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Author Topic: AWI 28mm Hessian Musketeers & Fusiliers  (Read 2393 times)

Offline Jemima Fawr

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AWI 28mm Hessian Musketeers & Fusiliers
« on: December 22, 2022, 12:40:43 AM »
I painted these Hessian regiments sometime 2006-2008, but have only now got around to photographing them and sticking them on the blog:

http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2022/12/21/nescit-pericula-my-awi-hessian-army-part-2-musketeers-fusiliers/





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Offline CapnJim

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Re: AWI 28mm Hessian Musketeers & Fusiliers
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2022, 12:59:26 AM »
Nice looking Hessians there.  Great job!
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Offline FifteensAway

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Re: AWI 28mm Hessian Musketeers & Fusiliers
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2022, 03:05:45 AM »
Nice work.

What unit is that with the red flag, the fusiliers, please?

For the figures to still look good with a photo as large as the second one posted here speaks well of your efforts.  A lot of otherwise good paint jobs would suffer with such a close view.  I know mine would!  :o

Offline has.been

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Re: AWI 28mm Hessian Musketeers & Fusiliers
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2022, 05:46:23 AM »
A fine body of men there.

Offline jambo1

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Re: AWI 28mm Hessian Musketeers & Fusiliers
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2022, 06:44:09 AM »
They are very nice indeed, well worth photographing and getting on the blog, super work. :)

Offline Tom Dulski

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Re: AWI 28mm Hessian Musketeers & Fusiliers
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2022, 12:24:31 PM »
These look great.

Offline Jemima Fawr

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Re: AWI 28mm Hessian Musketeers & Fusiliers
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2022, 02:37:09 PM »
Thanks chaps!   :D

The fusilier regiment is the Lossberg Regiment.  The flag is more scarlet/orange than red, but the combination of varnish and photo software has darkened it somewhat.

Offline glenning

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Re: AWI 28mm Hessian Musketeers & Fusiliers
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2022, 07:24:41 PM »
Looking great!

Offline Baron von Wreckedoften

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Re: AWI 28mm Hessian Musketeers & Fusiliers
« Reply #8 on: December 25, 2022, 06:07:40 AM »
Superb work - and in GOP (God's Own Period).
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Offline FifteensAway

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Re: AWI 28mm Hessian Musketeers & Fusiliers
« Reply #9 on: December 25, 2022, 08:20:32 AM »
Thanks for identifying the unit and the words about color.  Had me wondering a bit.

GOP - yup, that works for me, more or less.

Offline Jemima Fawr

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Re: AWI 28mm Hessian Musketeers & Fusiliers
« Reply #10 on: December 25, 2022, 08:53:33 PM »

Offline FifteensAway

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Re: AWI 28mm Hessian Musketeers & Fusiliers
« Reply #11 on: December 25, 2022, 09:41:36 PM »
Lovely work and very glad to hear you have, if even but a modicum, some remnant of shame left.

However, you are a very bad man, sir, very bad indeed.  As evidence your ending photograph on your linked post.  What if a small child were to see that?  Scarred for life and you would be to blame.  Very bad.  Very bad indeed.  Let us know if you end up with a lump of coal.

 lol :D ;D
« Last Edit: December 29, 2022, 12:32:13 AM by FifteensAway »

Offline Phil Portway

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Re: AWI 28mm Hessian Musketeers & Fusiliers
« Reply #12 on: December 25, 2022, 11:33:27 PM »
Looking great Mark!

I wondered why I never got my presents this year, now I have photographic evidence. lol lol
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Offline Jemima Fawr

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Re: AWI 28mm Hessian Musketeers & Fusiliers
« Reply #13 on: December 25, 2022, 11:49:40 PM »
Lovely work and very glad to hear you have, if even but a modicum, some remnant of shame left.

However, you are a very bad man, sir, very bad indeed.  As evidence your ending photograph on your linked post.  What if a small child were to sea that?  Scarred for life and you would be to blame.  Very bad.  Very bad indeed.  Let us know if you end up with a lump of coal.

 lol :D ;D
I'm shocked and don't know what you could possibly mean...  :D

Offline Jemima Fawr

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Re: AWI 28mm Hessian Musketeers & Fusiliers
« Reply #14 on: December 25, 2022, 11:50:52 PM »
Looking great Mark!

I wondered why I never got my presents this year, now I have photographic evidence. lol lol
That's because you're very firmly on the Naughty List.

 

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