Friday, 29 May 2015

Prussian ADC's

A quick post, here are a couple of Prussian ADC's I converted a wee while back and painted up as part of my Warboss Tae's May Painting Challenge, the final video is below if anyone is interested:


And some pics of the ADC's below if not.

I think this guys my favourite done as an officer of the Brandenburg hussars. Headswapped and neck drilled then pinned with paperclip and superglue with some putty to tidy up. The body fits the head well.

I'm very happy with the painting on this guy. I used the foundry Prussian blue shade and mid tone and a tiny touch of Coat d' Arms horse tone grey into the mid blue gave a lovely highlight.

MiniNatur flowers and turfs for fun.

And this guy was done as an adjutant to the king, can't see his face so well as his head is dipped but I'm chuffed with him to.

Anyway hope everyone is well and hopefully catch up with everyone's posts now that the challenge is over!

Happy war Gaming!!!

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35 comments:

  1. GaryA29 May 2015 at 05:45

    Very nicely done - ADC's and the painting challenge. There just aren't enough Prussian (or Russian) command/staff figures from AB.

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    1. Paulalba30 May 2015 at 16:34

      Thanks Gary, yeah I know, it would be good if there was another AB type company supplying 18mm figures

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  2. WSTKS-FM Worldwide29 May 2015 at 05:57

    These are both lovely figures, both your painting (wonderful blue highlights) and your treatment of the bases.

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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    1. Paulalba30 May 2015 at 16:36

      Thanks stokes I'm gkad you like them. It's taken me long enough to hit a nice highlight for my prussians.

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  3. Phil29 May 2015 at 06:05

    Great paint job as always...and beautiful flowers! Hope blood will not soil such beautiful flowers!

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    1. Paulalba30 May 2015 at 16:37

      Thanks Phil, know the blood usually flows when I'm taking the heads of with the scalpel!

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  4. fireymonkeyboy29 May 2015 at 06:47

    Love that headswap - looks terrific.

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    1. Paulalba30 May 2015 at 16:38

      Cheers FMB, it takes a bit of time but the efforts worth it!

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  5. Phil C29 May 2015 at 06:58

    Gorgeous work Paul!

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    1. Paulalba30 May 2015 at 16:39

      Thanks phil, the challenge was very helpful getting the troops done, I would think your DBA would work well on YouTube!

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  6. Sgt Steiner29 May 2015 at 08:33

    Usual superb standard

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  7. Rulane10@gmail.com29 May 2015 at 11:29

    Awesome. Just awesome. Great head swop (where's the head from?). Any chance of a close up of the Landwehr/NC command stand? Well done

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    1. Paulalba31 May 2015 at 18:08

      Thanks Ru, the heads are a direct swap ADC to ADC. I'll pop a couple of the command salt and when i get a wee bit time.

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  8. Rodger29 May 2015 at 14:07

    Stunning work Paul! Very impressive!

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    1. Paulalba31 May 2015 at 18:09

      Thanks Rodger, really appreciate your encouragement!

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  9. CAP29 May 2015 at 17:02

    ¡Qué maravilla! Hermosas figuras, delicadamente pintadas y escenificadas, felicitaciones. Carlos
    How wonderful! Beautiful figures, delicately painted and staged, congratulations. Carlos

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  10. Gonsalvo29 May 2015 at 18:51

    Two fine looking ADC's; the first especially looks full of swagger!

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    1. Paulalba1 June 2015 at 00:00

      Thanks Peter, the 1st is my personal favourite out of all my commands

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  11. David Cooke30 May 2015 at 02:41


    Such a nice figure!

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  12. Ken30 May 2015 at 04:29

    All these beautifully painted conversions make for a visual feast. I hope your opponents appreciate these figures when on the table. I get the impression folks are too worried about tactics to take notice!

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    1. Paulalba1 June 2015 at 00:03

      Cheers Ken, I'm sure they will while they are shooting lumps out them

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  13. Phil C30 May 2015 at 21:19

    hi Paul, thanks for your suggestion/recommendation - I would love to video tape my DBA armies on YouTube, but I have a lousy camera not really good recording...but I will give it a go! :o)

    cheers,

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    1. Paulalba31 May 2015 at 18:06

      I'm sure loads of people would find your collections interesting. Great modelling wargaming community on YouTube.

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  14. John (VonBlucher)1 June 2015 at 04:26

    Great looking head swaps and a must to do as your Prussian Army gets larger with more command bases to create. I don't even do late war Prussians and yet I recognized both original figures right away, as I've converted the Hussar ADC to an early war version myself.

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    1. Paulalba2 June 2015 at 13:17

      Thanks John, yes it's infortunate, it would be great if AB looked back at the prussians and did a few extra command figures. No chance though. Glad you like them john, hope your doing well!

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  15. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)1 June 2015 at 05:32

    They look great Paul!

    Christopher

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  16. Ben Fiene (Ansbachdragoner)5 June 2015 at 05:44

    Superb work on these Paul, I love the hussar adc conversion.
    Ben

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  17. Craig7 June 2015 at 17:59

    Goodness me Paul! The Lieb hussars are stunning. And the ADCs are absolutely brilliant craftsmanship. You can be suitably chuffed with them.

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    1. Paulalba7 June 2015 at 19:16

      Thanks Craig,
      Yeah I'm happy with them to. Glad you like them! The conversion was actually pretty straight forward. If you would like them yourself pop the figures in the post. Something else you may find interesting:
      http://napoleonicsinminiature.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/landwehr-cavalry-command.html?m=1

      I did the draft a few months back so it didn't jump to the top when I posted it?

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  18. Hugh Evans9 December 2015 at 16:18

    Enjoyed reading your comments about conversion, Paul. Am keen to have a go myself.

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