Re-booting my 40mm Napoleonics, AWI and War of 1812

[Alan Mercer]

I’ve been neglecting my 40mm Napoleonics for a while, so time for a re-boot. I have a painting system going now, painting things in 6s, which seems to work better than my previous butterfly process. This lets me have 3 battalions in progress at any one time - currently 1 AWI and 2 Napoleonics and I can filter in new battalions in as others are finished.

Starting with the command bases for some Spanish Volunteers and for the French 54th.

Slightly odd light for photos this morning.

[schoey]

Excellent work Alan, look forward to seeing more.  How big a collection are you aiming for with the Peninsular?

Paul

[has.been]

Nice work.
40mm interests me, but I don't want to duplicate
something I already do in 28mm. That rules out
most, if not all, 40mm ranges, like those nice ones
you are painting.

[jambo1]

Lovely work, really like the Spanish, they are quite superb.

[Alan Mercer]

Thanks all.

Paul, i’m going for a modest set up, if i can get a division of French, brigade or so of Spanish, likewise British and some odds and sods done that will be fine with me.

Period wise, i’m drawn to the early bit, quite possibly confined to Catalonia - Rosas, Cardedeu, Molins, Valls, And lots of small brigade sized actions.

Perry for the French (mostly), maybe also for any Swiss, Italians and Neapolitan odds and sods.

Sash and Saber for Wurzburgers (I have enough Austrians for this - close enough), possibly some Poles - you have to have some Poles.

Spanish will Perry for regulars, and Sash and Saber for volunteers, somatenes etc. There will be plenty of conversions - the Alamo Mexicans are a resource to be used and abused, i’ll do some surgery on those. The S&S pirates come in handy too - the figure on the left of the Spanish base above has a pirate body and head on guerilla legs with a Trident musket and greenstuff blanket roll.

As much as I don’t like them, I prefer the S&S British to the Perry (apart from the skirmishing poses). Some of The Perry British I have bought have been really thin.

[schoey]

Alan, like the period you have chosen, some very interesting actions. I aiming for something similar but Suchets campaigns in and Tortosa, Tarragona, Saguntum, Ordal and possibly Castalla etc (useful for using British troops).


How well do Sash  and sabre Austrians  match up to  Wurzburgers?  The  Poles can also be used as Confederation of the Rhine troops.

Paul

[Alan Mercer]

Yep, Suchet's campaigns are really interesting. The Early Wurzburg uniform is pretty much the same as the Austrians, or at least good enough for me.

[Alan Mercer]

The job in hand finished and to be finished French and Spanish. At least I know how much I have to do. I have another Spanish battalion still in bags not shown here.

[schoey]

Any progress with the Napoleonic's?

Paul

[Alan Mercer]

Not much I’m afraid. I’ve had a loss of painting mojo recently, which I think has now passed. Working on the next base of voluntarios.

[ian220756]

That’s why I enrol for display games - nothing like a deadline to get those fingers moving 😂
It’s a pity the Portuguese project never got off the ground
Ian

[majorsmith]

Fantastic

[schoey]

Glad your brush is back in action.

Paul

[Norm]

Lovely job, the figures are full of character and your painting serves them well.

[Alan Mercer]

Now that I have decided to stop the AWI project I can get on with this a bit quicker. I've added to the backlog with a load of Perry French to paint up as 3rd Swiss, but I've also started on some Guard Fusilier-Grenadiers. The Guard Grenadier uniform is pretty much the same as the Fusilier-Grenadiers, just exchange a shako in place of the bearskin and here we go, photos below (not varnished yet). Not totally correct, but it works for me. I couldn't find a shako that already has the eagle plate so I've gone for the covered shako instead. A bit limited in terms of actual combat that they took part in, but it's going to be nice to get something different on the table.