15mm Prussian 1806 (4)

I thought it was about time I posted some more of Johns excellent early Prussians

 

This time up is Johns complete artillery park with foot and horse artillery as well as ammo supply and limbers.

 

As usual great looking figures and loads of inspiration for anyone wanting to build up an army of 1806 Prussians.
  

I would guess these guys will be the foot artillery with the grey trousers?
 

Interesting to see the old powdered hair style still in use by the Prussians in 1806.
   

Nice work with the traces, very tricky in our scale and yours have worked out a lot better than mine John!
   

And these will be the horse artillery with white strides, boots and fancy feather/plume?.
  

Look forward to seeing more very soon Von Blucher!

15mm Prussian 1806 (3)

In between working on my Saxons I thought it was about time I posted some more pics of Von Blucher (Johns) excellent early Prussian collection.

This time up are the infantry, not sure of the regiments name so hopefully John will fill us in?

   

I have the officer in this set but he is destined to be head swapped into a Bavarians officer at some point.

 

And the lights (jagers?). My brother David and I painted a good few 15mm Minifigs in this uniform basically because we followed the Funcken and thought that the main Prussian troops were in green (seems daft now but we were just starting out and we didn't know anything).
  

The AB early Prussians look the business . . .
    

 . . . and John has done a fine job with them!

I hope everyone is getting back into the swing of painting etc after Christmas and New Year, I'm snowed under at work at the moment and don't get nearly enough time to paint or even look around blogs.Thanks to everone who has followed my we blog and feel free to leave a link to your own in the comments as sometimes when I click on the avatar there is no returning link. All the best!!!

15mm Prussian 1806 (2)

Here are some more of John's excellent early Napoleonic Prussians.
 

I think this will be a command for the lights (or jaegers?).
   

Again John has used my favourite figure from the Jena set.
  

I know I am in the wrong period but for some reason this figure in the centre always reminds me of Fredrick the Great.
   

I wish I had the determination to get so many of my commands finshed for the same army!
  

Some really nice Prussian dragoons.
  

And the Von Beeren cuirassiers.
  

I have been looking for this colour of yellow myself for some time, dark but bright.

Next I will show John's artillery.

15mm Prussian 1806 (1)

A few months back I completed a couple of Napoleonic purchases with 1 of our cousins from the USA (Von Blucher). With us enjoying the same hobby we kept in contact and have shared some very pleasant and helpful correspondence (The internet certainly does shrink the world). Anyway Von Blucher (John) is a brilliant figure painter and has allowed me to post some pictures of his fine work.

     

1st up are some of Von Bluchers command stands.

   

As you will most probably know already if Naps are your thing these figures are from the 1806 AB Prussian range. A range I don't know myself in great detail.

   

This figure is 1 of my favourites, I have him converted to a Bavarian ADC ready to paint so to see how John has tackled him is very helpful.

  

I think John and I have a very similar style for painting uniforms and horses? I am a little lazy on the faces of my figures by just using 1 flesh tone over my black undercoat giving a high contrast. I decided early on with my collection that I just didn't have enough available time to add the extra detail. I very much prefer how John does his!
   

I particularly like John's horses as although we have the same style of painting I have a tendency to go way to dark and subtle with my horses.
  

This horse (and rider) is stunning! I love the shading on the horse.
   

When I see a collection of well painted figures like these I instantly want to go and get my paints out!
 

I'm sure you will have found John's figures as inspiring as I have and I will post more pics soon.