This will be the last two, War of Spanish Succession units for the moment...
I now have more than enough troops to play a game on my 5'X7' table... In fact if I put everything on I am not sure there would be much room for manoeuvre...
Oh! dear what a terrible problem to have...
First up...
British Artillery...
These have been based the same way a I did the French Artillery and with four crew they represent two medium guns(Or batteries depending on what rules you are using).
The Coats are... Citadel... Evil Sunz Scarlet...
The Facings, Waistcoat and Socks are... Citadel... Kantor Blue.
The Piping and Braid are... Citadel... Averland Sunset.
The Belts and Straps are... Foundry... Buff Leather 7B.
The White bits are... Citadel... Pallid Wytch Flesh.
The Guns are... Citadel... Administratum Grey with a slightly diluted wash of Contrast Gryph-Charger Grey which was then lightly dry brushed with the original colour.
The Barrel and Metal Work are... Citadel... Abaddon Black.
The crew were all given a coat of Aly's Brown Liquid and re highlighted with the original shade.
The Gun Barrel and black leather goods were all given a coat of Gloss Varnish.
I am very pleased with these... The red coats contrast nicely with the sombre dark guns.
Next up...
North and Grey's Regiment of foot...
The regiment was raised on 20 June 1685 as the Earl of Baths Regiment...
It became North and Grey's in 1703 and fought at...
Blenheim. 1704.
Ramillies. 1706.
And Malplaquet. 1709.
In 1751 they became the 10th Regiment of Foot.
And in 1881 The Lincolnshire Regiment.
Finally in 1964 they became part of The Royal Anglian Regiment.
These are the final painted unit that I bought from my good friend Adrian...
All they needed was a few chips and scuffs tidied up... Re-Flagged and Re-Based.
The miniatures are as always Front Rank...
https://www.frontrank.com/product-category/18th-century/spanish-succession/
The paints are Wargames Foundry and Citadel...
https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/paint
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Painting-Modelling
Bases from Warbases...
https://warbases.co.uk/?product_cat=premier-bases-metric
The standards are based on the Robert Hall plate GB03 from the Pike And Shot Society.
https://www.pikeandshotsociety.org/
I shall try and put some sort of parade together in the near future...
So when are they coming out to play I hear you ask...
Boxing Day...
Mharaid and I have decided to give these brave little tin men their first baptism of fire as part of this years Xmas game...
There will certainly be lots of opportunity for lots of 'new unit syndrome'...
So...
What next?
I am at this moment putting some rather nice Green Linoleum on my wargames table... the green baize was becoming to difficult to keep clean and bobble free... you can only shave your table so many times...
I also have some Napoleonics on the painting desk... more additions to the Drums and Shakos collection.
I will probably flutter about a bit till New Year...
All the best Aly
Too many figures is not a problem, it is an objective ;)
ReplyDeleteLovely work on those guns and foot.
I find painting a unit of English/British or Bavarians during my WSS painting sessions gives a nice break from the sea of grey that makes up most of the other foot contingents.
Thank you Paul.
DeleteI have tried to avoid to many grey units... and those that I have picked are because I like the flags...
I would like to paint some more Bavarians...
All the best. Aly.
Splendid Sir, splendid. Await the parade in due course and it seems your winning streak will be coming to an end on Boxing day ;~)
ReplyDeleteThank you Phil...
DeleteI suspect that you a correct old boy... ;-)
All the best. Aly
Very nice. But they are English until the act of Union. So English at Blenheim and Ramillies, British for Oudenaarde and Malplaquet. Nice to have my local regiment in your collection.
ReplyDeleteThank you Paul...
DeleteWhat you have missed is that I have based my collection (mostly) around 1st May 1707...
The various English, Scottish( and Irish contingents )of my army have yet to receive their more homogeneous Union Standards...
So for the moment I shall refer to them as British... unless I choose to recreate an early action... in that case English will do nicely...
It’s all about the flags... I prefer the pre union standards because I find them more individual and striking...
North and Grey’s is a lovely looking unit and a perfect example of me going... Flag first...
All the best. Aly
Gorgeous figures, and I look forward to seeing them in action soon!
ReplyDeleteThank you Nathan...
DeleteI am really looking forward to a game ... win or (more likely) loose... ;-)
All the best. Aly
These are wonderful, Aly! Strangely redolent of the Teletubbies, too.
ReplyDeleteThank you Matt...
DeleteHa! That terrifying baby sun in his splendour... that would have traumatised me as a child...
All the best. Aly
More fine additions to your collection, Aly! I really hope you keep churning out these lovely units.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jonathan...
DeleteThere will be more.... I know for a fact that I will neeed! Bavarians,Hessians,Hanoverians,Spanish,Portuguese,Danes,Dutch and anyone else who has a pretty uniform or standard.
I am just taking a break to have some games...;-)
All the best. Aly
I look forward to the parade and the first AAR. Your collection should look splendid. Enjoy a few weeks well earned fluttering.
ReplyDeleteIt’s going to be nice to see them all laid out...
DeleteI think that the first game is going to be a lot of fun... win or loose.
Expect lot of photos.
All the best. Aly
Very nice indeed!
ReplyDeleteThank you Kym.
DeleteAll the best. Aly
Lovely looking artillery and a fine infantry regiment with splendid flags!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thank you Iain...
DeleteAll the best. Aly
Love your work Aly. Artillery is my favourite corps. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Might as well get in early :-).
ReplyDeleteBest regards,
Helen
Thank you Helen...
DeleteHave jolly good Xmas yourself... ;-)
All the best. Aly
Thank you.
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