Here's another unit of Perry plastic French line infantry with a Victrix officer, Perry plastic confederate flag arms and drum and Victrix eagle guard halberds and pistol holsters plus a spare warlord eagle with ribbons. Not as well painted as my Jamaican figures as I'm trying to get used to painting on a tray on a sofa and it's a bit dark! Good enough for government work though. So that's going to bring me up to 336 painted Napoleonic figures this year so far, not too bad, I can relax after 400? Don't be silly, I've got Austrian Hussars, dragoons, cuirassiers and an infantry regiment on the paint tray, together with a French Napoleonic command stand at the moment, plenty more to come!
The sheds at the end of the garden, while I was travelling around Greece I read this book, it's great and does of course make me want to paint up at least one light infantry regiment!
Really well written, much more than just a unit history, it's a social history of French infantry of the period, I came across excerpts of it online while researching my provisional Dragoon unit, so ordered it for when I got back and it didn't disappoint.
As I haven't been able to prime anything for over a year I had something of a backlog ,as while in Wales all I really did was prep figures and some terrain, so I thought I'd grab the opportunity of some time at the weekend to do some priming.
What is funny is how you can forget what you've prepared! Alright, age, got it but when I got these out of their boxes, I'd remembered prepping my last French Napoleonic infantry unit ( 2nd battalion Imperial Guard grenadiers) but I'd forgotten about the Italian Wars pike block, I'd wanted a more Italian pike block after my go at Agnadello and also some more Italian heavy cavalry, less Gendarme like following my Fornova game from some time ago, Des had a load of pre built Perry plastic mounted knights he'd got from Ebay and didn't want anymore. Also some archer heavy cavalry to fill that slot in the order of battle. In addition there is a ton of 100 years war French mounted knights so I should get on with sorting out their minions and grubby opponents! There's also three Westphalian units, three Hungarian units and two grenzers, the additional Hungarian hussars and Austrian Uhlans will have to wait till I've got some more spray paint!
All the best
Fantastic work on the French, especially with a change in light and sitting position. That is an impressive amount completed this year already Iain, and with all the prepped stuff I can see, can't see you slowing down soon.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave, had a bit of a break since Easter these chaps were mostly done in January, I just had to finish off, of course come July I'll have to focus more on terrain now!
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Well they will look absolutely fine once flocked and on the table Iain:). Ah, they curse of age and disorganised storage, leading to those 'Oh!' moments of discovery, which I know only too well of late;).
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve, quite a pleasant surprise in this case, I knew about the knights and gendarmes it was just the 36 pikemen that had slipped my mind!
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Nice new unit Iain and an impressive total "so far" - mid year, so crack on and you may get to 900 by Dec 31st!
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I think 400 napoleonic figures will do me fine, anything else is a bonus! Yes foamboard and in this case a bit of plastic sheet, all good!
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Great job! You are firing on all cylinders at the workbench. Good to see a return to the "Home" venue.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan advancing on multiple fronts, forward in every direction!
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Another great looking unit.
ReplyDeleteNice to hear from you Peter! Thanks a lot!
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Another cracking addition to your ever growing Napoleonics, they look great and you are still cranking them out at a fine pace.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie hanging in there and trying to get back up to speed!
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Awesome work sir!
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Michal!
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Great work Iain and an impressive total year to date. The 'Íncomparable' book looks like a great read.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence, give the book a try I'd be interested to hear your views on it?
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Everything looks great, but I'm still processing that "336" number... Gasp!
ReplyDeleteThanks Suber, it's more army painting rather than your gorgeous creations!
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Looking good! Nice backdrop, too! (lovely garden)
ReplyDeleteThanks Fitz on both counts!
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Man your output is legendary - well done mate.
ReplyDeleteI've got a lot of figures to paint! Thanks Mark, your output this year is hardly shabby!
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Excellent French Iain, that’s a very impressive painting tally, especially for Napoleonics!
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Cyrus!
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Excellent unit, Iain. Looking at the priming table, I am in awe of how quickly (and well) you paint.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe on both counts, let's hope ig carries on!
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Great stuff Iain…….its like a factory/business lurking in the garage !
ReplyDeleteThanks Matt, yes efficiency of scale in the workshop!
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Great regiment Iain. You productivity is to be envied in my eyes.
ReplyDeleteThanks Richard, 36 pike, 16 archer cavalry and 32 Italian Gendarmes for the Italian Wars primed, I'll have to try and fit them into the painting queue!
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great output! no rest for the wicked though and you must press on!
ReplyDeleteI confess I don't understand the lack of priming. What do you mean you haven't been able to prime anything in a year?
Thanks Stew, no rest, I must have been bad? From July last year to Easter this year I was working away from home and only home at weekends apart from Christmas so there wasn't any chance of saying just popping to the shed to do a bit of priming, not if I wanted to keep the peace!
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As with all the above comments Iain, your productivity amazes me and you manage to maintain your quality too! Doubly impressive if you are painting on your knees - wow!
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Looking at what you have primed would overwhelm me, you're dedication is amazing.
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Chris
Thanks Chris, no daylight for me either! Not so much dedication, I think more like wargaming megalomania!
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So, having sat down with a piece of paper pencil and my blog! Current painted totals are Austrian 950, French 824 plus 120 confederation of the Rhine. Unpainted? Three French infantry 72 three French cavalry 72 built and primed, 72 Westphalians, for the Austrians three Hungarian infantry regiments, 72 two Grenzer regiments 48, four hussars regiments 96 three dragoons and a cuirassier regiment 24, plus wagons and stuff, all built and primed. I'm assembling the Bavarians, there will be 192 infantry plus 48 cavalry ( I include the horses as I have to paint them!) Plus artillery, Polish will be 144 infantry, 48 cavalry plus artillery Prussian will be 288 infantry ,96 cavalry plus artillery and Spanish will be about 240 infantry, 72 cavalry plus artillery and if I get those done I'll see what else I fancy!
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An impressive output Iain …
ReplyDeleteAnd by the look of it … much more to come…
All the best. Aly
Thanks Aly, yes piling up!
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Good to see you painting back in the UK. A great looking unit Iain.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Ray, yes nice to get back in the groove!
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Great work, and I must get a copy of that book, thanks Iain!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mark, you must, Osprey do it digitally if that's your thing, I'd be interested on your view on it!
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lovely painting of Empire French Line Infantry! cheers!
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Phil!
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Great additions to your Napoleonic collection, Iain. Also, an impressive amount of projects on the workbench too!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Dean! Got to keep the painting machine fed!
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