I've finished the painting stage and got the Reichsarmee based and just awaiting the 'grass'. And I've finished painting the re-inforcements for the French and am part way through the base texturing process.
The inverted commas around French are because of the 8 bases painted:
- 2 are German (La Marck and Royal Suédois)
- 1 is Swiss (Gardes Suisses)
- 3 are Irish (representing the 6 single regiment battalions of the Irish Brigade)
- 2 are French (Gardes Francaises)
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| The Reichsarmee: Combined grenadiers; various units of line infantry; 1 cuirassier brigade and 1 dragoon brigade |
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| Front row: 2 German regiments; behind them on the left are the Irish red, on the right the Swiss guards (red) and French guards (blue) |
In the lead pile I still have enough for 1.5 units of grenadiers and maybe 2 of cavalry. I haven't decided on what yet.
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In other news, along with Alan from The Duchy of Tradgardland blog, I suffered the humiliation of losing the fastest online game that I have so far experienced, at the hands of Doug from A Lead Odyssey. Watch out for the battle report on the Palouse Wargaming Journal. Doug handled his Japanese Samurai army with ruthless efficiency. Such was the scale of the catastrophe that he could afford to keep one of his Samurai units at the rear doing nothing but slice feathers with their swords, or whatever else bored Samurai do.
It was all over so quickly that I had more time for painting the Germans above.
They all look great Chris....fast work too!
ReplyDeleteRe other news.....oh dear....should be an interesting read when Jon pens his AAR!
It’ll make grim reading from Alan’s and my point of view.
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You continue making great progress on this project. I wish I could churn out my 15mm WAS armies as quickly. On the game front, Tuesday’s battle saw Doug attacking with ruthless abandon. What a game!
ReplyDeleteThese are a fraction of the size of 15mm.
DeleteI’m coming to the end of the lead pile now so it should slow down. Maybe time to get some of the toys on the table.
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I think it time!
DeleteLike the basing matey - they’re coming on a treat!
ReplyDeleteThe basing is the technique shown on the Baccus website. Someone pointed out to me years ago, that many a well-painted figure is let down by poor basing. I would give a link to the relevant page on the Baccus site but I can’t find it now.
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Totally agree re basing, Chris - it's one of the wargaming axioms I subscribe to - average figures can be made to look great with good basing, and conversely, very well painted figures look average if the basing is crap!
DeleteYou really are on a roll Chris! I've got stuff in bags ready for basing and priming, once our visitor has gone. I'm champing at the bit at present to get stuck in! Just saw the AAR on Jon's Blog and well, these things happen...
ReplyDeleteYou are churning great units Chris.
ReplyDeleteSuédois means Swedish.. so Royal Swedish, singular. The others are the Swiss Guards and French Guards, so plural - it's in guards bit that determines whether singular or plural. I think that's right.
Sounds logical Richard. I was thinking there must be more than one Swede in the regiment (at one point, maybe), but now you’ve said it I can see that there’s not one regiment. Got it.
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Great looking progress! Read the write up on Jon's blog, sounds brutal! Glad Richard has clarified the French grammar question, I was interested too!
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I was disappointed that our French based correspondent didn’t explain it. But he doubtless immersed himself in some non-canonical patois in his rural retreat.
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