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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: Faust23 on May 10, 2020, 07:59:30 AM
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Here's some of my latest work for the Seven Years War Brink of Battle Klein Krieg project we're working on.
These are Karlstadter Grenz-Hussars and Grenzers from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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Lovely!! They look super, hope to see more!! :)
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Lovely!! They look super, hope to see more!! :)
+1!!! :-*
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+1!!! :-*
+2!!! :-* :-*
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+2!!! :-* :-*
It isn't right to vote again :) but they are stunning! So neatly painted! Well done faces! And the lace is impeccable!!!
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Much thanks my friends! I recently took the Final Plunge after about a decade of putting my toe in the pool. :)
I've gone kinda nuts for Hussars, and the Hungarian Lace has been something of a challenge for me to do freehand, even after 40 years of painting military miniatures. :)
I will keep posting as I go. My next 3 will be from Hadik's Hussars, with my overall leader for my Cadre named Karlo Kovacs, the Killer Croat....who raided Berlin with Hadik... ;)
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Karlstadter-Szluiner Croat Grenzers from Crusader Miniatures.
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Gorgeous! The colors pop!
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Thanks Din!
When I chose the Karlstadter Generalcy, one of the things that popped was the use of Primary Colors on their uniforms. The Grenzers have been said to wear anywhere between light blue and dark blue, but I settled on more of a Royal Blue. The Grenz-Hussars were clearly a darker blue, and I really like the distance between the foot and horse models because of this, but also like the mutual tie-in of the red and yellow between regiments. : :-*
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Awesome painting :-* :-* :-* keep em coming!
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Thanks for all your kind feedback!
I got a bit distracted with a Tom Meier Elf King figure from 1988.
Next up is my Hadik's Hussar officer, Karlo Kovacs the Killer Croat to lead my Brink of Battle: Klein Krieg SYW force. Along with his foot model for when he's dismounted. So I'll post pics when he's done. :)
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So neatly painted! They are real dudes! And the Hungarian knots and lace, perfect!
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Fantastic painting. :-* :-*
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Very impressive, great work!! :)
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Thanks all. Those are the other pics that turned out ok. I wish my photography skills were better than they are... :?
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I, for one, am glad your photography skills are not brilliant otherwise they would put my figures to shame even more!
Nothing further original to add. Just like them very much.
As an aside with suitable movement tray would/could they be used in larger scale battles? What to you uses for 7YW skirmish rules?
Thanks for sharing.
John
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I, for one, am glad your photography skills are not brilliant otherwise they would put my figures to shame even more!
Nothing further original to add. Just like them very much.
As an aside with suitable movement tray would/could they be used in larger scale battles? What to you uses for 7YW skirmish rules?
Thanks for sharing.
John
Thanks!
I'm going to do 28mm skirmish and 15mm Big Battalions for the SYW. I miss gaming in 15mm, and with the amount of time it takes me to do one 28mm model with all the buttons, trim, kit, and lace I can't imagine how long it would take me to build a viable 28mm army.
As for Skirmish rules, we're using my 'All Periods" Brink of Battle: Skirmish Gaming through the Ages rules. It's in Period 2 - Early Modern and we picked the reference year as 1760 for our uniforms and kit. You can find the rules at www.brinkofbattle.com in the Where To Buy tab at the top of the page, if you're interested.
I'm 80% finished on a full expansion of the BoB rules to specifically cover SYW in all theaters of battle. I'll keep you posted when we get closer to publication on that.
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Bought those rules when they first came out but never played them - just too small a scale of a game for me. I like larger battles, even my skirmish games have a couple of hundred figures in them. Nice to hear of someone using them.
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Yes, they are man-to-man skirmishes a la Mordheim/Necromunda but with more robust rules that better represent historical fighting.
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Starting up on Austro-Hungarian Hadik's Hussars Major Karlo Kovacs the Killer Croat!
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Been on a writing binge for some new skirmish rules I'll be publishing this year and next, so forgive the absence of updates on this project. :D
Here's my next SYW paint project to fill out a skirmish force of British Hanoverians. Beginning with some 3rd Batallion Legion Brittannique grunts.
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