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

Saturday 21 September 2024

Shiny Napoleonics… The Thuringian Battalion… Part 3

Hurrah!…

Another stand painted…

This unit has really been like pulling teeth… I honestly don’t understand why it has taken me so long…

But here they are…

The Coburg Contingent…




They have been pretty much painted in the same way as the Weimar Continent but with Evil Sunz Scarlet turnbacks and white belts…

https://alystoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2024/08/shiny-napoleonics-thuringian-battalion.html

All I have to do now is the command stand… which is in a very Prussian looking uniform…

Hopefully this won’t take too long…

As I write this Nottingham is in the middle of an incredible full on thunder, lightning and rain storm…

The rain is quite literally flailing the back of my house… I opened the back door to try and watch the lightning… but I had to close it because my shoes were getting soaked…

That will be the end of summer then…

I blinked and missed it 🤣…

All the best    Aly


44 comments:

  1. Sometimes units are like that.........
    Being a bit more north, we have not had it bad, the odd flash of lighting.
    Neil

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    1. The irritating thing with these chaps is that the uniforms are fairly simple… so it should have been easier than it has been…
      As you say… Some units are like that 😁

      All the best. Aly

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  2. Looks like you’ve had what we had last week matey. Head to the bunker quick. Those lads you’ve painted look bloody lovely by the way.

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    1. Thank you JBM…
      It is of course still raining 🙄

      All the best. Aly

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  3. Beautiful and shiny! I have a dozen French hussars that I simply cannot muster the motivation to complete. I know exactly how you feel.

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    1. Thank you Jonathan…
      There is a temptation to just put them in a box and come back to them later… but I am so close to finishing them… so I shall persevere…

      All the best. Aly

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  4. Very smart and very inspirational, Aly.!

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  5. I am sure I had some of these figures in the previous millennium, Aly! Mine were painted as French, though.
    We had weather like you are describing early Friday morning...0230 for about an hour...
    We have actually had A LOT of lightning storms over the last three or four months...far more frequent than is usual, it feels like!

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    1. I know I had some of these figures in the previous millennium 😁
      It does feel a bit like it’s been grey and raining since May…although that might be something to do with me working in an office with frosted glass in the windows…
      All the best. Aly

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  6. Minifigs and high gloss - you can't beat it ! , Tony

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  7. It's amazing how different they look with white cross -belts as opposed to black, possibly helped out by the yellow cuffs. C'mon now, one last push with the command stand and we can have a parade through the streets of Spielzeugstadt.

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    1. Apart from a few subtle changes all three stands are made from the same figures…
      They definitely deserve a parade 😁

      All the best. Aly

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  8. Once more into the breach, for good effect! The unit will no doubt be storied on the table. I have a few long un the making units coming up.

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    1. I am hoping that they will be incredibly good at fighting …
      Although that will probably be when the fight against me 🤣

      All the best. Aly

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  9. Great work Aly, you have made an art out of painting Minifigs!

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  10. Lovely new contingent, the uniform is really nice, super work on them. Up in the far north we have just had a bit of dreich weather, lot colder but none of the heavy rain, summer, what there was of it, has gone that;s for sure.

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    1. Thank you Donnie…
      ‘Dreich’ definitely describes most of the weather recently…

      All the best. Aly

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  11. A little ray of shineyness on drab wet day. Ah, summer the season that nature forgot.

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    1. Thank you Phil…
      I think most of my memories for this year will be in greyscale…
      I need to paint some Hussars or Neapolitans 🤣

      All the best. Aly

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  12. A splendid and shiny addition there. You did not need to blink to miss summer though, it missed us to save the trouble. Just taken 32 mins to make a 10 min journey thanks to flood diversions. It never floods here!

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    1. Thank you David…
      So when I thought I was seeing flashing lights… it was just summer nipping past me 😱
      I do sometimes wonder why I chose to live by the river…😳

      All the best. Aly

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  13. Excellent work Aly even if it was a struggle. I'm hoping the wet weather will kick off some painting once again for me...

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    1. Thank you Steve…
      Autumn and Winter are definitely painting seasons… but after this year I think I will include Summer as well…

      All the best. Aly

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  14. Sometimes the Mojo just takes a stubborn stand. They will probably fight better than the units created out of love! They look great nonetheless!

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    1. Thank you Matt…
      I am hoping they will be stubborn warriors….When they are fighting for me…of course.

      All the best. Aly

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  15. Too bad about summer...! A fine result in the end on this unit despite the difficulty--great work!

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    1. Yes Summer has passed me by…
      The regiment is nearly there… I think it is going to be worth it in the end…

      All the best. Aly

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  16. Excellent Napoleonic shinny eye candy.

    Willz.

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  17. Hi Aly, I do enjoy seeing your lovely Minifigs. What varnish do you use and does it go yellow after a while?

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    1. Thank you Bob…
      I’ve been using a few different varnishes… I’m still trying to find something that ticks all the boxes …
      These have been varnished with Wilko’s Yacht Varnish… which is no longer available…
      It does yellow a bit but not hideously…

      All the best. Aly

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  18. Aly they may have been a challenge but they have turned out beautiful. …..and super shiny. As others have said some units just seem harder which is strange for these guys as their uniforms are fairly simple. Always seems to be grenadiers for me ….too much lace !

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    1. Thank you Matt…
      It’s a mystery to me why they have taken so long… only one more base to go… and they have been started.

      All the best. Aly

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  19. Splendid looking shiny types! I have a unit of hussars, hovering on the edge of my painting desk that fulfil the same role currently for me!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thank you Iain…
      There is always one unit that won’t play along…

      All the best. Aly

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  20. A nice looking unit Aly. I too have units that sit incomplete for months. Sometimes it's because the uniform is uninspiring, sometimes it's painting fatigue and other times because something more interesting comes along. It doesn't happen too often Hough.

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    1. Thank you Matt…
      My usual way is to just put them back in the box… but I am not letting these so and so’s get the better of me 😁

      All the best. Aly

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  21. Nice and shiny! As to the wether... end of September and early October is my favourite part of the year with so called "Polish Golden Autumn", though this week temperatures dropped to around 1C in the morning which is quite a surprise ;-)

    Best wishes,
    Jan

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    1. Thank you Jan…
      The sun is actually shining today… but I certainly wouldn’t describe it as a Golden Autumn 😁

      All the best. Aly

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