Here is the last batch of Confederation of the Rhine troops regiment no 6 the Shwarzburg Sonderhausen battalion . The rank and file are made up of plastic Wargames Atlantic Prussian reserve figures with Perry plastic French hussar heads. The command are a Perry plastic Confederate officer with a plastic Victrix bicorne from the plastic French artillery set, the NCO and flag bearer are plastic Victrix Austrian with Perry hussar heads the drummer is from a batch of metal early Napoleonic or seven years war command figures I got off ebay a while ago to supplement my Austrian and Confederation of the Rhine troops.
Having looked at these photos I decided to change the flag, I wanted a bigger eagle, who wouldn't?!
There isn't a recorded flag so I've used the states colours and the heraldic emblem to cobble something together, hence the mid post change! I took an over size flag I ended up with , that looked a bit more Elizabethan rather than Stuart in amongst all those English civil war figures I got and rebased and then reduced an Austrian flag down and cut and pasted it. Strictly speaking they should be in double breasted tunics but I think we're close enough for jazz.
Next up? A non Napoleonic post?!
All the best
Iain
Fantastic work Iain, and the use of multiple different models from different areas to get the required look, is inspirational, to cover a missing range.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave, Perry do do it in metal but they're charging and I didn't fancy the pose plus I'm tight and plastic is cheaper!
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Five or six plastic sets and a metal figure combined to make a unit is outstanding - more so that you can't tell either !
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of problems with flag of various german states inthe 18th and 19th century, but I reckon your solution is as good as any and it does look the biz.
Thanks Joe, it's quite fun trying to work the puzzle out and close enough I think with the flag!
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Beautiful work sir!
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Michal!
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Great work Iain. The nice thing about the Confederation of the Rhine is the variety in uniforms between the different states which helps to keep the interest levels up.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence, yes, uniform which is good but every battalion can be different!
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Another fine group of Napoleonics, Iain. You're certainly pumping them out.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean, lot's getting finished near to each other!
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Lovely work Iain, I think that the smaller states of the Napoleonic wars are not modeled/gamed enough.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I totally agree, I've got at least one more unit of Confederation of the Rhine but unfortunately there's a few units ahead of it in the painting queue!
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Super work! I have never painted this unit in either 28mm or 15mm.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan, I find that surprising in both scales, maybe you can sneak it in?
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Great conversion and brushwork. Unusual unit.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe, slightly off the beaten track?
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A nice-looking unit Iain and the flag is interesting - I was going to comment that the eagle looked quite like the modern-day one the Germans still use - although now you have mentioned the Austrians, I can recognise its provenance!
ReplyDeleteThanks Keith the Holy Roman Empire was a web of families so it's not surprising that the double headed eagle gets around!
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A great mix of manufacturer. Fantastic head gear really sets them off, did you have to order the Perry Hussar heads separately?
ReplyDeleteHi Norm, no the heads were spares from the French hussar set, the joy of plastic conversions !
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Great job! Did you have to take the old heads off before putting on the new ones?
ReplyDeleteThanks Stew, I had to take the necks off as different manufacturers have different systems but at least with plastic they all glue together well!
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Great work Iain the s blend brilliantly 👍
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DeleteThanks Matt, we're very lucky with the variety of plastic figures now, the potential for conversions is enormous!
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Nicely done Iain…
ReplyDeleteYou are becoming the Dr Frankenstein of plastic figures 😁
All the best. Aly
Thanks Aly, I'm the red queen, off with his head!
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Nice troop of figs Iain
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Vol!
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Great work Iain! I like the idea of the Confederation of Rhine force!
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Jan
Thanks Jan, they mske a nice change from French line!
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Good amalgamation of bits to make some very seemless conversions. If you hadn't had mentioned it, I would have thought they were standard.
ReplyDeleteIt's the best bit about plastic kits I think!
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