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

Saturday, 9 May 2020

A Song of Drums and Shakos... Another couple of Chasseurs de Montagne.

Greetings...


These fellows have been on my painting desk for a while so I thought I would get them finished...







I have realised that I didn't post a breakdown of the paints I had used... so here we go...


The Uniform is... Citadel... Doombull Brown... With a Diluted Contrast Gore-Grunta Fur wash.
The Facings and Piping are... Wargames Foundry... Sky Blue 21B.
The Green Bits are... Citadel... Warboss Green.
The Yellow Bits are... Wargames Foundry... Ochre 4B.
The White Bits are... Citadel... Pallid Wych Flesh.
The Water Bottle and Bayonet Scabbard are... Citadel... Skrag Brown.
The Pack and Musket Stock are... Citadel... Mournfang Brown.
The Greatcoat is... Citadel... Administratum Grey.
The Water bottle Strap is... Wargames Foundry... Buff Leather 7B.


As usual everything was given a wash of Aly's Brown Liquid and was highlighted with the original colour...
The Sky Blue, Yellow, Green and White were all given a further highlight then the leather goods were gloss varnished.


I still have a couple more Grenadiers, 6 Fusiliers and some Command in the painting queue and a desire to add Spanish, Italians and British to this collection.


The miniatures are Perry Miniatures...
https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_62&products_id=4074&osCsid=7k38vcbtkcaue53bd8k3587ge3


Paints from...
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Painting-Modelling

And...
https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/paint


The bases are Warbases...
https://warbases.co.uk/


Back to some more basing... I have a parade to finish.




All the best   Aly.
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28 comments:

  1. Jonathan Freitag9 May 2020 at 18:08

    Fabulous work, Aly! Greet looking brown uniform. Did this unit serve in Spain? If so, this would be a good candidate to field in my own project.

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    1. Aly Morrison9 May 2020 at 19:24

      Thank you Jonathan...
      They did indeed fight in Spain... though I am not sure they covered themselves in glory.
      They were raised in 1810 to patrol the Pyrenees and reached the strength of 3 Battalions...
      They were mainly used for anti-guerrilla operations but took part in the defence of San Sebastian and an expedition into Spain in 1808-09.
      They were disbanded in1813-14.
      Looking up images for uniforms you can see that there were a lot of variations within the uniforms... I picked the ones that I liked most.

      All the best. Aly

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    2. Jonathan Freitag10 May 2020 at 00:35

      Thank you! Well, my Peninsular War French need to have this fine looking unit.

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    3. Aly Morrison10 May 2020 at 16:01

      Hurrah!

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  2. Phil Robinson9 May 2020 at 18:48

    Looking very sartorial in their brown attire there Aly, top stuff.

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    1. Aly Morrison9 May 2020 at 19:25

      Thank you Phil...
      The sky blue and brown goes well together...


      All the best. Aly

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  3. rross9 May 2020 at 19:20

    Very nice indeed Aly....the brown uniform is reminiscent of the Portuguese Cacadores and a nice change from the usual French blue and white.

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    1. Aly Morrison9 May 2020 at 19:29

      Thank you Keith...
      Brown uniforms certainly seem to be the hip and trendy thing in the Peninsular...
      It is also nice to paint French in a none French scheme...

      All the best. Aly

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  4. Peter9 May 2020 at 22:18

    A couple of beautiful figures.

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  5. Natholeon9 May 2020 at 22:29

    Looking very nice. I'm keen to see a game with these chaps!

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    1. Aly Morrison9 May 2020 at 23:33

      Thank you Nate...
      I am also keen to see a game with these chaps... I need to get some Spanish organised...

      All the best. Aly

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  6. Phil10 May 2020 at 06:16

    Handsome uniform and great paint job Aly!

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    1. Aly Morrison10 May 2020 at 15:53

      Thank you Phil...
      It’s one of my favourites...

      All the best. Aly

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  7. Matt Crump10 May 2020 at 08:01

    Lovely work Aly and looking forward to the parade 👍

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    1. Aly Morrison10 May 2020 at 15:54

      Thank you Matt...

      The Romans are now all based so... next up. 😁

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  8. David10 May 2020 at 10:02

    Very nice additions to the ongoing project Aly.

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    1. Aly Morrison10 May 2020 at 15:56

      Thank you David...
      The Peninsular certainly offers a nice variety of colourful units and uniforms ...

      All the best. Aly

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  9. MSFoy10 May 2020 at 11:41

    I left a comment yesterday, I think, but Blogger ate it. Lovely figures - once again you have chosen one of my favourite units! Just excellent.

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    1. Aly Morrison10 May 2020 at 15:58

      Thank you Tony...
      Blogger can be a hungry beast...

      They are one of my favourite units as well... more to follow...😁

      All the best. Aly

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  10. (Kym) + Warburton + (Classic40K) 11 May 2020 at 06:39

    Very nice.

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  11. Pan Janek11 May 2020 at 10:19

    I like the brown uniforms! Looking good and enjoyable to paint. This reminds me I have to make more Grenzers! :-)

    Best wishes,
    Jan

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    1. Aly Morrison12 May 2020 at 18:13

      Thank you Jan...
      I find the brown uniforms are surprisingly colourful...
      More Grenzers are definitely a good thing...😁

      All the best Aly

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  12. Mark Strachan12 May 2020 at 09:59

    Lovely work Aly. i could be tempted by that set...mind you I am tempted by many things...

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    1. Aly Morrison12 May 2020 at 18:14

      Thank you Mark...
      Be tempted... 😁

      All the best. Aly

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  13. caveadsum147113 May 2020 at 10:47

    Lovely looking brown French! Very chic and on trend for the peninsula!
    Best Iain

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    1. Aly Morrison14 May 2020 at 15:04

      Thank you Iain...
      Early investors in the brown cloth industry mast have made a fortune 😁

      All the best. Aly

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