Monday 15 February 2021

Reinforcements arrive through the snow and ice!

My last two orders from Eureka arrived together yesterday, four weeks after placing the first of them. No complaints though as the AB's are made and cast in Australia so was waiting on arrival of new stock. Good timing as my own AB stocks were running very low!


What you see are:

2 bases of Bavarian infantry (20) can't wait to get painting these.

2 bases of Prussian reservists in short jackets.(20)

2 bases of Prussian Hussars. (6)

More Prussian Landwehr (10)

2 bases of  Prussian line infantry (20)

Prussian 6 horse heavy limber plus howitzer (This will be my Prussian baggage base)

2 x 12b French guns (I already have the foot artillery crew for them)

2 bases of Chasseur a Cheval of the Guard (6) beautiful figures!

Bearing mind that in addition to the core DBN armies I am doubling everything up for use on the 125mm C&C hex grid this lot should keep me going for a fair while.

The last week has mostly been spent painting for Old John (20mm's) and Gerry (6mm's), but I did find time to slip in another 18mm French base Saturday and managed to get the Prussian limber painted Sunday. Unfortunately, having painted the six horse team I realised I could only fit four on the standard DBN baggage base....blast! Pleased with it though and I have held back the first Prussian v French game until this piece was ready for the tabletop.

40mm's on the march!

For the week ahead I have on the painting desk the couple of Bavarian bases, more Spanish WSS horse for John and a couple of bases of 6mm WSS cavalry for Gerry. IN addition to this I'm finishing off some 40mm bases as the collection is being sold to a fellow UK blogger. I am very happy about this as they have remained in their travel boxes for over a year now and I cannot see myself being able to enjoy them due to lack of space in this house and I know that they will be played with and cherished in their new home. They will be on their way by end of this week and it paves the way for the purchase of an Austrian army by AB which will push the total numbers of my 18mm Napoleonics to almost 1000 figures.

Photos show the limber piece, French infantry and British infantry bases added last in the last week, the British and French were really just using up some spare figures until the order arrived. Also five 20mm Spanish Dragoons (by Hagen) painted for John featuring a green/yellow colour scheme. I always now use WW2 Japanese uniform as a base coat for yellow as it covers over black in a single coat and makes a great shade for Deep Yellow with Lemon Yellow highlights. I painted the wheels with a touch of Glossy Black before I took the photos but decided it was too strong so knocked it back to flat black again afterwards.



EDIT: the limber team after applying the Vallejo Blue wash to tone things down a touch, much better I think?




Old Johns Spanish Dragoons.






  

16 comments:

  1. Nice haul, I bet as a package, the new AB figs felt satisfyingly hefty when delivered.

    Good to see the 40mm getting recycled, you got a ton of pleasure from painting and owning them and that pleasure now sits with a new owner, so everyone wins. Hopefully they will appear on a blog during the heat of battle :-)

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  2. Recycling... that's an excellent way to look at it Norm :) I know the new owner intends to game with them and add to them.

    I'm completely hooked on the Napoleonic AB's now!

    Cheers,
    Lee.

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  3. I have been following your DBN project with interested. So much so I have dug out some of my old 15/18mm Napoleonics and I am busy refurbishing them and rebasing for DBN.

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    1. Hi Mark. What I like about DBN is the ability to play a challenging and enjoyable game in a small area with armies that can be painted quickly. I'm actually using slightly larger bases (50mm x 35mm) and a slightly larger groundscale (1.5" = 100 paces) on a folding card table 2'6" x 2'6" so all relative.

      Cheers,
      Lee.

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  4. All lovely, but those Spanish dragoons are exquisite!

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    1. Cheers Steve :) The Dragoons were a pleasure to paint, German manufacturer Hagen, the horses have well defined muscle tone which helps with the highlights.

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  5. great looking limber team, well done mate,, my Spanish Dragoons are superb, Osuna regiment

    stay safe
    cheers Old John

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    1. Thanks John. Really enjoyed painting those Dragoons for you, I need to check what left, more Dragoons I think and some artillery crew.

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  6. Lovely looking gun and limber! The French and British are great too,love the Spanish dragoons, I suppose it was inevitable that the 40mm would go, once you became so immersed with the AB Napoleonics, still someone is very lucky to be getting them!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thanks Iain. The 40's have sat in packing boxes for over a year as I have bashed away at the 18mm's. They really deserve to be enjoyed and gamed with now.

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  7. Lovely work as always Lee.
    What colour/make is the flock you use on your bases to match the felt cloth so well?
    I also posted a question about your decision & process to re-base your s&a trees in pairs on what look like 50mm round bases.
    Cheers

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    1. Hi Paul,

      I think the static grass is just sold as summer grass but I'll check for you. The jury is still out on those trees to be honest, I went for the 50mm bases initially to fit my smaller C&C printed hex mat with 75mm hexes. But for DBN I prefer a defined area of woodland so currently they have been re based (again!) onto irregular shaped MDF templates with a removable tree in the centre, but I'm still not 100% happy. The S&A 'realistic' trees are so nice I probably should have just left them alone as they come. I'm going to play through a game today so I'll feature some of the home made roads and rivers as well as one of the new wood bases so you can have a look :)
      Regards,
      Lee.

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    2. Thanks Lee, summer grass it is. Very keen to see what you come up with for the woods. I'd possibly give a dark brown felt cloth or base denoting the forest floor a go, with the individual trees positioned on it. Cheers, Paul

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    3. Paul, I was looking at my woods bases yesterday and I'm not happy with them, they look too uniform and a bit too square! Might well revert to what you suggest, a shaped piece of cloth with the individual trees stood on. I kept all the S&A bases so they can be re slotted back in with a touch of glue. Still, it's good to experiment I guess.

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  8. Great that they made it through Lee. I love a good looking limber and this one is a real beaut!
    Regards, James

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    1. Thank you James. I had planned to use a Prussian caisson for the baggage piece but AB do not appear to make one as yet.

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