@Shahbrahraz: Cheers! I think I remember that project. What's your goal in terms of units for that force? Yus, Midgard is tempting. So far, the price of the rulebook kept me at bay I have to admit, but it looks absolutely stunning. Just waiting for the sprintime shows I'll attend and buying from dealers who show up at the cons.
Heyhey, here I am again. In the annual “I've got to paint some of my own stuff!” panic towards the end of the Christmas holidays, I came across a Polish NCO that's been sitting around the edge of my workspace for about 2 years. So I painted him, and then looked in the box with my Sharp Practice project to see what else was missing. The leaders for the Poles are the main problem (more precisely, their absence). So I did something about that:
Some of them were already started, now they are finished. Not perfect, but game-ready. From left to right: colours guard from Murawski, NCO by Eagle Miniatures (Lovelfigures. First time I worked with them.), junior officer with flag, also by Murawski and without highlights and shading on the blanket wrapped around the chest, as I just noticed. That still needs to be done. Flag of the 8th Infantry Regiment. Then we got an NCO officer by Front Rank, and you can see that - beefy, but handsome.
Until recently he was intended to lead a group of Voltigeurs (and of course completely out of place for that job, because of how tall and wide he is). An NCO by Eagle Miniatures will take over the job, or the plastic man further down once he is finished. And the bulky Front Rank chap will get a light blue pompom on his czapka.Then we have an officer, drummer and another officer by Murawski in the very right another NCO from Eagle Miniatures as a leader for the voltigeurs.
Then I had another look at what's in the box and begs to be finished:
...and found the plastic box that was released by Perrys last year. Delightful; I never thought that anybody would ever make plastic Poles.
And such an incredibly good box it is too. I'll write a review about it, but I can tell you this much already: It's great. Sure, assembling plastic figures is tedious, but there's so much in it, it's crazy. So with the review article in mind, I built another NCO for the Voltigeurs, a sapper (you NEVER need one unless someone writes a scenario around it. But he looks cool.) and a group of 8 grenadiers. Just got started on those plastics. Also two Austrian officers (one on horseback, one NCO), both from Eagle Miniatures, but from a different scuptor than the Polish officers.
Well, so much for that. So basically I have enough to play Sharp Practice now that both sides have enough Big Men. Maybe I can arm-twist somebody to give the figures their baptism of fire.
By the way, I noticed that I don't have enough Austrian line infantry now.
LOADS of Landwehr, but they weren't really present for that campaign. If I remember corrrectly. Gotta get back into my notes on that. That's the problem with dipping in and out of periods only once every few years, isn't it.
Well, I hope that you like them so far!
22 August 2016, 02:14:09 PM