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Title: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: Phil Portway on January 30, 2023, 05:52:15 PM
Painted these over a couple of weeks. Battle Honours 15mm, Russian 1812, Seven 18 man Battalions. about ten more to finish my Russian Infantry, a couple of horse regts and a bit of artillery will finish the Russians, then finish off my 1807 French Infantry (6 battalions).

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Title: Re: Russian 1812 army
Post by: Jemima Fawr on January 30, 2023, 08:43:08 PM
Nice!  I've just got some of the new AB Mounted Jaegers on the go here. :)
Title: Re: Russian 1812 army
Post by: Phil Portway on January 31, 2023, 08:37:33 AM
Nice!  I've just got some of the new AB Mounted Jaegers on the go here. :)

Nice, I have some Fantassin Mounted Jaegers, they are Huuuuge!
Title: Re: Russian 1812 army
Post by: OB on February 01, 2023, 01:39:43 PM
Yes, some of them are huge. Some are smaller and some are actually 15mm. What can you do?

Your Russians look very nice Phil, 6 to a base too.  I like that.  Mine are 4 to a base and I haven't the heart to start another round of re-basing.
Title: Re: Russian 1812 army
Post by: Phil Portway on February 02, 2023, 09:08:47 AM
Yes, some of them are huge. Some are smaller and some are actually 15mm. What can you do?

Your Russians look very nice Phil, 6 to a base too.  I like that.  Mine are 4 to a base and I haven't the heart to start another round of re-basing.

Thanks OB,.

Rebased all my armies to 6 to a base (and 5 to a base for Second rate and militia), back in 2021. It took me a year of doing some every day, along with painting more troops as well!  :D
Title: Re: Russian 1812 army
Post by: OB on February 02, 2023, 11:12:06 AM
Yeah, 6 to a base looks best to me too.  I think I'm going to have to emulate what you did.  French, Spanish and Russian armies.  Not this year though.
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: Phil Portway on February 06, 2023, 06:49:21 PM
Pre 1807 15mm French. Completed this lot today, Started on Thursday. Two Minifig Battalions (bit of a repaint) and the rest a mix of AB, Fantassin and possibly some Battle Honours.

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Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: CapnJim on February 08, 2023, 01:27:23 AM
Those Frenchies and Russians look great!  Well done, lad!
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: Phil Portway on February 08, 2023, 05:06:51 PM
Those Frenchies and Russians look great!  Well done, lad!

Thanks, More Ruskies on the bench atm
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: Phil Portway on February 09, 2023, 01:30:25 PM
Started these on Tuesday. Five more 18 man Russian Battalions making up my 6th Infantry Div. 90 15mm figures from Battle Honours, based for Shako II

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Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: NTM on February 12, 2023, 10:23:02 AM
That's an impressive and high quality output there.
I went with six to a base back in the first edition days but stuck with single rank for cavalry.
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: FifteensAway on February 12, 2023, 04:06:51 PM
45-50 figures per day!  That is a lot of figures painted in a VERY short time.  I've done over 400 figures in a month but they weren't well uniformed.

What is your general process - and I'm assuming the figures were already prepped and primed and dry and ready for paint when you started? 
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: DivisMal on February 12, 2023, 06:55:01 PM
Regardless of size differences, that looks awesome!
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: CapnJim on February 12, 2023, 07:41:53 PM
Regardless of size differences, that looks awesome!

+1 to that!
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: Phil Portway on February 13, 2023, 12:16:12 AM
That's an impressive and high quality output there.
I went with six to a base back in the first edition days but stuck with single rank for cavalry.

I did single Rank of Cavalry too! (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/nn208/1815philip/1st_J_(12).JPG?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds) (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/nn208/1815philip/1st_J_(12).JPG?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds)
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: Phil Portway on February 13, 2023, 12:25:12 AM
45-50 figures per day!  That is a lot of figures painted in a VERY short time.  I've done over 400 figures in a month but they weren't well uniformed.

What is your general process - and I'm assuming the figures were already prepped and primed and dry and ready for paint when you started?

All Primed Ready to go.
I normally clean the whole army/ part of army I am going to be painting, sort out the battalions and prime about 10 battalions (glued to strips of approx 12 figs) at a time

I have a "conveyer belt" system.

I have all the paints I will need, in a rack, in the order I will be using them (this helps a lot actually), this way I don't miss to many bits and that way don't have to get the paints out again.
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: FifteensAway on February 13, 2023, 06:27:43 AM
While I do most of what you do, I've not done the paints in order of use - love that idea and can see that it would help the output.  Will be giving it a try even though I think it is probably easier when doing basically the same uniform over and over than when doing, say, a large group of Old West figures with each one unique.  Still seems like a great idea.  So, thanks for sharing.  Certainly will use it when painting my 15 mm AWI British, Germans, French, and (small number) of Spanish and, to a lesser degree, the continentals.  Not sure it will apply to militia.
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: Phil Portway on February 13, 2023, 07:09:17 PM
Started these on Thursday, These are the final Battalions of my 15mm Russian Infantry. 126 figures in 4 days is even a record for me! Not sure what project next, Carry on and finish my WWII French, my Napoleonic French or Start my 6mm 100 days buildings?

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These are the final two Battalions of my 15mm Russian Infantry. A journey that started back in 1975 with Minifigs Various manufacturers along the way and 58 battalions later, finished with Minifigs.

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Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: CapnJim on February 13, 2023, 08:23:52 PM
A.  More nice looking Ruskies!

B.  Foly huck!  Dat's a lotta units!  :o
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: Phil Portway on February 13, 2023, 10:40:43 PM
A.  More nice looking Ruskies!

B.  Foly huck!  Dat's a lotta units!  :o
lol lol lol
To go with the 30 Regts of Cavalry and about 15 Batteries of artillery :D :D
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: Fred Mills on February 13, 2023, 11:11:27 PM
Kudos all around - speed, paint quality, basing, and for sharing a bit on method. Fearsome array, as in real life!
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: wrgmr1 on February 14, 2023, 07:36:52 PM
Beautiful work here Phil. Nice sized armies as well.
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: FifteensAway on February 15, 2023, 03:29:52 PM
So, while not quite as fast a painter, I too have very large armies of figures.  For ACW, once I get some work done on some stuff in the queue I will have 68 infantry units in total for both sides (with more to prep and paint later).  The question is, how often do we field such large armies and how many pairs of hands are needed to keep the game moving?

One thing to have your own table that can be left set up for days if desired but for most of us we have to setup a game to play and take it down the same day.  Given that constraint, I am - as I have been for years now - trying to convince myself to downsize most of my collections to more reasonable size.  You have 58 battalions of infantry alone for but one side of a multi-sided war.  How often do you actually get them on to the table?

And I do understand collecting and painting armies can be an end in and of itself.  My question still stands.

Thanks.
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: Jemima Fawr on February 15, 2023, 03:33:51 PM
lol lol lol
To go with the 30 Regts of Cavalry and about 15 Batteries of artillery :D :D
And my roughly-matching army... I feel a Borodino coming on... Got a spare week...?  :D
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: Phil Portway on February 16, 2023, 12:10:02 AM
One thing to have your own table that can be left set up for days if desired but for most of us we have to setup a game to play and take it down the same day.  Given that constraint, I am - as I have been for years now - trying to convince myself to downsize most of my collections to more reasonable size.  You have 58 battalions of infantry alone for but one side of a multi-sided war.  How often do you actually get them on to the table?

I normally have a large battle once a month & yes, if need be I can leave the game up. I also play a Saturday game at my club once a month too, also big game (but in and out on the day)

I also have ACW and play Johnny Reb II, and although I haven't played with them that often since moving, I have a lot in 15mm, Both sides Approx 60 Union and 50 Reb Inf Regts and about 10 Cav Regts for both sides, and the last game I did was Antietam using all my figs, so big games can be played, but like you say time and table kept up is a bonus!
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: Phil Portway on February 16, 2023, 12:11:10 AM
And my roughly-matching army... I feel a Borodino coming on... Got a spare week...?  :D

I am up for that, Still cracking on with my Waterloo project atm.
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: Fred Mills on February 21, 2023, 01:17:18 PM
Love this thread and reports on the splendid output, though the quantity and quality shame me a bit too. My 1809 project (15mm/AoE basing) has been in progress since around, well, 1809, and creeps along, but inspired by all these pics of finished battalions, I return to the paint table!! Great work, and thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: Phil Portway on February 21, 2023, 01:28:38 PM
Love this thread and reports on the splendid output, though the quantity and quality shame me a bit too. My 1809 project (15mm/AoE basing) has been in progress since around, well, 1809, and creeps along, but inspired by all these pics of finished battalions, I return to the paint table!! Great work, and thanks for sharing.

Thanks Fred, I sort of blew myself out finishing the Russian at such a pace and need to do something else. Hope you get your Mojo back and get those chaps on the table.
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: DivisMal on February 21, 2023, 09:29:10 PM
Wow! All those minis! :o :o :-*

Napoleonic French…if you ask me.
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: Jemima Fawr on February 23, 2023, 12:02:47 PM
I am up for that, Still cracking on with my Waterloo project atm.
Excellent! I'm still cracking on with my Drinking Tenerife Dry project...  8)
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: Phil Portway on March 01, 2023, 01:22:54 PM
Project Waterloo, Some more 15mm Cuirassiers started and finished over the week. There were 12 Cuirassier Regiments at Waterloo, but I have all 14 and two more left over (now destined for my Polish Army) and I still have two regts still in the stash. Also found another Ney and found another Marshall within the Dragoons that are on the bench. I think these are Battle Honours. Based for Shako II.


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Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: CapnJim on March 02, 2023, 05:36:51 PM
Hoowee!  That's a lot of cavalry...Well done on them.
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: Phil Portway on March 07, 2023, 11:27:14 AM
Five more French Dragoons Regts, 6th, 7th, 13th, 14th and 17th, and my next French Cavalry unit on the bench 1st Cuirassiers 1940

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Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: CapnJim on March 09, 2023, 11:53:09 PM
Those cavalry look good, too.  But I didn't realize that Napoleon had tanks... ;) :D
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: Phil Portway on March 09, 2023, 11:56:59 PM
Those cavalry look good, too.  But I didn't realize that Napoleon had tanks... ;) :D

Oh yes, well known fact, If only petrol had been invented a bit earlier!  :D :D :D
Title: Re: 15mm Shako II (2023)
Post by: Phil Portway on November 29, 2023, 09:30:11 PM
Back to Napoleonics and I found some Commanders & ADCs that needed painting

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