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

Sunday, 17 May 2020

A Song of Drums And Shakos... More Chasseurs de Montagne and some New Toys.

Greetings...
Another couple of Chasseurs... This time Grenadiers





These guys were of course painted in the same way as the Voltigeurs...


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 Red Bits are... Citadel... Evil Sunz Scarlet.
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, Red and White were all given a further highlight then the leather goods were gloss varnished.




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/


During the week I also took delivery of some new toys



Sassanid Infantry and Cavalry... plus some Roman Cataphracts from Aventine Miniatures... https://aventineminiatures.co.uk/


Some of the lovely new Brunswick Infantry from Front Rank... https://www.frontrank.com/product-category/napoleonic/napoleonic-brunswick/brunswick-infantry-reinforcement-packs/


I also picked up a couple of 40mm American War of Independence figures... I have been curious to see what they looked like for some time... and I am very keen to get some paint on them.




Some more excellent shield transfers from Little Big Men Studios... https://www.littlebigmenstudios.com/


So plenty to get going on with...


All the best   Aly



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24 comments:

  1. Jonathan Freitag18 May 2020 at 00:15

    Marvelous painting on the chasseurs, Aly! From the load of recent purchases, are you single handedly trying to keep the hobby afloat?

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    1. Aly Morrison18 May 2020 at 09:24

      Thank you Jonathan...
      I am doing my bit for the industry and my lead mountain... there are more toys on the way.

      All the best. Aly

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  2. Phil18 May 2020 at 06:14

    Wonderful painting...and promising transfers...

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    1. Aly Morrison18 May 2020 at 09:25

      Thank you Phil...
      I do like those Little Big Men Transfers...

      All the best. Aly

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  3. Matt Crump18 May 2020 at 07:23

    Lovely painting Aly.......and quite a lot of purchases ! 40 mm AWI a project that needs scratching ?

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    1. Aly Morrison18 May 2020 at 09:33

      Thank you Matt...
      It should keep me out of trouble for a while...
      The 40mm toys are certainly an itch that’s needed scratching for a while... I will paint up these two and we will see where it takes me...

      All the best. Aly

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  4. The Good Soldier Svjek18 May 2020 at 08:50

    I have a copy of ASODAS but never played them , although I have dabbled in the fantasy version .

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    1. Aly Morrison18 May 2020 at 09:38

      The ‘Song of’ rules are very similar and quite flexible... I really enjoy using them.
      Mharaid and I have just finished a virtual game using FaceTime and Photoshop... I came second 😁

      All the best. Aly

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  5. Pan Janek18 May 2020 at 09:02

    Lovely job and lots of new stuff in the painting pipeline! I really like Aventine miniatures. I got hold of their Samnite cavalry as an Italian ally to my Carthagnian army. Great sculpts!

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    1. Aly Morrison18 May 2020 at 09:39

      Thank you Jan.
      Aventine and S&S are both lovely ranges... I really enjoy painting them.

      All the best. Aly

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  6. rross18 May 2020 at 10:59

    I really like the Chasseurs de Montagne Aly, and that looks like an impressive purchase of reinforcements you have taken delivery of!

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    1. Aly Morrison18 May 2020 at 13:18

      Thank you Keith...
      Mostly reinforcements for the Sassanids... with a couple of butterfly moments 😁

      All the best. Aly

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  7. Paul Scrivens-Smith18 May 2020 at 13:04

    Lovely work on these Aly, I picked up a box of the new Perry French a couple of weeks ago and they look great sculpts.
    looking forwards to seeing what you do with the other new toys.

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    1. Aly Morrison18 May 2020 at 13:20

      Thank you Paul...
      It’s a lovely box of miniatures.... I quite fancy painting a batch up as Italians...
      There is a good mix of toys so it should keep me amused for a bit...

      All the best. Aly

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  8. David18 May 2020 at 13:35

    Very nice job on those figures Aly. And, new toys, what's not to like! No wonder my order took so long!

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    1. Aly Morrison19 May 2020 at 07:44

      Thank you David...
      I think your order may have been bigger than mine...

      All the best. Aly

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  9. Phil Robinson18 May 2020 at 16:09

    More snazzy Naps and more Sassanids to look forward to seeing, and what's not to like about Black Brunswickers, I remember being struck by a painting of them in a Waterloo book back in my school library.

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    1. Aly Morrison19 May 2020 at 07:45

      Thank you Phil...
      The Brunswickers should be interesting to paint... I am going to try out some Contrast Paints on them.


      All the best. Aly

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  10. Ed M18 May 2020 at 17:00

    Splendid Nappys! I may have to check out D&S as another way to get figs on the table (it seems quite popular: I'm seeing it mentioned quite often).

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    1. Aly Morrison19 May 2020 at 07:50

      Thank you Ed...
      Drums and Shakos are a nice little set of rules.... you get an enjoyable game with a few figures on the table...The historical accuracy really comes from you and how you decide to play....

      All the best. Aly

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  11. (Kym) + Warburton + (Classic40K) 20 May 2020 at 11:10

    I really want those new Brunswickers...even though I previously had no need for a new Napoleonic project!

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    1. Aly Morrison20 May 2020 at 11:46

      They are something that is definitely needed...😁

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  12. caveadsum147123 May 2020 at 10:06

    Lovely looking grenadiers and a nice big pile of varied shiny stuff!
    Best Iain

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