Thanks to the long weekend, and a session last night, I was able to crack on with painting the troops that were in the battalion column post.
From right to left:
3.5 brigades of Saxons
3 infantry and 3 dragoon brigades of Hanoverians
3 brigades of Piedmontese
3 brigades of Spanish
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| The column 2nd from the left is temporarily looking like Cornishmen with the flag of St Pirran (Trelawney’s Army?). When I finish the flags they will look a bit more like the Piedmontese they’re supposed to be. |
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| Odds and sods without a definite purpose. Most likely some Prussian fusiliers (because of the hats, there’s not much else they could be), Piedmontese grenadiers and ?? |
Very impressive. Only teeny weeny minis can give you this kind of mass effect. Never had anything from H&R but I have to say they look nicely proportioned. Can you imagine buying and painting that lot in 28mm. lol.
ReplyDeleteThey are the best proportioned 6mm figures I’ve seen. Not as easy to paint as Baccus mind.
DeleteI reckon I’ve got around 6500 of these SYW figures. I can’t begin to think about that in 28mm. The Kriegskabinett would sink into the clay. ☹️
Chris
Prussian fusileers - didn't the pontooneers wear such caps? - the miners did. Other than that Austrian jagers?
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I think you’re right Neil. But the numbers are very small and the models are in a very ‘un-pontonierlike’ pose, marching with shouldered muskets. Maybe some Freikorps had these short mitres too, but I have enough of those.
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You made short work of this mass of lead. The fellows in short mitre could be a start to a Russian army too.
ReplyDeleteNo need. There’s one of those already in my boxes!
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Great work there Chris! 6.5k figures is a lot, but sure as Hell does give the look of a big battle, which is very impressive to see. Looking forward to seeing these based up and in action.
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve. I have never had all of them out at once, though you’ve got me wondering what that looks like! I’d have to come up with a scenario where that was possible!
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Your painting has bought those blocks of undercoated figures to life. Their colours seem to pop out very nicely in the photo.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all the natural light was very good when I took that photo. That helps enormously. Then, I’ve learned with these tiny figures to use lighter shades than the ‘correct’ ones. A light scarlet instead of a madder red, or pure white rather than grey-white. Musket barrels, bayonets and swords are always shiny silver in my armies - I’ve learned to banish steel and gun metal.
DeleteBut the best thing to make the figures pop I reckon is to dab a streak of white ‘hat lace’ on the tricorns.
Chris
They looking very nice Chris. I am sure they will look a lot better on the table.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ben. Almost at the basing stage now.
DeleteLooking good 👍
ReplyDeleteCheers Matt.
DeleteLovely stuff Chris, you, along with a few others, may have finally convinced me to try a smaller scale collection......
ReplyDeleteImagine the savings on postage to NZ if paying by weight!
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