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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: Iain R on 15 October 2023, 09:48:09 PM
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So, after a lengthy hiatus of several years, and now with an actual game system to work to in terms of force structure, I unexpectedly find myself returning to my long-neglected Peninsular Brits.
This purchase may have something to do with it
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/bsr6Zu.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmbsr6Zuj)
Now well invested in Osprey's Chosen Men, my (optimistic) plan for a winter painting project is to tick off 5 Riflemen of the 5/60th, a unit of 10 Light Infantrymen of the 85th (Bucks), and a 6pdr gun team. They will be led by my Exploring Officer, who I have handily completed-
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/fpVSPC.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pofpVSPCj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/rqC9P3.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnrqC9P3j)
If, by some miracle, I get all that done and the Napoleonic froth is still strong, it'll be a toss-up between another unit of lightbobs from the 68th, finishing a unit of line from the 44th (as nice as the Perry plastics are, I just can't settle to painting them the same way I can with the metals, which is why the unit ground to a halt two-half figures away from completion...) or a unit of Light Dragoons (which would also see me a spare figure to give my EO an ADC/messenger/bodyguard...)
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Lovely :)
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Very nice painting. :-*
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Great books and fantastic figure!
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Lovely painting full of character!
Good luck with your project. The peninsular is well worth it (even though I’m painting French).
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Iain.
Superb Brushwork .. really captures the "Feel"for the period . :-* :-* :-*
Cheers
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Thanks, gents, very kind!
Not had much hobby time lately, so progress has been slow.
Made a start on a small 5-man (for now) unit of the 5/60th. The officer was the test-piece, and his uniform has ended up rather more "green" than I intended. However, it's probably fine for an officers' uniform, being higher quality with better dyes.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/th64o8.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poth64o8j)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/eBXwlB.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmeBXwlBj)
I went for a more muted tone on the ORs' jackets and am reasonably happy with the results. Not a particular fan of the green jacket/blue trousers combination, but thought it would be appropriate to keep the sergeant (if no one else) in regulation uniform...
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/ILol6W.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmILol6Wj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/ODF4Wn.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnODF4Wnj)
Got the last two on the bench now, then it'll be onto some lightbobs of the 85th. And for some reason I find myself perusing the French section of the Perrys' site...
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repeating myself from your silver bayonet thread, but I love your painting style. Fantastic.
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Very nice stuff, the Peninsular is a great setting, it’s where I’m concentrating ATM to.
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They look grand :)
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Those look splendid.
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Thanks guys!
repeating myself from your silver bayonet thread, but I love your painting style. Fantastic.
Lol, repeat away, I am a shameless tart! It's probably a rather more painterly style than is in vogue nowadays, but I like it, and feel it works well on the tabletop. I hope to return to TSB soon, both in Lochaber and potentially Canada too...
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Who gives a damn about what style is in vogue…those figs’ paint jobs are timeless!
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Well, Merry Christmas, folks!
Having spent the morning repairing a my front fence that had blown down, I'm finally back at the painting bench.
Got the last of the 5/60th (for now) done...
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/0kuM6K.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pn0kuM6Kj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/TJVyn2.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poTJVyn2j)
So the unit is finished for the time being. Rifles being quite punchy in Chosen Men, I'll leave these at units of 5, interspersed with the 10-man "musket" light infantry units. These should look ok on the table-
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/l6WPxW.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pml6WPxWj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/MFHzU9.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmMFHzU9j)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/b2tHzQ.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnb2tHzQj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/wD86k0.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/powD86k0j)
Now working on the 85th, and putting the final touches to a small orange grove, too...
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How'd I miss this? Those guys all look grand!
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Fantastic looking unit. Hopefully the fence stays up and you get some uninterrupted miniature painting time.
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Agree they look fantastic.
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fantastic :-*
(just noticed that's a lot of 'fantastic's ... but they are!)
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Looking jolly good! 👍
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Cheers guys!
...Hopefully the fence stays up...
Fingers crossed!
Finished a small orange grove that'll form part of a hermitage/small farm as a focal point on the table.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/zc0n7E.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmzc0n7Ej)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/qtCEYA.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnqtCEYAj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/xWkBw4.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poxWkBw4j)
Some Riflemen of the 60th seek shelter, or possibly refreshment, within...
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/rx9zRR.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmrx9zRRj)
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Those orange trees look great!
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Thanks! I did somewhat overestimate the size of a 40mm tree next to a 28mm figure, though... :D
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First figure done for the new year. A sergeant of the 85th (Bucks) light infantry. Our man here has either been fortunate enough to acquire a fresh uniform issue or is newly arrived in a draft from home; many of his minions will be far less sartorially secure...
28mm Perry metal as ever.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/r3tVub.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnr3tVubj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/qbBsbH.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmqbBsbHj)
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Great-looking figure. Is he biting off the end of a cartridge, or blowing a whistle? I will say, that when I first looked at the photos, I heard the sound of a whistle blowing in my mind... :D
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Great-looking figure. Is he biting off the end of a cartridge, or blowing a whistle? I will say, that when I first looked at the photos, I heard the sound of a whistle blowing in my mind... :D
Thanks! Neither, he's having a fly fag!
Nah, it's a whistle. I initially thought he was cupping his hand to his mouth and shouting, it was only when I started preparing the figure I noticed he was blowing a whistle. It's not clear in these photos, but the sculpting of the fingers holding it is exquisite.
And as threatened, now we have a campaign-accurate "redcoat" of the 85th (the trades description people want a word...)
I like to have a broad range of shades of once-reds in my units, and just experiment with adding different colours to a base red. This one was shaded and highlighted with various greys. Likewise a good smattering of different trouser colours. This guy's a good 60 years ahead of the game, in khaki drill...
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/xaXyL1.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmxaXyL1j)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/ONv21I.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poONv21Ij)
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Where did you get those miniatures, they are so dynamic
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have to say I thought the guy above was puffing on a cigar first time I looked at it :D
lovely paint-jobs as ever.
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Absolutely lovely! :-*
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Yes - the lad firing his musket does indeed look good. I like the look of his coatee!
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Thanks guys!
Where did you get those miniatures, they are so dynamic
They are metal Perry 28s. Ever my go-to!
Action on the Coa!
Last night we used Chosen Men to play a game based loosely on the skirmish at Barba del Puerco in 1810, wherein the British outlying picquets were assaulted by the French, with Ney looking to force passage into Portugal.
A most enjoyable game, which played out largely the way the real action went. In the end though, lead elements of the French were able to force their way through, albeit with casualties; the initial storming party of Young Guard Tirralleurs being wiped out by the main British picquet of the 44th in line, who were in turn served out by some judicious howitzer fire followed by a bayonet charge by the following French Légère unit (who also charged and bested a unit of British Hussars, to their undying shame...)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/6ZMAhD.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pm6ZMAhDj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/JyfO2y.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnJyfO2yj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/k9E7ke.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnk9E7kej)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/oz63MD.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnoz63MDj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/5xbXJo.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pn5xbXJoj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/q5kLBp.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmq5kLBpj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/OQ7f3m.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmOQ7f3mj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/0xm8dZ.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/po0xm8dZj)
Couple more pics here-
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Lovely stuff ;D
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Thanks Malamute!
Another recruit for the 85th finished, with a suitably campaign-seasoned jacket.
Perry 28mm metal as always.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/kSyiLB.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmkSyiLBj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/TQpll7.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poTQpll7j)
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Great painting work. :-* :-* :-*
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Those are rather splendid
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Cheers guys!
Bit of a delay, but Redcoat Number The Fourth now done. One more and I get to paint a gun!
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/lZWBoK.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnlZWBoKj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/1O4UXq.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/po1O4UXqj)
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Fantastic looking game! I love your troops! How did you do the regimental number on the backpack? Where can I find a listing of how they were marked for different regiments? (Besides the obvious regimental number)
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Fantastic looking game! I love your troops! How did you do the regimental number on the backpack? Where can I find a listing of how they were marked for different regiments? (Besides the obvious regimental number)
Thanks! With a very thin brush and holding my breath, mainly! No special technique, I'm afraid. There's no list of such markings that I'm aware of. I just based it on other designs on the envelope pack I'd seen for other regiments- I've no idea if this is accurate, it's probably not!
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Love the Brits.
I am returning the the Peninsula and Napoleonics
after many years.
Your thread is a great inspiration.
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Those lads do look good!
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Thanks gents!
Got the 5th member of the 85th done, giving me a (very small) playable unit. Froth is draining on the Napoleonic front for the time being, but currently forcing myself to get a gun done next.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/qOe6Tv.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmqOe6Tvj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/DC69i2.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnDC69i2j)
All five so far
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/ux0NkA.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmux0NkAj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/xT0tda.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poxT0tdaj)
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