Friday, 29 October 2021

Some Turkish Delights & Schombergs Horse.

Latest off the painting desk are the 9 figure 20mm Schombergs Horse of the WSS for Tony and the 15 piece Turkish Command set for John. The Cavalry are Les Higgns/PMD and the Turks are from a plastic box set by Mars. All were a joy to paint.  I once again splashed the colour on the Turks in line with the box illustrations, lots of lavish gold etc, giving them slightly stronger highlights than usual to enhance the impression of rich colours. French line and Guard pikemen next up for John, 12 of each.

Delighted to say that I will have the 20mm Volksstuurm on the way to me shortly for painting which will ring the changes.

The 6mm Crimeans continue to hold my interest and I'm close to finishing the phase 1 armies for a trial game but I'll save the photos for the next post when done. To begin with I'm going to make use of the trusty old folding card table (2'6" x 2'6") to get me started as I work slowly on the planned terrain tiles. I have more on the way from Irregular to reinforce both sides.

First the Cavalry for Tony, dark brown horses were requested for this regiment with a grey for the trumpeter. Gloss varnish as requested.









The Turkish HQ set by Mars for Old John of course! A harder plastic these, akin to Warlord figures.










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  1. old john29 October 2021 at 02:15

    WOW!!! fantastic painting on all figures, Tony's Schomberg's regt indeed great , officers & bugler are Irregular Miniatures which look much better on Les Higgins horses, Turk HQ look amazing, very many thanks
    cheers Old John

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  2. Norm29 October 2021 at 02:38

    Lovely colourful troops, your Volks troops will fell much tamer by comparison. Have you been catching (YouTube) the chatter on likely new Napoleonic EPIC release by Warlord Games?

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    1. 'Lee.31 October 2021 at 01:35

      Thank you Norm. I have the Volks now and they are lovey figures superior to AB's by far in my opinion. I'll get some photos and links up when I make a start on them. Saw some painted images of the Warlord sprues, a sneak preview, and they do look good.

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  3. Neil Scott29 October 2021 at 02:38

    Superb, really like Schomberg's horse

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    1. 'Lee.31 October 2021 at 01:35

      Cheers Neil :)

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    2. Steve-the-Wargamer4 November 2021 at 05:22

      Me too, Neil - they were the first regiment of British cavalry I painted for my Marlburian project.. still my favourite regiment, love those ominous/black facings... nice work, Lee!

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    3. 'Lee.6 November 2021 at 01:23

      Thanks Steve, they are really nice castings for such an old range.

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  4. Phil29 October 2021 at 03:25

    Superb cavalry (love the trumpeter) and, of course, gorgeous Turkish delights!

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    1. 'Lee.31 October 2021 at 01:36

      Thasnk Phil, I went mad with the colour on the Turks but they were screaming out for it!

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  5. James Fisher30 October 2021 at 03:29

    Beautiful painting of both Lee. Mars figures are not for everyone, but I really, really like them. They seem perfect somehow for 17th and 18th century. I've not painted any of my Ottomans yet, but will come back to your blog for inspiration once I do!
    Regards, James

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    1. 'Lee.31 October 2021 at 01:37

      Thanks James. I had not heard of Mars before John sent them to me but they are very nice figures I must say and very cleanly cast.

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  6. old john31 October 2021 at 03:30

    Agree with James about Mars figures, some good , some poor, but Turk HQ set is one of the best as is their GNW Saxon Infantry set , in particular the command figures, which are ideal for many nations of the period
    cheers Old John

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