Wip Wednesday- Napoleonic and LOTR

 Wip Wednesday 

A mixed batch this week as I finally finish stage 1 of my new painting and modelling area on the third floor, both bookcases are full and I need to still have the electrical completed along with a mount for the TV, but my painting desk is set up now and I still need to add the VMC for the extractor fan for the airbrush station. 

This week I have started on some dismounted Perry French Dragoons and my Calpe Kurmark Prussian Landwehr cavalry, horses are complete and onto the 1st Sqaudron figures hopefully done by Sunday.

I also assembled the Games Workshop Treebeard along with Pippin and Merry, plus a Bloodbowl hobbit team, all purchased last year during my Games Workshop visit on Tuesday in between painting. I also tried the new Ammo blue plastic cement, it is really rapid and is better imho than the Tamiya green thin, 20 seconds pressed together, than ten minutes to dry. 

This morning I received my Piano Wargames Baden kickstarter and Piano plastic French, a little excited so the day was used to assemble the plastics and trim and clean the metals. The metals are exquisite figures, really looking forward to getting some paint on them over the next few weeks.  The French plastics are really nice  and will be a joy to paint the faces and weapons are excellent. 

Back to my French wargames club on Friday night to play Ècourcheurs with some of the chaps. I need to get my retinue painted. 

Cheers

Matt

Partizan Haul

 

This year I was a little reserved on purchases as I had a lot of pre purchases awaiting me. 

First up Gringo 40 Mameluke Sqaudron and some extra band members, as per ITGM 10 wonderful figures by Ged, really lovely sculpts, I am looking forward to getting some paint on them. 

Perry Vendee/Chouans another bunch of wonderful Perry sculpted figures, hope to get some paint on them by the end of the year. I also added 4 boxes of 1807 line, metal command, 2 boxes of hussars, a box of British line and metal command. 

From Gripping Beast/Calpe  a regiment of 18 Prussian Landwehr cavalry to add to my Prussians 

In 20mm Early War Minuatures Belgian infantry, support vehicles and light tanks. For my 21st Panzer some bren carriers with nebel Werfer. The infantry will allow me to complete my Belgian infantry and armour project, the German bits are for my 21st Panzer build coming up next year. 

I could not resist two bloodbowl teams Goblins and Halflings for 15£ from the bring and buy, I nearly bought them retail two days previously when I visited GW for 23£ each. 

Bits, as always a few loose ancients and sci fi pieces  ….. but I did forget to buy bases from Warbases ….

Cheers

Matt

 French Napoleonic Markers 

Completed some French Napoleonic markers for GDB or GDA. Nice pieces on Warbase markers. 

 British Napoleonic casualty markers 

A few pieces of the desk this week continues, first up some British casualties markers for GDB and GDA and out of ammo morale markers. A mix of perry and 3d printed pieces. 

HYW mounted archers

 HYW mounted archers 

Completed a few generic HYW mounted archers for my English, Scots or French. Figures are from the Perry miniatures plastic range, mounted knights and foot archers pieces. 

Cheers 

Matt

WOTR Mounted Men at Arms

 These Men at Arms  have been painted for a commission in Australia 

Cheers

Matt

Guerre Folle - Mad War French Gendarmes d’ Ordonnance

 Completed some more French Gendarmes d’ordonnance for my Mad War project, only a few more bases of infantry and cavalry to go and another project is done. Again Perry miniatures WOTR range, really happy with my results. 

Cheers

Matt 

WOTR Perry Cavalry

 Perry Miniatures WOTR Cavalry 

Completed these 10 Perry Miniatures WOTR cavalry. These chaos are off to market as they are excess to my needs. See my for sale page above in full view or follow link here 

Cheers

Matt

 

Scottish Archers unit 4

 Scottish archers 

My third unit for my later Scottish HYW army, again plastics from Perry Miniatures, based for impetus or Test of Resolve. Two more units to go, then onto man at arms and nobles. 

Cheers 

Matt

Mad War Breton Gendarmes

Guerre Folle Breton Gendarmes.   

Some Perry miniatures cavalry additions to my Guerre Folle/Mad War collection. This was my final entry for the analogue painting challenge. I decided to add some coats of arms, livery and do a bit of scroll work on the armour, plus the normal spiral lances I like to do. More to come in the coming months as I have assembled another two boxes worth plus some metal commands for my Italian and French troops for the Mad War. 

Breton Gendarmes 1488 

Perry Gendarmes

Cheers

Matt

Medieval additions

 Medieval Additions 

A few small pieces off the table, two War of the Roses command pieces and a medieval siege machine. The figures are from Perry and the siege machine crew are from foundry, not sure where the trebuchet is from. 

Cheers

Matt

War of the Roses look out for the billhooks 3

 War of the Roses Mounted MAA

Completed some more mounted Perry miniatures, these are such a joy to paint! 

"walk the battlefield in the morning, wargame in the afternoon"™ 

From Caesar to World War Two

cheers

Matt