Just updated after a long hiatus. Real life took over, but I've had a bit of free time. Snow days are terrific! Anyway, here is a teaser pic and a link.
http://assortedminiatures.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/been-a-while/
Assorted Miniatures Update (finally, I know.....)
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Posted 7 months ago #
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Excellent work. If i were playing lasalle in 28 i would also use the perry bases.
Like the hit counters too.
Posted 6 months ago # -
Thanks! British are next on the list. I just can not seem to get enough Napoleonic painting in...
What scale are you playing in?
Posted 6 months ago # -
Wow, an impressive achievement! I really like the 24-figure battalions in 28mm, they really give a sense of numbers.
Posted 6 months ago # -
I have updated once again. Here is a teaser. Let me know what you think!
http://assortedminiatures.wordpress.com
Posted 6 months ago # -
The miniatures that make up your units are not shown having similar uniforms. I realize companies put different types of figures in there boxed sets, so perhpas this is why, but beyond this, is there another reason for why your figures were painted/modeled this way?
Posted 5 months ago # -
drferling- These look fantastic. I really like the the whole look of what you're doing, and your painting style as well. This is going to look fantastic on the game table.
GamesPoet- it looks like he's doing them in a campaign scheme (which I also prefer). For the French especially, it didn't take long before whatever was available became part of the uniform to replace lost or destroyed/worn items...different pants, various types and colors of overcoats, shako covers, etc. Heck, many Marie Louise's and some soldiers called to the colors in 1815 didn't have much more than an overcoat and a shako to call a "uniform".
-Scott
Posted 5 months ago # -
So if painting/modeling units for the 100 Days time frame, then this is the way the French were to be seen?
Posted 5 months ago # -
GamesPoet- I can't say for certain, of course. But from what I've read, yes, many units were a hodgepodge during the 100 days. Many units and soldiers that were disbanded during the Bourbon Restoration were hastily called back into service. There was very little time to get them all properly outfitted and equipped before marching off into Belgium.
I believe that's the reason the Perry's (which I'm pretty sure these are) modelled their French for their plastic box set this way...to reflect that hasty, grab-what's-available-and-march campaign look.
I think drferling has done a great job capturing this look, and his pictures are a good reference for the style.
But in the end, it really comes down to what YOU like to look at. There is nothing wrong with modelling everything in matching, parade ground uniforms at all, and can lead to some beautiful looking units, and there is sound hisrotical basis for doing so. It's really a matter of personal preference, and for either style you can find many sources supporting that "look", so either way you'll be accurate. They're your figures, and your army. You're the one who is going to need to be happy with your painting effort, so paint them the way you like best.
-Scott
edit- Sorry drferling if this highjacked your thread a little. But heck, nice to know your painting is good enough to spark discussion :)
Posted 5 months ago # -
Thanks, and yes, those units look wonderful painted that way. : )
Posted 5 months ago # -
Hey guys, just wandered across these posts. Thanks for popping into my blog. I am not really modeling 100 days, or penninsula, or european theater. Nor am I modelling specific units. I'm just painting the figures I like for whatever battles might arise.
I am going for a campaign look for two reasons. I like the look better, and it breaks up the monotony of painting a bunch of similar looking figures.
I know that a future post will ruffle a number of feathers, but I am going to be painting some 1815 French in the uniform colors of the Legion Midi and Hanoverian Legion....just a heads up! :)
DJoker - Thanks for the posts. They were spot on.
Posted 5 months ago # -
very nice work, and the campaign style certainly adds to the realism. Have to agree about the front rank figures lancers, think those are shetland ponies.
Posted 5 months ago # -
They are ridiculously large. I thought that they were above average in size painting them, but on top of their "great danes" they look huge. I guess it is easier to break a square when your lancers are all 7 foot tall linemen.
Just a FYI, the blog is on hiatus for a bit while I pump out a British guard core army and a bit of terrain. I am shooting for an update the beginning of April. I am still debating which tartans to paint for the 72 (yes 72!) highlanders.
P.S. I hope people have sent Sam some pics of their Polish troops for the upcoming e-supplement.
Posted 5 months ago # -
To the buttons counters dismay two British line units (painted, but unbased)have been uploaded to the blog. :)
Progress rolls along.
http://assortedminiatures.wordpress.com/2010/04/03/two-british-line-units/
Drop a comment if you like (or hate) them.
Posted 5 months ago # -
Did the British units actually wear different pants or is this being done for the same reason as the French units shown here?
Posted 5 months ago # -
drferling- VERY nicely done. These are looking great.
-Scott
Posted 5 months ago # -
Thanks!
The different color pants were to represent these troops on campaign. I can not imagine the pants lasting forever and local cloth must have been used. (I know I trashed a pair of pants in 30 days while mountaineering and these were designed for punishment.)
The pant colors are intentionally similar to the French pant colors in order to give the appearance that they both appeared in the same theater.
Posted 5 months ago #
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