Garde imperial Fusilier Chasseurs - WIP part 1

Garde Imperial Fusilier Chasseurs

I am planning additions to my late French army for the 1814 campaign, I have purchased three bags of the victrix imperial Garde packs in great coat, assembled them and have commenced painting this week.I have also purchased six boxes of Piano miniatures figures, so far two boxes assembled. 

I am tossing up if I should do snow on the bases or just leave them in campaign muddy wet conditions. Looking at the historic record we know that it was very cold in January and the first week of February with snow on the ground, it then warmed up after the 14th of February then cold again in March with light snow. 

I am planning to build orders of battle numbers for the battles 

Fusiliers-Grenadiers 2 battalions of 40 = 80 figures + 16 skirmishers 

Fusiliers-Chasseurs 2 battalions of 40 = 80 figures + 16 skirmishers 

Velites de Florence - 36 figures + 6 figures 

Velites de Turin - 36 figures + 6 figures 

Voltigeurs young guard 3 battalions of 40 figures = 120 figs, 32 skirmishers 

Plan to have the first battalion of fusilier Chasseurs completed this weekend. 

Cheers

Matt

UN vehicles

  I picked these two matchbox vehicles up recently and the last two weeks I have been undercoating vehicles and figures. I am back painting Congo units and some insurgents.  I thought I should paint these vehicles with my current batch of technicals and vehicles that are on the workbench. The decals were purchased some time ago for UN vehicles from . Quite Happy with the job

Cheers
Matt

Judge Dreed - Mek Troopers

 Mek Troopers 

I recently purchased the ABC warriors set to add a bit of flavour for my cursed lands games and to buy some robots that could be used in scenarios. The Volgan AK-47 troopers fit the option to be Mek troopers. Mek troopers are battle droids only mentioned in cursed earth and Slaughter Margin role playing game. Perhaps an abandoned research facility or nuclear bunker type scenario. 

Mek Troopers rules 

Each time you encounter a Mek trooper roll a D6

1-2 deactivated 

3-4 Active but erratic. 

At the start of each turn roll a D6 :-

Odds - its remains static and may not fire or enter combat. 

Evens - droid functions normally 

5-6 Droid acts normally, may fire weapon and engage hand to hand combat  

                        M     T   HC.  <>.  TS    S.    H

Mek trooper     4      2     2      -    5.       3.    2

Special rules 

Will not surrender 

                         SR.                  LR.                 Power

Pulse carbine.   8” M +2/+1*.  24” M-1/-2*  4

Two HE grenades 

I plan to have a game on the dead lands as soon as I complete my table 

Cheers

Matt

Judge Dredd - “Stop, it’s Hammerstein”

 Stop, It’s Hammerstein!  

When I purchased the ABC warriors set it came with several Mk1 Hammerstein figures, one of my resin figures had a broken leg and I thought I would build one standing and one sitting broken down. 

I then set about doing some cutting and sand with the Dremmel to get the figure to sit correctly for me. This figure will be a terrain piece for a rubbish pile or a scenario capture point.  The standing figure may make an appearance also in a game in the future 

Really happy with the paint job, both were painted in Vallejo German camo yellow than washed in Agrax earthshade, filled by sponge work for the rust effect, then pencil and paint chip work 

Cheers

Matt

WIP Wednesday - D-Day Anniversary build C47 Skytrain

 D-Day Anniversary C47 Skytrains

Decided to get my finger out and do a build of two C-47 Skytrains for DDay anniversary build. 

I have quite a few in the stash to build so I pulled out these two Italeri 1/72 kits and build them this week. Both will be numbered for the 101st drop around Saint Mere Eglise based on real aircraft. 

Cheers

Matt

Medieval English foot sergeant's

 English Foot Sergeants 

Completed some claymore casting and Antediluvian figures foot sergeants for skirmish gaming. I do like these figures, his more recent ones are absolute crackers. The flag is cloth and hand painted. 

Cheers

Matt

Aliens - Her royal Highness the Queen!

 Her Royal Highness - The Queen!  

Finally I decided to complete the Gale Force nine Alien Queen. A lovely figure, I tried to achieve something similar to my other figs, I think I need to add another gloss coat and a wash perhaps a she is not as shiney as I wanted. 

Onto completing the rest of the box set so I can have a game! 

Cheers

Matt 

French arquebusiers

French arquebusiers

Gifts from a mate Andrew in Australia, painted by him, I based them them this week

as Light skirmishers for my French Mad War army project. The figures are 3d prints and are quite nice. 

Cheers

Matt

More Germanics

Germanics 

Another unit completed for my mate in Oz, waiting on some more grass from notch, quite a few hand painted shields in this lot. 

Cheers

Matt

Germanics

 Germanic tribesmen 

These are painted for a mate in Oz, another unit coming up as soon as I paint some more shields. All of the figures are Warlord plastics. Waiting on some noch tufts also. 

Cheers

Matt

Fantasy Wizard

 Fire Wizard

Another piece from the project drawer, possibly 20 years old and not sure if the brand, but a wizard/vizier or even a coach for bloodbowl. Quite happy with the job 

Cheers

Matt

Terrain Tuesday - medieval buildings

 Medieval buildings 

Completed 2 more Renendra buildings, these will join my medieval building collection. Simple base colour, wash and highlight job, then green and brown inks. 

Cheers

Matt 

Medieval Crossbow

 Medieval Crossbow

Completed another piece from the project drawers a unit of English crossbow for the 13th century 2nd Barons War and wars in Scotland. All Mirliton figures but one has a fireforge head. Good to get them done. 

Cheers

Matt

War of Religion - chasseurs

 Chasseurs 

Completed the first unit of light cavalry for my wars of Religion project. The figures are from foundry’s range. 

Cheers

Matt 

Terrain Tuesday - Gallic village houses

 Diablintes Gallic Village houses 

Completed some buildings for my Gallic Oppia, plastic buildings from Renendra,  walls and gardens to come. 

Cheers

Matt 

Aliens - CATERPILLAR P-5000 Class II Power Loader

 Aliens - Ripley Catapiller Loader 

A fabulous model, when the loader was released for the Aliens game I had to have it. I tried to copy as much from the film and I did think about adding cables. Assembly is tricky so if you have not built it, dry fit everything.

Really happy with the job 

Cheers

Matt

Aliens - Ripley & Newt

 Aliens -Ripley & Newt

Completed a few more pieces for my Aliens board game. Ripley and Newt. Quite happy with the result although Newts features are quite not molded crisply.

Cheers

Matt

Wip -Wednesday

 Wip Wednesday 

Lots on the table this week, Napoleonic French and , bloodbowl Halflings, Aliens, medieval, renaissance and terrain bits. 

Cheers

Matt