ALY MORRISON'S "BUTTERFLY" ADVENTURES IN THE WORLD OF WARGAMES AND TOY SOLDIERS

Monday, 16 December 2019

A Song of Drums and Shako's... A few new toys.



Greetings...


As Alan and Michael Perry have now posted images of the (few) new French plastics I have painted on their Facebook page...


https://www.facebook.com/perryminiatures/photos/pcb.2411565008965591/2411561762299249/?type=3&theatre


I can now show a couple of pictures of my own...





I have painted these up as Voltigeurs and Grenadiers from The Chasseures de Montagne ...


I have always liked this uniform... I feel that the rich red brown and the sky blue go really well together...
And I have always fancied expanding my small Song of Drums and Shako's collection into the Spanish Peninsular...


There are a few more on the painting desk...
I have chosen to base these on round bases as they match with the way Alan Perry has done his...


All the best    Aly
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36 comments:

  1. WSTKS-FM Worldwide16 December 2019 at 22:40

    One cannot go wrong with French voltigeurs or grenadiers. They look wonderful.

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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  2. Jonathan Freitag16 December 2019 at 23:14

    Gorgeous brushwork, Aly!

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  3. Natholeon17 December 2019 at 01:30

    Looking great! I love that uniform too.

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    1. Aly Morrison17 December 2019 at 08:54

      Thank you Nathan...
      It is a lovely colour combination....

      All the best. Aly

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  4. StuartInsch17 December 2019 at 07:07

    Great new figures from the lads and excellent painting from yourself too.

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    1. Aly Morrison17 December 2019 at 08:55

      Thank you Stuart...
      ‘Tis a splendid set of toys.

      All the best. Aly

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  5. Phil Robinson17 December 2019 at 07:30

    Very striking.

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    1. Aly Morrison17 December 2019 at 08:56

      Hopefully they will strike fear into their enemies... once I paint some up that is..


      All the best. Aly

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  6. Phil17 December 2019 at 07:57

    First class voltigeurs!

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  7. Pan Janek17 December 2019 at 08:07

    Lovely minis and painting. I also like combination of the rich brown with sky blue, which reminds me that I still have one more regiment of Austrian Grenzers to paint! :-)

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    1. Aly Morrison17 December 2019 at 09:00

      Thank you Jan.

      Somewhat unsurprisingly I am also fond of the Austrian Grenzer uniform ;-)

      All the best. Aly

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  8. David17 December 2019 at 12:04

    Apart from the fact that they are vile plastic abominations those are very nicely painted.

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    1. Aly Morrison19 December 2019 at 08:11

      Thank you Dave...
      Manly metal they may not be... but they are very nice toys.

      All the best. Aly

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  9. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)17 December 2019 at 13:34

    Very nice Aly!

    Christopher

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  10. Ed M17 December 2019 at 16:19

    Fine figures well rendered: very impressive! (from another appreciator of the brown/blue combination, as also found among Grenzers)

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  11. MSFoy17 December 2019 at 16:23

    Excellent - I also have a soft spot for this regiment. For no particular reason (other than perversity?) I also like to trot out the Garde de Paris in northern Spanish wargames. Mind you, I also have a liking for the Chasseurs Britanniques, so I am definitely odd.

    Lovely painting. I have the Drums and Shakos books, but have never tried a game.

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    1. Aly Morrison19 December 2019 at 08:16

      Thank you Tony...
      I also have some Garde de Paris on the painting desk.
      I really like Drums and Shakos... you don’t need many miniatures and it gives you an enjoyable game.

      All the best. Aly

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  12. Matt Crump18 December 2019 at 08:07

    Beautiful work Aly everybody has a soft spot for French Napoleonics 👍

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  13. Bluewillow19 December 2019 at 05:06

    Very fine brushwork sir!

    Cheers
    Matt
    French Wargame Holidays

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  14. caveadsum147119 December 2019 at 21:57

    Lovely paint work on some nice looking plastic French which I will no doubt get as I don't fancy any more of the victrix plastics for the period, really, really fiddly, a little too detailed for wargames figures and you've done a great job on these chaps!
    Best Iain

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    1. Aly Morrison20 December 2019 at 07:51

      Thank you Iain...
      They are lovely little toys and not to painful to assemble.

      All the best. Aly

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  15. Mark Strachan20 December 2019 at 08:47

    Damn! All this eye candy is making me twitchy...I can feel a spend coming on!

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    1. Aly Morrison21 December 2019 at 11:13

      Well... with Alan making all the effort to design them...it would be rude not to buy a few... ;-)

      All the best. Aly

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  16. Der Alte Fritz21 December 2019 at 19:15

    Those are wonderful looking figures. It makes me want to buy some.

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    1. Aly Morrison21 December 2019 at 20:25

      Thank you Jim...
      You know you want them.... just one box... and then the others... ;-)

      All the best. Aly

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  17. Paul Scrivens-Smith23 December 2019 at 22:00

    Very nice work on those, I may try to pick some of these up myself over the coming months.

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    1. Aly Morrison23 December 2019 at 23:21

      Thank you Paul...

      I do like the way that The Perrys are releasing a ‘Unit’ box and a ‘skirmish’ box... it gives you a few more options.

      All the best. Aly

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  18. rross24 December 2019 at 02:16

    Looks like you have been busy in my absence from the blogosphere Aly....I won't go and comment on all the posts I have missed but I particularly like the WSS parade!

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    1. Aly Morrison24 December 2019 at 08:44

      Thank you Keith...

      Good to see you back.

      All the best. Aly

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