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Title: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on July 18, 2016, 06:44:24 PM
Having finally made a start to large pile of Pendraken LoA troops, that I've had sitting around for several years, I thought it would be good to document the progress here on LAF.

The Figures
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IqDnXgb_5i8/V40gcv9GQWI/AAAAAAAAGuo/DFjGBv3i5NEkMyM6OWCTYIr51oCoDhw6gCCo/s1024/IMG_1246.JPG)
This is the lead pile after a bit of initial sorting at the weekend.

For rules I am looking at Baroque, with Victory without Quarter as a backup simpler option!

Both use 12cm frontage and 4cm depth with 10mm, which allows me to use thee 40x40mm square bases per unit which are my current preferred size.

For cavalry regiments I have gone with 15 figures (5 per base), keeping pistol and sword armed troops separate. Mainly so if I need to differentiate between trotters / gallopers / reiters I can)

For infantry regiments I have gone with 24 shot (on two bases) 15 pike on the central base, and 6-8 command figures, mainly on the central base. But after doing this organising, I think I have gone a bit too pike heavy, and I haven't included any grenadiers. So I might flex the numbers a little. 
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on July 18, 2016, 06:44:40 PM
I have decided to focus on the Battle of the Boyne in  1690 to build units, on the principle that its best to build specific units for a specific battle, then they can always be used as proxies in other battles!! My main hesitation about choosing the Battle of the Boyne is that it is still used as a proxy for current political arguments - but there is lots of info available about it!

I have picked up some of the very useful uniform guides from the League of Augsburg website to help guide me on what uniform colours to go with.

My first infantry units are going to be Willamite ones, the Dutch Garde te Voet in blue with orange facings, and the Huguenot regiments in grey with blue facings, the third will be an English regiment in Red. I am going to compress 2 actual regiments to 1 model regiment - mainly to get more different units on the table.

For the Jacobites I will go with James' Foot Guard in Red with Blue facings, and some cavalry.

I've also made a shopping list of extras, mainly dragoons and artillery and possibly some more pikes, but these may be less needed after reducing the pike count in units.

I made decent progress with the Garde to Voet at the weekend

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qwKw28m9iI8/V4v4b_kMqyI/AAAAAAAAGuA/Q15EJwd9Gg0lT-w85iFUBT_CbhNMWJdMACCo/s720/IMG_1245.JPG)
A final bit of tidying up on these, then some basing
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: Bunny on July 18, 2016, 07:10:39 PM
Very nice, I've just painted about 1000 of these figures for both sides of the NYW.....great little figures
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on July 18, 2016, 07:17:08 PM
Thanks - your blog (I think) acted as inspiration - and made me re-think pike ratios!
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on July 18, 2016, 09:03:29 PM
Yellow highlights added to the orange, and brown wash to the non-blue parts. Gold buttons and lace added to the officers, the troopers had plain coats, so I've kept them plain!

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-By_h_UZrzz4/V41CzI_oZaI/AAAAAAAAGvE/MquP3CVwZFwVdjwBWwH0HdsDdW-qRlsHQCCo/s800/IMG_1249.JPG)
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: yar68 on July 19, 2016, 10:30:00 AM
Crackin' looking figures!!!
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on July 19, 2016, 09:43:52 PM
Thanks Ray. They are fantastic sculpts, and paint up very easily.

Got these chaps based up tonight - bit hot for actual painting

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--aKnbKDr0vc/V46c8RyORvI/AAAAAAAAGvs/zK5i-56zBpYYfBEc34hmce78yr_1Khm1gCCo/s1440/IMG_1250.JPG)

Really pleased with how they look. Need to finish the bases, and find some nice big flags. Oversize flags seem to work well for this era.

I finally went with 8 pikes, and 2 pikemen as standard bearers. 24 shotte and 7 command.

For other units I think I will mix in 3-4 grenadiers on the shot bases, and generally stick with the 10 pike. So I need to re-jig the bags of figures I sorted out at the weekend  >:( But it will probably give me a couple more completed units  :D

These have been a speed production unit - 4 days from spraying to basing (well apart from 8 chaps who were done a couple of years ago!)

First Cavalry unit next.
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: jambo1 on July 22, 2016, 09:05:09 AM
This is a great inspiration for me as I have bags of these figures, a few undercoated, and have done nothing else with them, this will spur me on to go for it too!! :)
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on July 22, 2016, 07:02:52 PM
Good stuff Jambo - definitely get painting!!

I've been put off a bit by the level of detail on these, but it actually makes painting them easier.

I'm hoping to get on with the first cavalry unit this weekend, and get some more infantry sorted out and sprayed.
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: vcina on July 25, 2016, 01:19:41 AM
Great looking figures.  Good luck with your project!!
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: FierceKitty on July 25, 2016, 02:47:07 AM
Luv dem Pendr. figs!
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on August 01, 2016, 06:47:24 AM
Did some sorting of figures, to reduce the number of pike in a unit, which had the happy result of giving me enough pike to go with all my shotte - so I now have enough figures for 8 foote regiments. Even got two of them cleaned up and sprayed.


First unit of horse started - Earl of Tyrconnel's Regiment of Horse (Jacobite)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n_KCLQ-Q8FI/V55s1Hl6xqI/AAAAAAAAG2Q/MTw0Q6fNl1kAiX1-uUjwcUlb3DwR7GmkACCo/s1152/IMG_1344.JPG)

Just first round of block colours at this stage. Going for dark red coats, they do have buff trousers, but very little of these can be seen between the long boots and the long coats!
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on August 01, 2016, 09:25:00 PM
More work on Tyrconnel's Horse

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H-Hd5Eqx0ys/V5-8LJVCmdI/AAAAAAAAG3E/Luptw-SU1H0tlB_7WcP-q3sqCqLpV2gYQCCo/s1152/IMG_1347.JPG)

Another coat of red to strengthen it a bit. Gloves and cross belts done buff. Lace gone over with white. Wood darkened. Tack gone over in black. Blanket rolls done in a couple of greyish colours.

Still need to do hat lace, highlights on the horses, socks and blazes on horses. White lace on the back strip, which I realised I had missed when I took the photo  :-[

De La Meloniere (Williamite)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kM3iKzHkXvE/V5-8LORr6JI/AAAAAAAAG3E/OYP9a0ErFNw5o-t4sOFFebnlnLwXT6ekwCCo/s1152/IMG_1349.JPG)
And a start on one of William's Huguenot foot regiments, they will have blue facings.
Just a wash of medium grey so far, with hats and wood done.
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: Vermis on August 02, 2016, 12:14:00 AM
Blimey, those are some nicely painted horses - and their riders.

Watching the theme with interest. Despite being born and raised in Northern Ireland, to my shame I don't know too many details about this scuffle; aside from - as you say - a proxy for current political arguments. (Well, maybe that's why.  :P )
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on August 02, 2016, 06:20:13 AM
Thanks - they are very nice sculpts which helps with the painting.

I didn't know much about this conflict a couple of weeks ago - and as I start to find out more I am finding what little I thought I knew was wrong. Both sides are multi-national, with English, Irish, Scots and French on both sides, with the Williamite forces also having Dutch and Danish troops. More of a religious war than a national one it seems.
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: Bunny on August 14, 2016, 08:24:51 AM
Great start!

I love this period and have a small collect (about 1500 figures) covering both sides.  I actually manged a game while I was home so may be put some pictures up.

Looking forward to seeing your finished project
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: Steamingdave on August 15, 2016, 04:22:54 PM
Nice looking project. I am building the Boyne armies, using one 60 mm x 30 mm base per battalion. So far completed all of the Dutch and Danish and about half way through the "English" (actually lot of Irish) of William. The Pendraken figures are beautiful little sculpts. We use the " Twilight of the SunKing", originally from the Pike and Shotte society, but now heavily modified as a result of extensive play testing. We use the same rules for WSS, GNW and Russo-Ottoman war. Our modifications take account of different proportions of pike, tactics of cavalry, type of firearms etc. The rules are very quick to play and we have completed several historical battles, such as Aughrim, Landen, Blenheim, Ramillies  as well as some " what ifs" such as a speculative Pruth River battle between a largely mounted Ottoman army and a more conventional Russian army of Peter the Great. ( pic attached hopefully). The rules use "brigades" of two bases, but are flexible enough to cope with a range of base sizes and styles. I believe the modified rules will soon be republished by the Pike and Shotte society, along with a scenario booklet covering the period of about 1690 to 1715.



Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on August 15, 2016, 05:23:18 PM
Cool looking game Dave, lots of cavalry on the table!

Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on August 21, 2016, 01:20:09 PM
Tyrconnell's Horse
Got the last bits of lace and tack done on these guys - and then stuck on bases.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/eAkFEeIhixFOi2uTjoMRLT9eI-kZbYhqQ6tsigxqjxUHF1pfPOCPIdTOeYeYgI3pN_eHEWR86xDZeQ=w2560-h1440-no)

Still the bases to finish off, along with a flag.

Highlanders
From the reading I have done it seems likely that by the time of the Boyne most Highland units had been re-clothed and re-equipped like most other troops - but for the previous year more traditionally equipped  highland units were involved (and I had these guys nearly ready anyway!)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/nZiibY1j238zco4mpows7p4XIWTPhoP7k9a-4r3hZnZfh9JKG1mKTjdjkFWAMWpOo5WmaHPYWz3iyA=w2560-h1440-no)

Again bases and flags to do, a bit of a theme here...
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on August 21, 2016, 08:18:19 PM
Got Tyrconnel's horse and the Garde te Voet based up this afternoon

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/go1qT8ZZZqIkVle_5fPCu9eQq_e0zefsYgkR-PzVVrMmJSNImnJV4_yMG5xZ7yLGfRGPU993Vyvbbg=w2560-h1440-no)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4CDtgQ0q1_l1Wn5qc4ZfwckPnss1_3MGf8nEtah-6cP0Ko9F7GO3WIAXP5b9CVqQFFg34LgxDHgWdA=w2560-h1440-no)

These photos seem to have come out better under artificial light, than the earlier ones under daylight.
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on August 22, 2016, 09:36:19 PM
Williamite Huguenot Regiment

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/QUVk39jfvZyX1on0Utb-Wc2F4dIsuoCqVDCV4eeasemHjhY22Z1YhLd5dV-D35rewIOpVlWpGl6XDA=w2560-h1440-no)

About half-way through the next regiment, a moderately generic French regiment in grey coats, with blue cuffs, armed with matchlocks. They will probably get flags to represent the Regiment De La Meloniere.
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on August 24, 2016, 06:52:17 AM
Grey & Blue Regiment

More work on these chaps last night, they are pretty much there, other than hat lace

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/avKNZ2DolaIxritJYEsEsaCYPdemJf9TIW1jwzgEYMd12pYPMtq5_zwMkzFzhzCRUEGrIr6MUPG6tw=w2560-h1440-no)

I have been reminded that at the Boyne the Williamite Huguenot regiments did not carry pikes - so I need to decide what to do with these chaps. A quick transfer to the Jacobite cause may be in the offing as James had a Brigade of French troops.
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on August 25, 2016, 06:45:55 AM
Although I appear to be talking to myself, I'll assume from the number of views, that some people are at least looking, if not commenting.

Based these chaps last night, and left the glue to set overnight, so some quick snaps this morning before work

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3S-ELDhoIcn9kalkpyS_G0mhr--2_csDXOGp7M5_3_zxJVBSBFCvhWF6xXlYCheNTMSE1cfg5PWRQ=w2560-h1440-no)

And as they are marching, arranged in column

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/lsIyYdCP6aI_tU87_Ej3dYSLdstJnuRS5uzGMhey707S6VC1oUCpCgrHFOHAsnXcaAKPWQz2u8kL1w=w2560-h1440-no)
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: LCpl McDoom on August 26, 2016, 12:03:22 PM
Really impressed watching all this. I intend to start up on 10mm soon, for the first time, on a new project and so watching you work on the figures has really helped me. I take it you've been using washes over the undercoat, and then maybe 'block' paint particular parts of the uniform? Any painting tips would be appreciated  :)
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: Fencing Frog on August 26, 2016, 12:48:23 PM
Very nice work I've toyed with getting some of these for a while
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on August 26, 2016, 04:10:43 PM
Thanks chaps  :)

These are really nice figures, and I'm enjoying painting them. I've had them far too long before getting started on this project, but it seems to be cracking along nicely now.

As to painting style - with the white basecoat I have gone for thinned paint for the main coat colour. For the blue and red coats this has worked pretty well, the the grey less so, perhaps the paint was a bit thick.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/o0OEtVugfAQSv-_jouyMvRhmXw20BCpiahFs9QW22Oz0eHYa8KCJqXMHJ-vdZ1RCgu7vqecfjpFTGA=w2560-h1440-no)

These are the latest regiment which have just had the thinned red over the white. This does give some depth to the main colour.
The rest of the colours are generally single shade.
I have tended to add a bit of highlight to the coats - as so much of the model is this colour.
Then a thin brown wash overall, to give a bit of general shading, especially to the faces, hands, straps etc.

The cavalry I did over black, as I prefer this for the horses.
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: vcina on August 27, 2016, 04:47:31 AM
Fantastic!
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on August 31, 2016, 09:39:10 PM
Thanks vcina


Had quite a bit of time this afternoon and evening for painting, so I have made decent progress with King James' II Foot Guard

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/6nQIiNFxk_5p7bGJ0kEQXBUh3qiYJm-U_J_-tNCz36ZAdULkVqCQceN9LV-GQHWV4HH_TEOSp4NUog=w2560-h1440-no)

Most of the main colours blocked in now.

Next up, white neck cloths, assorted browns for hair and shoes, oily steel for metal work on weapons. Some tidying up on the red. Officers' sashes in dark reddish purple. Then the fiddly bits of blue hat bands, and yellow hat lace.

Need to work out what to do with the grenadiers' caps too.
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: LCpl McDoom on September 01, 2016, 10:31:09 AM
Thanks Fred, and noted the white undercoat for the infantry. It's been a fair few years since I did that in my usual painting, but that's generally larger scale stuff. Looking forward to giving this a go - will remind me of my early days, white undercoat on 15mm Minifigs Napoleonics and then Humbrol enamel!  :?

May I ask another question please? What are the bases dimensions in these photos?
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on September 01, 2016, 01:49:51 PM
I seem to recall when I was using Humbrol Enamels the whole idea of undercoat was a bit novel, we generally painted directly on the metal!

Bases are 40mm squares, these are my new favourite size, they allow a good number of figures, and if you want to arrange figures in an interesting way there is space to do so. For years I have used 40x20mm bases for 10mm figures, due to Warmaster, and while these work great with the GW figures in strips, they are very restrictive for single based figures.
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: Corso on September 01, 2016, 05:47:21 PM
Cool stuff :-*

I admire your patience!
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on September 01, 2016, 06:02:02 PM
Cool stuff :-*

I admire your patience!

Thanks! Personally I find it much quicker and easier to paint up 10mm units, than 28mm ones, so it doesn't feel that a lot of patience is needed.

Got 3 more units sorted, cleaned-up and sprayed this afternoon.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/X_DKwcCqGG7U8sXLFt8fRfTY5y4vOafsekOUOsfwifCyHZ0pVsckFY3vA-0J4gk-jQcoy_VhPWRs1w=w2560-h1440-no)

A unit of horse, another French grey clad matchlock unit, and a unit with 50% matchlocks, 50% improvised weapons, to represent some of the locally raised Irish units, these guys will be painted in mixed civilian clothes.
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on September 04, 2016, 08:42:11 PM
King James' Foot Guard

Got these chaps finished off and based over the weekend

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/jnQ2pFoxYlyjE_63CidU1X4B2jUTReVgNA4VF-Ipj_7YBWt07tUrKat0Ae5mxIJPxL4Kz4mHlknDfg=w2560-h1440-no)

They are quite vivid, but I quite like that!

Also flocked the bases of Regiment Meloniere

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/JFjMmhexoBdQIjdlWZmdqQfNYB3kRp146yZpU6qFUn7-1DdW87yPEnDDR3x2-N-3dqtr27NDjxowWg=w2560-h1440-no)

I've been working through the various units involved in the Battle of the Boyne, particularly the combat on the river, and have put together a bit of a spreadsheet, to work out whats what, and what I have and what I need. So a little (well not so little) order will be heading off to Pendraken towers soon. Which will include flags to allow these 4 units to be finished off.

Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: Stéphane on September 05, 2016, 07:39:11 PM
Grat paint job.
You've make a great choice with this pendraken range. Probaly one of their greatest and certainly the most suitable of all manufaturers and miniatures size (6mm to 28mm) ever for this war. No one have catch the true style of uniforms, hats and curly haired like these mini. :D

Hope to see more soon.

STéphane
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on September 05, 2016, 07:52:56 PM
Thanks.

They are great figures, real fun to paint.

More are on the way!

After spending some time reading the Osprey at the weekend, I'm kind of finally getting my head round the Battle of the Boyne and the key troops involved. So I now know what extras to purchase.
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: Captain Blood on September 06, 2016, 06:09:35 PM
They look great  8)
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on September 06, 2016, 07:46:31 PM
Thank you kindly!

Next unit is in progress

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/yrgriDwuDcw2P_DJF0XscBfk9Q6U7UJu5x4xBFTBCl8vIUfbiDr6H67ec9t5IJs84sUnALhdniCqCg=w2560-h1440-no)
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on September 07, 2016, 10:03:52 PM
More work on Regiment Boisseleau the last couple of evenings, getting there now with facings and cross belts done. Next several browns for hair, apostles, and shoes.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/UHuNnu17elFj7WM9dnYke52JtppUNVb18BdhNluiSFXFS4JzY6uBLXOOJL8bjdQXB3mLF2AvB2iGgQ=w2560-h1440-no)
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: Vermis on September 08, 2016, 11:54:44 AM
That looks proper. :D
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on September 08, 2016, 09:41:23 PM
Ta!

More colours added tonight, they are getting close.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/VZpOqCFZ-weZbfS2LnCzTdeIaVddHa5N2g-t59tpvWazTz8edpasIJ9LdGAPmNkOdwd5m8hWJfU_Cg=w2560-h1440-no)

Remembered I need to do hat lace, which is always a bit fiddly ;(
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on September 11, 2016, 09:51:04 PM
Got the Regiment Boisseleau based up over the weekend.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/425RpR1SKn2NwQjtQnt56C6-xa02qQd0S8R-TBFh-NRGSMwqBsaE3UTVap95NZxnzheyWhfyWDPk3Q=w2560-h1440-no)

Still need to finish the basing, but I am liking how these chaps have turned out
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: vcina on September 12, 2016, 02:53:39 PM
As before the figures look great.  I do have a question on how big a unit is for the rule set you are using/planning to use? Are you basing for aesthetics or a certain figure ratio per unit?
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on September 12, 2016, 04:20:27 PM
I don't really go in for figure ratios, I will put fewer figures on for light troops / skirmishers. The rest is about what looks good. I am going for 3 bases for a unit, giving me 12cm frontage. This works for several sets of rule I'm looking at.

I'm not even sure if one unit is going to represent a regiment or a brigade. At the minute I am painting them as regiments to allow flags and facings to be choosen. But I am only currently painting 1 regiment for every 2 fielded, partly to speed up the process, but also to allow a higher degree of representation. I will then decide if I want to fill in the rest of the regiments.

While not bothering with a figure ratio, I am paying some attention to the size of regiments. For instance a lot of the Williamite cavalry regiments are very small, so I will be amagalamting some of them on table.
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: vcina on September 12, 2016, 06:25:18 PM
What rule sets are you looking at to use?
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on September 12, 2016, 08:07:14 PM
Baroque is the main option. But I've also looked at a few ECW sets including Victory without Quarter.
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: Captain Blood on September 12, 2016, 09:43:52 PM
Little gems  :-*
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on September 13, 2016, 07:53:18 PM
Thanks - they are great little figures!
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on September 14, 2016, 09:57:23 PM
Regiment Boisseleau

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4i-VCzsV7nC4abExwnYgYU4zbMNzwpFbIXcMyhGlNkYDFw361X3__YBAMAnzantD3AV8X1pYoryC8g=w2560-h1440-no)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/B3HMJgsWcoIlqknYwpSpDV6El53EYxKXjU7gV6ABNHqaes9RoYydDj-SwzDauZM_Bw2DxZarfLm07w=w2560-h1440-no)

Got this unit finished (except flags, which are on order).

I'm pleased with how they have come together!
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: vcina on September 15, 2016, 01:56:19 AM
Did you replace the pikes with piano wire or something similar?
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on September 15, 2016, 06:35:23 AM
For this range the pikemen are open handed (unlike most of penrakens other figures). So the pikes are just straight pieces of wire. Pendraken sell these pre-cut, but you could cut your own, but the Pendraken ones are that cheap it seemed much easier just to buy them!

Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on September 25, 2016, 08:14:31 PM
Reinforcements Arrive

Received a nice heavy box from Pendraken on Saturday morning

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/wcZL6SyAlN0_ZpAL_F1p7sWO7uKqISRksrHwOzEJV8LsCA8RSZFskkQ_mwVouzA2iW9yjHABB1Rwjw=w2560-h1440-no)
From left to right, more infantry, commanders, dragoons, artillery, and on the right pikemen, and cuirassiers - and flags at the top (obviously).

Managed to get the guns assembled, and them and the commanders sprayed this afternoon.
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: vcina on September 26, 2016, 03:41:21 AM
Excellent!
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on October 05, 2016, 09:43:18 PM
Jacobite Foot

Been working on these chaps for what seems like ages - irregular units always take much longer than uniformed ones

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/tJU1itb2xQ_ckda9aknq14Jh4DP_FQp8iD8_NB0fPBBYEjwRF8TKr9kYg63d8jcfTf6SuoBriPBKbQ=w2560-h1440-no)

At the minute a generic Irish unit, with a low number of muskets, and no uniforms.

As well as these chaps, I have got a fair bit of artillery assembled, and sprayed, along with crews and lots of command figures.
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: Shaun1969 on October 09, 2016, 10:40:31 AM
Factory Painting ( as I call it) irregulars can be sped up by batching a few units together... I tend to paint a hundred figures at a time for this (28mm)

With 8 or 10 figures per strip, each strip gets painted the same and at the point of basing they are mixed and made not irregular units :)

If you are painting regular units, add a couple of figures to each unit batch and when you finish throw the spares into a spares pot for making into an irregular or forlorn hope base :)
Same can be done for combined grenadier units :) paint them with the unit and base up later

Shaun
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: vcina on October 09, 2016, 11:44:26 PM
That's a great idea about adding an extra figure or two to the regular figures and saving them.
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on October 11, 2016, 06:36:50 AM
Yes, painting a couple of extras from regiments sounds a good idea.

Fortunately I only have 1 more irregular foot unit to do. And perhaps a cavalry one...
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on October 16, 2016, 05:39:01 PM
Had some time to add flags to the 5 regiments that I have painted and based:

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/sspVZaogjZDTOH_cA6Az7IrkSoLhyJmvAoK6LCCwAyiJudiBcNbGUVw36h_uclr4R_bGUZPUzi1gRw=w2560-h1440-no)
We have left to right, Tyrconnel's horse, Earl of Antrim's, King James' Guards, Dutch Garde to Voet, and Meloniere's regiment.
The Earl of Antrim's was intended to be Regiment Boisseleau - but I don't have flags for them :(

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/OlZuRoVGHLgLfWu_jH5Wv_ENgRMwX_f-e8jsPjFdtaOX_zJPxONPUPNGQPorMrhGEXL_6p7b9XSphg=w2560-h1440-no)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/QkEDRpHsh7zNUW8KSrU07mnhWy4WTQuNAroIcDLwKG_Vs58dEajIxLKkHkzdxbupZl_PgANia1C-7g=w2560-h1440-no)
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: Captain Blood on October 16, 2016, 05:47:57 PM
Absolutely splendid, Fred. I am seriously tempted to break out my huge pile of 10mm Pendraken packs I had earmarked as pirates, and do this with them instead.  :-*
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on October 16, 2016, 05:55:26 PM
Very kind!

They are cracking little figures.

It would be great to see you paint some big battalions. Or some pirates, having seen the one you did a bit back.
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on October 18, 2016, 06:56:35 AM
Got the next regiment pretty much painted, this is an Irish one without official uniforms, and a bit short of firearms too

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/uLNA2X2D9Q0ifUKpjqJGzIdBnAUPAVrR-QXIF3NIkw30V1V0_IQC-bs3JX0G0rjhmL_5NUprC5XmYg=w2560-h1440-no)
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James Finished units p4
Post by: fred on October 23, 2016, 07:49:29 PM
Irish Jacobite Regiment

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/900YEyDh60XIuyfK7NHNV7Pq6Hn9TJckM7A7rOQpgxt3j-dus_U7oRM6mefR1NSzIMROHMA36bxrgQ=w2560-h1440-no)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4CxSkdRk4mKiPn7MI-mkrOtKHBRHNgqUHoijrMldFuP78eJ2xxE18AVJqAD3ORsWFeakD1_18dkX0A=w2560-h1440-no)

Thinking about adding a plain St George's cross flag
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: vcina on October 24, 2016, 01:04:06 AM
They look great!!
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on October 25, 2016, 08:19:15 PM
Thanks, up next some artillery and commanders.
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on June 10, 2018, 06:58:28 PM
So after a small break (well 18 months or so...) back to painting up some more of these great Pendraken LoA figures.

What has triggered this return to the project is that we have played several games of For Parliament and King, and have really enjoyed the games. While the rules are designed around the ECW, I've been using my LoA figures for the initial games, as they are at least pike and shotte figures, and I think the rules will work for this slightly later period.

I've been busy adding cavalry as I already had a reasonable amount of foot painted. The first additional troops, which I managed to get photographed this afternoon in some good natural light.

Jacobite Horse
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/fCMp9NYWgcu79EjeP_BEF6nDpEksdvPwFPbQBMeEAwaGABZKCVB7RuqD8zjOKRjxjfpUDIBpo6q1hke-f36XzhGAHLIEIotTocN8DLg7V0ss1y9Hipu8YP6c-z8UmexTIl1D9kx_7XUblsYGoMnyDF476wBTsr5TqJEhfFKWhDrkbIkmDB42eKyXrhj6ibBxCtNJarLQcx7DcuaRRCp3i1kPf7JiT-2WCYPCzgVQoT6fko3G6amBWFCxndCW5RWC1MGb2M5SmaECMTANOLlV6YGGDMm1jswaU9fInqi6_ghY23h98ewgiX8MfR0zbhIrY4xYZAN7-8NRILaES2nU1OjbXI4GlDyD37nwxL3YKB3VZsxK8Q-uhnYVcr15NYXlogxpp5_A-mkVyTkIIoMWIqAwTx5j5IQtyGGyKP2VhMOvDdZgRzzhsHbRwRHsHXN1OBnckGAgLXK9oMAgkiAsadTQCY2dr4qECRRmtGOvmLy22-t2-phO-nfThkBB4ysRhmA5upfpWBecxbc7I-c1uMXevJk6kdolI1ecstAtKW3Ae5E4cE6NdojOMADDeQdEaiRHV_CH89dSxS6uHXPoXqKA4RdFIlcNHf_pVZ7B4ICgkQl-kNZBlcPanfv89s9f5OkDDwQIiT_io1KaXPog0gODB8-g5VJgrQ=w1211-h668-no)
I already had 3 stands of Tyrconnel's horse, so added another stand to give two units in FKaP, and painted up 2 more with red coats and yellow facings, and the two officers.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/6BwRoMPnN9RDhrN_anlRBrcRrcI9ucDS5xal2WLQifU2aPDM95nGYsoqJjTLfTJ9rBaRYg9BACWOxHZBFnAnpE6Ng6JlR8PNtUUHNL2IfWHWoPZXqfLEeY-5COevHCy4ro9DzYRQCBuM2HMYZqY9sAssI7dkwstJqmZ-KrjnwSW6qm8T978FxbCsYSZ5SGXOz40t5zhJ6uRApz9ZW5u5v2y8D4xXbrMnRHM1o_6xjUnuXgIFtNhppH-yWqvTYAddQJXXfNc-OKTAH-_7TPFTi_b4qqJ5Rp0tcN8kJ6aM0LXrFoQHghVgwmgruGj95hfuI0UosnjLfWT5QU5zxEoQoohUxx5v54-g75PPrJbO4DGLvlZiVaE7Zzft_5CLY1rMernK0fsiPf3dUEECHiJd08Kz1RZR-EJMzcdSdQo-LZVhZLohiQY-UN8gHBFImmQZ67F-VlCmqrrm43L6TZTKZb39Cnv2dpL26CJWtt-F6iPNplhrfxRuJA0OtL5_ue3_bkKhNpTfSuH96C1jP4zV_R7aYgeWAVnPjjnUPPC-Wm3HG_x97gznmDcpOq6IC8Vbh5Gd84sSXjnNfubT8oKP3Epwjc-bOjpjtrMtnrvMSDpu7rPWETYVFeVtRXCAfHscD6-odX3BEbDpFtwINUs1EFEZaowlmhxMFA=w1211-h755-no)
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: vcina on June 10, 2018, 11:15:44 PM
Nicely done!
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: jambo1 on June 11, 2018, 04:22:00 AM
Lovely work!! :)
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on June 11, 2018, 04:05:30 PM
Thank you chaps.  They are very nice figures, but between the detail and the complex uniforms they do take a lot of painting
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: Terry37 on June 11, 2018, 04:59:36 PM
I have really enjoyed following your work as this is a  favorite period of mine, and I hope to start my armies in the near future. Very nice work, and you have to love the variety of colorful uniforms!

Terry
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on June 11, 2018, 05:54:28 PM
Thanks Terry. I expect you will be doing DBA armies, so will have a much more sensible number of figures compared to what I'm going for!
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on June 11, 2018, 07:08:28 PM
So after no updates in many many months, here is a second in a couple of days!  ;)

Here are a couple of units of Dragoons, these are based on 40x20mm bases, mainly so that the figures can be assembled into to different combinations to represent different types of units. So you can have just the 2 foot bases to represent a Forlorn Hope, you can have 2 foot and 2 mounted as dismounted Dragoons, putting the 2 foot and 1 mounted on a sabot base, leaving the other mounted stand as a marker for the horses. Or you can use all 4 mounted stands as a mounted unit.

These are painted as Clare's dragoons, part of the Jacobite army, buff coats, yellow facings.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/uz2HZDw33U7UwYQONG_S2MmTWuRa6sImFgKZGL4T_yWq0lqSvg_TPE9MvZMdc_a4RYVLknQWJ1Wpef2eFlVW8tm2zNfK87eJKaO_-m15-BwA37wjHkq5O1uhXOhND8BMwKN_rZsoxcK3TmjMbryvZsQJplicrv3bFg1yw-GJ5QmmWHDU3IlqQidkkjC4G8g6LKoSJZUPz05UFuTMKlAcdRTlhAEXxOjNZwyb_U_Xb8eLjd_JuvUpYagBoJQT_TLicGbJatSHUYfpjvyG3ODudS-EYXQgIic-RWRBkHhp8x_FTGq8wkDU12md7t6H_PM2jON2RekuwaU7cDVu9xg_i2Ht4ymDlVFnTfUnkHtwckJJCJgF9Y0uIc16Z5r08_FgAIn0EC6JJCsIr6MmRnqc6JljAxhU-d__wmEPkAAUo7NoNhyXFIo3u4knMOzTTDWcKpJtyQ4gHDqRBxNLcBERDjwstYRBX1S0TBFZ1QvqdXljQDX8pmKDRHbpI3eKASfqsh5ha_QnmPnMiFBi_TQZDFxKGzLpzTjIZqwSWWTeoSJw3vHVmeYOQVfSLwdtr0cSw88QOE7bn0nbqAIJ2Z2JalwFkUFWdIPZvYZ5NpdDR1UX3raCYFXE3bdC5WpzIv22xlEMbX43OPZyOluBHlAE3__WMOxrZc-Zrw=w1211-h842-no)


The second unit in grey with white facings, represent Conyngham's.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/j72dfTVGeJ2s6drh8euLkboaKyeEMmJoYLrp7MZZgIKNjMl7gDeO4C0K-CIWAY84dW3iUWtZ_bT0afyqQueNdE14jWTpxdQP_j1ez8YMOIz8oJDsLsz1v1K7S5TMo-_K8HrgxFJifEGg0-qScwP2yaFYBHFD_osgyzfmzhBQRyh_h_hR1hbDJ0HWOPx5MkwUKgRj8YF4Q1tgNJHl4-3zX_IdvpSzW_MvB6KMaMnpRWKs-nv_C0G9o0FrhkRqeXcaNzFF-TH1T-pBULQQvK5ZGFlOdryasuAPcQmGvSDFlazdtvv5ASfHE3TuxUDZn7PO2PmtHC7mWrTRrDYusfk96QHY7ur9alibTX3SDevYhDjvg1Klpik4dtPPUyUiZybUCL0cggHEr9w_aU3itwG1z57UdtRMRp-0KoIcsY2oNzExHJHGlALQE3wJ_zbY4jDE6HHz3oZJ33TCDUOk5lxhBDZKhSbg3LlE-UaEaezGrF0q8eE-oHsg04VURiN30mxtXBSZTFS7RINKXa42wxLugb-dhfnPfetNFoMH9CyFSXFRi5Jjo5hrXX8C6wJknwoL8zVDAqdFOjmLPDn8wUU5lwe6zY5qcnWhNBJ-GDWN9j2i-BpneRWk9SZ7l6NcRbmDRmnWuUoPcYqY0J7SZ01mOxZMLNV1nNFb0g=w1211-h853-no)

And both together
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/sPkCSfFGwXaAXTDGyN8nxDZng2VBy6zjXKN-6iyVGCgNdLPnrOF2pA07Dygm0wTaZKTDOZysC-4RqDPNNt23-jHOlSgh17-sHdJHyANB8M51CzHMt30m9yMsy_8cs2fMtmRK9BIaEd2ABAh92KpG2CzLDEh6frvys0NADygP9gSXV_pI0L_TCVx8iWzwwiZpfrl_27Pm-xKpSO3GIAPv_0fKipJQlm-NZUxvq-0AEZ-CBxGCnPeR6tr0J_Nid_f_8khZUS1Ft1CK8X5Zev_P0k5FS6VpdXQfNSa_L64AQlIMRvy3Pv3hI6vHmJcKilts0-Sb_kPUCpniUCLcGbjpDs-CAddCPQ3O2_KfULnJQ_steOgVnuNyuHHOl1zQp0Bi6OLc2cUGCAGLWFTuvg5wv7SO-ZKF8IGsbG2N5pB_yh5E6us4npOlZDKLUQlaWx-8vnhTmNajeFJDcWH5E52g3ANfkms1YAuYLU8OgH5d7owhsS6IOp5lxdDAZ8OvkOkXh3e6migzThszE-U0fXkm8_ReMKcJjE__3FnBToXleiyX1GE2zLyWeB-3MV-_UCQcAvwh77a_z6qKSgSINftg94aZCRlanUl-ks2N8R9xq8gp3i4XLP2h3GfudRoKRvFEAXsWrUtwbx1frZeDzpSMhd_e8_GfuacySA=w1211-h559-no)

Both still need flags adding.
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on September 05, 2018, 09:09:19 PM
Thanks, up next some artillery and commanders.

This may be stretching the definition of next somewhat, but its less than two years later...

Finally got a number of the artillery pieces pretty much done (basing left to do), and as pointed out on the Pendraken forum the wheels could do to be edged in black as they are likely to be metal shod.

Dutch and French guns
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/SI28Ls0SJCE3uMimE5J8q3t7agTapnaVkSg9CXJWnxnU5a1THRvBvWOybRWeDZMoMIHUYSn4t8SyuwloKumn8iS-QPzo7vGbHFGpearL7xGlHS1oP4ejDwm65sfLVDezGbTRMxsGiOX7p0DWQYYWtU6CozBnf7pL5JlkJmRWwPvlIgsL5uGRq-rCeZ9_uoUMytXHYuvrUZcOnPGXQ3Zl2Y0o6Tk3Bsiun8nb4lPX-_rfd3-sfimQdUMR4EHtBZAoS4j2y6nvfjVFV-EP-ynzg9knpPcJeqEVHxi7cH0omAnBGHdHQV0PY93qFd4g00KgQmpl53BtrA3NuWThQHxPuWOaNNYzUv9a4i4DCnI8ud94GEzpbqY-g6gP4JJyjybGCnbEF8-d1_8fPI62KHhwdTTVxs1A6mPDdKREK3xdsGdu4jE5CgyEaa5FcLQcuq103hk0aOCwSiNFJfJjQXaQVFRSfbYgeivSNUpx0CYI4bpzVJIVbVn_8D3MxYqjcOXwXKjau3sHxll7JpTvFr-IEosjc-1cXac6RkyF1A01hDHxHr5qFdR-v0jR1U8LvoLJftErh4Gy0LTbLRLe1YREDeo8R3E1UvbSVrqDrJzwaMc6ozzteikqwTsirxSULaFZXaB3-JUYe16XsMcJDSaS-LUagsp8O2RIxIMOONAsWDJkobB-G0iD9sYWjg=w991-h746-no)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/y0WW61VVodnbamx2c_E4eIV6BNmjObgXM3TLhzHOp_ww9FFgTbZFYQPyqgpUUMFtUQEeXaHg9jaWIgHA11xHJKizfuEdcwO5m-DOhkHPh3REXlBYU2FOFGq5WHzmRSWr83tCnIBPY4evhli7V_7TrVCwTOyZuvAJPfFHMlshfOfAaT3f8I_cu5x4p0A8Y-Nn2hH7Z1LQq7oh8KHSmhy-RjzcA96mLzj7_v7emVfQAesMMZwl_fKG8etgZnhWvfL-doaaufSf3L6hTWiGnvm2_j3G6ousCfmhf9oa_sV-uwf-fJjXgujJ4MHoaZURGyv54Jc15FrcA3pzUNTo_18q95Sld72qHysQDvxVPLW3hRC8wkJwBMQ3row-yYfVDafvwAmTUo7FMKCKN06N3hHzyEVBjTKbqyKfUQ1u_0hWW2MVh_TtEk8m4NPu6SozdokkwPuZcHxcQfzRaSnc7Ov7Gw0xeKPEg2lYdMy7YcVlcSHYwqoOIXMziodL_-hkYGUwNJStOTXDT1614UUWuUsiAm3I7F8S-nvNbfSOE3trrHJeK8t3PX5ZyHNWUHuvm0nrneRXtinVXqL9tYCJP9lds9PYa2N7If4y6PqNHhp-LgG7vB1Ug4JSVrO-QJMq6RmGE29Zh9MUW3FxPoMr26UWTOfsboor7aC1se_unSKcjRp-Rm5PpXIB0THF5w=w992-h495-no)

And the rather less complete English guns and crews

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8fYFmsY8JZFXKUL_jfG4z7xbQyimXT-707yc1JHGf5lJEq6KopgilNQ2FFiackn1lKwMgxRDQtr8ikzEDr2wQGvkE73YguzC_Ap6LKLs7BGnw3cnF4aP43ytAgWUNgUdf36zyjoZ_Dl7l1q0FABwcH5npuSb_gZq0BFli8BIKnpSrzkbPPp7DnhLiG4hnPI8dkS2hNUHgTdiHrsGzVs0DeF5rorDkMIzqv95YDIQh20Ad7bhedtw2Ejv0vCz1ITUXTWZB0r5C9iEp76WIZCWPhTPoWLFmXroN3qkuDyzpc8SHvZef5yDJoCC6dDjbqTTFI9wccrk4SawljotjfypzY2_EFPRtixyvBGdzDMxoJzfnAS-aSs-h-MsTS9AZU0unYXbndNkh3vl2UCKIFEzyNhs8ZrbRwLvBsuZ6H4pPlbnCTkbmzWSVC8VqLiaRpPb5oYivkdOg1y-nDOy3BNXbJppKtz2xGoyAtQpjzauAadKryeTR1CBcuifktvue1d5Yma-q1fPbpg6DWyLpNsicpA6JNGM1UOGujDeZcto72w_28oM1VO0eSaceIy1Cl3r0NilRtRBDd8IT0Ql6vPlFGN6P1xFMylIW9srZddc58E75X8UUME11HWj_LacSunAHBlSgWBsQCGaZWfjPw9sA28RIYCYUjin1cIqEIa881OrJIDUd91hiJoIpA=w991-h646-no)
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: Helen on September 05, 2018, 09:19:53 PM
Lovely work Fred on your collection. Painting 10 mm is a real challenge for me.

All the best,

Helen

Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on September 06, 2018, 06:43:06 AM
Thank you Helen. This is probably the army that is taking me the longest to paint. The LoA figures are lovely but they are so detailed.

Ive found with 10mm painting that it gets easier and quicker with more practice. The slowest bit for me is around colour choice, so I much prefer uniformed troops over irregulars.
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: Helen on September 06, 2018, 07:09:53 AM
Yes Fred, I reckon it would be easier over time  with practice.

Keep up the grand work.

All the best,

Helen
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: jambo1 on September 06, 2018, 04:56:32 PM
Great that you have added more pics, it let me go back and re read the thread from the start!! Superb!! :)
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: fred on September 06, 2018, 08:09:45 PM
Thanks jambo. I’ve got some more WIP stuff I’ll get posted soon.
Title: Re: 10mm League of Augsburg - William vs James
Post by: Ben Waterhouse on September 07, 2018, 09:35:55 AM
Very nice stuff.