More Napoleonic Prussian Landwher...

Another regiment of Prussian Landwher rolls off the production line. This time instead of using a paint triad to paint with, these were speed painted using a base coat of grey, wash using Army Painter Strong Tone and highlights with yet more Vellejo London Grey.

The unit is mostly plastic Warlord Games Landwher with metal command and casualties. Thw inspiration for the colour scheme was a print by Knotel showing an East Prussian Landwher infantryman in grey coats with red facings and blue feldmutz.

I also note that today in history the Dutch fleet destroyed the English fleet in the Medway in 1667 under Admiral Michiel de Rutyer. I recently had the pleasure of viewing paintings of the event at the National Maritime Musuem at Greenwich, a stones throw away from where I live. The battle was decisive in Englands Naval reforms that led to the industrialisation of ship building which in part led to the Royal Navys supremacy in the following century as well as construction of defences on the Thames and the Medway to prevent a repeat event. More to follow in a different blog post on Thames fortifications.

Armies on Parade - Napoleonic Prussians

Taking advantage of a rare sunny gap between the rain I took the opportunity of parading my Prussian Army in the garden under the sun. This has been an on and off project for the past two years. It was inspired at the 2011 Historicon with the release of the Perry plastic Prussian Infantry.

The army is based off the Waterloo campaign under FM Blucher. It is a mix of Perry, Warlord and Foundry miniatures. Still work in progress, more Landwher to paint then reservists and Cavalry. Looking for suitable flags/colours as Flagdude I believe is stopping up shop so and recommendations on suppliers would be useful.

Getting all the toys out was an opportunity to see where the gaps are. One more Landwher unit is on the work bench based off a Knotel print of East Prussians. An order has gone into messrs Perry for some more artillery and some command for the Jager stands. Fathers day gave a rare chance to do all the basing for the whole Army so thank you to the Domestic Chief of Staff (DCOS) for allowing it.

Perry Miniatures, Prussian high command

Perry Miniatures Russians as the Russian Legion followed by a battalion of Foundry Prussian infantry

Two battalions of Perry plastic Prussian infantry and a battalion of metal Foundry infantry.

Two types of Warlord plastic Landwher, the newer type is the front battalion.

Perry plastic Jagers from the Prussian infantry sprue. A shortfall of the sprue is no Jager command.

More Prussian command from Perry and the Landwher from Warlord.

Perry cannon on the left and Foundry on the right.

Napoleonic Westphalian Landwher

Tonights offering is a unit of Westphalian Landwher in Prussian service. The models are the newer pattern plastic Landwher by Warlord Games. These are a joy to assemble and paint. I liked them that much that I have three more Regiments worth as a result if Warlords sprue sale. I have to say that these more closely match up to the Perry plastic Prussian infantry wity respect to style as the previous plastic Landwher were a bit gawky.

28mm Prussian or Russian infantry

It has been a while since posting as the speed of painting has reduced to a snails pace since I have taken over the care of my son, Sunray Minor.

The Napolepnic Prussian project has moved on though with the completion of the 31st Infantry Regiment of the Russian Legion from the III Corps which fought in the 1815 Waterloo campaign at Wavre. The figures are the plastic Perry Russian infantry box which are of a high quality and a joy to assemble. Sadly I found these a bit tedious to paint and I clearly need to work on the recipe for Russian uniforms.

Thankfully this regiment is out of the way so back to more damilsr grey and blue uniforms! My focus now turns to more Landwher regiments, in parts thanks to Warlords recent sprue sale.

I'm back!

It really has been a while. Alot of ground has been covered since last we met, chiefly the birth of my son and the crapness of the blogger app! More posts to follow as there is a fair bit to report.

The Prussian project has moved on... four line regiments, one Jager and two Landwher painted. Blucher and his command stand complete.Russian legion started.

Gangs of Rome. This is my new addiction! Love the miniatures, reminds me of the awesome HBO series 'Rome'. Amazed at the buildings by Sarrisa, my first dip into the world of MDF terrain and the resin from Irongate. Looking to do more of this in 2019.

Bolt action. Vehicle hoarding continues apace and even managed to get a game in although I was soundly thrashed by the SS

Blood red skies, bought a copy at Warlord Shop in Nottingham, impressed by both the models and game play.

Empire project. The oldhammer/middlehammer bug has struck.I have been hoarding three armies for nearly a decade that I previously played in my youth, being Empire, Dogs of War and Bretonnians. Have been filling the gaps in my collection recently and stock taking of which you can see some of the Empire hoarding.

Blimey it's been a while!

Wow, it is amazing how long it takes to update a blog. The usual reasons, lack of personal discipline, the awful blogger app that will not allow photos to publish, a loss of painting mojo lasting three months and the attrition of real life.

So what have I been up to? The above does not sound constructive, however I have been chipping away at many projects. Here are the highlights below:

1. Went to SELWG 2017. A great little show, more hobby focused with some great table games. More intimate than Salute.

2. Built the Sherman Firefly VC plastic kit by Warlord and discovered the joy of Testors dullcoat.

3. Rediscovered OO gauge railway modelling  and resurrected a project from a decade ago. Above is a kit of BR 07 shunter converted into an MoD Barclay 275hp shunting loco. Below is a rake of Parkside Vanwide and Palvans with a Horny VGA painted up as internal user wagons for the MoD. Painted and weathered acrylics. 

4. Paint a clutch of 1/56th scale 'B Vehicles'. Top photos shows the radio truck from Corgi, Anyscale models CMP 30Cwt truck, Perry 5'5'' Howitzer and Warlord K2 Ambulance in prep in the background.

Corgi Diecast Diamond T tank transporter and Warlord Firefly being varnished in dullcoat.

Richard Humbles scratch built Matador truck being base coated. A good spot of the Facebook sales pages!

5. George Washington in 28mm from the Wargames Illustrated 'Giants in Miniature' range. Also painted is a Regiment of Eureka's Marbleheaders and Perry Miniatures Lee's Legion.

6. Defrocking the M7 Priest. Model from the Priest SPG by Warlord games modified to become a 'Kangeroo APC' by blanking off the gun mounting, removing the shell racks and adding some plastic card armour to the fighting compartment. Added to this has been two RAM Kangeroos and some more Universal Carriers.

7. Prussians Et Gloria. Eat, Sleep, Paint, Repeat...  bulking out the 28mm Napoleonic Prussian regiments with the 19th, 24th and 25th Prussian regiments. Photos show the Perry plastics. Two metal regiments of Foundry Prussians were also painting with a start on the new Warlord Landwher. 

Paint table Sunday

This week I have mostly been painting Warlord Games 28mm plastic Prussian Landwher. The scults can be a bit repetitive but take paint well, so ideal for batch painting. 24 figures painted as the 4th Silesian Regiment. Based for Shako in eights on 40mm x 60mm bases.

I shall finish off the remaining figures when I purchase the command pack at Salute.