Painting Napoleonic's again.

After painting mostly fantasy and sci-fi miniatures this year I've decided to get back to painting Napoleonic's. It will come as no surprise to hear that I'm painting Prussians again. I have finished some Landweher and I'm now working on Volunteer Jaeger and Musketeers. The Landweher and Jaeger are by Calpe, the musketeers by Front Rank.

Small victories.

Yesterday I put the finishing touches to a couple of small projects that had been hanging around for quiet a while (years in 1 case).

I finally painted the 6pdr to go with my French horse artillery. Also the last figure of a 6 strong Prussian Jaeger unit.

The crew are by Elite miniatures, and the gun is from Calpe miniatures.

Figures from Calpe miniatures.

Cheers

2019 New start, old projects.

So the start of a new year normally means the start of a new project. Not for me this year. I've decided to go back to my core and concentrate on those projects that mean the most to me.

First up is Napoleonic's. This has always been my main interest so most of my time will be spent on it. I finished a line battalion at the beginning of the month, and I'm well on my way to finishing a second.
I'm also starting on a French cavalry force. First with Hussar's, then some Chasseurs.

Second I'm going to consolidate my 6mm WW2 and Modern collection. My 1941 Eastern front project is nearly done. Just a few support weapons for that.
My modern project has all it's troops and vehicle's, I just need to work on some terrain.

Well thats all for now. I'll share a few pictures of my Napoleonic work in progress.

Cheers.

Weekly update #2.

OK a bit late this one. I'm afraid I got sidetracked by an Ork Blood Bowl team.
Well I finally finished painting the Grenadier company. Really great miniatures to paint.

I guess I'm going to have to buy some more now.

First up I will finish my French battalion, then finish this Saxon one.

Figures by Calpe miniatures.

Cheers.

Weekly update #1

This is going to be the start of a weekly blog post documenting my Napoleonic miniature painting. Some weeks will only be a couple of figures, others might be whole units.
So to start I thought I would share what I've painted since the weekend.

First we have a French command stand I finished. I only needed the Sapper and Drummer for completion so I knuckled down and got them done.

Calpe miniatures which are outstanding

Next I started on a company of Saxon Grenadiers. This is mainly to practice my white paint technique. I've gone for a grey base for the trousers and belts, and a sand base for the jacket.

Again outstanding Calpe miniatures.

Until next week.

Cheers.

Neil.

Saxon Jaeger.

I've just finished a unit of Saxon Jaeger. Miniatures are by Calpe, and were great to paint.

Another French command base finished. This one is for the 1690's ish. We have a Noble and a professional General arguing on the best strategy to use. I will have to work on 2 plans and randomly roll for which one to use.

The miniatures are by Warfare miniatures.