I'm keeping busy on the commission painting front and having finished off the last of Old John's most recent box I'm straight into painting more infantry for Tony. I mentioned two battalions I think recently but there were actually three battalions in the box, I had not spotted the bottom layer! These are all 18 figure battalions each with a mounted officer as usual and all French War of The Spanish Succession of course and lovely crisp Les Higgins (PMD) figures. Alongside I continue to add more Epic bases, most recently British Light Dragoons and French Chasseur a Cheval. Today I am excitedly waiting for the postman to bring me the Epic British and French Generals packs, each containing five personality figures made in the warlord resin, the facial detail of these figures is superb.
As always Old John's figures are 20mm metal and plastic and you see below:
- 6 metal Danish Cuirassiers
- 4 French Dragoons (Strelets)
- 4 Catalonian Grenadiers (Minairon)
- 4 Catalonian 'Mountain Men' (Minairon)
- 4 assorted metal characters.
Lovely job on the Epic cavalry. Look forward to seeing what you squeeze out of the commanders pack, I have seen 2 vids and they look marvellous, with proper faces and good character poses.
ReplyDeleteThanks Norm. Yes, I watched the Miniature Realms (Stuart) review and they looked so good I had to order them! Some have been complaining about the price, but given the very low cost of the main armies I don't think it's unreasonable at all. I had the British and French personalities in my Warlord basket, £12 each plus a fiver postage and decided to quickly check eBay and good old 'nannyog' (Dave at caliver books), where I got both packs for £11 each plus £2 postage so £24 all in, a nice saving in these times of financial squeeze!
DeleteLots of nice things on the table, the 20mm look great and yes the etched bases added a touch of class to those figures made them somehow feel special! I’m sure you won’t be disappointed with the ‘epic’ Generals. I’ve just started on Napoleon and he’s a ‘pip’ - enjoy
ReplyDeleteThanks Graham. The Epic Generals look superb :)
DeleteHope you enjoy those epic commanders mate. I’ve just had a look at them on line, and they do look pretty sweet.
ReplyDeleteHi JBM. I think the Epics are a potential game changer in our hobby making it much more affordable for people like me on a budget and youngsters coming into the hobby. Can only be good.
DeleteOff at a slight tangent but, as a youngster, I always assumed “Les Higgins” were a French manufacturer (so, with my rudimentary language skills, I presumed it was pronounced LEY Higgins. Admittedly, it made no sense, but to a young lad in Yorkshire - who’d never seen any of these figures and didn’t know anyone who had - I never thought to question it…
ReplyDeleteNice painting Lee, as ever. With troops as well painted as these it’s a shame if they don’t march to glory and win every battle.
Cheers,
Geoff
Nice one re 'Les Higgins' Geoff :) Thanks for the comment re my painting, I really enjoy it.
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Excellent brushwork
ReplyDeleteFurther to the comment about Les Higgins being French, if you type in Les Higgins on eBay, you get dozens of books from the series Les enquêtes de l'inspecteur Higgins.
ReplyDeleteSplendid work as always lovely epic cavalry and the war of the Spanish succession figures are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Many thanks once again Iain :)
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