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

Monday, 2 November 2020

Shiny Napoleonics... Von Lützow’s Freikorps

 Greetings...

A nice new unit for my Shiny Napoleonics...

Von Lützow’s Freikorps...

I first saw this stylish unit painted in the shiny style on the Hinton Spieler blog...

https://thehintonspieler.blogspot.com/2017/08/lutzowers-at-last.html

Matthew (Wellington Man) did such a splendid job that I new I must have a unit like them in my collection...

My battalion was made using Minifigs as opposed to Hinton Hunts...

The original figure was a Brunswicker wearing the early uniform used in the Peninsular...

I removed the plume and built up a Prussian style shako cover using Green Stuff, I also cut off the braid on the front of the coat and the chin scales...




As you can see I didn’t strip them as the paint had been applied quite thinly...

The hats were sculpted over three or four days so it didn’t feel like a task.

My test figure for the uniform colour was...


Kapitän Daumen hoch...

I was very pleased with the results and quickly moved on to the whole unit...





“sehr guter alter Junge“


The standard was... well... copied from Wellington Man 😁

With a little help from a picture I found on line...


Ok...  So... There’s no way I could screw up here then... is there?


And the stupid mistake is................................Pretty obvious!

My only (pathetic) excuse is that I haven’t done any lettering for a while and I was to focused on that to notice that the damn thing was upside down...


Anyway... After some swearing and a few subtle reminders...


The finished standard...


Hurra! (Dummkopf)...

The Uniform is a base coat of... Citadel... The Fang.

Which was  given two coats of... Citadel... Contrast... Black Templar...

This gives a nice blueish black...

The Piping is... Citadel... Evil Sunz Scarlet.

The Belts are just painted pure Black...

The Standard is... Citadel... Evil Sunz Scarlet and pure Black.

The Standard Fringe and Lettering is... Citadel... Averland Sunset... 

Highlighted by adding some... Wargames Foundry... Lemon Light 1C.

I have to say that I am really really pleased with these... I was a bit unsure about how the gloss varnish would look over the Contrast Colours... but it worked a treat.

I also stole another idea from Wellington Man... I have no shame...



I rebased my Lamming Neapolitans on slightly thinner bases so that now they don’t tower over their Minifigs allies, I also took the time to correct a couple of things with the paint job that were bothering me... 


The bases are as always...
https://warbases.co.uk/product-category/bases/round-cornered-bases/


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


I have more shiny things to come and hopefully a game report...


All the best.    Aly



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42 comments:

  1. James Fisher3 November 2020 at 02:21

    Shiny and lovely. Brilliant Aly.
    Regards, James

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  2. marinergrim3 November 2020 at 06:25

    Excellent Aly.

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  3. rross3 November 2020 at 07:07

    Nice work Aly - you will enjoy some of the images on my blog of our Napoleonic game at Tarawera - lots n lots of shiny Minfigs Russians and Bavarians, all painted 30+ years ago by a now departed veteran wargaming mate of Marks called Jim Shaw (I only knew him very slightly) who had served in RN Submarines during WW2

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    1. Aly Morrison3 November 2020 at 18:30

      Thank you Keith...
      It was a great looking game... I must pick some Pavlov Grenadiers for myself.

      All the best. Aly

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  4. The Good Soldier Svjek3 November 2020 at 07:59

    That flag is amazing - you have a steady hand !

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    1. Aly Morrison3 November 2020 at 18:38

      Thank you Tony...
      The hand is still steady... everything else... not so sure.😁

      All the best. Aly

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  5. Steve J.3 November 2020 at 08:02

    A lovely unit Aly and love the hand painted flag. To err is human and all that...

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    1. Aly Morrison3 November 2020 at 18:39

      Thank you Steve...
      That would mean I am human quite a lot...😂

      All the best. Aly

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  6. Phil Robinson3 November 2020 at 08:14

    More super scintillating soldiers there Aly.

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  7. Mark Strachan3 November 2020 at 08:21

    Lovely stuff Aly. I don’t for a second think you erred at all and see through your cunning plan. That flag will be perfect down under...you are planning an Antipodean invasion!

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    1. Aly Morrison3 November 2020 at 18:43

      Thank you Mark...
      An Antipodean invasion would be a splendid idea 😁

      All the best. Aly

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  8. David Crook3 November 2020 at 10:25

    Perfectly splendid old chap! They really look the part.

    All the best,

    DC

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  9. Phil3 November 2020 at 10:39

    Superb units and flags!

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  10. Pan Janek3 November 2020 at 15:51

    Nice! Time ago my club-friend did the Lutzow Freikjorps for his Prussian army (https://zumbefehl.blogspot.com/2017/11/lutzow-freikorps.html?fbclid=IwAR0R7HEVXkGRKSjq6ryyMRPw8nI5nsf5pXLjHWeF83q8gBExtdB3bscNcUE). As far as I remember, they hav't done much in the battle though ;-)

    Best wishes,
    Jan

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    1. Aly Morrison3 November 2020 at 18:45

      Thank you Jan.

      That is a fine looking unit...

      All the best. Aly

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  11. Mark Dudley3 November 2020 at 15:54

    Another fantastic unit and the lettering on the standard is exquisite.

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  12. David3 November 2020 at 16:32

    Stealing inspiration from Wellington Man is never a bad thing! As for the flag, been there done that. At least you caught it before mounting it on the figure! You must be getting quite the army by now. When do we get to see them in a glorious shiny review?

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    1. Aly Morrison3 November 2020 at 18:48

      The forces are coming along nicely...
      I may do a parade to celebrate Xmas or new year...

      All the best. Aly

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  13. David3 November 2020 at 16:53

    Splendid work there, especially the lettering on the flag!

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  14. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com3 November 2020 at 17:13

    Splendid indeed! Drawing inspiration from some one else's work, with credit of course, is the best compliment you can make.

    Are thise S range? They don't look quite as the tubby chubby as the (then) new Minifigs that inspired me to switch to Garrison. These I would have dreamed over.

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    1. Aly Morrison3 November 2020 at 18:52

      Thank you Ross...
      These are indeed S Range... I also have what are referred to as Intermediate Range figures which I personally think are some of the nicest stuff Minifigs made...

      All the best. Aly.

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  15. Paul Scrivens-Smith3 November 2020 at 18:47

    Shiny goodness. Great (re)work on that standard.

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  16. Matt Crump3 November 2020 at 19:22

    Lovely new unit Aly .....but if I am honest I just love the Neapolitans so much more they are so dandy !😀

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  17. Aly Morrison3 November 2020 at 19:46

    Thank you Matt...

    Yes I can see me adding more Neapolitans to my collection....

    All the best. Aly

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  18. Ray Rousell3 November 2020 at 20:31

    Excellent brushwork Aly. The flag looks pretty cool too. 80)

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  19. Wellington Man4 November 2020 at 16:12

    'Sehr guter alte junger' indeed, Aly! What an absolutely superb result.
    If it's any consolation, I made exactly the same mistake the first time I painted my Lutzower flag. The black seems to want to be on the top for some reason. Perhaps the spirit of von Lutzow is trying to tell us something?
    Best regards
    Matthew

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    1. Aly Morrison4 November 2020 at 20:07

      Thank you Matthew...

      I am going to read our flag ‘error’ as an underlying sign of genius...😂

      All the best. Aly

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  20. Jonathan Freitag4 November 2020 at 20:50

    Super brushwork, Aly! Your hand painted flag is ace.

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  21. Moiterei_19846 November 2020 at 19:25

    Very neat! Rather like the work on the flag. Really took me a moment to realize your first take was upside down.

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    1. Aly Morrison20 November 2020 at 17:02

      Thank you Nick...
      At least I didn’t find out after I had finished painting it 😁

      All the best. Aly

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  22. Stefano V20 November 2020 at 16:42

    Hello,
    wonderful figures! I would like to give a try to my old minifigs.
    What green colour did you use for the base, it is very old scoollish!
    Stefano

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    1. Aly Morrison20 November 2020 at 17:08

      Thank you Stefano...

      The green on the figures base is Citadel Lorain Forest...
      The green on the unit stand is a colour called Urban Jungle... which is from an own brand paint range from a UK Hardware/Household chain called Wilko’s.

      All the best. Aly

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