUD10c03747TGbi952UmfmNliWILD77Yv1p03TdmixS2-SJIPJW4MWekXmfdQ8/s320/20210522_115437.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Whole group minus extra command figures.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcE-ljQKGmVh1z2RERBkdGR55yfDFQD-fYilV-WBF_NPzSoCMXPc-rFcbCpUVORIZWfHI0mvlN8x6sUoYHARGJb6Q56B6F_Fvbg8_w920nE2Kyq4yaqnY7YWwOCALtNBLK2W1MAG8zocE/s900/20210522_115614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="491" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcE-ljQKGmVh1z2RERBkdGR55yfDFQD-fYilV-WBF_NPzSoCMXPc-rFcbCpUVORIZWfHI0mvlN8x6sUoYHARGJb6Q56B6F_Fvbg8_w920nE2Kyq4yaqnY7YWwOCALtNBLK2W1MAG8zocE/s320/20210522_115614.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Command stand and Amusette team</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBuf5F-r_Ehk7Ui6hUQqDU5Ljo6FkkLTlgF8jp3hsabKZoeujttq-TC6soJzE0t753fkiYfm7dapNIIDjqywiw3pkdyIOXqVA45AyTpzQ3trtGLzg_rNLbsSp0FPOc1r06fAvacY_jKA/s900/20210522_115634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBuf5F-r_Ehk7Ui6hUQqDU5Ljo6FkkLTlgF8jp3hsabKZoeujttq-TC6soJzE0t753fkiYfm7dapNIIDjqywiw3pkdyIOXqVA45AyTpzQ3trtGLzg_rNLbsSp0FPOc1r06fAvacY_jKA/s320/20210522_115634.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Command and Amusette from the rear</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupp3ghWhqS8uwTGfPFudX-9JTFy8LLaP6LjRsRI8O4Dq93Mkzg8EU4RMiuGkZcYGuRCE7ACux4ol-JRPG3ckP2R_v8BWQnTDpFVi_3mID6eIJPzvJAy7NY8GiqkDEbDA11irtfL84KFM/s900/20210522_115538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupp3ghWhqS8uwTGfPFudX-9JTFy8LLaP6LjRsRI8O4Dq93Mkzg8EU4RMiuGkZcYGuRCE7ACux4ol-JRPG3ckP2R_v8BWQnTDpFVi_3mID6eIJPzvJAy7NY8GiqkDEbDA11irtfL84KFM/s320/20210522_115538.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jager team. note the somewhat soft facial detail.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQlnS_bardKeUE0zgGS9wqVggfL09Ukn9ioi-3eeHRVO6rzqKP22EVYgw3L-YTSM48c4kvyNiI_1Fdy8WaYTb2sqdRH7LTkLHqViN8tq1IhctgwNnoIGyKhxnHTx3xTgQ9p70Grm1OUHE/s900/20210522_115655.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQlnS_bardKeUE0zgGS9wqVggfL09Ukn9ioi-3eeHRVO6rzqKP22EVYgw3L-YTSM48c4kvyNiI_1Fdy8WaYTb2sqdRH7LTkLHqViN8tq1IhctgwNnoIGyKhxnHTx3xTgQ9p70Grm1OUHE/s320/20210522_115655.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jager team rear</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEispa4ANEV96rq8TEIvW-zG2ZWW-1x88VqqExOfmy7g7tEBdz9MqYUQK0akQ4hExXBITM7A276lJmW78YSbZBakPfqVNQabrtPpXIj5WB-VvsbkntkqjJXLYiCm6cVt2sP0K3mKMm1g3ko/s900/20210522_120102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEispa4ANEV96rq8TEIvW-zG2ZWW-1x88VqqExOfmy7g7tEBdz9MqYUQK0akQ4hExXBITM7A276lJmW78YSbZBakPfqVNQabrtPpXIj5WB-VvsbkntkqjJXLYiCm6cVt2sP0K3mKMm1g3ko/s320/20210522_120102.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Extra Command figures.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>couple things of note about the paint jobs:<br /><br />1) Pinstriped gaitered breeches are far easier to paint on the front and outside of the leg, then on the inside and back. The inside is most cases is hard to get to, and the rear is far less flat.</div><div><br /></div><div>2) the older GW contrast paint Skeletal Horde, the crappier it looks when dry. In those photos some of the buff breeches and waistcoats look really nice(painted a year ago when the bottle was more then half full) and some look really patchy and nasty. It's definitely magnified significantly in the photography. I don't see it nearly as much with the naked eye, but there is definitely a quality difference. I may repaint it later.</div>Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-71710772765727080052021-05-03T11:22:00.005-06:002021-05-03T11:24:33.774-06:00Arquebusiers De Grassin<p>Five or six years ago I was looking for some unusual miniatures to use as a minor ally to my ImagiNation army, the Electorate of Lustigzollern-Großgesaß. I stumbled upon the Eureka miniatures Arquebusier de Grassin line, and decided to use them. When I began looking at painting them about a year ago, I looked up pictures of the actual French unit from the war of Austrian Succession. As per usual this lead my down a bit of a rabbit hole, as things often do.<br /><br />First, I discovered that the Arquebusier de Grassin, a light French unit of infantry and cavalry, were quite a colourful bunch. I decided to use their historical colours. My research lead me first to another WAS unit called the Fusiliers de Moliere. the two units would be merged in 1749 into the Volontaires de Flandre. this unit served in the seven years war. <br /><br />when I started looking into SYW volunteer light infantry units I stumbled upon Cran Terra Miniatures Fantastic line of miniatures representing both the Fusiliers de Moliere and a good number of these light units from the Seven Years War. They have specific lines for the Volontaires Etrangers de Clairmont, Chasseurs de Fischer, as well as opposing light formations of Hanover, such as the Freytag Jagers, Scheithers Freikorps, and the Von Luckner Hussars. <br /><br />At first I though creating an imagination army from these volunteer units combined with the fusiliers de Moliere and Arquebusiers de Grassin would be pretty cool. but also, the more I researched these units, the more I thought it would also be cool to do a skirmish project of SYW light infantry formations.</p><p>And as usual I also pieced together some Flags from these units.</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCBPVJfgC4wI32zONeNBANfV3OfZOCabLTrN-X9MlpnHAju5Ri5b3BjFzjVEcKNP0jHHPMWJTAjEmNB6yGqlYlB2CIkpOAfAvAG6KdAPI0uerR5X13mR82D3uXa02aZ2aiQP2_utBcwKI/s1420/DeGrassinOrdonance.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCBPVJfgC4wI32zONeNBANfV3OfZOCabLTrN-X9MlpnHAju5Ri5b3BjFzjVEcKNP0jHHPMWJTAjEmNB6yGqlYlB2CIkpOAfAvAG6KdAPI0uerR5X13mR82D3uXa02aZ2aiQP2_utBcwKI/s320/DeGrassinOrdonance.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Arquebusiers de Grassin Ordonnance Flag</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqeBeiC41D3gpq4YY7ZMedGYR3QecyFQ70BbCmqQWAGjyV0T3vWbSE0_LJJK1E87UlzTEWPEHZ7Z-a4JHe1-61P0MaZt_z-BAUatLX_DRaUa0V7uUhR5t85VlxX7l0NyEDb8ncK7khOgw/s1420/DeGrassincolonel.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqeBeiC41D3gpq4YY7ZMedGYR3QecyFQ70BbCmqQWAGjyV0T3vWbSE0_LJJK1E87UlzTEWPEHZ7Z-a4JHe1-61P0MaZt_z-BAUatLX_DRaUa0V7uUhR5t85VlxX7l0NyEDb8ncK7khOgw/s320/DeGrassincolonel.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Arquebusiers de Grassin Colonels Flag</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLJ-ykJlfbDzkdbeVWtDTOWf1XcWeohOXrUrJHqLqQ_6fh3HS92Ynak8zUvKfVILr34DzbIf7ou4oqOCKPvsuEL6wW7VlHdy7hh87m99QVuXJiGKn5rCmxKrLeUetxjMDHDzAG0pXsHw/s1420/Morliere+standard.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLJ-ykJlfbDzkdbeVWtDTOWf1XcWeohOXrUrJHqLqQ_6fh3HS92Ynak8zUvKfVILr34DzbIf7ou4oqOCKPvsuEL6wW7VlHdy7hh87m99QVuXJiGKn5rCmxKrLeUetxjMDHDzAG0pXsHw/s320/Morliere+standard.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fusiliers de Moliere Ordonnance Flag</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9fuuGoehQdlZHNQwBgYUyQhgB9LxSjz6ck3v5PSwtM6F-qXRFOrNPKmTbrYZT0vMA6qk83_iSaqtwHFo64YuWest_PPHopxH7B4xW9xywFYSYtjKONUxptCyfkRmVLlNmTp3Z-sdWjI/s1420/Morliere+colonel++standard.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9fuuGoehQdlZHNQwBgYUyQhgB9LxSjz6ck3v5PSwtM6F-qXRFOrNPKmTbrYZT0vMA6qk83_iSaqtwHFo64YuWest_PPHopxH7B4xW9xywFYSYtjKONUxptCyfkRmVLlNmTp3Z-sdWjI/s320/Morliere+colonel++standard.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fusiliers de Moliere Colonel's Flag</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYMO04RBZWDGHyFuVSGk2tT5qZQRqEO5AjLSU0TZjp4Q5A60fPDDM30X9i0-6IyOIpBZmpKOwzf4IRnUrE57PxJOcxWcaaoLOWuPN_vVQBsy9am3R94lN1fz5AQtRfnnHNAaZcS9MshVI/s1420/Clermont+Prince+Ordonance.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYMO04RBZWDGHyFuVSGk2tT5qZQRqEO5AjLSU0TZjp4Q5A60fPDDM30X9i0-6IyOIpBZmpKOwzf4IRnUrE57PxJOcxWcaaoLOWuPN_vVQBsy9am3R94lN1fz5AQtRfnnHNAaZcS9MshVI/s320/Clermont+Prince+Ordonance.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Volontaires Etrangers de Clairmont Prince <br />Ordonnance Flag</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3uJySSyt95Wok0xzgSWEcOEWDgm1cKg9mcA0C5Rm4BTngfczOp_3Gvdj7mF6Xytk6s93S63ouApMm08Q2uYkLUj0gi2HgrBQ8K5ObL_xfFHV56GApykpNyFprOCNq-o5hCpTpn5Emsro/s1420/Clermont+Prince+Colonel.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3uJySSyt95Wok0xzgSWEcOEWDgm1cKg9mcA0C5Rm4BTngfczOp_3Gvdj7mF6Xytk6s93S63ouApMm08Q2uYkLUj0gi2HgrBQ8K5ObL_xfFHV56GApykpNyFprOCNq-o5hCpTpn5Emsro/s320/Clermont+Prince+Colonel.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Volontaires Etrangers de Clairmont Prince <br />Colonel's Flag</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Alas, I have finally painted up the Arquebusiers de Grassin miniatures I bought from EurekaUSA, which started this whole rabbit hole. there was very little cleanup on these and they were lovely to paint.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4hnUQ68XvxxgxA8bxUpcmn5g1NQIXyzeOG6EnrOpfm3ebhCmg8v0QSWpNJAT8KdzV66KAb_EheH4z6W3_PgDNc6djrt346gX1_xs41APKivFctnKo5DiXtqXyl8-1WHDrjGcMKchH0sQ/s1200/20210502_224622.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4hnUQ68XvxxgxA8bxUpcmn5g1NQIXyzeOG6EnrOpfm3ebhCmg8v0QSWpNJAT8KdzV66KAb_EheH4z6W3_PgDNc6djrt346gX1_xs41APKivFctnKo5DiXtqXyl8-1WHDrjGcMKchH0sQ/s320/20210502_224622.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Both units of 12 Arquebusier de Grassin</i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBGt-vBJAZSdCtZsiSw_-60F5k8PQl5RbuRedJkK7fd2l0aaenZmm_h6SAWOu1sEgf68BoO9cOefGPa_PaF_ERrcXC7aQcNZCm7yYwvxe0070HIN1LSBzk3_ObB7F3yfI9aZUacfxuY8w/s1000/20210502_224750.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBGt-vBJAZSdCtZsiSw_-60F5k8PQl5RbuRedJkK7fd2l0aaenZmm_h6SAWOu1sEgf68BoO9cOefGPa_PaF_ERrcXC7aQcNZCm7yYwvxe0070HIN1LSBzk3_ObB7F3yfI9aZUacfxuY8w/s320/20210502_224750.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>First unit, loading and ready to fire poses</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbn4AMwYL-FkWZO5FcYemZhBr6S_XriCuXegUiOGtqB_sNRlVn90W2MU7t3hpv__cc05l_8Lea1-IUXdNT6MqZEaU_-R3aUlyZxXvNrj2PcDSdq4dbasv0eiAoWdBnitkJA0yA8SElpE/s1000/20210502_224720.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbn4AMwYL-FkWZO5FcYemZhBr6S_XriCuXegUiOGtqB_sNRlVn90W2MU7t3hpv__cc05l_8Lea1-IUXdNT6MqZEaU_-R3aUlyZxXvNrj2PcDSdq4dbasv0eiAoWdBnitkJA0yA8SElpE/s320/20210502_224720.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Second unit, all firing poses.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>this isn't the final unit composition. I intend to get 3 units of 12. split up into Firing/At the Ready, Firing/Loading, and kneeling firing/Kneeling At the Ready, as pictured below. I'll also be buying 8 mounted figures from the same line, plus command.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9OEuE07ftBWmPhg3LrsiJe7YsLNJ20CWyfvF15V9e6PTeDTNJWN-z42nBpc4RsJ49a32x_2WoFdpfdkAUaaj0eFED8BtYgwKoHQ7WILWs1QvGhs5_M5KBFfSO4V3dYLUGA2nVBMIxlY/s1000/20210502_224908.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9OEuE07ftBWmPhg3LrsiJe7YsLNJ20CWyfvF15V9e6PTeDTNJWN-z42nBpc4RsJ49a32x_2WoFdpfdkAUaaj0eFED8BtYgwKoHQ7WILWs1QvGhs5_M5KBFfSO4V3dYLUGA2nVBMIxlY/s320/20210502_224908.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the 3 sets of poses which I intend to make a unit of 12 of each.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>It may be a while until I have the funds available to get the rest of the project moving, but it has very much piqued my interest of late. I've never seen the Cran Tera miniatures in person, but they look lovely on hte website. I've ordered Fife and Drum miniatures from them before as shipping is cheaper from the UK to Canada then from the USA in general, so I know they are reasonable to deal with.</div>Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-60634928366317808472021-04-19T13:41:00.003-06:002021-04-19T13:41:34.787-06:00Mostly Renaissance Command Stands<p>I was recently looking through my renaissance armies and AWI continentals and realized I was missing a few command stands.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiTexZ3cL-usHBLU4aeemIefn77xlKwBI4pvPRSspdgfkxQRkteJMuJIEqQ-Pf9VxrHRpATHiYJqruAknvfwGIY5DxIZ3fpF1g68Ra_OBBFAVLtJKQclCQkmtr6ifeFSQu_9r1yXKTLMo/s1000/20210419_122940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiTexZ3cL-usHBLU4aeemIefn77xlKwBI4pvPRSspdgfkxQRkteJMuJIEqQ-Pf9VxrHRpATHiYJqruAknvfwGIY5DxIZ3fpF1g68Ra_OBBFAVLtJKQclCQkmtr6ifeFSQu_9r1yXKTLMo/s320/20210419_122940.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I had the 2 of the miniatures for the Continental light infantry stand painted already. I did an arm swap on the NCO and I built the musician form an extra figure I had left over. The musician arm holding the horn and the both the NCO arms are modified Victrix French 1808-1812 arms. I had seen some research when I was reenacting that hunting horns may have actually been used in the continental army. one specific reference is to using conch shells as substitutes because the musician's "horns" hadn't arrived yet. Horns or bugle-horns adopted by the british jsut ptior to hte American revolution, and presumably by the Continental army, had more in common initially with hunting horns than modern or later 19th century bugles(see <a href="https://www.tapsbugler.com/history-of-the-bugle/">Article</a>). Also given the propensity of Colonists of German descent to equip themselves with German weapons(german rifles anyone?), it follows they might use the traditional German hunting horns also. This unit in my collection was painted to be light infantry of a Pennsylvania regiment, so there you go. that's my rationale. </p><p><br /></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn4ofWD7mS6xruqiRYeoTiOCVoV484S0887xpGp10Bu40f1lmNh-wxQA73rNb0x9E-5ExRCH-EKpLasXIVtNbMFNSx1bzbDq-fzyF2a8f5vi-M2ChPnhJuDmKPhmmGq9Xhj4ZHxjUCR0E/s800/20210419_123131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn4ofWD7mS6xruqiRYeoTiOCVoV484S0887xpGp10Bu40f1lmNh-wxQA73rNb0x9E-5ExRCH-EKpLasXIVtNbMFNSx1bzbDq-fzyF2a8f5vi-M2ChPnhJuDmKPhmmGq9Xhj4ZHxjUCR0E/s320/20210419_123131.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Continental Penn. Light Infantry Command Stand,<br />Perry Miniatures, with Victrix arms.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQtBxGSpUt6GImrMUkFkGO9kmvyuM5P7ed4QR_7C57YXYhrSzTR8_vLzRT7UFh4Rbtkqpa25ArKAaQlZQ6FhkA-v1Q3FHNu1-V8OJaSahnYH1HJ-2qvmsrcI6mcVEG9tI-kzBChabMxVs/s800/20210419_123203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQtBxGSpUt6GImrMUkFkGO9kmvyuM5P7ed4QR_7C57YXYhrSzTR8_vLzRT7UFh4Rbtkqpa25ArKAaQlZQ6FhkA-v1Q3FHNu1-V8OJaSahnYH1HJ-2qvmsrcI6mcVEG9tI-kzBChabMxVs/s320/20210419_123203.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Different angle with better view of musician.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div><br /></div><div>The Eastern renaissance Command stands consist of a Sipahi, a Janissary, and a Polish guard Haiduk stand, All The Assault Group(TAG) Miniatures. TAG Miniatures are always fun to paint. THE Polish Haiduk command packs each come with a young boy holding a weapon for his officer, which adds a lot of character I think. The musician is from the haiduk musician pack. the Ottoman Janissary command stand is one janissary officer with one of the "exclusive" miniatures, which is an ottoman higher officer of some sort.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIBkC_ikUE9roE2k24YAl5_Rbr4QsFpgGKnS2ygIxmfKrMWwpJbJrLUVGSuw2P7bW7ImkFYUsUmNPk_BDiwkkCZsbBhSZ1jxzwJV3BFEI1jOzUGeLq5q2-yeFQ4HD6ZcDlKc1Ae62Kl4/s800/20210419_123025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIBkC_ikUE9roE2k24YAl5_Rbr4QsFpgGKnS2ygIxmfKrMWwpJbJrLUVGSuw2P7bW7ImkFYUsUmNPk_BDiwkkCZsbBhSZ1jxzwJV3BFEI1jOzUGeLq5q2-yeFQ4HD6ZcDlKc1Ae62Kl4/s320/20210419_123025.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>TAG Sipahi command stand</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8d2oQyhCGMsQK8Sjyp0V5b97LweiMQpPJk_wxpc6j5XPEMrvJK6GbnjEatI_hL0LUvHBNAe_Zu_5PcFXta7mRj8JEYyXFgvC5cLWQ8TgO7GaxoF0R9aF4DHQnwPu7uEWgP5nDzxByN8/s800/20210419_123012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8d2oQyhCGMsQK8Sjyp0V5b97LweiMQpPJk_wxpc6j5XPEMrvJK6GbnjEatI_hL0LUvHBNAe_Zu_5PcFXta7mRj8JEYyXFgvC5cLWQ8TgO7GaxoF0R9aF4DHQnwPu7uEWgP5nDzxByN8/s320/20210419_123012.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Sipahis Reverse angle</i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju79FJCSsI9NX0Ix5bvvOkS8acfbe0D1Y-4QUFAropoOw7_a-S5_YN-t8RFn-bFt4Tja2GMvhIKASgGVz9_xf2gitybeeDrq1chQDM9PSNZNsCu-x8zLXYVH8VBmh1u-UJUJSq2qNa-w0/s1000/20210419_123053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju79FJCSsI9NX0Ix5bvvOkS8acfbe0D1Y-4QUFAropoOw7_a-S5_YN-t8RFn-bFt4Tja2GMvhIKASgGVz9_xf2gitybeeDrq1chQDM9PSNZNsCu-x8zLXYVH8VBmh1u-UJUJSq2qNa-w0/s320/20210419_123053.jpg" width="320" /></i></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Polish and Ottoman Infantry command stands</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRQz1DMDI8NyemhTd66oHapY-KtQcdzX6-SPLx-A2W8oYC9rtyOI2wMBSMnjjf-fCYbyUbWdwhHA7FoJeaOqscJ5aFDuhzfgr19PtkmQPfSzGEUJyUFw5y7rm_dyjWFaX1is43BvTXVc/s845/20210419_123110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="845" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRQz1DMDI8NyemhTd66oHapY-KtQcdzX6-SPLx-A2W8oYC9rtyOI2wMBSMnjjf-fCYbyUbWdwhHA7FoJeaOqscJ5aFDuhzfgr19PtkmQPfSzGEUJyUFw5y7rm_dyjWFaX1is43BvTXVc/s320/20210419_123110.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Infantry reverse views.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><p>so with this the AWI and Ottoman projects are pretty much done for now. I still have 24-ish renaissance polish cavalry to paint, but I have no where to store them at the moment. and I won't bother finishing them until I have a decent storage option. Sadly that will be a while as I'm still unemployed at the moment and very low on funds.</p><p><br /></p>Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-55596630266435478762021-04-03T08:23:00.001-06:002021-04-03T08:23:51.738-06:00Native Americans<p> After having done a bunch of AWI figures recently for sharp practice, I had a conversation with some local guys about what figures I had. I realized that I had an entire old GW case full of Native Americans left over from the French and Indian War project I sold off 5 years ago. <br /><br />Upon inspection, I remembered I had updated some of the painting on most of them, but had not photographed them afterward. These are a combination of pre-Warlord Games Conquest Miniatures and Perry AWI Native Americans. the ratio is about 40% Perry, 60% Conquest. 58 miniatures in all.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhICWrg0p_wTl6i5v5NWqymilUXdaiBGyhYvtZqEAH9l7uX6xbTIcEqH2b-l1hYa0SAUvVrR1BBuhm8RyNn-dRRh490GyDL5XcYTYtc1yLH1Hu6Utld6YUf5d5MloYfKczPGp-otmEz7Y/s1400/20210402_224039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhICWrg0p_wTl6i5v5NWqymilUXdaiBGyhYvtZqEAH9l7uX6xbTIcEqH2b-l1hYa0SAUvVrR1BBuhm8RyNn-dRRh490GyDL5XcYTYtc1yLH1Hu6Utld6YUf5d5MloYfKczPGp-otmEz7Y/s320/20210402_224039.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>the full Native American Contingent.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1M1vIaSJKZUiWkitOqQPwYKdy31D0PlsD9QtXyuf2w535bC3RdOZ8R9zSVxvrDwzX0YYY-r3InZX0TJK1fVslFP5qdifEzqgIC7naaPrf63hh0tfgTp3J49aZgHe936Rd1fGscuXL2cQ/s1200/20210402_224209.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1M1vIaSJKZUiWkitOqQPwYKdy31D0PlsD9QtXyuf2w535bC3RdOZ8R9zSVxvrDwzX0YYY-r3InZX0TJK1fVslFP5qdifEzqgIC7naaPrf63hh0tfgTp3J49aZgHe936Rd1fGscuXL2cQ/s320/20210402_224209.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Native Americans with Muskets</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXizpITjngAhoIAGFDJvH9LEpDg1fwuzDaCCn7SSpm1nco3kTJlQbNcgfOryAsXf5W7RuUDaSCMnC7A9pKo7eMiJkFp7_QBIsI5mPxR37ad-2SwVCKuzuzjDjS8ujvb9oGQcxoaYkNK3M/s1200/20210402_224242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXizpITjngAhoIAGFDJvH9LEpDg1fwuzDaCCn7SSpm1nco3kTJlQbNcgfOryAsXf5W7RuUDaSCMnC7A9pKo7eMiJkFp7_QBIsI5mPxR37ad-2SwVCKuzuzjDjS8ujvb9oGQcxoaYkNK3M/s320/20210402_224242.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Native Americans on the attack</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9jb0Ft8Zdz92UHwZ_ZtqXTbEwJd77LH9XmffQ_g_UGLBEFUFDcZk-nngdqRPE0odkVl2hjNB5nfliAFLcX0iAvAkbBQBT4rDCdHOAd9zWB1ctd7ZP6zS0zO2YfdnaJu3U1eS1KOcDoE/s1200/20210402_224327.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9jb0Ft8Zdz92UHwZ_ZtqXTbEwJd77LH9XmffQ_g_UGLBEFUFDcZk-nngdqRPE0odkVl2hjNB5nfliAFLcX0iAvAkbBQBT4rDCdHOAd9zWB1ctd7ZP6zS0zO2YfdnaJu3U1eS1KOcDoE/s320/20210402_224327.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Native Americans with bows</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9VzjLeRLu1NEjAkwo7pvkrwEI7Jw_sA1zFosmEWcdYbVcT9zRTsVD4JCeZsz6uIwVaQNkL4cpTOIAnmkUKmKKP-fvjekVwpaIb-mnpq2H2VmMgAKeOGy1kOfMrypyenELD5ySxvgtaG0/s1200/20210402_224407.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9VzjLeRLu1NEjAkwo7pvkrwEI7Jw_sA1zFosmEWcdYbVcT9zRTsVD4JCeZsz6uIwVaQNkL4cpTOIAnmkUKmKKP-fvjekVwpaIb-mnpq2H2VmMgAKeOGy1kOfMrypyenELD5ySxvgtaG0/s320/20210402_224407.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>More Native Americans with Muskets</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-4LOr_Y_1gYsSRpgf1HBsusCLP_7YZdXSy55lC5zL9pjuisXZT0sgKH48MOlqTbpIWZA5gLEATybOZGqOpkATzgzuPmTRgCkaILLalzXDMZh_2O1gebFonSkbsdHBarwV2dzrdgi6IQ/s1400/20210402_224547.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-4LOr_Y_1gYsSRpgf1HBsusCLP_7YZdXSy55lC5zL9pjuisXZT0sgKH48MOlqTbpIWZA5gLEATybOZGqOpkATzgzuPmTRgCkaILLalzXDMZh_2O1gebFonSkbsdHBarwV2dzrdgi6IQ/s320/20210402_224547.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mounted Native Americans and Big Men</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>When I was selling my FIW collection, I liked these miniatures too much to sell. the Conquest miniatures are spectacular miniatures. directly from Conquest, they were virtually flash free, clean castings, with no mold shifts. The Perry miniatures are equally as good, and the chiefs pack has some great character. I've seen some of the Conquest miniatures on offer from Warlord, and the casting quality has slipped, but otherwise are the same quality miniatures.<br /><br />I still have a couple of chiefs to paint up, as well as a Christmas miniature(native pulling a Christmas tree) and the Last of the Mohicans character pack to repaint.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-17110687163963990272021-03-27T16:44:00.003-06:002021-03-27T16:44:48.713-06:00Last of my AWI for now...<p> this week I finished the last 3 complete units for my American War of Independence SP2 project. I still have a unit of British grenadiers but I'm missing 1 figure, and I don't have money to buy a replacement right now unfortunately.<br /><br />This week all 3 of the units are British. I have 2 units of 6 British light infantry, and 1 unit of 8 grenadiers. The grenadiers are a mix of Perry and Foundry metals and the light infantry are Perry plastic. I also had a an extra mounted commander which I painted up as a British officer with the same facings as the light units.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVVvMDTC0TJLdoACOpX5H2YcrW0n0nWibAXMkjs7VhBNr2TroOztj8CHVs6IACAXvUcuClh1cU18PCTV1wFOTALS3Dzt1n6nFVxXUoH-iZlEbGEQBk9oHGvEeBV3u7KTwySElv69gMYU/s1200/20210327_161504.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVVvMDTC0TJLdoACOpX5H2YcrW0n0nWibAXMkjs7VhBNr2TroOztj8CHVs6IACAXvUcuClh1cU18PCTV1wFOTALS3Dzt1n6nFVxXUoH-iZlEbGEQBk9oHGvEeBV3u7KTwySElv69gMYU/s320/20210327_161504.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>24th Regiment of foot, light infantry,<br />Perry plastics</i></td></tr></tbody></table>=<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9XkNaar0bW7SMgU35NxE28mHB4HTbnpokb3J7FhbdUGBs7ETlFhVbWembCIIkGzOmLC1E3fDfXRMfcqOWc-KK1MK7lNLeAVVpH-oPjvwjR0VsjumEtYkA94Mu0Zyo6l7IQklW8KATKQ/s900/20210327_161647.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9XkNaar0bW7SMgU35NxE28mHB4HTbnpokb3J7FhbdUGBs7ETlFhVbWembCIIkGzOmLC1E3fDfXRMfcqOWc-KK1MK7lNLeAVVpH-oPjvwjR0VsjumEtYkA94Mu0Zyo6l7IQklW8KATKQ/s320/20210327_161647.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Grenadiers of the 42nd Regiment of Foot,<br />Mix of Foundry and Perry Metals.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I picked these units at random. I liked the idea of dark green horse hair crests on the "saratoga" cap so I did the lights as that unit. I just like the blue facings on grenadiers, so I picked a random unit that would have used that facing colour.</p><p><br /></p><p>I realized last week, while talking with a friend, that i have 50+ native Americans that I kept from my FIW project, as they were both the nicest figures form that collection, and probably the best painted. I don't think they've been photographed since i touched them up, so I'll be taking pictures some time in the near future. Expect that to be my next post.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-79619002148967358772021-03-21T12:53:00.002-06:002021-03-21T12:53:23.856-06:00Brown-coated Continentals<p> I've been pretty lax of late with the painting. I've already missed my aim to update no less then once a month. I've also been lax on getting my miniatures photographed, as I've had these miniatures painted for about 10 days.</p><p>Anyway, here are some brown-coated Continental Infantry I painted for Sharp Practice. These are the left over from the 2 Perry Continental boxes I bought, hence why there is only 16 instead of 24. I have 2 extra unpainted. I threw in the mounted overweight militia colonel from AW195, as its just a great miniature.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6jy8KdYW8XvhuUSD8DLJPIZYKevCnIQO5-bfeds9hFYTHvhdjEpivw08_KQIMSNbAi9wHxwx4ioJMiEAcJgZaPWFDvI4DKRn39eJZPKwJoUTFGy9484mNRCKu1Rf7-l_BRHLAH1a26oA/s1200/20210321_122642.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6jy8KdYW8XvhuUSD8DLJPIZYKevCnIQO5-bfeds9hFYTHvhdjEpivw08_KQIMSNbAi9wHxwx4ioJMiEAcJgZaPWFDvI4DKRn39eJZPKwJoUTFGy9484mNRCKu1Rf7-l_BRHLAH1a26oA/s320/20210321_122642.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Perry plastic Continental infantry, <br />with metal colonel from AW195</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I have 20 British infantry left for this project on my desk, partially painted. I'm hoping to get them knocked off next week.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cheers!</p>Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-63777441651185319942021-01-25T06:06:00.007-07:002021-01-25T06:06:41.098-07:00World war 2 Terrain<p> Its been an interested month. I've half-painted about 30 figures and assembled some french cavalry but I've been Pretty unmotivated about actually finishing anything. this past weekend I was looking in a box and I found a 4Ground Polish Rural Dwelling model, and a pack of 4Ground Yard Panel fencing with Gates. both of these will work well for eastern front terrain so i decided to get them assembled and based up. I also had a pack of Wizkids Deep Cuts log piles, that I tossed into the pile to work on.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfyOXCpkj64ayQnr9cb-WmuLO7-48EhcxxXemspm_vPSSHpJMOMI73Zb1JyX6P2_Xc4CeOHbax_UMp2O3GDJ7P4zdhrzNl0tnKMog0hJFxhiIWbF4gW7hK3BZ2IuDMWt_-4PxHEz0Swmo/s1200/20210125_045544.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfyOXCpkj64ayQnr9cb-WmuLO7-48EhcxxXemspm_vPSSHpJMOMI73Zb1JyX6P2_Xc4CeOHbax_UMp2O3GDJ7P4zdhrzNl0tnKMog0hJFxhiIWbF4gW7hK3BZ2IuDMWt_-4PxHEz0Swmo/s320/20210125_045544.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>4Ground Polish Rural Dwelling with <br />scratch-built fence</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />I built a wooden fence using 2 types of balsa wood(posts and planks) and matchsticks(crossbeams). i used a steel wire brush to accentuate the wood texture. the building kit came with fur for thethatch roof. I soaked it in PVA to harden it and then I highlighted it with light cream colour. i then applied patches of GW Agrax Earthshade wash(brown) and Athonian Camoshade( green-brown) wash to mottle the colour a bit. I also added a pile of stacked wood from the deep cuts pack to one of the walls on the opposite side of the base from the fence, and added a trio of matchsticks to the peak of the roof to cover up the seam of where the teddy bear fur pieces meet. Otherwise the building is unmodified, other then some Scenic Express Super Turf texture foliage around the base to make it look less like a building glued to a piece of HDF.<br /></p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnG6SaVv4d0Ha0EjiehRorCqdLnRFQHlgHjoPjCRm_rzCqbcvK0Otc9mFkPGyDe3tfBXpWdHH5Hg3e7ZLchLnKw4iFWJsS_Cordfx3rS85uKYlubg3XNmQe42yWuElYR-caCq7HTfjGBU/s1200/20210125_045619.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnG6SaVv4d0Ha0EjiehRorCqdLnRFQHlgHjoPjCRm_rzCqbcvK0Otc9mFkPGyDe3tfBXpWdHH5Hg3e7ZLchLnKw4iFWJsS_Cordfx3rS85uKYlubg3XNmQe42yWuElYR-caCq7HTfjGBU/s320/20210125_045619.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>4Ground Polish Rural Dwelling internal detail.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p> this kit is well designed and is much nicer looking then some of 4Grounds early, more simplistic looking buildings. the interior has a nice stove/fireplace and the front door opens and closes. it also comes with matte board blue shudders.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkwZH18O71cHLn1VIF0nhAJGgsSqmVPErfgjSNPnANR7Xe2F1E35jn9Wwr8n0duLf3Phx3RgNs_Sg6OzbhyjvNOiV00uk8s4YD8VUmWuoEf2AXcKbskH_6_gifHqfuSaMFV3AJeaz6vqw/s1200/20210125_045703.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkwZH18O71cHLn1VIF0nhAJGgsSqmVPErfgjSNPnANR7Xe2F1E35jn9Wwr8n0duLf3Phx3RgNs_Sg6OzbhyjvNOiV00uk8s4YD8VUmWuoEf2AXcKbskH_6_gifHqfuSaMFV3AJeaz6vqw/s320/20210125_045703.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Wizkids Deep Cuts Wood Piles(3). I fixed the <br />stacked woodpile to the building. <br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />I left the remaining 2 wood piles lose so they can be placed as needed. they aren't big enough to affect anything so they are just around to add some character to tables. still they are nice and not hugely oversized like some end up being. the Wizkids Deep Cuts line is as always wonderful. </p><p><br /></p><p></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ra-qmS696DAyvcSIDZrqIGJqo5AN72fDpEJCcM9Gl3Of1QJYSOOjEbZrmrs8fa3281zHa2yhaUyDYBD3U54y9_eX8RKTnw11hADSWTsjUiP4LwsuC3OYbSEJFvGEM3MXocaBXZom378/s1200/20210125_045932.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ra-qmS696DAyvcSIDZrqIGJqo5AN72fDpEJCcM9Gl3Of1QJYSOOjEbZrmrs8fa3281zHa2yhaUyDYBD3U54y9_eX8RKTnw11hADSWTsjUiP4LwsuC3OYbSEJFvGEM3MXocaBXZom378/s320/20210125_045932.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>4Ground Yard Panel fences with Gates.</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i> </i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Yard Panel fencing is nice looking and easy to put together, but badly designed. They have the fence panels situated along one edge of the base, with no overlapping bit to improve stability. As a result if left unmodified, they fall over if you breath a little too heavily.</p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwEZ54xGLqWm1JtWbk7P5eeIEeg6QslVMOLo_UQGKn0g1fpY9FR_H6LY6jN8RtURN7cc0o4L9EtB140h5Rn4PgaTN7mB7D2ptJcdT_W-MaZ4xyoADzdgGgneov4BLLrja5myu6zNndsxA/s1200/20210125_050056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwEZ54xGLqWm1JtWbk7P5eeIEeg6QslVMOLo_UQGKn0g1fpY9FR_H6LY6jN8RtURN7cc0o4L9EtB140h5Rn4PgaTN7mB7D2ptJcdT_W-MaZ4xyoADzdgGgneov4BLLrja5myu6zNndsxA/s320/20210125_050056.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>lower angle of 4ground fences for height comparison</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>As you can see below, I added some pebbles I have kicking around to help counterbalance them. this makes the fence sections much more stable. the fences are tall enough to lock infantry LOS, and give concealment to even large-ish tanks. I didn't check but it may actually completely block a 1/56th BT-7 or T-26.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCOx8rGwz6lhiCbioua6fR_yImehZadCW6u8o-lXf34bjlS544mF7Efv3EIVZXNAyhdbkFA3X0Tgpfr_dMKPzGK3vsiPVaIQ7IuEQ9-gAhi4rR7DMw-6RanoO_iG9_4-gFp5m571eX8Rc/s1200/20210125_050213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCOx8rGwz6lhiCbioua6fR_yImehZadCW6u8o-lXf34bjlS544mF7Efv3EIVZXNAyhdbkFA3X0Tgpfr_dMKPzGK3vsiPVaIQ7IuEQ9-gAhi4rR7DMw-6RanoO_iG9_4-gFp5m571eX8Rc/s320/20210125_050213.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rear view to display rocks needed for stability.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>If anyone is interested in what makes the models i used for size comparison, the tank is an Army Group North Miniatures T-28 medium tank, the infantry in front of the panel fences are Crusader Miniatures Soviets, and the soviet infantry inside the fences are 1 each of The Assault Group and Black Tree designs. the AT gun on the building base is a 47mm at gun I got from AGNMiniatures (old force of arms model?) with crew from Warlord Games and Black Tree Designs.<br /></p><p>Given my fickleness with painting, I'm now aiming to have at least one new post a month. if I'm in the painting mood, I'll post more often. when the mood strikes me I paint a ton, so I'm sure I will end up with a good deal more then 12 posts in 2021. But i think otherwise that is a more reasonable way to ensure I get some progress done on something regularly.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-4897799240046656482021-01-01T12:23:00.002-07:002021-01-01T12:23:21.876-07:00Happy New Year!<p> Happy New Year!</p><p>As 2020 draws to a close, I finished 8 french command stands.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxX-K4j0UpiluCUvR2ZsWA3Qlhb5FGZsWL_i9I2p_0NWp-QCM8BvxWC640uj1wFH1RSuDPG_NoRukbiEfVHUuhwLqK87fp1ggJXU5PWYVmt2z0nKKS5oiWVnZUEetwfE9AX8-AZVKGR4/s1200/20210101_022434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxX-K4j0UpiluCUvR2ZsWA3Qlhb5FGZsWL_i9I2p_0NWp-QCM8BvxWC640uj1wFH1RSuDPG_NoRukbiEfVHUuhwLqK87fp1ggJXU5PWYVmt2z0nKKS5oiWVnZUEetwfE9AX8-AZVKGR4/s320/20210101_022434.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>French Generals</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPd1gWpVYY0glrqIigQImEH11WSLyodhf4jnsoo89YKTmoRxIPYpfa88tqiCvFVErcyFXIu0L-xhAQdmTbcIf9-FycoBNAtFqBmN3gqwpagJM11ETXuv4fUUKDPM7gVWWIhz1NF1AMMH8/s1200/20210101_024921.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPd1gWpVYY0glrqIigQImEH11WSLyodhf4jnsoo89YKTmoRxIPYpfa88tqiCvFVErcyFXIu0L-xhAQdmTbcIf9-FycoBNAtFqBmN3gqwpagJM11ETXuv4fUUKDPM7gVWWIhz1NF1AMMH8/s320/20210101_024921.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Light Cavalry Generals</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDioiYT2V5kDgpEvIc2Za4vzl7qTAidwtcZ3wuAf_OY4NYN7VjoUY4MsPHrBPwtZoK2rE3mh2xW6JYYwsBvC9uDFU-ruXnriO0PTW23yRVFnm37hW7NZ3VS9cGKPZIJ_G4El1KVVY1XSs/s1000/20210101_024839.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDioiYT2V5kDgpEvIc2Za4vzl7qTAidwtcZ3wuAf_OY4NYN7VjoUY4MsPHrBPwtZoK2rE3mh2xW6JYYwsBvC9uDFU-ruXnriO0PTW23yRVFnm37hW7NZ3VS9cGKPZIJ_G4El1KVVY1XSs/s320/20210101_024839.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Divisional Generals</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWtDIQc1-YRpImHtuHpb8VbSgSKY4lNEJe_XRK1tqBA-CoOoY4CI0JJ3-NDkaOjWV9Fmq1jnXjRyssPYzzg3KRe34e53eJMc4X7i_IggBbnTtJU8NW83UdOWSz1TkCy83ioUsnaEUaPg/s1000/20210101_022604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWtDIQc1-YRpImHtuHpb8VbSgSKY4lNEJe_XRK1tqBA-CoOoY4CI0JJ3-NDkaOjWV9Fmq1jnXjRyssPYzzg3KRe34e53eJMc4X7i_IggBbnTtJU8NW83UdOWSz1TkCy83ioUsnaEUaPg/s320/20210101_022604.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Heavy Cavalry Generals</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />I decided this time to add more stuff to the bases to make them a littler more interesting. I have a bunch of leftover pieces from various 4ground kits, including a ton of wagon wheels. I'm happy with how they turned out.</p><p>Looking back at 2020, I had a pretty productive fall. Since September I've painted 122 Cavalry, 378 infantry, 4 cannons and 5 limbers/carts. that's pretty good. the rest of the year was pretty much a wash. Thanks Covid.</p><p></p><p>Looking forward to 2021, I'll be painting many more Napoleonic miniatures. I have a Russian and a Prussian division, and I have more French, mostly cavalry and artillery.</p><p>Heres looking forward to a better 2021!<br /><br /><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-80022569798295641572020-12-13T13:19:00.000-07:002020-12-13T13:19:03.792-07:00Pandemic Projects: Victrix French Infantry<p>A few months ago I started re-purposing my Peninsular skirmish project and rebasing for larger battles. I started with the <a href="http://stepphenthomson.blogspot.com/2020/10/pandemic-projects-3-rebasing-and.html" target="_blank">British side</a>. The French half had been built with the wrong mix of posses to be able to build battalions of similar poses, so I had to get another box of Victrix 1907-1812 French infantry to get useful battalions. well I finally got a hold of another box last week.<br /></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxo8X2mYFCQm9UC-BbGWgJrT1TNIRJkg_1maitx0yPUA014_yLWl6t1kHl-GL69riRSOR_DZauNwXtX7PtncEhRKpvCAETr9OZwpfuPEURWStIiQs8frHbPTNWXF3qALaFMZpz1T9H4M/s1400/20201213_121340.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="493" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxo8X2mYFCQm9UC-BbGWgJrT1TNIRJkg_1maitx0yPUA014_yLWl6t1kHl-GL69riRSOR_DZauNwXtX7PtncEhRKpvCAETr9OZwpfuPEURWStIiQs8frHbPTNWXF3qALaFMZpz1T9H4M/s320/20201213_121340.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>6 Battalions of Victrix French Napoleonic <br />Infantry 1807-1812, in 3 Regiments</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>I painted about 48 figures this week. and touched up the remaining 48 so that they blend well with the newly painted ones. i also did several head swaps. out of 2 boxes I got 7 battalions of 16, and have 7 figures left over(3 drummers, and 4 centre companies kneeling). I didn't get to the 7th battalion this week. the 7 battalions are split into a 2-battalion Legere regiment, a 3 battalion Line unit, and a 2 battalion line unit(only 1st battalion painted so far). I also have a box of perry french in bardin uniforms, so I'll probably add a 3rd battalion to the smaller of the 2 line regiments.<br /></p><p></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2aBnACjSi43DN_7bPMXKyxbjN8RxZNydC4WpGlQPsmUlsbieHVrmVGBW4CMSkBwZRpEHDxrlioOgWzOUt6b9ZaAEJtBZWSZNjC3rQE2SAIrKhY653OFdXEyTyOw_AnKa5S6Qmt3htrfI/s1200/20201213_121551.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2aBnACjSi43DN_7bPMXKyxbjN8RxZNydC4WpGlQPsmUlsbieHVrmVGBW4CMSkBwZRpEHDxrlioOgWzOUt6b9ZaAEJtBZWSZNjC3rQE2SAIrKhY653OFdXEyTyOw_AnKa5S6Qmt3htrfI/s320/20201213_121551.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>French Legere Regiment</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5IKZbufnb2-MPjrJyifw0c3KyU9bc7rBCfH_GMWHAG10FHoUvUX2HYKE7eVMVAQzXQJZQFy4j4fxB_bGIXarzQQnZuxSaHCl28_BwAP3RYoWlHVtzNZ17j6tqOSQzNXFLaqScUgTIaM/s1200/20201213_121805.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5IKZbufnb2-MPjrJyifw0c3KyU9bc7rBCfH_GMWHAG10FHoUvUX2HYKE7eVMVAQzXQJZQFy4j4fxB_bGIXarzQQnZuxSaHCl28_BwAP3RYoWlHVtzNZ17j6tqOSQzNXFLaqScUgTIaM/s320/20201213_121805.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>French Line regiment</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggzWGd1RE-ncw20Fbw3S-N1E47OCeFNGju0fGIY4LEwUN1kGtqOmYkjYuQhcLoRLE6R7rUsnZ8CUS1zdb3PV18BchQq4pbSZjePo7E-5aKv5RNPedEDAjRNgJ8o2oDtt-XzPYUAmV20zQ/s1200/20201213_121904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggzWGd1RE-ncw20Fbw3S-N1E47OCeFNGju0fGIY4LEwUN1kGtqOmYkjYuQhcLoRLE6R7rUsnZ8CUS1zdb3PV18BchQq4pbSZjePo7E-5aKv5RNPedEDAjRNgJ8o2oDtt-XzPYUAmV20zQ/s320/20201213_121904.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Reverse angle</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFj9dJC0XGF78H0NHjJrCPeuPMoJKssK5bds7kqUQQSDL4b4zVfFtOmVERGHxdmjiLzXR2PdebwfAgY2QUqIx0gvFXJDfAsvFi08nHxhUf2E-UhzhHmUPAxcV3rLhSEgOnGiX5OqsIdw/s1200/20201213_122103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFj9dJC0XGF78H0NHjJrCPeuPMoJKssK5bds7kqUQQSDL4b4zVfFtOmVERGHxdmjiLzXR2PdebwfAgY2QUqIx0gvFXJDfAsvFi08nHxhUf2E-UhzhHmUPAxcV3rLhSEgOnGiX5OqsIdw/s320/20201213_122103.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>1st battalion of another line regiment.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Since I normally build my stuff to be 1812-compatible, I did my units with the older style flags, since it would have taken time for the new style to disseminate. the light infantry still have their eagle, as some of them kept them as late as 1814. but the light infantry were ordered to leave their colours in depot earlier so I figured I would use the fanion for the 2nd battalion. I made it with an imperial eagle on it and under the eagle is the battalion number.</p><p>when I initially assembled the first box of Victrix french a decade ago, I was not fond of them. This time around I found them much better, both to assemble and to paint. Maybe I just have more skill at both now. while they certainly have more pieces then your average Perry plastic miniature(5-6 pieces versus 2-3 for most Perry Napoloenics), you can get a much more diverse selection of poses, and more miniatures in the box. I also don't have to buy extra command sprues for each box to fit the size of my units. I do rather like Victrix a lot more now. I'll certainly use them if I ever do an Austrian army and I look forward to them releasing their Bavarians.<br /></p><p><br /></p>Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-17341086983957331672020-11-22T11:37:00.001-07:002020-11-22T11:37:16.859-07:00Pandemic Projects: Ten Years in the Making...<p>Around a decade ago my friend Jonathan Holmes and I started doing an eastern renaissance skirmish project. I bought a whole host of Polish From The Assault Group. Jon was going to do Zaporski cossacks, but he sustained an injury that made it hard to paint, so the project was shelved. Some time later the infantry component was repurposed for my Polish themed ImagiNation.<br /><br />In my attempt to find something to paint this week(Still lots of Napoleonic to go, but waiting on a shipment of bases), while searching through boxes I found my not unsubstantial Renaissance polish cavalry contingent. I have 32 hussars, 16 Pancerni, and 11 Rieters. 8 of the Pancerni were painted, and about 12 of the Hussars were half painted. I pulled out the hussars and had at them.</p><p> </p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBdah3MAgpstz1elJt7w7bvvJk0AV5eGaUWGfLT260poynVTj96wlGzWOBW4Y19PIITnxxTWAuVvveuH9YW9LKZPkrbwGYsJMuaz750pKqsB3Y-HrlrYW0Da0yGkruM7T45glmsof8Cg4/s1400/20201122_102436.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBdah3MAgpstz1elJt7w7bvvJk0AV5eGaUWGfLT260poynVTj96wlGzWOBW4Y19PIITnxxTWAuVvveuH9YW9LKZPkrbwGYsJMuaz750pKqsB3Y-HrlrYW0Da0yGkruM7T45glmsof8Cg4/s320/20201122_102436.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>32 TAG Polish Winged Hussars</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5YjoL5qiG61zc_4qeagUrg8622bTY7hXsf-Ge4gbUwPyF-8nBdO6HiSDTVTzNmvDGDWa38SNA8ddCedmvoOEng_BfIvi0ncTiQdriJs9f4FS3tarp_1nqsX_2InVRYJvkWJihKQ4MyY/s1200/20201122_102724.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5YjoL5qiG61zc_4qeagUrg8622bTY7hXsf-Ge4gbUwPyF-8nBdO6HiSDTVTzNmvDGDWa38SNA8ddCedmvoOEng_BfIvi0ncTiQdriJs9f4FS3tarp_1nqsX_2InVRYJvkWJihKQ4MyY/s320/20201122_102724.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>TAG hussars done in the traditional red and white.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOuP96QJJQU8khoONfvNyiG21R_q5yBXw-NtD3wul6qVhdhNHlERUQ326t_Yyz4mIpLGvGBwkU6cj_oxhzrcWMLxsfHIgC1kjmUuQWh2VTIkt_lAlglCw0Th9Q5TbIA84b08hN_2hf4Q/s1200/20201122_102852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOuP96QJJQU8khoONfvNyiG21R_q5yBXw-NtD3wul6qVhdhNHlERUQ326t_Yyz4mIpLGvGBwkU6cj_oxhzrcWMLxsfHIgC1kjmUuQWh2VTIkt_lAlglCw0Th9Q5TbIA84b08hN_2hf4Q/s320/20201122_102852.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Winged Hussars in less traditional blue and yellow</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As always TAG miniatures are lovely models and fantastic to paint. I have 2 renaissance armies, and I've painted dozens of modern british and iraqis(which i then sold), so i have a great deal of experience with TAG. <br /><br />I snipped off the white metal lances above the ball guard and drilled out the balls to replace it with music wire. I shaped the tip using a dremel with a grinding wheel.as with all my flags, the pennons are printed off, folded around the lances and glue together using carpenters glue. I wrap the pennons around the shaft of a narrow paint brush immediately after I've glued together the pennon, so when dry it takes the wavy shape. The carpenters glue makes them surprisingly resilient.<br /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Finally, my mother made me this:<br /></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9BsbLipVEEvTJd_hsCkCBoFRqu__Jg2UQLiLrBOyC4QW7B1fkgxX9RIopXiiTM84fKxMvngGh-RsL6BFWgOSkjnfbDo8w86Lr07QoNW2WkX9UfS4-HHBpBGb3dd5jbXAMpW0VgorMgU/s828/20201122_103133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9BsbLipVEEvTJd_hsCkCBoFRqu__Jg2UQLiLrBOyC4QW7B1fkgxX9RIopXiiTM84fKxMvngGh-RsL6BFWgOSkjnfbDo8w86Lr07QoNW2WkX9UfS4-HHBpBGb3dd5jbXAMpW0VgorMgU/s320/20201122_103133.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Bunka interpretation.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><br /></p><p>This is Japanese embroidery called Bunka. we took the reasonably famous picture by Angus McBride(below) and my mother recreated it in this rather unique form. I have yet to frame it, but when I do it will grace the wall of my game room!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEIu8k71hop2h4ZqrNpjptF9-PYUXYFJc-k3cjPwx-pHsEVDSXNBgyF1Gw5-vW__amNHtQTyfK2HPTxVwNwW1-LiA0R0ZWQCfGJJB-dFmGdORkxk5Gs9Zw-djEpRk7a61hM__F1AB6IeM/s1263/Hussar_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1263" data-original-width="983" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEIu8k71hop2h4ZqrNpjptF9-PYUXYFJc-k3cjPwx-pHsEVDSXNBgyF1Gw5-vW__amNHtQTyfK2HPTxVwNwW1-LiA0R0ZWQCfGJJB-dFmGdORkxk5Gs9Zw-djEpRk7a61hM__F1AB6IeM/s320/Hussar_2.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Original picture by Angus McBride</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-42429721030425765032020-11-14T12:34:00.004-07:002020-11-14T12:34:52.181-07:00Pandemic projects: American War of Independence<p> I started my 28mm American War of Independence skirmish project a little over a year ago. I painted 120 figures in about plus artillery and command in about a month. I used the project as a test bed to learn how to use GW contrast paints. It was also the fire project to seriously use tufts during the basing. i learned 2 things:</p><p>1) most Contrast paints aren't really worth using. The Blood angels Red is the most notable exception. it shades constantly and produces a red that works well for British uniforms. other notables are skeletal horde and Apothecary white. most other colours I used were either the wrong tint and required mixing multiple colours to a close enough colour and/or they went on with an inconstant effect. </p><p>2) tufts are way too expensive to use on every project. I spent over $40CDN dollars on just tufts! it literally doubled to cost of the basing. they look nice, but if i used them on every project I'd definitely have fewer projects! unless there is a viable way to bulk buy them(in Canada, specifically), its not worth it in my opinion.</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ZCJT-2lb8I27fSrfZrvPmtMD24Rz160birnEwqinrSvAVtUXlfqWRyW0K5ZWMqMX_7wDt_jB0gJv_ZDARofN0HPHdKXWoWOXprLQN80TDp6UjUqU4VvJ_Y0WLJndg49-2qnEdVvIgUQ/s1400/20201114_023031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ZCJT-2lb8I27fSrfZrvPmtMD24Rz160birnEwqinrSvAVtUXlfqWRyW0K5ZWMqMX_7wDt_jB0gJv_ZDARofN0HPHdKXWoWOXprLQN80TDp6UjUqU4VvJ_Y0WLJndg49-2qnEdVvIgUQ/s320/20201114_023031.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Everything I've painted since last post, last week.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> </p><p>Anyway, I had not painted 2/3rds of 1 group of 24 in each army so I pulled them out, touched up the finished figures and painted the remaining ones. I also finished up the remaining artillery bits and officers.</p><p>I refer to each unit of 24 figures as a "regiment" as I only paint 24 figures from a given regiment usually. since its a skirmish project, obviously its not an actual regiment, its not even half a company. its just the terminology I use.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwASlTNA52nG8p7F3no7ZDGgGgOfMlK9dLnliNTl243b3ajkeAlr-Rzj69BMdf4VH2_EGxnzcMdbupRHhQLd89alhT4MlkE1ZLaCaPBEDpIDIDzbNdbEbHoqEYTbFLAOQ8j8mW4O6tER0/s1200/20201114_023317.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwASlTNA52nG8p7F3no7ZDGgGgOfMlK9dLnliNTl243b3ajkeAlr-Rzj69BMdf4VH2_EGxnzcMdbupRHhQLd89alhT4MlkE1ZLaCaPBEDpIDIDzbNdbEbHoqEYTbFLAOQ8j8mW4O6tER0/s320/20201114_023317.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Continental(top) and British(bottom) <br />grasshopper guns and limbers</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRnu1OEE4EyCOrVWn_unbsqRBmx8XA6Gzd7-1mFXE2mHnGBpYm6D4L7NCeYCH3MTHo-rDj2pGysZ5fvIgmRXdguFFjWOZsAv6SsWG4vHnGLpWouRzn2G2OTEvrByXBodw5y2rXAMFbn38/s1200/20201114_023408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRnu1OEE4EyCOrVWn_unbsqRBmx8XA6Gzd7-1mFXE2mHnGBpYm6D4L7NCeYCH3MTHo-rDj2pGysZ5fvIgmRXdguFFjWOZsAv6SsWG4vHnGLpWouRzn2G2OTEvrByXBodw5y2rXAMFbn38/s320/20201114_023408.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Grasshopper guns, limbered</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>I had a pair of Fife and Drum grasshopper guns to paint. 1 each for continental and British. i decided to leave the gun loose so I could limber it as shown in the pictures. I coated the peg on the limber in carpenters glue to protect the paint. The guns fit securely on the peg, so when I store them they get stored limbered. I don't normally do this with guns so this was a bit of a viability experiment.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqaUrNLwZiRQNviJ7_ATn2np6HP9ENOhrZYkDJYYsCgRFFBIyL938pJLv4RSpWBinIWka77nHrCdIcS4ybkROnaa9U-eGQY5fXBlPy-fQfhqLCdN8OXSsVdKT1zzDVl4Eu11kQc4ZOp64/s1200/20201114_023508.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqaUrNLwZiRQNviJ7_ATn2np6HP9ENOhrZYkDJYYsCgRFFBIyL938pJLv4RSpWBinIWka77nHrCdIcS4ybkROnaa9U-eGQY5fXBlPy-fQfhqLCdN8OXSsVdKT1zzDVl4Eu11kQc4ZOp64/s320/20201114_023508.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A pair of limbers for my 6pdr cannons</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>These limbers belong to my 2 6pdr cannons, 1 British, 1 continental. They are also Fife and Drum miniatures.<br /></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1XJ_r7Qq_pVQ3cLG0dgcAK1HsPOxyejjIePtzzAnUaMrDZaHe8Vgz1HPTdLAs6eh7CPkdVfe_9TXFQ__JS1LoVOYhWodu-tbFhlsm_sTpnBpzyiflWA4IiwZmsfg_toJOjfIFT8Pfa0/s1200/20201114_023639.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1XJ_r7Qq_pVQ3cLG0dgcAK1HsPOxyejjIePtzzAnUaMrDZaHe8Vgz1HPTdLAs6eh7CPkdVfe_9TXFQ__JS1LoVOYhWodu-tbFhlsm_sTpnBpzyiflWA4IiwZmsfg_toJOjfIFT8Pfa0/s320/20201114_023639.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Continental light infantry, from Pennsylvania</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>These continental light infantry are Perry plastic with Perry AWI British arms. I just didn't paint the lace in the cuffs. they are painted up the same as my Pennsylvania regiment, and there was at least one entire Penn. regiment that wore light infantry caps, so they can be used either way. a 24 figure light infantry "regiment" can be used as show in 3 units of 8 line or 4 units of 6 skirmishers in Sharp Practice. I repainted the blue coats and all the white on the 8 figures that were painted last year. the mixed contrast blue I made(Tallasar blue and Ultramarines blue) didn't consistently shade to my liking.</p><p>this "regiment" also has an attached amusette team not shown that i had previously painted. I did some reading and found that at least one armoury in Virginia? made amusettes for the Continental army. There are even surviving examples. so I bought a pack of Perry Hessian jager amusettes and converted one team to be in (plastic)light infantry caps, and then painted them to match my light infantry. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPNjpnk9oKXSNiuUVE5ReKHanUj4SNz5NLw9MnqBM4tmNzJB4P5Pl9CUSiE9bR0oYYyne_Jx5KcIvEQa2JRm-TXmNnh9u0wBhUlh8nUTUKyqUOXEMZ1d9zyAuClG2o5V6wWe74XedUNyo/s1200/20201114_023825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPNjpnk9oKXSNiuUVE5ReKHanUj4SNz5NLw9MnqBM4tmNzJB4P5Pl9CUSiE9bR0oYYyne_Jx5KcIvEQa2JRm-TXmNnh9u0wBhUlh8nUTUKyqUOXEMZ1d9zyAuClG2o5V6wWe74XedUNyo/s320/20201114_023825.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Loyalist Kings Carolina Rangers</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>The Kings Carolina Rangers are Perry British plastics. they can be used as any green coated loyalist regiment. I picked Kings Carolina Rangers because they name sounds cool, and because they had green lapels on green coats with no lace. Easy to paint! I repainted a lot of the white on the 8 figures that were already painted, as well as added some colour variation in the gaitered breeches.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9I6FnO_Kiy5i4WxCWelTnNxnAFpu2HcQqARYxzvOkIX9c-FfpPhxlUkWY9a8BBCgicL-Ttx26SJ6t6-pDl7Yo2X7a32Law8uJzZPBrshWOcNvPW_iFWxOQAX7_Ic-My_cOcVinZVTbmU/s1200/20201114_023927.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9I6FnO_Kiy5i4WxCWelTnNxnAFpu2HcQqARYxzvOkIX9c-FfpPhxlUkWY9a8BBCgicL-Ttx26SJ6t6-pDl7Yo2X7a32Law8uJzZPBrshWOcNvPW_iFWxOQAX7_Ic-My_cOcVinZVTbmU/s320/20201114_023927.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Bits and pieces</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p> I had a few bits and pieces of other "regiments". The commander and infantry in hunting shirts belong to my Maryland regiment, and the brown coated commander is going to be the leader to a 16-man unit of brown coated continentals/militia that have yet to be assembled. the water cart is a 4ground accessory I think.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I really like these figures. I only used the collection once before the pandemic began, but I'm looking forward to getting more gaming in with them when the pandemic is over! I still have some British grenadiers to paint, and enough plastics for a 16 figure continental/militia "regiment"in brown coats, and a couple of 6-figure British light infantry units at the trail. I plan on ordering some cavalry eventually but that is down the road a ways.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-58495326992188252292020-11-07T11:15:00.006-07:002020-11-07T11:15:49.466-07:00Pandemic Projects: Finishing off a few Loose Ends<p> This week I decided to take it easy and slow down before I burn myself out. I had a half finished Front Rank French foot battery half painted( 1 gun and 4 crew painted), and half-based individually from my skirmish project. Also, having decided to switch my personal artillery to 4 crew on a gun on a 60x80mm base, I went a head and converted my lone Prussian battery to that standard. I found a bag of Front rank Russian foot artillery crew, so I fully intend to get my 3 Russian foot batteries upgraded to this new standard once the bases arrive.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Ux0VU3LrIfDfu-J_xn8EzWXbEh9fQr0RzdFvcpGvdacEUh5vXUdmbI2hkacZYMnvUSC1mjwbmHSsVY4p7ziE78spfOn_XzRjHJqLb7Sm912s6ugQVz6QKR6Zc2Nj1_4wvLEjtsHxhHM/s2048/20201107_103129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Ux0VU3LrIfDfu-J_xn8EzWXbEh9fQr0RzdFvcpGvdacEUh5vXUdmbI2hkacZYMnvUSC1mjwbmHSsVY4p7ziE78spfOn_XzRjHJqLb7Sm912s6ugQVz6QKR6Zc2Nj1_4wvLEjtsHxhHM/s320/20201107_103129.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Stuff I put paint on this week</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>I also had some regular french infantry in great coats and a Prussian command base kicking around in various states of being painted, so I took some time to finish them off.</p><p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq4mIfmG1ST4GYHxEPfttfs2vnwZxebzYSuBAyz02h2eWxTtYJvDrz1nYjkv-7xYvi2wybMOTMo1RqCEJ6coMQglIFI-LsAnX5rmB-Em1VcbTJYlqiw-qUlgBgcsOp-fbiCMeU4_K9eRk/s1200/20201107_101831.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq4mIfmG1ST4GYHxEPfttfs2vnwZxebzYSuBAyz02h2eWxTtYJvDrz1nYjkv-7xYvi2wybMOTMo1RqCEJ6coMQglIFI-LsAnX5rmB-Em1VcbTJYlqiw-qUlgBgcsOp-fbiCMeU4_K9eRk/s320/20201107_101831.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Front Rank artillery battery with <br />Perry infantry in great coats</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7nrNRMjIf4zEmVpF-m13MUuDqyAcN_R2umwASf6F82Xmm_m6-pxuWU1UsEK_Ab45WVjnoxq_Wh7DrVH72melx74sdAuydBQ9LjY1f9Td4iDm7RdIj_9pPiC3XR0QiEnc6uFFCxmbgg4/s1200/20201107_102052.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7nrNRMjIf4zEmVpF-m13MUuDqyAcN_R2umwASf6F82Xmm_m6-pxuWU1UsEK_Ab45WVjnoxq_Wh7DrVH72melx74sdAuydBQ9LjY1f9Td4iDm7RdIj_9pPiC3XR0QiEnc6uFFCxmbgg4/s320/20201107_102052.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Front Rank Artillery Closeup</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>I had the left gun and crew painted and individually based for skirmish. the right gun and crew were primed but not painted. I managed to Match the dark blue colour pretty good. then both were based on 60x80mm bases. <br /></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicviTFJ24wrWnfNxvnZ74fOMAb-vKHVlDjjNqJF7vIWBoA2rLW0fTkXz-UxANz1eReZHySXhG3Pfx0ZzRPuaq3Awytn939YnuKW7srG7H9SCfr9l7VZwhzJDceZqQ3DpAvoyVUnjWwO6c/s1200/20201107_102206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicviTFJ24wrWnfNxvnZ74fOMAb-vKHVlDjjNqJF7vIWBoA2rLW0fTkXz-UxANz1eReZHySXhG3Pfx0ZzRPuaq3Awytn939YnuKW7srG7H9SCfr9l7VZwhzJDceZqQ3DpAvoyVUnjWwO6c/s320/20201107_102206.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Perry plastic infantry with <br />some metal command added.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimu4G9MyQZvpltp-Vnpa2F1b7VcNTDg5OQZUPrk7jJB27ec1GhUGsR2jFVXZ-jOiYtx7SqAWvmyh_OLOVQNrojFUEDRkFQL-y1jtoaK6uup634Z4C8feW7XyUjtPJ93lqFoRQZEpHawPE/s1000/20201107_102851.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimu4G9MyQZvpltp-Vnpa2F1b7VcNTDg5OQZUPrk7jJB27ec1GhUGsR2jFVXZ-jOiYtx7SqAWvmyh_OLOVQNrojFUEDRkFQL-y1jtoaK6uup634Z4C8feW7XyUjtPJ93lqFoRQZEpHawPE/s320/20201107_102851.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <i>Prussian I Foot Battery, Perry Miniatures<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgLwHbR9ZQrCespVX5MK2RhBW_BA7L8ZC3nnCVtN4OPK_VkFpCaC3xG22brgCk3hVG83SHFpVFSf1JdtOjRgWQeUm8M0JITwBhwYw9D1WJl4Y_AIOjyw_4jWhQemebR7hw4L6AFLQIhQ/s320/20201107_102909.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="320" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Blucher(left) and Gneisenau(right), <br />Perry Miniatures, on a 60mm base<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Prussian foot battery was finished and based as 1 gun and 2 crew on a 50x50 base. Recently I have decided to abandon this basing because Perry guns come 1 gun and 4 crew to a pack for about $16.20 CDN (£9.50). most companies o comparable quality don't sell individual guns and crews. Front rank are the major exception. but a FR gun and 2 crew cost almost as much! so I decided to completely convert to the Perry artillery standard on 60x80mm bases. I do admit this looks nicer on the table. it still going to be awfully expensive for my 2nd Russian division's artillery. I need 3 batteries of 3 guns(9 guns total). <br /><br />This week I also assembled a Perry Prussian regiment ( 1 fusilier battalion, 2 infantry battalions), but I'm still waiting for bases to arrive so I'll need to find something to keep my occupied next week.<br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-69647379801775559222020-10-31T11:25:00.005-06:002020-10-31T11:25:43.253-06:00Pandemic Projects 6: French Old Guard Grenadiers(etc.)<p>Before I left Ontario 5 years ago, I picked up a box each of Victrix Old Guard Grenadiers and Chasseurs. Once I got here I found that there was only a small historical community, and they didn't really do much that I had an interest in, so many of my historical projects got neglected. after digging through my project tubs in the last month, I came across the sprues for these and decided they needed to get painted. I also had a unit of Perry cuirassier laying around and decided they also need some love.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ibtfCVEL0khXCqRbMr1rgkbBNEFcL0xU1o1fK5SHreKQlOo1P8FMQZwnZaJhTsymoyEfhym6RjetIoN6tff7nu17F4mTmzdzBosNoKnnB1XMB4P2riq-NqqMDz_EAoco79bUQTUJmOQ/s1400/20201031_102111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ibtfCVEL0khXCqRbMr1rgkbBNEFcL0xU1o1fK5SHreKQlOo1P8FMQZwnZaJhTsymoyEfhym6RjetIoN6tff7nu17F4mTmzdzBosNoKnnB1XMB4P2riq-NqqMDz_EAoco79bUQTUJmOQ/s320/20201031_102111.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>This weeks painted units.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>First unit this week is Perry French cuirassiers. These are wonderful models. I have more of these but I need to order a pair of command sprues to finish the units.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjclF5IH25OZXkN3ELeD5d0T5sVae_Be9sAnfVaphK5X-OyDmg6uVAkMmVJ-qZSEgA0Uo5iw78veN63DfiQqCn2vq0s-6_wchAGW_BN6vYq86LU1Gl758pedu15sR0jcEwx5qQnmnp74ZM/s1200/20201031_102229.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjclF5IH25OZXkN3ELeD5d0T5sVae_Be9sAnfVaphK5X-OyDmg6uVAkMmVJ-qZSEgA0Uo5iw78veN63DfiQqCn2vq0s-6_wchAGW_BN6vYq86LU1Gl758pedu15sR0jcEwx5qQnmnp74ZM/s320/20201031_102229.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Perry Plastic French Cuirassiers</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Next up is the Victrix Old Guard Grenadiers. Each box of Old Guard has 60 models: 48 infantry and 4 sets of 3 command figures. i used one set of command figures with some Perry plastic french in greatcoats, and there were 9 figures left over so I used them to make an 8-figure skirmish unit. I'm not sure if the Old Guard actually used skirmishers, but its a good use of figures. With all that done, I have but a single figure left. I have the say that these boxes are much easier to assemble then Victrix' earlier offerings. the figures have 3-5 parts.<br /><br /> the 2 command stands are from the Victrix(now Brigade Games) Metal Old Guard commanders. In the blister I wasn't really keen on them but I got them cheap. Unpainted the bearskins make the figures look strange. once i painted them though they looked far less odd.<br /></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5pFreWAjAvg5twTqGh1ye0cifsILpZPmqtORUsSVpJaHnskJn87roNUccfextEi_5J5dKKyB-Qo9w65ITdOlEscT4zqBHgnObo4wXpFo5Xilv136jsL6u7ab3Svhvkp62NtmT53VAGA4/s1200/20201031_102607.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5pFreWAjAvg5twTqGh1ye0cifsILpZPmqtORUsSVpJaHnskJn87roNUccfextEi_5J5dKKyB-Qo9w65ITdOlEscT4zqBHgnObo4wXpFo5Xilv136jsL6u7ab3Svhvkp62NtmT53VAGA4/s320/20201031_102607.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Victrix Metal Guard commanders and Plastic <br />Old Guard Grenadier Skirmishers</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hOq_95nKgGy0qdO-YPKcwpLQ4oyeJZxzg7X6kpxY41uM82tw49o031parLO-xUOSu51beFYIS10hDGVAurvPpTLlOofFZR4dRJaiDIYUAfe370e-_cCzBVePfJwwhBPDG3GdnA-DMEw/s1200/20201031_102708.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hOq_95nKgGy0qdO-YPKcwpLQ4oyeJZxzg7X6kpxY41uM82tw49o031parLO-xUOSu51beFYIS10hDGVAurvPpTLlOofFZR4dRJaiDIYUAfe370e-_cCzBVePfJwwhBPDG3GdnA-DMEw/s320/20201031_102708.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Victrix Old Guard Grenadiers charging</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx5R6YEIp-2NdC0Lq-BmfAXW-MQP0MH_BzDcsQTxZ5cSO9fnhY5frrMJo46ENPtJPQY0Rg6FLXKtU1tHIjJZtryjUXmndT9l1asXtL-tAQhKB2LAbVBRqmJKd7tBT_9itoI1g8Zt-Uti8/s1200/20201031_103012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx5R6YEIp-2NdC0Lq-BmfAXW-MQP0MH_BzDcsQTxZ5cSO9fnhY5frrMJo46ENPtJPQY0Rg6FLXKtU1tHIjJZtryjUXmndT9l1asXtL-tAQhKB2LAbVBRqmJKd7tBT_9itoI1g8Zt-Uti8/s320/20201031_103012.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Victrix Old Guard Grenadiers marching. back unit <br />flipped to display the detail on the backpacks.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>overall I'm very happy with this weeks productivity. I still have the Old Guard Chasseurs to paint, but they are essentially just head swaps of the same figures so I'm going to give it a bit of time before I try to paint them. The edging on the backpacks made me go cross-eyed. I'm sure I can find something to keep myself busy next week!<br /></p>Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-9633401539789890282020-10-25T12:11:00.002-06:002020-10-25T12:11:59.579-06:00Pandemic Projects 5: Napoleonic French Cavalry<p> This week I decided I was going to start eating in to my 28mm Napoleonic pile. I have a Russian Division, a Prussian Brigade, and a whole host of french kicking around unfinished, mostly Perry with a bit of Victrix mixed in. The french are the least represented in my painted collection(especially cavalry), so I decided to start there.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijTn2_RZhQQEGo58vNIzaoVY8wqNY5y4_rDu6UHVaknP_H1l79BD6sBjl3qVJwLihw8yPEMRDB1ekiRL2zmp54DitifBRtw-QK8TjCLrhhg5zPyqrOdSUfcfxgXANnoVjElmwa22M8ss8/s1200/20201025_110226.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijTn2_RZhQQEGo58vNIzaoVY8wqNY5y4_rDu6UHVaknP_H1l79BD6sBjl3qVJwLihw8yPEMRDB1ekiRL2zmp54DitifBRtw-QK8TjCLrhhg5zPyqrOdSUfcfxgXANnoVjElmwa22M8ss8/s320/20201025_110226.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Perry French Dragoons and Hussars</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Normally I pick a section of an Order of battle to build my formations and decide on regiments, but I haven't really done that with any of my french. these dragoons are no different. I have 3 units now. these 2 are pink faced(Regiments 13-18) and yellow faced(regiments 19-24). I already have a unit that is orange faced(regiments 25-30). I intend to do the other half of all 3 regiments eventually. These colours almost fit the 6th Heavy Cavalry Division, 5th Cavalry Corps at Leipzig. I also converted 2 of my individually based dismounted units into my mass combine system skirmish units. I only got 1 based in time for the photo shoot. they were less important as I figure thy won't get used to often. I'll need 2 more boxes of Perry Plastic dragoons plus an extra command sprue and a pair of horse artillery guns to finish off this division.<br /><p></p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMXXOHh7GZZ5MnZplvXz6-uDkodWjNBkkBX88ult9BgxeaKsJkt8unhHVm6XhBz4Hx09SkgMga07xhTKexM4rKp4yD5KHhnu2QPoGGyhnYZUWvwpYRBnzi0_7XYNSDvizQH5P319yQv8/s1200/20201025_110915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMXXOHh7GZZ5MnZplvXz6-uDkodWjNBkkBX88ult9BgxeaKsJkt8unhHVm6XhBz4Hx09SkgMga07xhTKexM4rKp4yD5KHhnu2QPoGGyhnYZUWvwpYRBnzi0_7XYNSDvizQH5P319yQv8/s320/20201025_110915.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dismounted Dragoons skirmishing</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXTletiPSfFqPjrrN6_if0EHbAscOX1y7fsOJ5BtJYfz6xE-c_SVeesxZAs8E_iWNDj-j1kE5biULe_FmYM7AKQ5wwwFbntPElgGQwcTj2u9UrjK1rXnzPKbZTbAL6YAL72HCPU5XqzQ/s1000/20201025_111625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXTletiPSfFqPjrrN6_if0EHbAscOX1y7fsOJ5BtJYfz6xE-c_SVeesxZAs8E_iWNDj-j1kE5biULe_FmYM7AKQ5wwwFbntPElgGQwcTj2u9UrjK1rXnzPKbZTbAL6YAL72HCPU5XqzQ/s320/20201025_111625.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dragoons from a random regiment <br />between 13 and 18<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRF1bak2dp5P9iS2kCVhi-79rKZSIpIzFM-7QjXscQ4dWT06kItf3Jz6-_V6g6FMdcOBg32YSIPOjmxVtHtlKrgb_Do2_VyMgE6Wk76jtZmay66d81l0mfixJFcGpWSECjL_suGsQbkKI/s1000/20201025_111522.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRF1bak2dp5P9iS2kCVhi-79rKZSIpIzFM-7QjXscQ4dWT06kItf3Jz6-_V6g6FMdcOBg32YSIPOjmxVtHtlKrgb_Do2_VyMgE6Wk76jtZmay66d81l0mfixJFcGpWSECjL_suGsQbkKI/s320/20201025_111522.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dragoons from a random regiment <br />between 19 and 24<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Unlike the Dragoons, Hussar regiments are pretty unique in colouring, so I did find an order of battle for Leipzig, and chose my regiments that way. I chose the 2nd Light Cavalry Division, 2nd Cavalry Corps. These units represent half of the 5th and 9th Hussar regiments. i have another hussar box kicking around, so if I order an extra command sprue I'll be able to finish off these regiments. in order to finish off the Cavalry division, I'd need 3 units of Lancers, 4 units of chasseurs a cheval, and 2 Horse Artillery teams. that translates into 2 boxes of Warlord lancers, and 2 boxes of Perry chasseurs cplus 2 extra chasseur command sprues.</p><p>Painting the hussars was a bit of a daunting task due to the lace. I
wasn't sure it would turn out well but I'm happy with the result.</p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIEjQM6ncyGwdMb4afJ2sJ9ZAWsypRmcM9F92dzLQLNxQtpQ5OTs0pLalVB9y8TvkuGLbiT78zSUg2WFspBtCeYvTwcxffsEczZzdVjDIRdHgCp40are5QIxgQOIqXA-GUMwYUZC6e5lQ/s1200/20201025_111020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIEjQM6ncyGwdMb4afJ2sJ9ZAWsypRmcM9F92dzLQLNxQtpQ5OTs0pLalVB9y8TvkuGLbiT78zSUg2WFspBtCeYvTwcxffsEczZzdVjDIRdHgCp40are5QIxgQOIqXA-GUMwYUZC6e5lQ/s320/20201025_111020.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Hussars from the 5th regiment, Perry Plastic</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvQr0vCSuqxWcw00yhx4_TDO1XgNUTVU67NBvpoF9MI6_OB1E4uxequuU5kOt9Kt9Thvpby0gk5fDUJrcOzhhOH7PQ7mPCM7tNGW8pSd9wuakDvpOlrVwpP7r-R9XZiw9CbgtkIaA16s/s1200/20201025_111105.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvQr0vCSuqxWcw00yhx4_TDO1XgNUTVU67NBvpoF9MI6_OB1E4uxequuU5kOt9Kt9Thvpby0gk5fDUJrcOzhhOH7PQ7mPCM7tNGW8pSd9wuakDvpOlrVwpP7r-R9XZiw9CbgtkIaA16s/s320/20201025_111105.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Hussars from the 9th regiment, Perry Plastic</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQY8-Kl50TtcZkEvjSWn5QhOQlX7yq5SMzDjc4ii-EyvX_JK2u7MfSSMirS3Nqa0prLAttgtjfPHHJK3mPHLa1ng5roNIJFJ3_HflrT6lWIp48wpR1UsvBnCS04i6wuQZOJxahvXSuBo/s1000/20201025_111232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQY8-Kl50TtcZkEvjSWn5QhOQlX7yq5SMzDjc4ii-EyvX_JK2u7MfSSMirS3Nqa0prLAttgtjfPHHJK3mPHLa1ng5roNIJFJ3_HflrT6lWIp48wpR1UsvBnCS04i6wuQZOJxahvXSuBo/s320/20201025_111232.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>I have to show off the lace on those white jackets. <br />it turned out way better then i anticipated!<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br />I'm not entirely sure what I'll be doing for next week. might be more french. It'll probably be more Napoleonics, as it makes up so much of what I have left to paint.<br /><br /></p>Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-16501771399636915002020-10-18T13:16:00.004-06:002020-10-18T13:39:36.217-06:00Pandmic Projects 4: Terrain Making and Casting<p> I've had a few terrain projects dangling near-finished for a while, but I lacked the motivation to get the over the finish line. some like gun position has been sitting around needing to be grassed for 9 months. others like the walls have only been sitting idle for 2 or 3 months. then there is the bridge, which I bought at HotLead(I think?) in Ontario 6 years ago, before i moved to Edmonton.either way i decided i needed to get some finished.<br /><br /><br />The bridge was a great find. I bought it at the HotLead fleamarket 6 or 7 years ago, broken in two. I knew I could pin it and fix it, and more importantly, it fits 50x50mm bases perfectly! it also happens to fit my river system well. it also painted up really nice.<br /><br />It had broken right at the middle point to the side of the central arch stone. I pined it in 4 places for extra strength.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIk70kL4ZcZmoX-fYDlxzDaP5v12aFYbe5iKB3k2w0s3jGFXIbbX3WpmPVYD2yU9WlhaSGc4pqBZ5ux4_HhcPg9zJgLen75lMpJUuZipvAW0rXuzqbI7aEWcWe2G0eqMlEG8rIp7QotuU/s1300/20201018_114122.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIk70kL4ZcZmoX-fYDlxzDaP5v12aFYbe5iKB3k2w0s3jGFXIbbX3WpmPVYD2yU9WlhaSGc4pqBZ5ux4_HhcPg9zJgLen75lMpJUuZipvAW0rXuzqbI7aEWcWe2G0eqMlEG8rIp7QotuU/s320/20201018_114122.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Side shot of bridge</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5wSac9HMIlLSh9MFqbmx4UElscw5BTvU8YdswMJrWtuckm9tygMcNm5IL-ht8FjJuLSZoAWg-L-W9iIRwaICgHRjZC8Cj5LdbD78qii23CfYmGE6O3GFjs1JrGNCkIXg5Av4ZXrq8hRg/s898/20201018_114147.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5wSac9HMIlLSh9MFqbmx4UElscw5BTvU8YdswMJrWtuckm9tygMcNm5IL-ht8FjJuLSZoAWg-L-W9iIRwaICgHRjZC8Cj5LdbD78qii23CfYmGE6O3GFjs1JrGNCkIXg5Av4ZXrq8hRg/s320/20201018_114147.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>50x50mm bases fit perfectly!</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p></p><p> Next is gun position. I built this a year ago as a test bed for some techniques in making wood texture. it was a general success. I used Renedra wattle fencing and gabions, but I intent to make my own for future projects. in the future I'll probably also make the walls higher. they came out a little lower then I'd want.<br /><br />The texture on hte wood planks was created by "scrubbing" the wood with a wire brush. The wood used was basswood.<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvecXXjSG6EurBcaNVajrlybQsCdPwNHK804sL2PFcOaE2Mw1N20_RxhS4eiqQusPsYThjuC_pxcFZ3KUG19dnbIieFOurm4K3OkuHBZaB9EgmlUm55LDX3Wb9fLCvS_U_S6lcLv_HD7s/s1338/20201018_113855.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="611" data-original-width="1338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvecXXjSG6EurBcaNVajrlybQsCdPwNHK804sL2PFcOaE2Mw1N20_RxhS4eiqQusPsYThjuC_pxcFZ3KUG19dnbIieFOurm4K3OkuHBZaB9EgmlUm55LDX3Wb9fLCvS_U_S6lcLv_HD7s/s320/20201018_113855.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Position occupied by Napoleonic British guns</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-A3xJXz3TmAjI216y9VmO35Ff9gsJlWmiBlxxaWB7YAP7pb6Fpud8PHOPyshQwkHHYdglIRomPQ_Df6yOJ2VA9P-r3NlPkM3P_u3E-uY43gyRaIpiN4W66GqC0XxhF3lQe27mqsm_j5c/s1323/20201018_113955.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="1323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-A3xJXz3TmAjI216y9VmO35Ff9gsJlWmiBlxxaWB7YAP7pb6Fpud8PHOPyshQwkHHYdglIRomPQ_Df6yOJ2VA9P-r3NlPkM3P_u3E-uY43gyRaIpiN4W66GqC0XxhF3lQe27mqsm_j5c/s320/20201018_113955.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lower angle to show the height of the position walls.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3M3C_3vw94SxGmLRyVd2D07ztIt-5H63o7_lUFBcUHAL9qqNczxSikMFHoKCdQYR7AZpcfgKUvgqok_lzvAbbeqqEyodzTUpUh8DdfRdozASDrUZRpzkDVnL0EvXnaaPaH6oSPqv88g/s1300/20201018_114031.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="1300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3M3C_3vw94SxGmLRyVd2D07ztIt-5H63o7_lUFBcUHAL9qqNczxSikMFHoKCdQYR7AZpcfgKUvgqok_lzvAbbeqqEyodzTUpUh8DdfRdozASDrUZRpzkDVnL0EvXnaaPaH6oSPqv88g/s320/20201018_114031.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Reverse angle. Note the texture on the planks.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p> </p><p>This wall project started both because I wanted some more walls, but also because I wanted to try my hand at casting in 2-part self-skinning polyurethane expanding foam. i started by making some dry stone walls. I had to modify how i cast them, but they ended up working ok. there are some bubbles because I don't have a vacuum chamber I can't really do much about it. Note on the drystone walls the moss/vines on the walls furthest from the camera. I did that to cover up places where walls were damaged coming out of the mold the first few times. the skin would separate from the foam. I managed to solve the issue after a few castings. Each wall section is 6 inches long. for this set, i have a single straight wall, one with a gate, and one with a corner on the end like the old GW stone walls.<br /></p><p></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYaxYEkBcPzetEOVhWqo87abQ0L6kLCinI8Q7dTDNyJhCkas23SBrgoy9FhyphenhyphenPM-BPAcitNx10uD2gM229L3vYu3tqoBp-kJv2Ivjpj4EvCE9ddtrpbQu7GJ2l6s81Biy8C-atYGIxtuak/s1283/20201018_114701.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="1283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYaxYEkBcPzetEOVhWqo87abQ0L6kLCinI8Q7dTDNyJhCkas23SBrgoy9FhyphenhyphenPM-BPAcitNx10uD2gM229L3vYu3tqoBp-kJv2Ivjpj4EvCE9ddtrpbQu7GJ2l6s81Biy8C-atYGIxtuak/s320/20201018_114701.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>the 3 unique lengths of wall.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDVdvaYeL4-d2Ltf-2IoxXZNw4gHzgzNLXGQlDrY1aIliLm6EgUeKHlZaV4XhBlIxpGWwnhX6uU1wyEAL8fVfK2SZHaz3-v5IKOmJ6RVaBlf_Z8D0NSgTok07LWvMHObuVYDNU0njdmI/s1353/20201018_114614.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="1353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDVdvaYeL4-d2Ltf-2IoxXZNw4gHzgzNLXGQlDrY1aIliLm6EgUeKHlZaV4XhBlIxpGWwnhX6uU1wyEAL8fVfK2SZHaz3-v5IKOmJ6RVaBlf_Z8D0NSgTok07LWvMHObuVYDNU0njdmI/s320/20201018_114614.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A three sided paddock defended by the Buffs</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTRnjxcuGLuSX-9PW0OTMURFqqUx0HpYbkjvk5Ts0xd6W47ATBcqF24-bYjt87UJjQgcwyb220ajEwOjLne3N5Rp5-_FUiSHxgQsUzLo9ADO7rvJbaX-G34s0Gc7AI5Xa2NTpA0Pj8bY4/s1200/20201018_114551.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTRnjxcuGLuSX-9PW0OTMURFqqUx0HpYbkjvk5Ts0xd6W47ATBcqF24-bYjt87UJjQgcwyb220ajEwOjLne3N5Rp5-_FUiSHxgQsUzLo9ADO7rvJbaX-G34s0Gc7AI5Xa2NTpA0Pj8bY4/s320/20201018_114551.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>From a lower angle so you can see the height<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The second set of walls is more of an attempt to replace my old GW fantasy stone walls. you can't get them anymore, and they are slowly breaking. I built these out of individual styrofoam blocks textured with a foil ball. the blocks are on average under half the size of the massive 200lb blocks the GW ones are apparently made out of. I also varied the block size a bit more. So there are some that are very small and some that are almost the size of the GW ones, near the bottom usually. I built two unique straight sections, one section with a corner, and one with a gateway/opening. I've seen these style of opening in several pictures of similar style old stone walls.<br /><br />These cast nicer then the dry stone walls. I thin there are less extreme changes in topograghy for air to get stuck in. there are still air bubbles but they are generally less noticeable.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3bbID8g4qUxmdvr72XYeh1DefOkqIL1zM9t7QDhc7d8yiKiRr8ikgApK8nhpPTT8h6Q-AMKCU_sGrgkh1O2UKUK2i0yM3kcaIuf7aHIWVYr8a9mGR6ZkbxMAal5j683e38C3TAori3pE/s1201/20201018_114336.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="1201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3bbID8g4qUxmdvr72XYeh1DefOkqIL1zM9t7QDhc7d8yiKiRr8ikgApK8nhpPTT8h6Q-AMKCU_sGrgkh1O2UKUK2i0yM3kcaIuf7aHIWVYr8a9mGR6ZkbxMAal5j683e38C3TAori3pE/s320/20201018_114336.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>the four unique sections of wall</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0tcEfIk4iYlKVtyrWTCmahYYlEyQOJlacomwGpdAjavLQwjbcAnvc8Trn4_vnxmDzHGYYUlbk48w35E9yJ-MU5Mruhd9Skjga5fyEdcFS8JdPF-p2aZ0t-3mvscCB_wk9nWGm6cXexc/s1400/20201018_115008.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0tcEfIk4iYlKVtyrWTCmahYYlEyQOJlacomwGpdAjavLQwjbcAnvc8Trn4_vnxmDzHGYYUlbk48w35E9yJ-MU5Mruhd9Skjga5fyEdcFS8JdPF-p2aZ0t-3mvscCB_wk9nWGm6cXexc/s320/20201018_115008.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Three of the master walls shown with a GW <br />Fantasy stone wall for comparison<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ilQN4Q0hAQvNVahuVG8YYznuoub6d-TuVybZIRdfiGeb-ex2e6KCPDA_9SAW2r9djIDMpooJTe6G-C5r3I2HGbZXOQ8yh4tmnLOyRwPHp50JNXqIXulAhZRy1l71HB_MD9zGJx70-oc/s1300/20201018_114439.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ilQN4Q0hAQvNVahuVG8YYznuoub6d-TuVybZIRdfiGeb-ex2e6KCPDA_9SAW2r9djIDMpooJTe6G-C5r3I2HGbZXOQ8yh4tmnLOyRwPHp50JNXqIXulAhZRy1l71HB_MD9zGJx70-oc/s320/20201018_114439.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>From a lower angle so you can see the height</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><p>And finally, a well I bought on Friday this well is from the Wizkids "Deep Cuts" line of scatter terrain and accessories. They are cheap ($6.95 CDN, or about $5 USD) and are full of detail. This one came with a little water insert that pops out easily. good 28mm wells aren't easy to find so I'm glad I got this one for really cheap.<br /></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimLSij8-YA1-F3vq2zjOR5LdDLVdjtupJAfUk5LkQRVtQeNLGKxVKwMrhBksMSZ0qDQg8r_SCuTFCqxBmxtScxWuhGH9m8_3wHb0u49d2RllXMUYKgpAiXBTfU3ht3cdhcC8lIDTxXV6Q/s1200/20201018_114816.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimLSij8-YA1-F3vq2zjOR5LdDLVdjtupJAfUk5LkQRVtQeNLGKxVKwMrhBksMSZ0qDQg8r_SCuTFCqxBmxtScxWuhGH9m8_3wHb0u49d2RllXMUYKgpAiXBTfU3ht3cdhcC8lIDTxXV6Q/s320/20201018_114816.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Deep Cuts well with water insert out<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEu7dK9kUaeKUng3FPS-KLo_6zBoEl85Z72f6QZxjny4-38SnR-kYYbppqog-Fy73rOZdfDGfHtXriGQbsgtETx2ipDbLKAVU8UOJjAUL-bpgvU8lrYFRRCX0Y0Omc8MgsgqLGqYJLB8Y/s1125/20201018_114858.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="1125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEu7dK9kUaeKUng3FPS-KLo_6zBoEl85Z72f6QZxjny4-38SnR-kYYbppqog-Fy73rOZdfDGfHtXriGQbsgtETx2ipDbLKAVU8UOJjAUL-bpgvU8lrYFRRCX0Y0Omc8MgsgqLGqYJLB8Y/s320/20201018_114858.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Well with water insert in</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As some of you might have noticed, I'm trying to update once every week or two now. we'll see how long that lasts. being unemployed certainly makes finding the time a bit easier. Its also nice to have some Motivation to paint. The lack of historical gamers in Edmonton combined with lack of gaming during the pandemic had certainly taken its toll.<br /><br />Cheers!<br /></p><p></p>Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-537739512230633662020-10-10T14:03:00.005-06:002020-10-10T14:03:52.547-06:00Pandemic Projects 3: Rebasing and Touching up Victrix Peninsular British.<p> After a discussion last week with a Local Edmontoner about what Napoleonics I had, I decided to look at my peninsular skirmish collection. The collection is small one I built to put on a scenario at Hotlead about a decade ago. I have only once pulled out the figures for a game since then. The collection is mostly made up of Victrix figures, with the addition of Front rank french artillery and Perry cavalry for both sides.<br /><br />I was looking to bolster my french a bit, but I cannot really make what i have in skirmish work for cohesive units of 16 in a mass battle game without buying a 2nd box. then i looked at my British. due to the peculiarities of how Victrix released the British, I had to buy a box of centre companies and a box of flank companies. this gave me enough extra figures to flesh out 4 battalions of British infantry with enough flank companies left over to make a pair of 8 figure light battalion skirmish units(I have the metal addons that victrix offered up) plus enough flank company figures to make another brigade if I buy another box of centre companies.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEeoKeIgX5piZu4QKtOsijKdfaUXdlvBrgk6n2UnnkVG1wkxmn-Tu-iupNy7t_VVFGPhyphenhyphen136X7ARM9QkeHbKaSxfdxAIRQTYXQYt8degfFi-llBwusUq8IZiwz3gwtOjl1RqSXjgExsoo/s1400/20201010_125546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEeoKeIgX5piZu4QKtOsijKdfaUXdlvBrgk6n2UnnkVG1wkxmn-Tu-iupNy7t_VVFGPhyphenhyphen136X7ARM9QkeHbKaSxfdxAIRQTYXQYt8degfFi-llBwusUq8IZiwz3gwtOjl1RqSXjgExsoo/s320/20201010_125546.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>the Whole Brigade, all Victrix Plastics <br />except the Perry plastic Hussars<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJZKLMTlLMczd2xNiYMmqGwA2N8JRJEtvUR0YbyJPZuHbVvlO3vL_B7wKqOm0ZD1Sgw7V3ovJzfMseCSrBryXG0y0yJP3dqnXjcQsezBp3gnkrdSes7L0XkEt3-QOd3OnvmRbv6QuPE4/s1400/20201010_125651.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJZKLMTlLMczd2xNiYMmqGwA2N8JRJEtvUR0YbyJPZuHbVvlO3vL_B7wKqOm0ZD1Sgw7V3ovJzfMseCSrBryXG0y0yJP3dqnXjcQsezBp3gnkrdSes7L0XkEt3-QOd3OnvmRbv6QuPE4/s320/20201010_125651.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3rd Regiment of Foot (the Buffs)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGanK8TXt0S5agxCePtQvStDDf3nEZGF88pthQm8bRaHSidCZQ41STUKQW54rEQ2C-wdoUhrf49bVZxdm7xtN8BoEB05YldRShJyI6-2bN-ZXGQGZekrxgOr3i4UibK4EYaJnzAr-YTOE/s1400/20201010_125905.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGanK8TXt0S5agxCePtQvStDDf3nEZGF88pthQm8bRaHSidCZQ41STUKQW54rEQ2C-wdoUhrf49bVZxdm7xtN8BoEB05YldRShJyI6-2bN-ZXGQGZekrxgOr3i4UibK4EYaJnzAr-YTOE/s320/20201010_125905.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">59th regiment of Foot (2nd Nottinghamshire)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>I chose the infantry regiments based on what flags I got in the boxes. I'll probably use regiments with different coloured flags for the 2nd brigade when i get around to buying another centre company box. Originally they were done as an unknown regiment, so i had to repaint the collars and cuffs on everything i also touched up the belts, and painted the command to go with them. The exception is the 2nd battalion of the 59th regiment, which i painted 14 new figures. In total I painted 26 new infantry to make these battalions up to size. they are on 50x50mm bases.teh red was painted with GW contrast Blood angels red over white vellejo spray primer. It makes it super easy! I'm not 100% sold on the entire contrast line, but the red is a keeper! the belts on the buffs are GW Contrast Skeletal Horde. another keeper.<br /></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmoqnn3WbL6UDD5XU-_NjWaUTMF6kovjSF9LANiXQXkVPmw1K1qKBfPOl3FkVwjt0YGMJnn5vYU4JcusCnBM31Onz9O9ewEkHQv4r_FPheSBzYYXpQeaxgQVqXfZ64XLkWA6gpu8NdKVQ/s1200/20201010_125804.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmoqnn3WbL6UDD5XU-_NjWaUTMF6kovjSF9LANiXQXkVPmw1K1qKBfPOl3FkVwjt0YGMJnn5vYU4JcusCnBM31Onz9O9ewEkHQv4r_FPheSBzYYXpQeaxgQVqXfZ64XLkWA6gpu8NdKVQ/s320/20201010_125804.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>10th Hussars, Perry Miniatures Plastics</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>The hussars were unmodified. I do plan on rebasing them eventually, but i have a shortage of both money and more bases, so I'll worry about that later. their existing bases in almost the same footprint in their sabot, so it should be fine for now. they will eventually be mounted on 50x50mm bases instead of individually on 25x50 pill bases, in a sabot. The way we base them, cavalry units are a bit awkward, as they represent
2 squadrons. so usually double up on my units to make a regiment. The nice thing about Perry cavalry boxes is although they are only 14 figures, if I order an additional 2-figure command frame, I have enough for 2 units of 8(a full regiment). at some point down the road I intend to grab a hussar command frame, plus a box of light Dragoons, and a command frame for them too. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWU1pxfHWROFb-0ZsNLlwqNFJoEi5_PHVjRbFn6grEGT2UTK7KEbadrgxmFRzewzHVeQhrE6X1I8BoumnU52_o0aVbA2_EJmka0qydYTnYzv7IeZGY_I8qsQoxm3uDjVfimjEd6xOSr3c/s1400/20201010_130006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWU1pxfHWROFb-0ZsNLlwqNFJoEi5_PHVjRbFn6grEGT2UTK7KEbadrgxmFRzewzHVeQhrE6X1I8BoumnU52_o0aVbA2_EJmka0qydYTnYzv7IeZGY_I8qsQoxm3uDjVfimjEd6xOSr3c/s320/20201010_130006.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Metal Officer and sapper, Plastic Artillery, <br />all Victrix Miniatures</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I had bought a Victrix officer pack, which came with 2 metal officers and a sapper. these will make my 2 brigade command stands. I also had a box of Victrix plastic artillery. 2 are seen here. I intend to buy another box of artillery so i can have a 2nd battery for the next brigade, plus an extra battery, maybe of howitzers, or heavier guns. the limbers that accompany the set are also built, although one of them got badly broken at some point in the base so I had to rebuild it. I want to put them on 60x60mm, so they will wait until I have the money to get bases.<br /><br />overall I'm happy with how this turned out. with the additions of a box of Victrix center companies, a box of Artillery, a box of light Dragoons, and 2 command frames, I'll have 2 brigades of line infantry(128 figures) 2 skirmish light battalions, 3 artillery batteries, and 4 cavalry units. that is a solid British division plus a cavalry brigade in support.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-65458686778681802912020-10-03T13:37:00.005-06:002020-10-03T13:37:47.691-06:00More Pandemic Projects: Ottoman Additions<p> Earlier this week I decided I was going to paint my 2nd unit of Ottoman Sipahis of the Porte. I don't paint these lightly, as the first unit I painted took something like 12 hours? That is roughly 3 times what a unit of 8 normally takes me. In fact I have had the second unit of 8 kicking around for more then 6 months, and I was finally recharged enough to take them on. I hadn't photographed the first unit, janissary bases, or giant friggin' cannon because although they were painted, they were not based when I took photos of the whole army.</p><p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghO2BZ8eH5URUgh0I2_1UTvg1WYUL_-yIUB3hvXAW1JgObTTj751e9hcyXRSuq5UKqn40cp8ity2q2x6ryRyTuiE82i67ibJDed7Iagjlze_TS4Djsd5k0RQTeg3cGIL9_HBlXIcpPbjs/s1200/20201003_124703.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghO2BZ8eH5URUgh0I2_1UTvg1WYUL_-yIUB3hvXAW1JgObTTj751e9hcyXRSuq5UKqn40cp8ity2q2x6ryRyTuiE82i67ibJDed7Iagjlze_TS4Djsd5k0RQTeg3cGIL9_HBlXIcpPbjs/s320/20201003_124703.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Assault Group Ottoman Sipahis of the Porte <br />(the Sultans household cavalry)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ByMdbIy6YX0bOZ8IVZWE0PtL7yqmJwSQVoBy1QNV__W79HO899DSFGaNwboWKxuYggbLL5fdCyBjOiaWkO7AcwEPjdweUNF2TRKBWs19Gm6dyaN0L4agcfdwLKjZIsMvdnUOrYiigVw/s1200/20201003_124629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ByMdbIy6YX0bOZ8IVZWE0PtL7yqmJwSQVoBy1QNV__W79HO899DSFGaNwboWKxuYggbLL5fdCyBjOiaWkO7AcwEPjdweUNF2TRKBWs19Gm6dyaN0L4agcfdwLKjZIsMvdnUOrYiigVw/s320/20201003_124629.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Other side with shields. <br />newly painted unit in the lead</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p> I'm less happy with the geometric patterns on the new unit. I though I should cover up the black lines I had painted on as guides, but it turns out they give everything a crispness that really makes them pop. I don't really have the skill to paint them without those lines. it was way more obvious once i saw the pictures. I Also noticed i forgot the white feathering. I'll be going back over with the black lines and feathering the legs to finish them.</p><p> <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgInuNRgkVT2lUHWzeFJEVl0GYryWT6-SqQ3Hx0TXz7mxeV6hNKeUt5py1mUZcCjb9I5j7zrk-rIU6C6WM61aTS76k1JTQ5BnM1KD6Y4t6hFif_vmdOuG5GZW1m6VTRdkJwl3sVc6cMI/s1200/20201003_125910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="609" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgInuNRgkVT2lUHWzeFJEVl0GYryWT6-SqQ3Hx0TXz7mxeV6hNKeUt5py1mUZcCjb9I5j7zrk-rIU6C6WM61aTS76k1JTQ5BnM1KD6Y4t6hFif_vmdOuG5GZW1m6VTRdkJwl3sVc6cMI/s320/20201003_125910.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>New bases for my TAG Jannisaries</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><p>I got some new bases for my TAG Jannisaries to bring them closer to the basing for Beneath the Lilly Banners: With Tooth and Claw Suggestions.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFNX7dpi3lKbvaRHYShj_ETDDeW2Bshs26ZB9Sxwk87SN1mjWrnasubiJCGFWpvlsC-82_VdRECJhbbDFXEktAAq9mAZfDoYW8ok9qoBaKiH9bOKuIDpEzxlYBGYAy0iEqouuBdgC1es/s1000/20201003_131010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFNX7dpi3lKbvaRHYShj_ETDDeW2Bshs26ZB9Sxwk87SN1mjWrnasubiJCGFWpvlsC-82_VdRECJhbbDFXEktAAq9mAZfDoYW8ok9qoBaKiH9bOKuIDpEzxlYBGYAy0iEqouuBdgC1es/s320/20201003_131010.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ottoman Giant Friggin' Cannon. Crew are TAG<br /> miniatures, cannon is from Wizkids Deep cuts line<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaxzMWI7bgIn-GszPL1OFEhcfIFrK5q4xk52S-8eSg9bHOKTbc8GwVq7JYZmDmtE87-0w_lgww4Aio8PYGJAxURWl3H9cXJgLdCCA4gMuqT3qs9tv-dggDNlklwh0Ww7p6rzZu0QJ0EcY/s1000/20201003_131042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaxzMWI7bgIn-GszPL1OFEhcfIFrK5q4xk52S-8eSg9bHOKTbc8GwVq7JYZmDmtE87-0w_lgww4Aio8PYGJAxURWl3H9cXJgLdCCA4gMuqT3qs9tv-dggDNlklwh0Ww7p6rzZu0QJ0EcY/s320/20201003_131042.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Giant Friggin' Cannon from the other side</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />Finally there is the Ottoman Giant Friggin' Cannon, as I call it. this is a cannon from the Wizkids "Deep Cuts" line of fantasy terrain and accessories. This line has a lot of great generic items. This thing was only $7 bucks canadian!! That's almost half the price of any normal sized cannon from Front rank etc. Its actually modeled on the Tsar cannon but it looks great with my ottomans. Now all I need is a 12 horse limber for it!</p><p></p><p>That's it for now. All the ottomans I own are painted now. in a week or two I may have some terrain projects ready to be photographed.<br /><br /></p><p><br /></p>Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-58836915720359273392020-09-15T03:15:00.003-06:002020-09-15T12:22:02.251-06:00Pandemic Projects: Finally some ECW progress!<p>Unlike most people, I have been very unproductive during the COVID 19 pandemic. I use games and events to motivate myself, and since none have been happening, I have found myself lacking in motivation. It also doesn't help that I have very little unfinished from Most of my projects, ECW and Napoleonic being the outliers.<br /><br />about 2 weeks ago, I was really eager to paint but I didn't have much left of my ImagiNations, and I was not really feeling up to painting AWI. I remembered that I have a pretty decent pile of Plastic Warlord ECW figures kicking around, and decided that I would at least pull them out and take a look. A day later I had decided on a new basing(and only slightly different) for the Infantry and I had primed Lord Say and Sele's regiment and begin painting. I also decided that i would like to use Beneath the Lilly Banners 3rd ed to play my Civil war games. Although the rules are meant for 1670-1720ish, I use them with one or 2 house rules for my Imaginations. The rules have everything I think you would need to play games 30 years earlier as well.</p><p></p><p>Before this, I had the Cuirassier unit, Lord Brooke's regiment(in purple) the Saker, and Lord Essex character figures painted, as well as 2/3rds of the Dragoons. In the last 2 weeks, I have painted 4 Dragoons, all of Lord Saye and Sele's regiment(40 figures) and the 12 figure unit of cavalry(Essex's horse regiment, also frequently called Sir Philip Stapleton's regiment.<br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuh62dvqq8oDvWOdkSq6iOgKJWO-oZhgP-8837dL0lq6k6nc0lAzpDupDwsq5v4v51cVKnZkIyxVynY_56hEbBY_CD3_t8ETeujK5YYjV8wS63erujdDg4Re9S0CrrSw_L6v20SgVYZj0/s1400/20200915_015522.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuh62dvqq8oDvWOdkSq6iOgKJWO-oZhgP-8837dL0lq6k6nc0lAzpDupDwsq5v4v51cVKnZkIyxVynY_56hEbBY_CD3_t8ETeujK5YYjV8wS63erujdDg4Re9S0CrrSw_L6v20SgVYZj0/s320/20200915_015522.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>All the ECW figures I currently have painted.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMbheUcDowBVzygsIwUuzdDd6cYT9FiXImyZBIaodoKKrmsNgS08LLZyoMb01TwZNJwgeBJNfG0c6FNUpIU_SV8yvNcW7D5YhTjQNsGxKo97IR0DHakSTLFFEOUwP7u0j-CmvOhEEgUEk/s1400/20200915_015637.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMbheUcDowBVzygsIwUuzdDd6cYT9FiXImyZBIaodoKKrmsNgS08LLZyoMb01TwZNJwgeBJNfG0c6FNUpIU_SV8yvNcW7D5YhTjQNsGxKo97IR0DHakSTLFFEOUwP7u0j-CmvOhEEgUEk/s320/20200915_015637.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>40 figures of Lord Brooke's Regiment</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtzLMUoYVfvFPwPZ2JKtPxiFjfGhutU_JmUcegrXwOhFVf8xi5oXhUfDPrQzyvehklBWRr04CplGOHYM4tnn2QhyphenhyphenTLIak1KU0vtXSNwuPblVj67tH25q4O-od37-n2-7wHK1k3vs3gmkM/s1400/20200915_015615.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtzLMUoYVfvFPwPZ2JKtPxiFjfGhutU_JmUcegrXwOhFVf8xi5oXhUfDPrQzyvehklBWRr04CplGOHYM4tnn2QhyphenhyphenTLIak1KU0vtXSNwuPblVj67tH25q4O-od37-n2-7wHK1k3vs3gmkM/s320/20200915_015615.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>40 figures of Lord Saye & Sele's Regiment of foot.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd0el6kHDbaGES1eqDccEgWmj9E86SrXJKBGsJNA4njZ8ZtyG9Blb7tkDcrPIroOFEkAxgUlVJeLt5Wgn1Hl5oX4T8ohQgu0W52UpYzu590MCqRxC9TyaZTfv7o9OghN3bu0iwxhITZe8/s1300/20200915_015734.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="1300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd0el6kHDbaGES1eqDccEgWmj9E86SrXJKBGsJNA4njZ8ZtyG9Blb7tkDcrPIroOFEkAxgUlVJeLt5Wgn1Hl5oX4T8ohQgu0W52UpYzu590MCqRxC9TyaZTfv7o9OghN3bu0iwxhITZe8/s320/20200915_015734.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lord Essex's or Sir Philip Stapleton's Regiment </i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoHmc9ci63hTTt6catNQPPSdQh8kyOAgllehCiGTv-JNXD8piOX6rauYvzK_6YtF9Me8tpGtKJdrv4WtxjaAZDRIFeqMozrMMpmdfEjobhGi1mfRJ0owg3Iy5p72TARmYqXnX99XtDROs/s1200/20200915_015710.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoHmc9ci63hTTt6catNQPPSdQh8kyOAgllehCiGTv-JNXD8piOX6rauYvzK_6YtF9Me8tpGtKJdrv4WtxjaAZDRIFeqMozrMMpmdfEjobhGi1mfRJ0owg3Iy5p72TARmYqXnX99XtDROs/s320/20200915_015710.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sir William Balfour's Lifeguard Regiment<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbekfm5uK5ozN1r-zXWSlSXtB4iyqjMo8DbexYx6l0ZmPiR5EvSdOE55LKXngW6jo7S0vdza4IQsWhPv2u-qbWyPKurOpwea8GTTTbz_1aiCcyJ0k3zgb_Zp4eKd6a1q2mKgw_MUweK9I/s1300/20200915_015820.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbekfm5uK5ozN1r-zXWSlSXtB4iyqjMo8DbexYx6l0ZmPiR5EvSdOE55LKXngW6jo7S0vdza4IQsWhPv2u-qbWyPKurOpwea8GTTTbz_1aiCcyJ0k3zgb_Zp4eKd6a1q2mKgw_MUweK9I/s320/20200915_015820.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dragoons<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSZUvPi94cmhwBLI44SPHs_voE0C_geqLEkRKb_r8cNn9zXqZlebVF_W2FEncbtTWyfO5mSFcTAgzHWpGHG1rU2-um0AfmFNOxsSDOMt0xV74XEXszI_g0Pu8GHtBJPXrr2N0sFF7jwL4/s1400/20200915_015957.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSZUvPi94cmhwBLI44SPHs_voE0C_geqLEkRKb_r8cNn9zXqZlebVF_W2FEncbtTWyfO5mSFcTAgzHWpGHG1rU2-um0AfmFNOxsSDOMt0xV74XEXszI_g0Pu8GHtBJPXrr2N0sFF7jwL4/s320/20200915_015957.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Sir Henry Fairfax, Saker with master gunner, <br />and Lord Essex</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisgdPUdvPhmKdkFcoQbiC6iExCTtXsSKD_bonC4TArUDnAbDS6UDGTN_AXs-zEe0Kzr49c2jgMmL6A7g7W0IbAO4UFL6h6YnrkFBVYe2Mp6eeOd1QyXJz3mmpE9AXHxRGGDEBCb9lPtAs/s1300/20200915_020109.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="714" data-original-width="1300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisgdPUdvPhmKdkFcoQbiC6iExCTtXsSKD_bonC4TArUDnAbDS6UDGTN_AXs-zEe0Kzr49c2jgMmL6A7g7W0IbAO4UFL6h6YnrkFBVYe2Mp6eeOd1QyXJz3mmpE9AXHxRGGDEBCb9lPtAs/s320/20200915_020109.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>the regiment split us as I intend to field them <br />in BtLB3</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Lord brooks is based on 40x40mm bases, 4 figures to a base. I decided to change to 45x60mm bases for the musketeers, 6 to a base, and 45x80mm bases for the pike and command, 8 to a base. this works out far better if I decide to use a system that doesn't require huge units(which I am), so I can put 2 bases of 6 musketeers together with a base of 8 pike and have a standard 3 base unit in Beneath the Lilly Banners 3rd ed. i had the bases sitting around from all the Perry napoleonics. they use 60x45mm for cavalry, and 40x45 for infantry. I glue 2 40x45mm together to get the 40x85mm, and reinforce it with strategic figure placement and the magnetic sheeting i use for storage on the bottom. they come out surprisingly sturdy. <br /><br />The cavalry basing stays exactly the same, except each unit of 12 becomes 2 squadrons of 6 figures in BtLB3.</p><p><br />I have enough figures to make 2 more units of 12 cavalry, 2 more units of 40 infantry, and enough firelock storm Party figures to make 5 stands of 6. that will double what is painted right now. When using Beneath the Lilly Banners 3rd ed, that all doubles to 8 pike and shotte infantry units, and 10 cavalry units. Plus I have a unit of 12 dismounted dragoons waiting to be based. <br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-42978262154983537132019-12-30T13:45:00.000-07:002019-12-30T13:45:41.169-07:0028mm Napoleonic Prussiansabout 3 years ago I painted a Napoleonic Prussian brigade to act as the flanking force in a Battle of Kulm scenario I put on at MayDay, the Local convention.<br />
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I had wanted to make the 8nd Brigade, under the General-major von Hunerbein(at Leipzig), but I goofed. I put the flags for the 1st east Prussian line regiment on the regular infantry instead of the 8th Prussian regimental standards. I'll have to make sure I fixed that when I eventually paint the 2nd Brigade(under Prinz Karl of Mecklenburg-Strelitz). Both were part of the 1st Army Corps during the battle of Leipzig)<br />
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The 8th brigade is supposed to contain the 8th Line regiment(1st Brandenburg), the 12th Reserve regiment , the 14th Silesian Landwehr regiment, XV foot battery, 2 squadrons of Brandenburg hussars and the 2 squadrons of the 3rd Silesian Landwehr Cavalry.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>the (mostly) 8th Brigade, under General Major von Hunerbein</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>(Left) Bandenburg Hussars, (Right) 3rd Silesian Landwehr <br />Cavalry, (front) XV foot Battery</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>1st East Prussian Infantry regiment, with Fusilier battalion <br />leading the way</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>12th Reserve Infantry regiment</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>14th Silesian Landwehr Regiment</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Prussians and Russian Guard engaging the French right flank</i></td></tr>
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All the Prussian Miniature are Perry except the Landwehr which are 1st generation Warlord.<br />I have all the infantry I need for the 2nd Brigade from the 1st corps at Leipzig. I have 1 unit of 8 hussars but I'll need a second unit of 8 and another 2 guns for the foot battery. I also have a unit of volunteer jagers for each brigade to finish. Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-15773092644673482642019-12-11T17:25:00.000-07:002019-12-11T17:25:02.702-07:00WW2: Early(ish) SovietsSo here is the last of the WW2 armies that I currently own. I've had most of these soviets for about a decade now. most have been painted for that time. They are mostly Crusader soviets, along with some TAG and some Black tree mixed in. The Engineer flamethrower team, 50mm mortar and a few random gun crew are Bolt Action/Warlord.<br />
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I've re-arranged the platoon into 15 man squads for 1939 to fight my Japanese on the Mongolian border. along with 2 extra models to bring teh squads up to 15, I've added the BT-7s, 45mm AT gun, 50mm Mortar, and engineer 2 man flamer team.<br />
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I really want to pick up a platoon each of Rubicon T26s and BA-10s. other then that, I have more then enough Infantry support teams. so the infantry Component is definitely done.<br /><br />In the future, once I have money again, I am considering doing a USMC Parachute battalion. These are a really poorly represented group in miniature gaming, and they have some very unique gear. I'd be using Brigade games USMC raiders as they have a pack or two with the right weapons and the raider style uniform is the closest to the USMC Parachute battalions. The 1st parachute battalion was with present with the 1st Marine Raider battalion at the battle for 'Edson's ridge". they also fought earlier on Guadal Canal, and at Bougainville. The 3 parachute battalions were disbanded, having never made a combat jump, and later formed to the core of the newly raised 5th Marine Division. Many were awarded medals for the fighting at Iwo Jima, and 2 of the former "paramarines" were in the famous picture raising the US flag at Iwo Jima. I like obscure topics, and this little-known USMC formation fits the bill perfectly.<br />
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Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-62971588937767947052019-12-06T14:45:00.000-07:002019-12-06T14:45:03.945-07:00More World War 2: Japanese type A reinforced PlatoonI like doing less well known periods of ww2. When I started my early war french project over a decade ago, it wasn't really something everyone though of in miniature gaming. It only really got big when bolt action started releasing early war armies.<br />
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I originally had some Soviets too. although they very much fell by the wayside as i got caught up in the throws of my 1940s french and Germans. they were always the third army I had, but never really got a lot of love.<br />
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when my France 1940 project was near a close I jumped into my ww2 box and found most of a TAG Japanese platoon I've had since The Assault Group miniatures stopped being distributed and went direct sale only. I had totally forgotten I had these. I decided I would paint them up and reorganize my soviets for 1939.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Platoon command, snipers, Grenade Discharger Squad, and a Forward Observer at the back.</td></tr>
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This platoon is not quite complete. I need some engineers, and I need 6 more infantry to complete the 15 man strong sections for the type A platoon. the main infantry element at the battle of Kalkhin Gol was a reinforced "type A" division, which had more manpower and more equipment. I also have 3 Company B Type 89Bs that are next on the block after I finish my BT-7s(only a little weathering left to go)<br />
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I really want to add some type-95s and type 92 Jyu-sokosha or 2, and a type 97 Te ke tankette. you know, all the really obscure stuff lol.<br />
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<br />Incidentally if anyone wants to trade 6 TAG infantry with Rifles(or the above mentioned tanks), I have a whole host of extra miniatures. I have 4 or 5 officers, 7 LMGs(4 prone), 2 snipers, and 4 infantry with knee mortars. I think I also have 4x 4-figure 81mm mortar teams advancing. All TAG miniatures.<br />
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<br /><br />Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-46242740496270812932019-12-03T19:04:00.000-07:002019-12-03T19:04:29.872-07:00World War 2 Germans For Chain of command.So here are my Early war Germans. These have been recently touched up. I also added 1 Pz III, 1 Pz IV, and 3 Sdkfz 222s in April early this year. everything i had prior to that but i repainted it to match the new scheme.<br />
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the infantry is oddly set up. I have 2 squads each of Schutzen and regular infantry. This is due to the game I put on at last may's Mayday Convention in Edmonton. I had multiple platoons of infantry, but to reduce the work new players had to do i reduced the platoons to 2 squads instead of 3. i already had 4 squads of Germans, and enough extra MG34s and loaders to make half my squads Schutzen, so i did so. i also had enough figures to make 2 full German platoon HQs and enough support options to reinforce 2 platoons. I had intended afterwards to buy 2 additional squads to fill out the platoons after the game, but i was laid off just before the convention.<br />
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the only difference between schutzen and regular infantry is the colour of the shoulder straps. Schutzen were black piped green, and regular infantry were black piped white. I know some companies sell schutzen in smocks, but only usually only the SS schutzen were equipped with them during the battle of France. As such you can barely tell the difference other then the extra MG34.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>the Germans. Mostly Crusader, but there are some Black <br />Tree designs and Pre-Warlord Bold Action miniatures mixed in.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Left to right, front to back: 3 Sdkfz 222s, Pz II, <br />Neubaufehrzeug VI, Pz. IV, STuG III, Panzerjager I</i></td></tr>
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That is my collection so far. I'd like to bump both platoons up to a full 3 squads, and I'd like to add a squad of pioneers. Past that I don't have much in mind.<br />
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<br />Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-54689834286562536912019-12-02T18:24:00.001-07:002019-12-02T18:26:04.700-07:00WW2 French for Chain of CommandI've had World War 2 French in 28mm for about 10 years now. but about a year ago i decided to start playing Chain of command a little more regularly. Last February i decided to put on a Big Chain of Command game at Mayday on the first weekend in May.<br />
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I decided I wanted to do 2 platoons of infantry and 2 platoons of armour for the game. I put in a big order to Army Group North Miniatures to complete several platoons for both Germany and France. I also ordered a platoon of Dragons Portes miniatures from Crusader miniatures/Northstar. I painted these up as Chasseurs Portes, the infantry component of the Cuirassier heavy tank divisions. some of these infantry units had blue pants instead of the typically drab pants of other french infantry formations. they also give a decent counterpart to German schutzen, being similar formations themselves.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>French Chasseurs Portes platoon.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Chasseurs Portes Infantry</i></td></tr>
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The Chasseurs Portes are really neat formations. they are basically the
french version of Panzer Grenadiers. 2 teams of 5, each with a FM 24/29
LMG. a section leader and a rifle grenadier complete the Section,
although the rifle grenadier was often attached to the platoon HQ to
form a rifle grenadier section. . The platoon is supported by a 60mm
Brandt mortar, a Hotchkiss MMG team, a Canon de 47mm L53 AT gun and a
Canon de 25mm L72 AT gun. there is also a 5 man motorcycle section I
made with extra figures.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Chasseurs Portes platoon command and Support teams.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Reinforced French Infantry Platoon</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>French Infantry Squads</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>French Infantry Platoon command and Support teams</i></td></tr>
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The regular french Infantry platoon is 3 sections, each with a rifle grenadier and a FM24/29 LMG. As with the Chasseurs Portes the rifle grenadier was often attached to the platoon HQ to form a rifle grenadier section. The platoon is supported by a 4th infantry section, 60mm Brandt mortar, Hotchkiss MMG, Canon de 25mm L72 AT gun, and a Canon de 75mm M1897. I also have 2 81mm mortars left over from when I played disposable heroes. <br />
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I often play this platoon as motorized infantry in Chain of Command, as the platoon structure is identical. They just get a few more support options.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>French Armour.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Left to right, Front to back: MadBob FCM 36, JTFM R-39, <br />AGNM AMR-35 ZT3, AGNM AMR ZT1/2, AGNM Char B1 Bis<br />3x AGNM Somua S35s</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Left to Right, Front to Back: AMR-35 ZT1/2, 3x Hotchkiss 39s,<br />Somua S-35, 3x Panhard 178. All AGNM</i></td></tr>
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All the Infantry are Crusader Miniatures. All but 2 tanks are Army Group North Miniatures. I would love to add a trio of Char D2s but no one makes a model of one, and any of the 3D models i've seen on Shapeways are way too expensive($120 USD??). the Char D2 was the tank that Charles De Gaulle's unit was equipped with when Germany invaded. they were replaced by Char B1s later on, but i would have though someone would have done a model of them. Warlord makes a Char D1 but they weren't even in service with the regular army in 1939. they were pulled out of mothballs and set to the front lines in the later stages of the Battle of France.<br />
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This army is essentially done. I have 6 AGNM Laffly S-20s(that I 3D Sculpted), but I've yet to paint them up. they will most likely get used as jump off points for my Chasseurs Portes.<br />
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Finally, the buildings in the background of all the pictures are Sarissa buildings. I painted them up quickly for the Big CoC game I ran. I still have to weather them properly.<br />
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<br />Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-62864252951703387662019-11-28T20:19:00.000-07:002019-11-28T20:19:12.607-07:00New Project: AWI for Sharp PracticeSometime back in September i started painting up the American War of Independence miniatures I have had sitting around since just before I left Ontario. I used them as a test bed for using GW contrast paints.<br /><br />generally speaking, I really like the contrast paints. I wish their coverage was a little more universal across the line though. some are go on way to heavily, and do almost no shading. and some are way too week. weak enough you might as well just use a army painter wash.<br /><br />That said, the Black Templar(Black), Dark angels Red, Apothecary White and Skeletal Horde(off white/light tan). Dark angles red is perfect for black powder era British red coats. i use 3 parts Talasar Blue to 1 part Ultramarine Blue for Napoleonic french/AWI American coats. for green coated troops I'll be using 1 part Dark Angels Green to 1 part Ork Flesh. and for brown coats I'll be using 1 part Snakebite leather to 1 part Cygor brown. These mixes tend to give me a colour I like, with the right tone and amount of coverage(shading and highlighting) I'm looking for. they go on in basically one coat and save me a lot of time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fife and Drum British artillery, Perry everything else.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>(left) Maryland Continental Infantry<br />(right) Pennsylvania Continental Infantry</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(back) Perry Ammo cart and Fife and Drum 6Ib Cannon,<br />(Front left) Perry Amusette team<br />(Front Right) Pennsylvania light infantry</td></tr>
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I made some Deployment points out of some Wizkids Deep Cuts barrels and crates. i added in some TAG muskets and swords, some buckets from the Fife and Drum artillery accessories, a a few extra hats from the Perry plastic boxes. the mules are also from the Wizkids Deep Cuts RPG minis line. there are some fantastic little bits of scatter and scenery. I used some casualties from the AWI British plastic box to make the moveable deployment points.<br />
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I'm particularly proud of the Continental light infantry Amusette team I kitbashed. This is actually one of the Perry Jager Amusettes. I cut off the tricornes and affixed some spare Continental light infantry caps in their place. I wanted an american amusette because i know that the Virginia state Armoury and nearby Rappahanock Forge made amusettes for the American army. in fact 6 still exist in collection in the US to this day. but absolutely no one makes a team in 28mm.<br />
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I do have more planned for the AWI project. I have more green coated Infantry, the Kings Carolina Rangers, to paint. I also have 16 more Continental infantry in light caps. I also have 2 Fife and drum Limbers for the 6Ib cannons and a pair of Fife and Drum 3Ib grasshopper guns and limbers. i also have enough figures left to make another unit of American infantry, something in brown coats. I'm doing the green and brown coats for a splash of colour.Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887278225616287803.post-88180224344771733682019-11-26T18:25:00.000-07:002019-11-26T22:02:28.528-07:00Finished Imagination Army: the Electorate of Lustigzollern-Großgesaß<br />
About 2 years ago I started playing Beneath the Lilly Banners. I put on a bit game at the Mayday convention(in... May). For the game i added larger cannons to my existing 2 3Iber crusader teams, as well as finishing off the line infantry. I also painted the full regiment of Osterhaagen Dragoons.<br />
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Earlier this year I also finished off 2 Converged grenadier battalions, 2 more 3Ib cannon teams 6 pandours and 8 jagers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Electorate Artillery Park. 4 3Ib cannons and Crew by Crusader, <br />2 6Ib cannons, Crew, and carts/limbers by Front Rank</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>24 Köztársaság Pandours by Crusader, 6 Mounted Pandours from <br />Front Rank, and 8 Perry Hessian Jagers.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>2 Battalions each of Traugott Regiment(left) and Fenstermacher <br />Regiment(Right). Front Rank figures. 1 Crusader Converged <br />grenadier battalion at the back</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Kurfurst(left) and Kurprinz(right) Regiments by Crusader miniatures.<br />Converged Grenadier Battalion in the rear, also Crusader)</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Metzger Cuirassier(left) by Crusader. <br />Osterhaagen Dragoons(right) by Front Rank</i>.</td></tr>
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At this point, I may reorganize the cavalry command figures into a command stand stand for each regiment, and I need to purchase a a pair of limbers to finish off the artillery. I also have some Allied troops for the Aquilonian Army(small nation to the East of the Electorate) using Eureka Arquebusier de Grassin. Stephen Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045664899740765176noreply@blogger.com3