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

Monday 20 July 2020

Franco-Prussian War... Bavarian Infantry.

Greetings...

My little game with Mharaid has encouraged me to finish of this battalion of Bavarian Infantry which has been sat at the back of the desk for over a year now...
After all that patient waiting they deserve to have their shiny new uniforms...





The Uniforms are... Wargames Foundry... Sky Blue 21B.
The Facings are... Wargames Foundry... Ochre 4B
The Piping is... Citadel... Evil Sunz Scarlet.
The Knapsacks and the Officers Gloves are... Citadel... Pallid Wych Flesh.
The Backpacks are... Citadel... Skrag Brown.
The Greatcoats are... Wargamers Foundry... Slate Grey Shade 32A.
The Rifles are... Citadel... Mournfang Brown.

Everything was given a coat of Aly’s Brown Liquid then highlighted with the original shades...
I am glad I took the time to finish these... I honestly don’t know why I was putting them off for so long...
I may actually get around to painting the other two battalions...

The figures are of course Spencer Smith Classic Range FPW...
http://www.spencersmithminiatures.co.uk/html/franco_pruss.html

The Paints are from Wargames Foundry and Citadel...
https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/paint
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Painting-Modelling

The Bases are from Warbases...
https://warbases.co.uk/product-category/bases/premier-bases-metric/

The Standard is from the old Flags for the Lads Range... I am not sure if they are available anymore...

I have some more shiny things and Sassanids on the go at the moment... we will see who crosses the finishing post first...

All the best.  Aly




26 comments:

  1. Very nice, FPW is made for these casts.

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    1. Thank you Paul...
      They are lovely elegant designs and a joy to paint.

      All the best. Aly

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  2. Nice looking additions Aly...I have always liked the Bavarian uniform, Kornblumenblau with the distinctive Raupehelm...very nice indeed!

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    1. Thank you Keith...
      Yes the Bavarian uniform is very attractive... one of my favourites...

      All the best. Aly

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  3. Fab looking Bavarians in their shiny blue uniforms!

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  4. Fantastic figures!

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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  5. Beautiful! And now coming to us in Perry plastic!

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    1. Thank you Nate...

      Yes plastic Franco-Prussian War...
      Who would have thought it...😲

      All the best. Aly

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  6. Lovely job. Sadly Flags For the Lads are no more; fortunately I managed to grab the last of them a few years back. Looking at the news from Perry Miniatures about their planned FPW plastic range I am even more pleased that I did.

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    1. Thank you Matt...
      It’s a shame no one picked up the ‘Flags’ range... it was very comprehensive.

      Yes lovely looking toys from Michael...

      All the best. Aly

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  7. G'Day Aly, Lovely paint job on the figures. I've always liked the light blue Bavarian uniform. I've seen that Perry are working on plastic Franco-Prussian figures. O'Dear another period!! Cheers Greg

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    1. Thank you Greg.
      It is a lovely looking uniform indeed....
      You know you want them... 😁

      All the best. Aly

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  8. There is really something special about the Bavarians in that cornflower blue. Lovely shiny work Aly.

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    1. Thank you Mark...
      The Bavarians have always been a favourite of mine...

      All the best. Aly

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  9. Very fine, super shiny additions to the collection, bravo Sir.

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  10. Handsome uniform and wonderful job Aly!

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  11. Spiffing job on the old Spencers Aly!

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  12. Lovely looking Bavarians! Classic light blue uniform!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thank you Iain...
      A classic uniform indeed...

      All the best. Aly

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