Sunday 7 June 2020

More units and a C&C mat on order.

The AB orders from Eureka continue to arrive on a regular basis, one small order last week was posted out on the next day, some are awaiting new stock to be cast which takes 14 to 21 days. I now have a mini lead mountain to work through.

This week I have painted 36 infantry and 1 mounted general, all AB's. French Grenadiers, Cacadores and a couple of Spanish bases. I decided to start a small Spanish contingent for DBN, which will eventually consist of 2 line bases, 1 Grenadier base, 1 Militia base and 1 light infantry base (Catalonians in Tarleton helmets). The AB figures are packed full of character.


I have decided that going forward I will now focus totally on AB's which means that cavalry join the queue despite my earlier reservations about the very slight size difference, mainly the heavy cavalry. The light cavalry are a good match for Blue Moons and I guess the French heavy cuirassiers and carabiniers should rightly be mounted on big horses anyway.







Edit: make that 42 infantry! 





Catalonian light infantry - I did read that some continued to wear the 1803 uniform until 1808, good enough for me to include a 6 figure skirmish base!
I struck me recently that in addition to being perfect for playing DBN my bases would work equally well for a game of Commands & Colors. There was no way I was going to return to making hex grids etc, but when I spotted this printed mat on the Tiny Wargames* site I knew it was perfect for the job. The 3" grid will just allow me to place terrain along with my bases. I have it on order and look forward to receiving it.


* Bit of trivia - Tiny Wargames are based at number 68 Hatton Garden, London, which happens to be the same building where I worked for two years when it was a commercial lithographic printers. I worked there from 1977 to 1979, having completed my apprenticeship at Municipal Mutual Insurance Company in Westminster.

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  1. They look terrific, and I applaud the decision to go AB. They've largely spoiled me for other napoleonics in that scale.

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    1. Thank you FMB. I have to say the AB's are beautiful figures to paint.

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  2. They must also be almost next door to the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company.. ;)

    Lovely figures...

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    1. Yes Steve, a bit further down and on the corner, I used to walk past it regularly on my way to the cafe to grab a toastie! Hatton Garden was and still is the centre of the diamond trade in London and we used to get a lot of jobs coming in from the traders, catalogues etc. More trivia....I bought my wifes diamond engagement ring from a shop there :) Did you see the series with Timothy Spall? A fun watch.

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  3. I don't know which type of Commands & Colors mat you have ordered (I assume cloth as the default) but having just taken delivery of one of their new rubber backed ones I recommend these as far superior. More expensive, but worth it IMHO.
    Neil

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    1. Thanks Neil Patterson. I ordered the cloth, it's only small being a 3" grid and I am planning to pin it to a board and frame it so it remains crease free. I will check the price of the rubber backed version though.

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  4. Lovely looking Spanish and Portuguese! Super output and really high standard!
    Best Iain

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    1. Many thanks Iain, I have plenty of time on my hands at the moment!

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  5. Lovely painting as ever Lee. You really bring that character in the figure to life.

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  6. Many thanks James. You can probably tell that I am going for a slightly 'brighter' look to these and the use of satin varnish does bring out the colours.

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  7. love the Catalonians, brilliant painting, well done mate, funnily enough am also doing Catalonians but for a 100 years before, Siege of Barcelona in 1st Peninsula War (war of Spanish Succession)
    cheers old John

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