Hoping to have a game of Black Powder at the club on Wednesday, using my 28mm AWI collection
cheers
Beavering away
November 16th, 2009 Steve Posted in 6mm naps, 6mm naps; waterloo Comments Off
Still here, but busily painting a unit of British napoleonic infantry and photographing each step for an article on the Baccus website.
Hoping to have a game of Black Powder at the club on Wednesday, using my 28mm AWI collection
cheers
Hoping to have a game of Black Powder at the club on Wednesday, using my 28mm AWI collection
cheers
Allied army additions
November 8th, 2009 Steve Posted in 6mm naps, 6mm naps; waterloo Comments Off
Here are the latest additions to the Waterloo project, at long last.
First is Pack's brigade, containing some fine highlanders of the Black Watch, supported by the Royal Scots.
Here is a closer shot, showing my attempts to paint tartan on the kilts.
Second base is one of Hanoverian Landwehr. The flags are somewhat conjectural and/or simplified. The figures are british in stovepipe for the rank-and-file, with british in belgic shako for the officer and standard bearer
here is a shot of the massed ranks from the rear:
The British have been strengthened by adding the Scots Greys. I have attempted to capture the essence of Lady Butler's painting, so they are not as closely ranked as I normally base cavalry. They should stand out on the battlefield.
Here is the player's eye view (i.e.the rear of the unit)
I have also finished off the Dutch Belgian Heavy Cavalry Division with the additon of the Dutch Carabiniers (using SYW Prussian figures):
and from the side to show some extra detail:
Lastly, the Brunswick cavalry brigade - hussars and uhlans. The former are british hussar figures in shako and the latter are austrian uhlan figures:
I'll start the next batch tomorrow! ![]()
First is Pack's brigade, containing some fine highlanders of the Black Watch, supported by the Royal Scots.
Here is a closer shot, showing my attempts to paint tartan on the kilts.
Second base is one of Hanoverian Landwehr. The flags are somewhat conjectural and/or simplified. The figures are british in stovepipe for the rank-and-file, with british in belgic shako for the officer and standard bearer
here is a shot of the massed ranks from the rear:
The British have been strengthened by adding the Scots Greys. I have attempted to capture the essence of Lady Butler's painting, so they are not as closely ranked as I normally base cavalry. They should stand out on the battlefield.
Here is the player's eye view (i.e.the rear of the unit)
I have also finished off the Dutch Belgian Heavy Cavalry Division with the additon of the Dutch Carabiniers (using SYW Prussian figures):
and from the side to show some extra detail:
Lastly, the Brunswick cavalry brigade - hussars and uhlans. The former are british hussar figures in shako and the latter are austrian uhlan figures:
I'll start the next batch tomorrow!cheers
1st British muster
September 3rd, 2009 Steve Posted in 6mm naps, 6mm naps; waterloo Comments Off
The second guards brigade is now finished, so here is a muster of my first four British brigades for Waterloo:
Loads more on the painting table.
cheers
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Loads more on the painting table.cheers
1st British muster
September 3rd, 2009 Steve Posted in 6mm naps, 6mm naps; waterloo Comments Off
The seconf guards brigade is now finished, so here is a muster of my first four British brigades for Waterloo:Loads more on the painting table.
cheers
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Loads more on the painting table.cheers
8th Brigade (Kempt)
August 14th, 2009 Steve Posted in 6mm naps, 6mm naps; waterloo Comments Off
I finished Kempt's brigade the other day. I have represented this with units of the 79th (Cameron Highlanders) and 28th Foot, along with a skirmish line of the 1/95th Rifles. The actual bigade also included a further batallion, but I'd rather not compromise the look of the base by trying to represent every unit in the brigade.
The fence is a Timecast piece, trimmed down.
Next up are the second Guards brigade (Byng's), but at the moment I am rebasing sime Baccus Russians for a fellow gamer at the club who is interested in gaming grand tactical napoleonics too.
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The fence is a Timecast piece, trimmed down.Next up are the second Guards brigade (Byng's), but at the moment I am rebasing sime Baccus Russians for a fellow gamer at the club who is interested in gaming grand tactical napoleonics too.
cheers
Now Maitland, now’s your time!
August 9th, 2009 Steve Posted in 6mm naps, 6mm naps; waterloo Comments Off
Well, that was a fun holiday by the seaside, but now I'm back and have finsihed the basing on Maitland's Guards brigade. I have even added cords to the flagpoles using some fine copper wire:
Here is a shor from the side, showing the troops ranked up:
...and a view from behind, to complete the base.
Finally, here is anpther photo of the 5th brigade, now I have added cords and tidied up the base edge (using GW Dark Flesh).
Cameron highlanders next... ![]()
Here is a shor from the side, showing the troops ranked up:
...and a view from behind, to complete the base.
Finally, here is anpther photo of the 5th brigade, now I have added cords and tidied up the base edge (using GW Dark Flesh).
Cameron highlanders next...
cheers
Second British base…almost
July 31st, 2009 Steve Posted in 6mm naps, 6mm naps; waterloo Comments Off
Quiet week this week and I am on holiday next week, so no picture today.
I have finished painting the figures for the 1st Guards Brigade (Maitland's) for Waterloo and just need to finish the basing. These have apintied up weel and I am getting the "hang" of the figures now I have done a few. The guards even have their cuff lace painted on! Not bad for 6mm.
Next up will be the 2nd Gds Brigade, 8th Brigade and 9th Brigade. The latter 2 bases will form part of Picton's division and will include highlanders and part of the 95th rifles. Should be a good painting challenge
Quite scarily, for the battle itself, this will be 5/8 of the British infantry done. There are all those Dutch and Belgians of course....
see you in a week, I'll get you a stick of rock :-)![]()
I have finished painting the figures for the 1st Guards Brigade (Maitland's) for Waterloo and just need to finish the basing. These have apintied up weel and I am getting the "hang" of the figures now I have done a few. The guards even have their cuff lace painted on! Not bad for 6mm.
Next up will be the 2nd Gds Brigade, 8th Brigade and 9th Brigade. The latter 2 bases will form part of Picton's division and will include highlanders and part of the 95th rifles. Should be a good painting challenge
Quite scarily, for the battle itself, this will be 5/8 of the British infantry done. There are all those Dutch and Belgians of course....
see you in a week, I'll get you a stick of rock :-)
First British infantry base
July 26th, 2009 Steve Posted in 6mm naps, 6mm naps; waterloo Comments Off
A brief hiatus to my blogging last week, while I completed some coursework. I'm back on track now and have spent the last few days putting together my first base of British infantry for the Waterloo 1815 project:
This base contains the 30th and 33rd foot, along with a rogue company of riflemen who don't really belong there. The figures are all from the Baccus range and are an absolute joy to paint, with their crisp detail. The bases they are cast on are much thinner than the old range making it easier to chop strips up and to base them. I have already ordered a few more and am about to undercoat the figures for the 1st Footguards.
In the background I still have the long-term project of rebasing my 28mm ancients for Impetus.
cheers!![]()
This base contains the 30th and 33rd foot, along with a rogue company of riflemen who don't really belong there. The figures are all from the Baccus range and are an absolute joy to paint, with their crisp detail. The bases they are cast on are much thinner than the old range making it easier to chop strips up and to base them. I have already ordered a few more and am about to undercoat the figures for the 1st Footguards.In the background I still have the long-term project of rebasing my 28mm ancients for Impetus.
cheers!
Hougom-esque?
April 18th, 2009 Steve Posted in 6mm naps; waterloo Comments Off
Hooray! My Timecast order arrived this morning, so I have been able to start construction on some buildings bases for my 1815 project.
First are back and front shots of a large walled farm/chateau that I will use in the Hougoumont role. An actual model of Hougoumont to match 6mm figures would be too large, I think, so I have constructed this on an 8" x 4" base, but that will get trimmed down later. A base of troops will be accomodated by removing the large house which will be left loose.
The buidlings used are a hotch-potch. The "L"-shaped barn is from the East German farm set from Timecast, the two buildings cast in white resin are from the Timeast "Z" scale Belgian railway station model, the walls are from timecast and the small barn is from the JR range sold by Magister Militum. The haystacks are also from Timecast.
I'm also constructing a smaller walled farm in the mould of La Haye Saint or Gemioncourt (from Quatre Bras). Again, a mix of buildings is used including another JR barn, a house from Timecast's ACW range and a Timecast Belgian barn, walls and haystack. This is on a 3" base with a removable 60mm square to allow troops to be placed in the farm (the corner with the small barn lifts out, walls and all.
I need to get some filler on these to blend the buildings into the base, perhaps add some plasticard gates and then get them undercoated. ![]()
First are back and front shots of a large walled farm/chateau that I will use in the Hougoumont role. An actual model of Hougoumont to match 6mm figures would be too large, I think, so I have constructed this on an 8" x 4" base, but that will get trimmed down later. A base of troops will be accomodated by removing the large house which will be left loose.
The buidlings used are a hotch-potch. The "L"-shaped barn is from the East German farm set from Timecast, the two buildings cast in white resin are from the Timeast "Z" scale Belgian railway station model, the walls are from timecast and the small barn is from the JR range sold by Magister Militum. The haystacks are also from Timecast.
I'm also constructing a smaller walled farm in the mould of La Haye Saint or Gemioncourt (from Quatre Bras). Again, a mix of buildings is used including another JR barn, a house from Timecast's ACW range and a Timecast Belgian barn, walls and haystack. This is on a 3" base with a removable 60mm square to allow troops to be placed in the farm (the corner with the small barn lifts out, walls and all.
I need to get some filler on these to blend the buildings into the base, perhaps add some plasticard gates and then get them undercoated.
cheers
Dutch-Belgian Heavies
April 13th, 2009 Steve Posted in 6mm naps; waterloo Comments Off
Here is the start of the Allied army for the hundred days campaign of 1815. The first completed base is of the Belgian 2nd carabiniers, part of Trip's heavy cavalry division. Baccus currently don't have specific Dutch-Belgian figures so I have improvised with Russian cuirassiers to get the effect of the substantial comb on top of each helmet. I happened to have some of these figures spare and lurking in a drawer. I'm pleased with the overall effect:
The other base of Trip's division will contain the Dutch 1st and 3rd carabiniers, who had a different unifirm and headgear. As this was dominated by large bicorne hats I opted to use up some spare prussian heavy cavalry. Not exactly spot on, but close enough to do. Here are the 3rd carabiniers who will form half of the base. The 1st regiment will look similar but with rose-coloured facings:
Lastly, I had some spare Austrian uhlan figures, which have been transformed into Brunswick uhlans to form half of the Brunswick Lt cavalry brigade. Now I need to get some hussars!
cheers
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The other base of Trip's division will contain the Dutch 1st and 3rd carabiniers, who had a different unifirm and headgear. As this was dominated by large bicorne hats I opted to use up some spare prussian heavy cavalry. Not exactly spot on, but close enough to do. Here are the 3rd carabiniers who will form half of the base. The 1st regiment will look similar but with rose-coloured facings:
Lastly, I had some spare Austrian uhlan figures, which have been transformed into Brunswick uhlans to form half of the Brunswick Lt cavalry brigade. Now I need to get some hussars!
cheers