Shiny Napoleonics… The Thuringian Battalion… Part 1

Greetings…

As a way of avoiding strain on my eye … Which is getting better… I Decided to paint a unit that I can do in easy stages…

So …. The Thuringian Battalion….

This battalion was made up from …

The Gotha Contingent…

The Weimar Contingent…

And The Coburg Contingent…

Each contingent had their own uniforms until 1813 when they all received a simple dark blue uniform with sky blue facings from August to November of that year.

My information came from the very splendid Brigade Uniform Plates…

https://www.brigade-uniform-tafeln.de/en/

I can not begin to recommend these enough they are worth every penny you choose to spend on them…

I must add here… That I do not get royalties 🤣.

I decided to model each continent as a separate six figure stand and then paint the command in the colours of the 1813 uniform…

The first up are The Gotha Continent…

I gave my men uncovered Shakos… I feel I have made the cockade a bit on the large side… But it works okay…

The figures I have used are the current Minifigs NN7 Nassau Infantry Advancing with slightly altered Shakos,Cuffs and the addition of a bayonet scabbard…

I will probably use the same figure for the Weimar and Coburg contingents as it is a simple figure which lends itself to conversion potential…

The tunics are a mix of… Citadel… Kantor Blue and Caledor Sky… 60%-40% approximately.

The Red bits are of course… Citadel… Evil Sunz Scarlet 

Everything was given a wash of Aly’s Brown Liquid then highlighted with the original colours… The lighter colours were then given an extra highlight to pick them out a bit more.

The paints are from…

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

The bases are as always…

https://warbases.co.uk/product-category/bases/round-cornered-bases/mdf-rc/

Always a pleasure to paint…

Hopefully the next stand will be sooner rather than later…

All the best   Aly

Fathers Day…

Greetings …

It’s Fathers Day in the U.K. today….

Another big book on Warships…

And a lovely Sunday Roast at the pub…

Sorted…😁

All the best.  Aly

P.S. I am painting stuff… Just slowly 😁

Wild Geese 2024…

Greetings…

Last weekend saw the 2024 gathering of the Wild Geese Wargamers…

And what a fine weekend it was…

As always it was a joy to meet up with old and new friends.

Friday evening was spent sipping a few ales, catching up with each other and remembering fallen comrades…

Saturday morning saw us well breakfasted and gathered around our chosen first games of the day in ‘war room’…

My first game was Lobositz by Steve M… Using Command and Colors and his lovely collection of Prince August 42mm figures.

Next up I went on to defend Falkirk from government oppression…

A game by Gary Phillips using Graham Cummings lovely Jacobite collection.

I actually won on both these games… Some of my dice throwing was absurdly good…

It of course didn’t last…😁.

The evening was spent enjoying good company food and drink…

Sunday saw the Siege of Louisbourg…

This was put on by Willz using Guy Barlows figures and rules from Paul Robinson…

A delightful game… Dave A and I scraped in a second place… If one’s brought victory…It would have been glorious 😁…

Much to my delight I was given a trophy…

Certainly a step up from The Most Unlucky General….😁

This was a incredibly entertaining and enjoyable weekend… as always…

And my thanks go out to everyone involved in making it happen… Next year is already being organised and I am looking forward to it…

Has my Butterfly started fluttering…. Of course it has 🦋🦋🦋🦋🤣😂🤣

All the best.  Aly.