Monday, 9 May 2016

Prussian Grenadier WIP1

If you have seen any of my recent posts you may have spotted that I'm taking part in a painting challenge. I'm chuffed to say I've been making good progress on the figures I have been working on. In the last post I showed a Silesian landwehr battalion plus some skirmishers I managed to complete and through the end of the month I managed to catch up with an East Prussian grenadier battalion that I had started a good while back so now I'm onto Silesian grenadiers.


I am continuing to make youtube vids as a record of my progress through the MMM challenge as it only takes a few minutes.

So this is my progress so far, East Prussians need a little work on some of the figures plus the bases need completed, I have made a steady start on the Silesians and since this picture I have now pretty much completed half of the battalion. A little work is still needed on the Crazy Platen command base then it will be ticked off however for the moment I'm concentrating on getting the troops painted and I'll do all the basing together at the end of the month (famous last words!)

My pictures aren't great with the dark shades however you can get an idea of how they are coming together.

I have been messing about with the highlights of the blues and still need to give the figures a couple of matt varnish coats.

Thanks a million to the guys over on the MMM group, the chats have been a great help in keeping my focus especially when I've been knackered after work. Also we attended the Falkirk Wargames Club show on 7th May, Carronade. It was a great show with plenty of traders and games on show and I'll post up a wee vid plus pics soon.

Hope everyone is enjoying the good weather yet still getting some painting and gaming in
Happy Wargaming!!! 
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24 comments:

  1. peter9 May 2016 at 10:34

    Your pictures are good enough! I see some fantastic painted Prussians! The blue of the uniforms is just dark enough!

    Greetings
    Peter

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    1. Paulalba9 May 2016 at 17:04

      Thanks very much peter, I do want to keep the blue almost black but also want to add highlights.

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  2. GaryA9 May 2016 at 10:45

    Great work as usual mate. The paint and chat system seems to work for quite a few people and it's certainly bringing results from what I see on FB. The videos are useful too. Keep'em coming!

    ;O)

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    1. Paulalba9 May 2016 at 17:03

      Great to hear from you Gary, yeah they are very helpful, most helpful when your cleaning the figures up or blocking in the base colours. When your knackered and don't want to do anything you get carried away with the chatting and before you know it you've cleared a whole lot of kit and a couple of hours have passed.

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  3. Ray Rousell9 May 2016 at 10:53

    Looking mighty fine Paul!

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    1. Paulalba9 May 2016 at 16:59

      Thanks very much Raymondo, been hoping that 1 or 2 of you Rejects might pop into MMM for a blether!

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    2. Paulalba9 May 2016 at 17:00

      Loads of questions to ask you about yer armies and games.

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  4. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)9 May 2016 at 10:57

    Those look great Paul!

    Christopher

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    1. Paulalba9 May 2016 at 16:58

      Thanks vermiculite Christopher, hopefully get some better pics when the my are based up

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  5. Furphy9 May 2016 at 11:46

    Great work Paul as always top stuff .
    Regards Gav .

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    1. Paulalba9 May 2016 at 16:57

      Thanks very much Gav, very, very,very dark blue.
      Awe ra best
      Paul

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  6. Rulane10@gmail.com9 May 2016 at 14:29

    Superb as always. Crazy Platen really coming to life and I've always loved your brown for the leather shoulder roll cover. Did grenadiers have fifers?

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    1. Paulalba9 May 2016 at 16:56

      Thanks Ru, I maybe make the leather work s little light but with the uniforms so dark I think it's ok. On fifer in the grenadiers, I'm just guessing, why, what do you know? Give me your information!!! Lol I've no idea, I just assumed they would have them.

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    2. Rulane10@gmail.com10 May 2016 at 10:51

      Good thing you made me check! I had assumed fifers would be a fusilier/jäger thing with bugles, but it seems that grenadiers had drummers & fifers, fusiliers drummers & buglers and musketeers drummers & oboeists...at least in 1806...according to this tremendous website: http://www.napolun.com/mirror/web2.airmail.net/napoleon/Prussian_infantry.htm

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    3. Paulalba10 May 2016 at 15:04

      I see where your coming from now Ru! Hadn't considered only the grenadiers having fife and drum, I Have add them to musketeers and grenadiers and the fusiliers get horn and drum.

      I'll check the site out Ru.

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  7. Carlo9 May 2016 at 22:09

    Looking very good once again Paul - lovely work on those beautiful AB figures.

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    1. Paulalba10 May 2016 at 03:26

      Thanks very much Carlo, not as exciting as colourful French or Saxons but I do enjoy them.

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  8. Samuli10 May 2016 at 02:24

    Looking good Paul! Can't wait to see the units finished up!

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    1. Paulalba10 May 2016 at 03:30

      Thanks very much Samuli will be finished this month then I'll be jumping to something else. Maybe Saxons or 28's

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  9. Stephen Smith10 May 2016 at 02:34

    Great stuff Paul the unit is nicely coming together keep up the top work mate

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    1. Paulalba10 May 2016 at 03:31

      Thanks very much Stephen, plodding along nicely!

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  10. The Angry Lurker10 May 2016 at 13:21

    Excellent progress Paul!

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    1. Paulalba10 May 2016 at 15:01

      Thanks very much Fran, there is 1 of our group giving away khurasan scifi troops for free, I've tagged Ray as he's in the MMM group as I think they are the same figures you use for your scifi? Can you tell him to take a look for you as I couldn't find you on Facebook anymore. It's just a little experiment about passing on troops we won't use and have had lying around our stash.

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  11. Ben Fiene (Ansbachdragoner)22 May 2016 at 06:23

    They look great mate. That blue looks spot on.

    Ben

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