tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60102479166434504822024-03-13T12:39:02.061-07:00Fix bayonets!Achilleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364203348442843743noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010247916643450482.post-18557468317950160432015-08-18T02:30:00.000-07:002015-08-18T02:30:41.457-07:00I am alive part 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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And as I promised, here is the big update that I have been talking about:</div>
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My Prussians are based on the <em>Großgörschen</em> OoB from the General de Brigade scenario booklet. </div>
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Basically a battle where Napoleon trapped his pursuing enemies by setting up a trap and once he had the enemy in place he flanked them with the Imperial Guard. </div>
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Napoleon won the field but his lack of cavalry meant that he couldn't capitalise on it. Blame the Russian winter for the lack of horses... </div>
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Now, let me show you what I have been up to ...</div>
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Some of you might remember my 24 strong West Prussian Grenadiers that I painted quite a few years ago ( <a href="http://napoleonicmadness.blogspot.gr/2011/09/update-time.html">West Prussian Grenadiers</a> ).<br />Well, here is the rest of the Brigade:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st Battalion of the 2nd West Prussian Musketeers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2nd Battalion of the 2nd West Prussian Musketeers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2nd West Prussian Fusiliers</td></tr>
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and finally a group shot of the infantry. Please note that the battery and the grenadiers are not shown for practical reasons. I had no space to fit them inside the same picture...<br />
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As always all figures are 28mm Perry based in Renendra and Litko bases. Flags are by GMB. Flock and turfs are from Woodland scenics and the Army Painter. <br />
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Hope you like them!<br />
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Next in line are 32 Silesian Fusiliers and two battalions of Silesian Musketeers... <br />
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Achilleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364203348442843743noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010247916643450482.post-49256363006512455352015-08-17T02:11:00.002-07:002015-08-17T02:11:29.906-07:00I am still alive!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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and this time I am painting Prussians!<br />
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It has been a long time since I posted anything so let me say that I am glad to be back again!<br />
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2014 was a busy year for me both work wise and life wise. I finally decided to take a big step and move in with my girlfriend so my hobby time and space have been greatly reduced! <br />
That doesn't mean that I didn't paint though! Over the course of the past year I concentrated mainly on my Prussians and painted four battalions of musketeers and 1 battalion of fusiliers plus a 4 gun battery. All of them by the Perry twins. <br />
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However, although I did manage to paint the above things I never had the time to actually photograph and post them. Hence the lack of posts...<br />
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This however will change! Beginning from today I will slowly start updating this space with photos of my Prussians!<br />
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For today let me show you my 1st West Prussian Fusiliers. Although I painted 4 bases of them my camera's battery died on me last night so I only managed to photograph 1 of them... <br />
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Figures (as always) are Perry and are based 5 per base. Each base however has the dimensions for 8 figures. I did this purely for aesthetic reasons. 8 skirmishing figures would look too crowded so I deliberately chose 5.</div>
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Hopefully tonight I will get enough time to photograph the rest of the battalion!</div>
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On a side note let me show you my current WIP and my latest acquisition!</div>
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Those black figures over there are 32 Silesian Fusiliers waiting to be painted.... The thing they are sitting in is a spray booth and that little jar next to them is where my faithful airbrush is resting!<br />
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Basically a year ago (so not so recently) I bought an Iwata airbrush mainly for painting my fantasy figures but quickly I started realising that I could easily use it to mass basecoat my Napoleonics. <br />
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In this case I simply undercoated all 32 of them in a very dark grey that will basically form the basis for the black and grey colours on this battalion. If I had to do this by brush I would have easily spent more than 1 hour. With the airbrush it only took me 7-10 minutes. <br />
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Imagine how much faster I will be able to paint greatcoated infantry!<br />
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So hopefully tonight I will be able to post the rest of my battalion!<br />
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I hope you like them! <br />
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Achilleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364203348442843743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010247916643450482.post-63528494724167530552014-05-02T02:44:00.000-07:002014-05-02T02:44:19.650-07:00Its been a loooong time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Its been almost 2 years since the last time I updated this blog. The truth is that ever since I moved back to Greece life changed completely. <br />
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Mind you, I never stopped painting but the main focus of the local gaming clubs was -and still is- fantasy wargaming. Therefore my precious napoleonics got a prominent position in my glass cabinet and I took my fantasy armies to the field.<br />
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I never forgot though the great times I had with the West Tokyo Wargamers and for this reason I always hoped that one day I would find people in Athens that would want to game Napoleonics in 28mm.<br />
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Eventually I saw some wonderful looking Scots on the Steve Dean forums painted by a fellow Greek. The good news is that this guy (Andreas is his name) is located here in Athens and regularly meets and games with some friends in my local gaming club!<br />
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The moment I have been waiting for has come and after meeting with Andreas in the local club we agreed that we should arrange an introductory game of Black Powder at some point in April or May.<br />
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This means that my 7 battalions of French and my 6 Battalions of Prussians will take the field in the near future!<br />
Obviously this had a great effect on my painting mojo and I have resumed painting in earnest! Rest assured that I will be updating this space soon! Another French battalion is about to arrive ready for inspection!<br />
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In the meantime here is sometihng completely irrelevant to Napoleonics...<br />
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An Athenian Hoplite by Victrix. <br />
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When I saw the "new" Ancient Greek by Victrix I was so excited that I immediately bought a box of them just for collecting purposes. I now realise that I like the sculpts so much that I might end up painting an army of them.... oh dear....<br />
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Anyway I hope you like it.. My next update will probably be much richer! <br />
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Achilleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364203348442843743noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010247916643450482.post-54642021162292862772012-08-18T09:29:00.000-07:002012-08-18T09:29:06.120-07:00Odessa Regiment - Half way there...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well as you can see from the picture this battalion is still missing half of its figures (my Shevardino OoB lists the Odessa regiment as 32 figures strong) but I thought that I should share my progress with you. After all it always helps to hear some constructive criticism and comments :)<br />
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The flags are missing but I should have them in my hands some time this coming week.<br />
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Achilleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364203348442843743noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010247916643450482.post-58619281059130369242012-08-13T05:55:00.000-07:002012-08-13T05:55:04.254-07:0013th legere flank companies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well its about time that I update my blog so without further ado I present to you the flank companies of the 13eme legere!<br />
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Expect another update soon . This time involving two companies of Russians... <br />
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Well it has been quite some time since I updated this space so I believe an update is in order.<br />
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Although I still have not finished my Prussian brigade and I still have quite a few unpainted packs of metal French (Perry) I succumbed to the shiny new toy syndrome and bought myself a boxed set of Russian infantry from the Perrys.<br />
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As usual, the quality of this set is very high and the detailing on the models is excellent. My only complain I guess are the bayonets. Some of them are not that well cast and I need to be careful when I start cleaning the figures.<br />
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I am planning to organise my Russians around the forces that fought at the Shevardino redoubt. Therefore as a starting guide I am using the OoB from the GdB scenario book.<br />
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That means that I need to paint at least 11 battalions of 32 figures each.... wish me luck and most of all wish me patience...<br />
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I guess I will start with the Odessa regiment. After all its the first on the OoB and according to my Osprey it was also the first regiment within the Division. That means that I will need to paint them in red shoulder straps with the number 27. Easy :)<br />
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Now the real problem is getting the Green look nice on a figure of only 28mm... The purists out there will tell you that Russian Green was almost black but if I go for the right shade (that mind you no one can replicate 100%) I would end up with a black and white horde of figures.... What I am thinking of doing instead is to paint them in a dark shade of green (probably shaded with a black wash) and highlighted by mixing a cream colour to the green. Alternatively I could highlight them using a yellowish green but that would make them too fantasy like so I guess thats not an option.<br />
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So what is your opinion on the matter? Would you forgive me if I didnt paint them with a very dark green? I dont have access to the foundry paints so I guess I cant use their 3 shade green paint. I have access only to vallejo and citadel paints... <br />
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and a picture to celebrate the beginning of my work on the ruskis :)<br />
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On the other hand however I finally decided to start working on some more French line infantry. I went again for metal Perry figures and I chose the ones standing at attention. For some reason I think these minis really look cool.<br />
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Once I paint these guys I will allow myself the luxury of buying some more stuff (i.e. get my greedy hands on some Perry Russians)<br />
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The past few months have been filled with big changes in my life. First of all I decided to leave Japan and to move back to my native Greece. Despite the crisis home is always home and being back to Athens after three and a half years feels quite well.<br />
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Hobby wise unfortunately I am no longer able to enjoy gaming with the West Tokyo Wargamers. On the other hand however, I have finally the available space to showcase my Napoleonic collection!<br />
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On the painting table unfortunately I have lost my edge. These prussians and nassauers have been sitting on my desk for more than 3 months and from the speed I have been painting lately I cant see those two battalions getting completed anytime soon...<br />
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Lets hope 2012 will give me the discipline to paint these two battalions .... <br />
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</div>Achilleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364203348442843743noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010247916643450482.post-20190698574912897092011-09-11T08:18:00.000-07:002011-09-11T08:18:20.546-07:0013th Legere - 1st Battalion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOMfH1DGCIsNMFY1c3iY4ARgxVab4yG5fabnoJ0Y7nZi7rduYqDOWDxqd9MhjBEL6L68jvjVkSeJfVmc4pFvtl4DAgScEMQkGWU9rLIvcz3dvurGroAMGi6zxuvFJEh93klYjrgagYrM/s1600/IMG_2597.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOMfH1DGCIsNMFY1c3iY4ARgxVab4yG5fabnoJ0Y7nZi7rduYqDOWDxqd9MhjBEL6L68jvjVkSeJfVmc4pFvtl4DAgScEMQkGWU9rLIvcz3dvurGroAMGi6zxuvFJEh93klYjrgagYrM/s320/IMG_2597.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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After many months in a semi-complete stage I finally finished the 1st Battalion of the 13th Legere. Hopefully in the next months I should be able to paint the 3rd Battalion as well and complete the 13th Legere...<br />
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Figures as always are Perry and the Flag is GMB. <br />
Hope you like them!<br />
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I present to you the West Prussian Grenadiers! <br />
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As soon as I saw these perry Prussians something stirred inside me and I just knew that I had to paint some! <br />
Hopefully I will remain motivated and paint 3 more battalions so I can field a small brigade...<br />
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Figures are all Plastic Perry. Flag is GMB designs.<br />
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Hope you like them! </div>Achilleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364203348442843743noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010247916643450482.post-69249658602997045882011-08-08T03:14:00.000-07:002011-08-08T03:14:24.406-07:00Lack of recent posts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Apologies for the lack of recent posts but as you can see from the photos the summer in Greece is too good to be missed...<br />
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</tbody></table>See you in September again! Those Prussians are waiting for me... </div>Achilleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364203348442843743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010247916643450482.post-80059411134197333012011-06-30T19:30:00.000-07:002011-06-30T19:30:58.478-07:00First (and hopefuly last) finished British Foot battalion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidE7j9ykMZF0CD7imSltbLWB1YN-A_zMhtx0IUiUJMIH9OXH8YT-0tDedstmyHsqoZvKjZZaml3-Vq75RvYjJGF177r3Efug1o3qF2Ym-2BtiCWTn7T48PD9rvCprWQtoyAPt-IJANWhA/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidE7j9ykMZF0CD7imSltbLWB1YN-A_zMhtx0IUiUJMIH9OXH8YT-0tDedstmyHsqoZvKjZZaml3-Vq75RvYjJGF177r3Efug1o3qF2Ym-2BtiCWTn7T48PD9rvCprWQtoyAPt-IJANWhA/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Well it is done!<br />
My first and hopefully last ( since I can not afford or bear yet another painting project) unit of speed-painted British is complete. <br />
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Overall I have to say that the army painter dip is a great product and it works wonders when you start with a light undercoat and limit yourself to a single or no-highlights.<br />
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figures are plastic perry and the flags are those that come with the box. I just gave them a coat of mat varnish since I could not stand the glossy paper<br />
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yes my dear friends, I have decided to paint my first british infantry unit. Although I never planned to paint any British, I had this box of Perry british in my "to be painted" list and since I was beginning to feel a bit tired after all those blue coats I decided to paint them<br />
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Instead of going for my usual 3 layer painting technique however, I decided to try my luck at "dipping" them since I wanted to speed paint them.<br />
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The results were quite good and I have to say that the army painter dip works really well with warm colours like red and brown so it worked well for peninsular British. Perhaps it would look good for Russians or Austrians too but certainly not for the French and Prussians!<br />
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To make things easier for me I didnt glue the heads and back packs since I wanted to undercoat them black:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">heads are stuck with blu-tack</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The main bodies were spray coated white:<br />
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After blocking the main colours I just dipped the figures and when the dip was dry I gave them a coat of matt varnish (applied with a brush).<br />
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The results as you can see are quite good! It took me about two hours to paint and dip 6 figures!<br />
I highly suggest this method to busy people who dont really have a lot of time to paint (thats you Rodney!)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">almost there...only the flank companies left...</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Hope you like them!</div>Achilleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364203348442843743noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010247916643450482.post-45746446507180119162011-06-21T20:31:00.000-07:002011-06-21T20:31:10.943-07:0012th Cuirassiers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charge!!!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Well I wanted to post some pics of this unit for a long time now but I couldnt get a single sunny day that I could use to my advantage!<br />
Eventually the sun showed his face today in Tokyo and I was able to take some pics of the 12th cuirassiers!<br />
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I have painted these some months ago and although I want to raise the size of this unit to 12 figures I decided that I couldnt wait any more.<br />
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All figures are metal Perry, bases are renendra (two bases glued on top of each other - the figs are quite heavy) and the flag is GMB.<br />
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Hope you like them!<br />
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</div>Achilleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364203348442843743noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010247916643450482.post-26456339187722630172011-06-12T04:12:00.000-07:002011-06-12T04:12:56.157-07:00Sunday 12 June<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Some pics from our last Sunday game. I apologize for the bad quality but most of these pics were taken with my mobile phone... <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The French army gazes the distant tower that would form the center of the fighting. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">as you can see the cavalry has gone really far... </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The thin red line... clearly outnumbered :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The French advance..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The two armies meet while Robert tries to take some pics - Note the lonely French Hussars next to the tower (6th regiment). They drove away the british riflemen only to be blown to pieces from massed British musketry </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The British light dragoons - another beautifully painted unit by Matt - their presence on our side proved the most annoying thing during our game... </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">on the north side of the tower the Brunswickers fight side by side with the Russians (we use everything we have in our games) against the French!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile the French 28th Legere advance too far and get enfiladed by a russian gun... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 46th decides that its time of glory has finally come and charge against the hated british</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and after two rounds of combat Matt promptly removes his unit :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 57th defies the british gun and lives to tell the tale </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">disordered markers by Rodney! Great work mate! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my small cuirassier unit... still need to paint 6 more</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matt's light dragoons</td></tr>
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Hope you like them :)<br />
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</div>Achilleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364203348442843743noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010247916643450482.post-8027157951593507942011-05-26T01:20:00.000-07:002011-05-26T01:20:18.115-07:0013th Legere<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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I present you the second battalion of the 13th Legere.<br />
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Figures are Perry plastics. I am still waiting for the flag from GMB.<br />
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</div>Achilleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364203348442843743noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010247916643450482.post-90165507633921434242011-05-18T22:25:00.000-07:002011-05-18T22:25:00.426-07:004th Swis Regiment WIP<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinndNRxuvYE7U9_wnNAMbEbgD-gOuIUbDP2IQECdyPfIcl5kMMoTmjI6c4aCX8sZ5Z3mbozy3q5T64va65p23U_HU-ztLeLM5B4XxXAOVoOaCvu50lJTaVLJma3mabWXyg9zGgb4_AUW8/s1600/IMG_2122.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinndNRxuvYE7U9_wnNAMbEbgD-gOuIUbDP2IQECdyPfIcl5kMMoTmjI6c4aCX8sZ5Z3mbozy3q5T64va65p23U_HU-ztLeLM5B4XxXAOVoOaCvu50lJTaVLJma3mabWXyg9zGgb4_AUW8/s320/IMG_2122.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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It has been a long time since I uploaded any pics of the battalions that I have been working on so without further ado I present to you the 1st Battalion of the 4th Swiss Regiment.<br />
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There are 24 models in this battalion, mainly plastic Perrys. The mounted officer is from the 1815 Perry French range.<br />
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I had a really tough time researching the uniforms of these guys and although the plastic Perry infantry comes with a painting guide it only covers 1815. So I had to rely on the histofig site and the kind assistance of TMP to get the uniforms right. Of course the biggest problem is that these figures are in Bardin regulation uniforms and I wanted to model a unit that fought in the invasion of Russia. So I had to make a compromise and mix some plastic victrix heads for the grenadiers (bearskins) and the plastic perry french.<br />
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Although the purists will probably stone me to death I have to say that I am pretty happy with them and once they are on the table no one can really tell the difference between Bardin or non Bardin uniforms.<br />
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The only thing remaining now is to texture the bases...<br />
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Hope you like them!<br />
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When I first created this blog last year I decided that I would dedicate it to Napoleonics and Napoleonics only!<br />
Unfortunately when it comes to painting miniatures I have the attention span of my 6 year old nephew...<br />
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Today I took some pics of my Perry Samurai. I have been collecting these figures for a few years now and I have to say that it is a labour of love. I dont remember when I started collecting but it must be quite a few years back.<br />
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I have based all of my Samurai in circular bases so that I can remove them from the movement trays and use them in Skirmish games.<br />
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I hope you like them!<br />
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</div>Achilleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364203348442843743noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010247916643450482.post-14481228881430210462011-03-31T03:54:00.000-07:002011-03-31T03:54:55.694-07:00American War of Independence<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/Meraklis/P2190133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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In Tokyo I am keeping almost my entire collection in foam trays stored inside boxes. In Athens however I got everything in glass cabinets. With the nuclear crisis in Japan continuing I am still trying to decide if I will leave Japan for good and seek a better fortune elsewhere or stay put...<br />
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Either way, my AWI collection will have to go since it takes some valuable space that I could use for my napoleonics ;) <br />
Before sending them off to ebay however I would like to share with you the few regiments that I painted for the British.<br />
All figures are Perry and based for the ruleset British Grenadier. All flags are GMB.<br />
Hope you like them ;) <br />
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</div>Achilleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364203348442843743noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010247916643450482.post-59221853255397295322011-03-25T03:05:00.000-07:002011-03-25T03:05:15.299-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Unfortunately the past two weeks of my life have been filled with psychological stress and pressure the likes of which I have never experienced so far.<br />
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As you are aware, on Friday March 11th a M9 earthquake hit the north-east side of Japan and also affected Tokyo. The good thing is that Tokyo was far away from the epicentre of this tremor so my house and friends were all ok.<br />
Unfortunately, the same can not be said for the people of the north-east... Although the earthquake was really powerful Japanese engineering lived up to its reputation. However soon afterwards a tsunami hit those areas and erased entire cities. The truly apocalyptic images and videos I saw afterwards filled me with grief and despair and I felt completely helpless.<br />
The worst however was yet to come.<br />
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The next day after spending an entire night being woken up every half an hour by an aftershock, I decided to go for lunch with my friends. On the way we met a German friend and we all sat down for lunch. After exchanging stories on how we experienced the earthquake, my German friend told me that his greatest worry was the nuclear plant in Fukushima.<br />
At that moment my blood froze. I could not eat any more and my stomach was tied in a knot... To my horror I was informed that due to the tsunami (and not the earthquake!) the cooling pumps in a nuclear plant in Fukushima had failed and the electric company TEPCO was trying to repair the damage. Once everyone had finished eating I went home with my flatmate and my girlfriend and we started watching the news..<br />
A couple of hours later I am looking at the reactor no1 and seeing that half of the building has melted.. My mind starts playing nasty tricks... is this a full blown nuclear accident and I am in the middle of it? can I be so unlucky? well, I think about it over and over and finally decide to go for some days to Osaka. Its a nice place after all and far away from Fukushima...<br />
So an hour later I am already in the first bullet train and on my way to Osaka. With me, I took my girlfriend and a backpack with only essential things.<br />
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Now that I am thinking about those moments I can surely tell you that I panicked... but I am glad I did. After reading the World Health Organization report on the Fukushima accident <a href="http://www.wpro.who.int/sites/eha/disasters/2011/jpn_earthquake/list.htm">WHO </a>I realised that radiation levels were pretty high on Tuesday 15th of March. I really felt better knowing that I was not there. Of course radiation levels were very low and did not pose a threat to human health but I prefer being safe than sorry...<br />
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From Saturday until Tuesday I stayed in Osaka. When the second reactor exploded most of my friends fled Tokyo and came over to Osaka and Kyoto. Soon Osaka was full of friends and acquaintances! however the situation in Fukushima was not getting better. Finally on Wednesday I got informed by the Greek embassy in Tokyo that they could provide us with tickets to return back to Greece. At that moment me and some Greek friends decided to leave Japan for some time and come back once things would be safe again. Thus, we booked a flight with Qatar airlines and left Osaka last Thursday...<br />
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I am writing now from the safety of my parents apartment in Athens and although it feels good to be home I know that my home for the past 3 years is Tokyo. I miss my life and routine there and most of all I miss my girlfriend. Unfortunately things at Fukushima are still undecided and everyday life in Tokyo is not good either. Trains do not run regularly so moving around the city is a big problem and you can not find mineral water in any place. People stock pile rice and mineral water in anticipation of the worst.<br />
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The plan is to stay in Athens until the 9th of April and once things settle down I will go back to Tokyo. The problem is that in the process I have to fight my Greek family that seems determined to keep me away from radiation and earthquake stricken Japan....<br />
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Being home however has also a good side. I found my small samurai and AWI collection...<br />
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some bad pics from my phone camera:<br />
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Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the first battalion of the Galitz regiment of foot. All models are Foundry. <br />
I decided to base my Russian regiments using the General de Brigade ruleset so I have based them in 8s. Actually I was so excited about painting these that I ordered some custom made bases from Litko. Unfortunately I was not wise enough to realise the most obvious thing; that once you place 8 metal models on a 1.8mm thick piece of wood and you add PVA glue you will probably get a base that will slightly warp around the edges...<br />
I had to think of something fast since I had ordered a pack of 50 bases and after a lot careful thinking I came up with this:<br />
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Unfortunately I had to do the same thing with models that I had already painted and based so it got a bit ugly :(<br />
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Hopefully this will teach me a lesson when I order custom made bases from them in the future...<br />
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One last thing I did was to order some test figures from Front Rank and I have to say that the rest of my Russians will be from them and not from Foundry! The Front Rank castings are so clean and the detail so clear on the models!<br />
So here is the appropriate casualty figure (front rank) for the Galitz regiment:<br />
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I hope you like them! flags were as always from GMB designs. Total of 24 models<br />
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Actually, the only markers that you will ever need for a Black Powder game are casualty and disorder markers.<br />
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Representing casualties is fairly simple. Fortunately for the aspirant hobbyist the market is full of dead or dying metal (or even plastic) soldiers!<br />
Here are the first casualty models I made using the French casualty figures from the French Heavy cavalry plastic set (Perry models)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">one day I will try to make the numbers look better</td></tr>
</tbody></table> Depending on the number of casualties a unit has sustained I simply place the marker with the appropriate numeral touching the unit. So it is fairly simple.<br />
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The biggest problem however is how to represent units that have suffered a disorder result. I originally thought about putting a musket or a shako on a small base but I dismissed that idea because I didnt sound impressive enough. Then, I came across an article on Wargames Illustrated on how to represent shell explosions for WWI warfare. Now I know that there were no guns capable of inflicting so much destruction during the Napoleonic wars but I think that it looks dramatic enough. <br />
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</tbody></table>My question is however what do you guys think? Does it look nice? Or does it look like a coral reef (girlfriend's comment...)<br />
I would really like to hear what people think about this before I start making a dozen of them... </div>Achilleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364203348442843743noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010247916643450482.post-1707203555742649392011-03-02T08:18:00.000-08:002011-03-02T08:18:55.109-08:00Sunday's game<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Vive le Empereur!<br />
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...Not only because last Sunday we completely crushed the allies but also because I got accepted into the Phd program. This means that for the next three years I will be able to keep adding to my collection while at the same time continue with my research.<br />
So good news for me and the Napoleonic scene in our club!<br />
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The game was, as always, very entertaining!<br />
Robert has already given a very interesting report of our game on his blog <a href="http://serreslesrangs.blogspot.com/2011/02/french-victorious-battle-of-la-tour.html">Serrez les rangs</a> so I will refrain from writing on how the game unfolded. For those who want a proper -yet entertaining- battle report they should definitely check Robert's blog! Instead, I would like to show you some photos that prove how the 57th won its nickname "Le terrible":<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The French advance relentlessly </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 57th charges the 74th foot and wipes them out :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a few turns later and after our artillery took good care of Matt's light dragoons the 57th clears the Redoubt from annoying English and Russian gunners... </td></tr>
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</div>Achilleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364203348442843743noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010247916643450482.post-14316220347624821912011-02-21T20:26:00.000-08:002011-02-21T20:26:27.147-08:0057e régiment d'infanterie de ligne<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1JSrN84NA2KD_JAdvX1wU-lFuoRu_hSnUz_GJlDN5KF9Swx46-w-mJrDiwSqIrXvBZMTiVuSwhI1sU3qP4adLwwrhyphenhyphengPefmRgr1XWd_Slf96Vow2Rd7B5zGPrz9zjI6CV9qZVxZhVCo/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1JSrN84NA2KD_JAdvX1wU-lFuoRu_hSnUz_GJlDN5KF9Swx46-w-mJrDiwSqIrXvBZMTiVuSwhI1sU3qP4adLwwrhyphenhyphengPefmRgr1XWd_Slf96Vow2Rd7B5zGPrz9zjI6CV9qZVxZhVCo/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Gentlemen, I present to you the 57<sup>e</sup> régiment d'infanterie de ligne!<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">To be honest the reason I decided to paint this unit was quite simple; I saw this regiment's nickname "<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>le terrible que rien n'arrête</strong></span>" which roughly translates as "the Formidable/terrible that nothing can stop" and I decided to paint them! After all, you must agree that this is a pretty catchy name for a regiment. Lets hope they prove themselves this coming Sunday in our monthly game!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">It appears that this regiment has a rather long history. A quick search on wikipedia revealed that the 57th was first raised in 1667 and has served ever since in the French army. During the Italian campaign and in particular in the battle of Favorite 1797 (??? this is wikipedia not me...) they earned their nickname when they repeatedly charged the Austrians despite heavy losses. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I believe this is a really good unit to have in one's collection because they fought at most of the major battles of the Napoleonic period: Ulm, Austerlitz, Jenna, Eylau, Wagram, Leipzig and a number of other battles.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">All figures are Perry. The command are metal and the rest are plastic. They are all in Bardin regulation uniforms although the greatcoats hide most of the details. I have to admit though that greatcoats make a painter's life so much easier and the result is still very nice! </div>I initially painted 36 figures and in time I am planning to paint the second and third battalions.The flag is from GMB. <br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Hope you like them!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pqf9lGIS9M4/TWM491GJAtI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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