tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80797140991750138532024-03-14T01:47:24.443-07:00Napoleonics in MiniaturePaulalbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03482911273863430204noreply@blogger.comBlogger303125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079714099175013853.post-41684511537099794642021-01-23T08:26:00.003-08:002021-01-23T08:26:56.101-08:00Prussian Horse Artillery WIP1 <p style="text-align: center;"> Just started the last of my Prussian artillery, this time AB horse artillery loading crew.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtK_f8zEb174Mi5JapIHyQLJBGad-2e9kINLoFZbnqJiS8Y58f70JWLnL_4s2cafq_mIR6-NDa3Am1HT16C6U9-0gBmuLSvbcJJCKYM4pgeB0skSp0SHLtZyEJbHOtHqKWiLNYzPS9dC8/s1513/20210123_114708%257E3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="1513" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtK_f8zEb174Mi5JapIHyQLJBGad-2e9kINLoFZbnqJiS8Y58f70JWLnL_4s2cafq_mIR6-NDa3Am1HT16C6U9-0gBmuLSvbcJJCKYM4pgeB0skSp0SHLtZyEJbHOtHqKWiLNYzPS9dC8/s320/20210123_114708%257E3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">These are some of my favourite Prussian figures, I'm guessing sculpted after the foot artillery as they look fresher.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaELrgOvNwqmwhq9M7yTTymzQl5-afH9w2viRZ7m87UpE1fJulmqVIJCpZyKi7yGvST6AcmZS2JE4Ilc3lyTPqgj2ia9iA4uOFb9LmGfa74vqUvc0cw7qX3zC7XqXBunlXYeh_Dncv3pM/s2812/20210123_114328%257E3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="2812" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaELrgOvNwqmwhq9M7yTTymzQl5-afH9w2viRZ7m87UpE1fJulmqVIJCpZyKi7yGvST6AcmZS2JE4Ilc3lyTPqgj2ia9iA4uOFb9LmGfa74vqUvc0cw7qX3zC7XqXBunlXYeh_Dncv3pM/s320/20210123_114328%257E3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">I had a little bother cleaning up a couple of the poses, the chap with the ramrod had quite thick flash between the ramrod and arms/body</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2I3iHzaGQsSGdSW_arbC1NAHfMyp4GMlhtjtHjrc5TZat02kDqjxyRcaecCVOCPDmh3TNbaFy7cHz5A_uwKIOuVm4Lm7QHmfrKIQVmjxQAz3EicRXqPerOK5VKJfWbJUtCF0_1_mNuSY/s1446/20210123_094431%257E3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="971" data-original-width="1446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2I3iHzaGQsSGdSW_arbC1NAHfMyp4GMlhtjtHjrc5TZat02kDqjxyRcaecCVOCPDmh3TNbaFy7cHz5A_uwKIOuVm4Lm7QHmfrKIQVmjxQAz3EicRXqPerOK5VKJfWbJUtCF0_1_mNuSY/s320/20210123_094431%257E3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">and the chap with the moving stick had a lump behind his left elbow that needed cut out, this was a pain as it covered a good bit of detail.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLV-nU9QalezTWWiHNyGRO3vF4d9vAZVUHtV-tsMH9pLvcKu-qd7p3RRCc2OMducnz-Nlmnig1Yf-Z2ezJV2znLeHJTPvvByUSBfkg4Xcj3zDYgd70Wgr9cKymmzm0PRTrnwX6Kf6DesM/s1456/20210123_101809%257E2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLV-nU9QalezTWWiHNyGRO3vF4d9vAZVUHtV-tsMH9pLvcKu-qd7p3RRCc2OMducnz-Nlmnig1Yf-Z2ezJV2znLeHJTPvvByUSBfkg4Xcj3zDYgd70Wgr9cKymmzm0PRTrnwX6Kf6DesM/s320/20210123_101809%257E2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">I also added a shoulder strap on 1 pose, I can't remember if it was missing on the horse battery crew I did a few years ago?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAV1j1-_5EfAwlljfMc4-R2OlA4rr8nzKeRKTylhKb6m_TElv8ac7pdD3XEqZyG7yIZP1DGa2LJRvZ9ulBjTDhfrxYvRoGgj9AH9Fk4Gp2l6ts4SzRMv3Rvzh1veKZk2-aJoFjZc9DUNE/s2048/20210123_094442%257E2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1618" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAV1j1-_5EfAwlljfMc4-R2OlA4rr8nzKeRKTylhKb6m_TElv8ac7pdD3XEqZyG7yIZP1DGa2LJRvZ9ulBjTDhfrxYvRoGgj9AH9Fk4Gp2l6ts4SzRMv3Rvzh1veKZk2-aJoFjZc9DUNE/s320/20210123_094442%257E2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's me for the moment, happy modelling and wargaming!</div>Paulalbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03482911273863430204noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079714099175013853.post-37003395943392434802021-01-18T13:31:00.001-08:002021-01-18T13:31:26.849-08:00Prussian Artillery WIP 18.1.21<p style="text-align: center;">I managed to finish my guns. I don't think I'll bother highlighting the metalwork as I don't really think they need it to be honest.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacJ3m1chr65dzJ5FIQWiu35Lyo6NhRNoxXlC6UAt0JmBQ0Ka2psp0_w_id8VnzG0mFkNib1ro2DMjGQ-kur0liidlVo2DFyT12Ob_mks4a2VH_FfbrpAM__hdf9bDnuVrMbXra7TzpOQ/s2048/20210118_210922%257E2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacJ3m1chr65dzJ5FIQWiu35Lyo6NhRNoxXlC6UAt0JmBQ0Ka2psp0_w_id8VnzG0mFkNib1ro2DMjGQ-kur0liidlVo2DFyT12Ob_mks4a2VH_FfbrpAM__hdf9bDnuVrMbXra7TzpOQ/s320/20210118_210922%257E2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Managed to get the sand down on the last 2 bases so they are slowly slipping closer to completion.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfmJj65oNZliIC9CJmuxKtw7O4QZuoL7_hyphenhyphenqnyuhYMR2nJhpilxxU0GBQTaBJ3XGpGzKnmL3tZjqhhne6F57MBIBSvmurrqlz-3SACoD6VuzWgUlYCbujz7SpTddBgP1kj5ijn0DIV_YA/s1762/20210118_210937%257E2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="1762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfmJj65oNZliIC9CJmuxKtw7O4QZuoL7_hyphenhyphenqnyuhYMR2nJhpilxxU0GBQTaBJ3XGpGzKnmL3tZjqhhne6F57MBIBSvmurrqlz-3SACoD6VuzWgUlYCbujz7SpTddBgP1kj5ijn0DIV_YA/s320/20210118_210937%257E2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Be nice to have some more troops ticked off the work bench.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYL_WSDdLKZdRMYhzqjECzIl0T3n6bJUtqLMz2XolNM6cNV2zTH6VHU1M3AMKFiMouQoQLlsOTly-VoTXu3BAVI9M8xZZestQU1dEN86qchg6jcU39QPkDKvANVjj32RZXehd6jsLz0tI/s2048/20210118_211205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYL_WSDdLKZdRMYhzqjECzIl0T3n6bJUtqLMz2XolNM6cNV2zTH6VHU1M3AMKFiMouQoQLlsOTly-VoTXu3BAVI9M8xZZestQU1dEN86qchg6jcU39QPkDKvANVjj32RZXehd6jsLz0tI/s320/20210118_211205.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Hope everyone is well, happy modelling and wargaming!!!</p>Paulalbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03482911273863430204noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079714099175013853.post-5524059662961247412021-01-17T10:25:00.003-08:002021-01-18T13:31:36.426-08:00More preparation work<p style="text-align: center;">I've managed to clean up 3 Prussian landwehr battalions from Old Glory (original OG not blue moon). They will be Pomeranians with white collars.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOgfaZozSSHnS6cGYiOXdSx9lmRNoOPJ-SYJIYQ0vmlDeA1cMOGIA3Icv3W6GhJ6BhevThHWnHMOgLPpGJUsuHG7ympdCjG6DW3jGg_KEBRxwOL79NqM-9ycPGGGifqQxOnpqO9atBbx0/s2048/20210116_182321%257E2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1203" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOgfaZozSSHnS6cGYiOXdSx9lmRNoOPJ-SYJIYQ0vmlDeA1cMOGIA3Icv3W6GhJ6BhevThHWnHMOgLPpGJUsuHG7ympdCjG6DW3jGg_KEBRxwOL79NqM-9ycPGGGifqQxOnpqO9atBbx0/s320/20210116_182321%257E2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Love these little figures, I've added variety with these guys as there are a number in each battalion that started life with a tall shako (probably seen mostly in the Waterloo campaign on landwehr figures?)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFjJ-s756n5yr69aU3IQzpv0CCZkeB1VqO6xdkIECcuNZ_ZYrWjVZAAsySaR_ME-f3VmcLNwSwo55qFa-6ejTT2uSmREkt35SA7gW9_jh6O15zsKXqFNAH2ursZhDsZOzLAazdCsIf3Q/s1815/20210117_174929%257E2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1643" data-original-width="1815" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFjJ-s756n5yr69aU3IQzpv0CCZkeB1VqO6xdkIECcuNZ_ZYrWjVZAAsySaR_ME-f3VmcLNwSwo55qFa-6ejTT2uSmREkt35SA7gW9_jh6O15zsKXqFNAH2ursZhDsZOzLAazdCsIf3Q/s320/20210117_174929%257E2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> I've clipped off the shako tops and added flat cap covers with pro create.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeH4gtQ0Haviq4-xtgr3eFmJvR1AgAoKgZPfVj-NQbA39TcVsmMWIa5TvJEboPU2BuHoKKmp2_N60SPfLIuloVJcF25Mx4g8i3e0jmN_NS39yRSaguXYC_K_UKj1KrLZm6kA97MdEp60k/s1693/20210117_170733%257E2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1576" data-original-width="1693" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeH4gtQ0Haviq4-xtgr3eFmJvR1AgAoKgZPfVj-NQbA39TcVsmMWIa5TvJEboPU2BuHoKKmp2_N60SPfLIuloVJcF25Mx4g8i3e0jmN_NS39yRSaguXYC_K_UKj1KrLZm6kA97MdEp60k/s320/20210117_170733%257E2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Not sure when I'll get the chance to paint them but they are pretty much ready to roll.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3sD28i66jteWUjiRbC_emkUym6qOiHVeRwgPlAwlrJTb3KSLlig0Xa827OccONSnMv0dGtrD3CJR5N27vHkp-S0Ft87bkbwcoYErFJFULfb9fG5SKDhIKImlshu-W4D1f4OPEiO9gQII/s2048/20210117_123957%257E2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3sD28i66jteWUjiRbC_emkUym6qOiHVeRwgPlAwlrJTb3KSLlig0Xa827OccONSnMv0dGtrD3CJR5N27vHkp-S0Ft87bkbwcoYErFJFULfb9fG5SKDhIKImlshu-W4D1f4OPEiO9gQII/s320/20210117_123957%257E2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Happy wargaming and modelling!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Paulalbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03482911273863430204noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079714099175013853.post-71698698135309755892021-01-15T12:52:00.005-08:002021-01-15T12:53:14.586-08:00Looking to the Future<p style="text-align: center;">In the background of my hobby life I've been quietly cleaning up my pretty large unpainted figure mountain. Every odd half hour I've picked up scalpel and files and progress has been good.</p><p style="text-align: center;">So far I've managed to clean up and glue 2 regiments of Prussian hussars. A mix of figures purchased from a friend undercoated and from Fighting 15s.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0U7-pz3SajlgUgEPbt7ZbWjXaBQEWgAcUnKNGV2bPzeiAtRz7_k2-I8BVb7aeDDQPIDwcvcWIBmD7R580WBozpRfvLnSGJ3vx6LfzWoz3lFk4oJO_TsT9AKMFBGFmG4BgpDNTDOJygAY/s1444/FB_IMG_1610742960256.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="1444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0U7-pz3SajlgUgEPbt7ZbWjXaBQEWgAcUnKNGV2bPzeiAtRz7_k2-I8BVb7aeDDQPIDwcvcWIBmD7R580WBozpRfvLnSGJ3vx6LfzWoz3lFk4oJO_TsT9AKMFBGFmG4BgpDNTDOJygAY/s320/FB_IMG_1610742960256.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">These will be Silesian in brown with yellow braid and green with yellow braid as I already have the Leib hussars plus brandenburg hussars painted up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8iisQNiJXNdTWkhkxjfOFSSAMwDgtXphFf8Z1a5KIr38-M9wD73cBX4KIbsEdfnljVHa1hjusBu_-qmg-MVe2l_2VF75krYi6rqvDfiwhmH2-GyGFUYJB57ye1HJUD-GdNBgV_tlLnmw/s2619/20210115_153739.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1201" data-original-width="2619" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8iisQNiJXNdTWkhkxjfOFSSAMwDgtXphFf8Z1a5KIr38-M9wD73cBX4KIbsEdfnljVHa1hjusBu_-qmg-MVe2l_2VF75krYi6rqvDfiwhmH2-GyGFUYJB57ye1HJUD-GdNBgV_tlLnmw/s320/20210115_153739.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">I have always loved these charging hussars as they remind me of the many illustrations of the 1813 period hussars (as well as the Elite 28mm hussar I once owned). The figures took a bit of time to clean up especially the horses that had a number of lumps between the rear legs.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll not jump straight onto them after the artillery as I have some panzers id like to put to bed but I'm looking forward to doing them as I've not painted horses in a while.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Happy modelling and wargaming!</p>Paulalbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03482911273863430204noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079714099175013853.post-88224321425084080072021-01-14T18:08:00.002-08:002021-01-14T18:09:54.621-08:00Prussian Artillery WIP 14.1.21<p style="text-align: center;">There is a chance I may bore the hell out of everyone with my constant posts of Prussian foot artillery by the time this lot are done.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_VR5T69EKedoSk_W_986_7bgqs_cCR9xv1RNM5Nv1ecq4V9chlT59_d9N-TE0PXeraEIGYLNXtXa5RfvsiZ8UufjiqfSH_kaMf8sjq1cvlPHliAHf5pnCZhUG3lpOq3qp9LUcpTuvJ8/s2048/20210115_002546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1191" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_VR5T69EKedoSk_W_986_7bgqs_cCR9xv1RNM5Nv1ecq4V9chlT59_d9N-TE0PXeraEIGYLNXtXa5RfvsiZ8UufjiqfSH_kaMf8sjq1cvlPHliAHf5pnCZhUG3lpOq3qp9LUcpTuvJ8/s320/20210115_002546.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">I'm afraid it's just my way of keeping tabs on my progress and these are a good few hours away from being completed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvEjfabt7B_69vF-TsRZAdkjRt6ebnyNi4INTzxg6gNaq2FWPSOqTTLfE6BQm3WOgTTOPTqUXOeA5Wnw-uSYM9sI79ZzPtVpkJg8cH62MOxQe1aOxf_RimAGIZdZfJzSlak7UnHr2dCPY/s2048/20210115_003330%257E2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvEjfabt7B_69vF-TsRZAdkjRt6ebnyNi4INTzxg6gNaq2FWPSOqTTLfE6BQm3WOgTTOPTqUXOeA5Wnw-uSYM9sI79ZzPtVpkJg8cH62MOxQe1aOxf_RimAGIZdZfJzSlak7UnHr2dCPY/s320/20210115_003330%257E2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">I managed to finished off my 4 big guns, got varnish on the centre section plus barrels of my 2nd set so just the wheels to complete them, set 3 are still in base coat only.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDpLLCEof3jwOcSmRBX08J0vesvUiDoEyIimZ7ebzaEnNxm-8rafvYhTPqyN4Bp7FB8fdbiC0IyUxZLoi21VsJ3POkwf-IC_vokNaYZ7WHvBpzi8t3OzlMqqd2ki9Qjx2k34saNW7jzc/s1524/20210114_161547%257E2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1178" data-original-width="1524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDpLLCEof3jwOcSmRBX08J0vesvUiDoEyIimZ7ebzaEnNxm-8rafvYhTPqyN4Bp7FB8fdbiC0IyUxZLoi21VsJ3POkwf-IC_vokNaYZ7WHvBpzi8t3OzlMqqd2ki9Qjx2k34saNW7jzc/s320/20210114_161547%257E2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">It is, what it is, after the crew figures, guns are a wee but monotonous, however I'm still enjoying them.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSgvyO_7jk0i71UbksesXJkjlLnxiz5ImI3dZzAvvgDbbXe_WIvu-wP9UKytdpNQnbE5Cg9bkoMlvFYmLaifDfGHTZjtFvM9ETRQenUAvKx9mizWzfSkaaAs1sKRaA7L2c6npQtuJ_7Y/s1320/20210114_161612%257E3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I lost access to my blog many moons ago when I switched over from my old yahoo mail account after a few friends said they had, had funny emails from my account (I hadn't sent them), it was around the time yahoo was hacked.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It coincided with me falling out of love with blogging as my wife and I had moved over to Samsung phones and tablet and for some reason the software to create/edit posts was sticky in them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A friend mentioned my old blog recently and it after having a look I tried to figure out a way around things.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BXPNvPAko1s6GwDUHLPPrMV4IgFkHXMkXENf8KSqW6SA7P-kMnhhY-IjMlAZlGDz9Gqhj7aozSIng4hZPo6vQlG4ey-zfkzcM9qt47-bozDs_jHe_M5rwJSsNqLJftEUedE4ifuOPqE/s960/FB_IMG_1610627719668.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BXPNvPAko1s6GwDUHLPPrMV4IgFkHXMkXENf8KSqW6SA7P-kMnhhY-IjMlAZlGDz9Gqhj7aozSIng4hZPo6vQlG4ey-zfkzcM9qt47-bozDs_jHe_M5rwJSsNqLJftEUedE4ifuOPqE/s320/FB_IMG_1610627719668.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hopefully I've been successful in changing over the email account attached and the email address that receives notifications. 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I was incredibly lucky to have had the chance to travel to 1 of our Napoleonic bucket list battlefields this month. With 3 other Napoleonic daft chaps we made the pilgrimage to Waterloo for the 203 anniversary!</div>
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It was an awesome trip and will remain in my memory for the rest of my life!!!</div>
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A really cool and funny thing. We were doing a staged closing of the gate pic. We had just finished and had started walking away when I thought I heard a knock on the gate, we looked over the wall and standing before us was a good number of French Napoleonic re-enactors in full gear looking to gain entry to hougoumont, class!!!</div>
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I'm gonna try and reignite my blog. I met a few people recently who have said they enjoyed seeing my progress on the blog and it's given me a kick to try again. Time has been short all around my life and hobby time has had to be cut back but I still paint when I can.</div>
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So I had this command sitting around and decided to get it going again. Short and sweet as I'm uploading on my phone and I know if I try to add any more pictures blogger will struggle.<br />
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A late addition. These are a start to a fast paint project for a friend in the USA. If your in the Napoleonic Wargamer group you'll know the circumstances. <br />
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I'm struggling to maintain the blog as anyone reading this will have guested. Doing plenty of stuff, mostly WW2 in 20mm, lots and lots of building plus painting. I have recently finish this Battalion. I have a few videos in youtube of what I've been working on if anyone is interested.</div>
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Almost a full month since my last post. I've had a good bit of bother this past couple of months with life not going 100% to plan for myself and people I care about. However that is life and as is expected the hobby side of things has taken a hit not that, that matters so much.<br />
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My biggest lift came from a delivery of ACW 28mm figures from Raven Banner Games in the US. I signed up for their kickstarter (my 1st) mainly for my brother, however as they are lovely figures I've decided I'll be doing a few regiments myself. The Kickstarter I'm pleased to say went really smooth and I purchased around 10 regiments worth as well as upper command sets and I'm really chuffed with my purchase.</div>
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The troops as you can see are all in greatcoats and I am amazed by the amount of poses that are supplied. There are 10 regular trooper poses that are joined by officers, flag men, musicians as well as enthusiastic types.</div>
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I finished them off with a kinda autumn/winter look and GMB flags and I'm pretty happy how they came out.</div>
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I also recently finished General Thomas Francis Meagher leader of the Irish brigade. Lovely figure!</div>
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Paulalbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03482911273863430204noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079714099175013853.post-15620989458955463112017-07-25T03:06:00.003-07:002017-07-25T03:06:55.401-07:00Saxon Guard Project 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sorry for the lack of posts, I've been having work done around the house, a new tiled roof and boiler fitted. Unfortunately it didn't all go smoothly so the hobbying side of life slowed down a good bit.</div>
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Thankfully fingers crossed I can now get back to life and painting. I've been working on the Saxon Guard battalion I converted and I'm at the half way point.</div>
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These guys are for 1813, there is some debate around what headgear they wore in battle. I've gone with bearskins, it would have been far easier with shakos however I took Kawe of Westfakia Miniatures advice and went with the head swaps.</div>
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So 16 down, 16 to go. They have been a lot of fun so far. The pics aren't great as I did them with my samsung phone and the quality is far to good. Makes the finish look very rough.</div>
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Ok I hope everyone is enjoying our hobby and pushing on with their projects. Happy wargaming!!!</div>
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Paulalbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03482911273863430204noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079714099175013853.post-27216306904620002442017-06-17T16:54:00.000-07:002017-06-17T16:56:31.840-07:00Prinz Clemens 2nd Battalion <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So I have at long last finished another Saxon battalion. This is the 2nd battalion of the Prinz Clemens regiment. I believe the 1st Saxon battalion I painted was the 1st battalion of this regiment so that's the regiment completed.</div>
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A wee video on the finished bits and what else I have on the go.<br />
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I've added in an NCO to the battalion converted from the newer AB French set. He's a fair bit bigger than the older Saxon range however he still fits in pretty well.</div>
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I also added in a converted officer in the blue/grey uniform that was apparently frequently used on campaign. I started off a bit too warm on it and I'm not 100% happy how he turned out, however within the battalion he'll mingle and do fine. </div>
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What next? Well I've cleaned up another Saxon battalion and I'm painting some Saxon skirmishers and an ADC that I've converted. </div>
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Paulalbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03482911273863430204noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079714099175013853.post-27018970132712998062017-06-10T05:12:00.002-07:002017-06-10T05:12:51.519-07:00Saxon Commands 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well I should really be posting pics of a completed Saxon battalion however I caught the bug to push on with some Saxon command types to lead the troops.<br />
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Not so long ago I spotted on a youtube channel that Peter at Calpe had released 28mm upper command troops for his Saxon 1813 range and I also heard mentioned that there was a Peter Bunde colour plate to go along with them.</div>
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The finished figures are not 100% perfect in uniform but close enough for me and they are not all exact brigade commanders but officers that I thought would be kicking around the brigade and divisional command groups. <i>The calpe commands are aimed at 1813 when the rank of the commanding officers was apparently a lot lower after the incredible loss of life in 1812.</i></div>
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This dude is an inspector of reviews next to a mounted officer of the Niesemeuchel regiment. He has the silver/white metal buttons and fittings of that rank. </div>
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This grand chap is obviously a mounted Saxon guard officer with a converted AB French officer turned into an officer of the Saxon royal general staff.</div>
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I'm very happy how these guys came out, the head swaps look pretty good especially as some of the bodies were quite large so finding a head to match wasn't so easy. I was interested to see that in 1812-13 the Saxon upper command were wearing the bicorne shoulder to shoulder. I had assumed that this was the pre 1810 style as there are a number of colour plates showing it worn in the later french fashion of front to back? I did converted a brigade command a number of years ago in that style.<br />
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Paulalbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03482911273863430204noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079714099175013853.post-34799431330292023142017-05-30T02:26:00.001-07:002017-05-30T02:26:18.148-07:00Saxon Progress<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I've been pushing on with my Prussians and Saxons lately mostly with conversions however I've still been painting a good bit too in my spare time.</div>
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So this is the 2nd battalion of my Prinz Clemens regiment for 1812-13. This battalion finishes off the regiment.</div>
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This is my least favourite pose with what seems to be a head swap of a french man onto a Saxon body. The collar/neck on these guys isnt to pretty and needed a wee tidy up. I decided to jazz them up with some fancy trousers.</div>
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And 1 final little Saxon side project I've been working on is converting various figures to Saxon upper command for 1812-13. I picked up the 28mm Calpe figures and Peter Bunde plate and have been trying to match them as best I can. This is the 1st of them, he's my colour test for the blue, the rest are primed and ready to go.</div>
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Paulalbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03482911273863430204noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079714099175013853.post-42472481146811766402017-05-04T03:54:00.001-07:002017-05-04T04:00:02.298-07:00Prussian Reserve Battalion <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well I'm happy to say I managed to get another battalion finished off for my Prussian army. This time a reserve battalion.<br />
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This is the 3rd battalion for my 6th Prussian reserve regiment. All the figures are Old Glory (old OG) and were great fun to paint. I have had this battalion sitting about for years so it's a wee bit more of a buzz to see them ticked off. </div>
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I have mixed in the regular Old Glory Prussian infantry as a few NCO's, officers and musicians giving the battalion a good variety of poses. This battalion finishes off the 3 battalions of my 6th regiment. 2 West Prussian and 1 Silesian battalion.</div>
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Paulalbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03482911273863430204noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079714099175013853.post-16423576766239056642017-04-30T14:07:00.001-07:002017-04-30T17:26:56.709-07:00Prussian Heavy Limbers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sorry for my lack of activity around the blogging world. I've kept myself busy painting my toys. Had a wee break from Napoleonics and did a number of 28mm War of the Roses figures from front rank, excellent figures and loads of fun. However I'm back to Napoleonics and I've finished a few bits for my Prussian army. </div>
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1st items I've finished are a couple of AB foot artillery limbers and guns. I've now complete 4 of the 6 AB and Bluemoon artillery vehicles I started.</div>
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Goes without saying how lovely the AB Prussian artillery drivers, limber and guns are. Lots of detail to paint and very enjoyable.</div>
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I messed up when purchasing my Prussian limbers long ago, only buying heavy limbers (4) and no regular limbers 😊 however I'm not gonna order anymore, I don't think anyone would really notice or care if I have heavy limbers towing medium guns. Anyhow I'll continue to plug on with the collection. I have 2 Prussian caissons to finish off that are already based up and 50% painted and I've also completed a reserve battalion that I'll share soon.</div>
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I've also started a new Saxon battalion. A bit of a nightmare to clean up so I broke from my usual habit of cleaning and priming everything before starting painting proper and just got around half cleaned up before I cracked on. 8 down 24 to go.<br />
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Paulalbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03482911273863430204noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079714099175013853.post-50594839500418770202017-03-10T15:04:00.003-08:002017-03-10T15:10:47.953-08:00Silesian Grenadiers Finished<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Another quick post, with the Falkirk lads hoping to put on another refight of Waterloo this year I used the excitement to push on with a number of almost completed Prussian items that I've had sitting around (even if some in reality were not present at Waterloo, I hoped they could maybe slip in as substitutes in some form or another).</div>
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1st I managed to finish off a Silesian grenadier battalion that ground to a halt sometime last year. A bit of fatigue set in after painting a few Prussian items in a row.</div>
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Finishing this grenadier battalion ties up the 1st and 2nd silesian regiments together for me with only volunteer jager and maybe a third rank group of skirmishers to be added. </div>
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I completed my 2nd silesian regiment with Minifigs 2nd generation figures many moons ago and the 1st regiment with AB figures so it's good to get the grenadiers ticked off as well.</div>
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This wee guy is probably my favourite as the horse came out nice. The Vallejo hull red and Cavalry brown combine well to make horse colours straight forward. Made this 1 a bay, at least I think that's what it is. 😆</div>
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I've also been working on Yorck plus a Blucher for 1813 and another couple of commands. However I just recently got the message that the Waterloo game may not actually go ahead so I've slipped off the Prussian wave again. </div>
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Paulalbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03482911273863430204noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079714099175013853.post-36848809775042661902017-03-07T01:40:00.000-08:002017-03-10T11:39:03.425-08:00Silesian 4th and 6th landwehr<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sorry for the lack of updates, seems to be the common line at the top of each new post and this 1 is no different.<br />
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I finally managed to get the 3rd and 4th battalions finished for the 4th Silesian landwehr regiment. </div>
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They are a mix of landwehr and reserves figures from AB. I got the idea while reading Dr Stephen Summerfield book on landwehr. The 4th seemed to have moved over to a short coat in 1815. Just to give variation in the sea of traffic wardens I thought it would be a good idea to mix the reserve troops through as a transition in clothing, something like that.</div>
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The figures were ordered from fighting 15's a good while ago. The reserve figures I have to say were disappointing. On a few of the poses there were flaws at the point the bayonets met the musket or on the inner bayonet. Also some of the legs were very fragile at the knees plus the odd problem with faces. Thankfully I was able to hand around 40 in all to Ian of fighting 15's at Falkirk so he could see the specific poses himself. Also some of the landwehr figures seemed to have excess metal on the left of their faces, I tried to make this into a bandage where possible. I'm sure the moulds have been sorted out now that the problem was pointed out. It was reassuring to hear from Ian of fighting 15's that he appreciates people making him aware of any problems so they can be fixed and as he said, at the price the customer should get them in perfect condition. Also saved me sending them back in the post. In the past I have usually just given any problem figures to buddies who don't mind miscast figures or broken bayonets before painting.</div>
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So that's the 4th and 6th Silesian regiments of landwehr finished for my katzbach order of battle and I'm Glad to have them done!</div>
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I've been feeling recently that I'm drifting away from blogging, it's not that I don't really enjoy reading posts, there are thousands I want to read and that's the problem. I find it hard to keep track. I can't paint while reading or typing and it's just so much easier to listen while cleaning up troops or basing than searching online. I find it increasingly difficult to force myself to put a blog post together compared to shooting a quick video. I'll keep posting and hopefully the blogger app will be improved for Ipad? </div>
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Paulalbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03482911273863430204noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079714099175013853.post-28606456583047025922017-02-13T02:29:00.001-08:002017-02-13T02:29:30.332-08:00French Artillery<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm still a bit slow on my updates although I'm busy painting away. I have completed a couple of no frills French artillery batteries.</div>
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They were repainted from figures I'd picked up over the years. Pretty much total repaints to be honest.</div>
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I used Andrea paints for the blues and they worked really well. I describe them in the wee video I did. I left out a highlight on the guard horse artillery to see how much of a difference it made and in 18mm not much.</div>
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Just a little flirtation with my French army as I've moved back to Prussians. The Falkirk lads are planning on Waterloo again this year so I'm using the event as motivation. </div>
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Still pretty happy with these wee guys. The braid came out fine and the overall effect on the base looks cool with flowers etc.</div>
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Paulalbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03482911273863430204noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079714099175013853.post-73225507927108852772017-01-28T03:06:00.002-08:002017-01-28T03:15:50.062-08:00Saxon Raabe M1810 Artillery<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Can't believe this is my 1st post of the New Year. A belated happy new year to everyone!!!<br />
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I've been busy painting and I'm very happy to say I managed to get a long neglected project finished.<br />
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I can't remember how long ago it was when I had the idea of converting my own Saxon guns? Well, I'm glad to say I finally got the buggers done!!!</div>
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I used the AB French artillery in bardin uniform with conversions to the Shakos to give a more Saxon look. Not perfect but they will do me fine.<br />
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Bases are finished in my usual fashion with tufts and flowers as if they have just set up.<br />
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Wee close up of the Saxon badge, I also added a few shako covers. The uniforms were done with Andrea miniatures greens and I've explained the process on the video above.<br />
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Did a good bit of converting on the guns, not something I'd like to do again but it was fun and didn't take to long when I got into the swing. The guns were from the AB French gun range.<br />
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I had planned on an ochre/ochre brown finish to the metalwork however Kawe of Westfalia Miniatures assured me the colour would have been a bright yellow similar to the museum pieces so I went for that, they look fine. </div>
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Really glad to have them finished and a massive thanks to Dr Stephen Summerfield and Kawe for creating my interest in Saxons of the Napoleonic period!!! Stephens book on Saxon artillery and the Westfalia figure range have inspired my small but growing Saxon army and they have also been very kind in answering my many daft question and constantly keep me motivated in Napoleonics 🤗<br />
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I have also completed a couple of French artillery batteries so I'll post some pics soon plus I've started converting my Saxon Grenadiers of the Guard for 1813.<br />
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Paulalbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03482911273863430204noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079714099175013853.post-45034688491369539572016-12-21T09:34:00.003-08:002016-12-21T09:36:09.156-08:00French Line Battalions : No Frills<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Recently I started a little project to get some battalions added to my collection quickly. Over the years while adding to my lead mountain I've picked up a lot of loose part painted figures from friends and fellow gamers who have for whatever reason decided not to continue with their 15mm Naps. Previousl I would trade them away for unpainted lead, however I have now decided to speed paint them up and force them into my own armies. </div>
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1st up are 2 battalions of French in advancing poses. They have been cleaned up with scalpel and files to the best I could manage and have been given a no frills paint job.<br />
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As the troops are from different collections they were pretty much repainted so they matched each other and my own collection. I have dropped a few highlights and no buttons were painted but despite the short cuts they have come out pretty nice and on the table who will notice?</div>
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I threw a few casualties into the mix to give them a hard fighting look. And plenty of overalls plus ticking material was blocked in.</div>
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So not the cleanest looking battalions but I'm chuffed they are ticked off my "to do" list!!!</div>
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This may well be my last post of 2016. I hope you are all enjoying our hobby and thanks to everyone who has dropped by to have a look or left a comment!!<br />
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Paulalbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03482911273863430204noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079714099175013853.post-82341408334389479502016-11-30T05:49:00.001-08:002016-11-30T05:49:45.733-08:00Borodino : Falkirk Wargames Club<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In November the lads from the Falkirk Wargames Club put on a 3 day re-fight of the Battle of Borodino. I couldn't get the time off work for the whole weekend however I did manage to get over to Al's to see the set up.</div>
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I've put together a wee video and a few pics below. 15mm figures using General de Brigade rules.</div>
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This was a spectacular looking table with the company of like minded Napoleonic enthusiasts, I am gutted that I couldn't get the weekend off to take part. Such is life!</div>
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Kutuzov scouting out the enemy positions.</div>
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That's my post for today, short and sweet. The battle was fought to a bloody draw just like the original.</div>
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Paulalbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03482911273863430204noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079714099175013853.post-16556075632177578102016-10-31T16:29:00.000-07:002017-04-24T17:04:59.953-07:00Saxon Von Polenz<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sorry for the lack of updates, I kinda lost the passion for blogging as I don't really have the time to type posts as well as paint so the posts has given way a bit. I do try to keep up with everyone's blogs but I miss a lot. It's maybe also the success of blogs as there are so many excellent blogs to keep track of now. </div>
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I did manage to get a unit finished recently, my Saxon von Polenz cavalry regiment that I started a good while ago and have stop started a few times. I have lost the love for them a few times which is unfortunate as it's not a difficult uniform to paint. </div>
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The figures are from AB and are lovely however I have to say were a real challenge to clean and continued to be.</div>
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However they are done now and look good based up. </div>
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The von Polenz regiment is a very pretty 1, along the lines of the fancy pants French with the wolves teeth saddle of early Prussians or Russians. Very colourfully yet simple at the same time. </div>
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This will be 1 of 3 Saxon light cavalry regiments I'll be doing. the hussars will be next although again looking at the figures I'm put off by the amount of clean up needed around the legs and saddle.</div>
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I've been considering dropping some detail work on my painting as on the tabletop it just isn't seen. I'll be having a good think about it as I would like to add a lot more painted figures to my collection over the years.</div>
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Anyway that's them done, another 1 ticked off and I'm pleased how they came out in the end.</div>
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Paulalbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03482911273863430204noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079714099175013853.post-4457933205682636092016-09-28T16:43:00.000-07:002016-09-28T16:46:40.796-07:00Prussian Powder Wagon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Following on from my Prussian horse artillery caisson I've managed to get another of my Prussian vehicles finished. This time a powder wagon.</div>
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As usual I've made a wee video of the finished vehicle on YouTube if anyone is interested.<br />
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I spotted on the Perry Miniatures website a lovely painted model of a Prussian powder wagon so I decided to try and capture a little bit of its flavour.</div>
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The vehicle itself is again a really lovely model produced by bluemoon. I added the T bar at the front from a warbases vehicle and it fits very well. The drivers again are from AB and as usual are excellent.</div>
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Obviously being Prussian the text on the wagon is in German so if you spot an error please let me know!<br />
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I added a little step onto the vehicle by drilling and threading a little bit of plasticard. I am not 100% sure on this however the position of the little overhang shouts out for a step to me.<br />
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This time I went for the regular train driver uniform although it's a tricky 1 to nail down exactly. From what I've read, been told and seen it was a straight forward dark blue coat with mid to light blue collar with white metal buttons.<br />
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They appear to have worn the regular reinforced overall and I went for a red lining like the artillery drivers. Again they appear to have carried a cavalry style sabre on black beltwork.<br />
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I am still very much enjoying bring the little bluemoon vehicles to life, however I may take a break to get some more troops finished off.<br />
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Mai and I have a little getaway planned so I'll probably not get much progress done for a bit.<br />
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