Thursday, 5 March 2015

Prussian WIP 5/3/15

A few Prussians that are showing a good bit of progress.

Von Lutzow freicorp fusilier battalion are on their bases with sand applied.

However after the recent game of plancenoit I vowed to increase my landwehr in my army. 4th battalion of 6th Silesian landwehr 6 figures shy of completion!

I'm taking a break as I maxed out on them over a 1-2 week period. I plan to have the brigade finished by the end of March, I've cleaned up most of the other battalion and have a few ready to paint.

Also a wee bit of conversion fun, I switched the heads of the 2 AB prussian ADC and it worked pretty well, creating an infantry ADC or staff officer full dress and a hussar Officer with bicorne.

The other command is only one conversion, a Shako head added instead of cap as I already had the figure used in cap and the other guy will receive a satchel and become a Feldjaeger officer.

So that's it for the moment

Happy wargaming!

Best Paul 

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32 comments:

  1. Gonsalvo5 March 2015 at 09:52

    Nice work, Paul. Lutzow's is a fun unit to paint for some relief from the Prussian Blue!

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    1. Paulalba5 March 2015 at 14:11

      Thanks Peter, yes they are definitely a nice change. I should apologise for the poor pictures. I took them from my phone.

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  2. Jonathan Freitag5 March 2015 at 09:55

    Masterful work, Paul.

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  3. Ken5 March 2015 at 10:51

    very nice Paul! Good to see the battalions all lines up.

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    1. Paulalba5 March 2015 at 14:14

      Thanks Ken, I think once I get to the end of the landwehr I'll do a prussian parade to see how far on I am?

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  4. Jacko5 March 2015 at 11:15

    Lovely !

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  5. Phil5 March 2015 at 11:31

    Fantastic, just fantastic!

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  6. Stryker5 March 2015 at 13:11

    Wonderful stuff!

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  7. Millsy5 March 2015 at 13:28

    I'm always impressed by the level of character and detail you can pack into a 15mm miniature. Absolutely wonderful.

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    1. Paulalba5 March 2015 at 14:19

      Thanks Millsy,
      I'm really happy how they are coming together now. Glad you like them!

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  8. James MacCraggs5 March 2015 at 14:22

    Looking fantastic, as ever Paul. Need to organise that head swap tutorial we spoke about!

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  9. Carlo5 March 2015 at 15:43

    Every nice Paul. - every time I see your work I yearn for 15 mm again!!

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    1. Paulalba6 March 2015 at 02:06

      Thanks Carlo, I do really enjoy 15's however if I had the money and the space I think I would do 28's. You can see so much more on a figure.

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  10. Chasseur5 March 2015 at 17:26

    Beautiful work, these are just lovely!

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    1. Paulalba6 March 2015 at 02:07

      Thanks chasseur, I wish I could bump out as many troops as you to the quality you get! Your a machine!!!

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  11. John (VonBlucher)5 March 2015 at 18:43

    The Lutzow's are fantastic, and very hard to make black look this good. Exellent job on the conversions. Setting a completion date is wise as it helps you stay motivated.

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    1. Paulalba6 March 2015 at 02:09

      Thanks John, I'll get better pics when they are finished. Yeah I've marked a star on my painting calendar when I want to have both done by. I'll let you know how I get on.

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  12. Rodger6 March 2015 at 01:37

    Awesome work Paul!

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    1. Paulalba6 March 2015 at 02:10

      Thanks Rodger glad you like them buddy!!!

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  13. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)6 March 2015 at 11:36

    Excellent work yet again Paul!

    Christopher

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  14. Rulane10@gmail.com6 March 2015 at 20:12

    You've absolutely nailed the black - can't wait to see the complete unit

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  15. GaryA7 March 2015 at 13:33

    EXCELLENT!

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  16. Tarty8 March 2015 at 17:33

    What figures ( make ) did you use for Lutzow's chaps ? I used Essex for mine but these guys look great.

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    1. Paulalba9 March 2015 at 00:25

      Glad you like th tarty,
      I used the AB landwehr figures with heads swapped. A lot of pain on the figures cutting and drilling the heads and adding backpacks etc but they came out well. You can see the ongoing conversions here:

      http://napoleonicsinminiature.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/von-lutzow-wip-2.html?m=0

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