Tuesday, 30 January 2024

More limbers and some ADCS Napoleonic 49

 Four more 3d printed Napoleonic French transport teams and three MDF limbers from warbases. In addition there are two French mounted command and two Austrian  mounted command. These are the second wave of limbers, the team without a limber gets added to a limber team to signify horse artillery.  I really liked these 3d prints I got off etsy, good detail and largely matching Perry in size, you get three two horse teams plus limber,  traces and an artillery piece with three barrel options, the wheels are a bit big and the carriage is a bit small but  you will see some of them crewed up in the not too distant  future and at £13 including postage something of a bargain especially as there are no lines. The command chaps are here as ADCs as when you have to send a command beyond a certain distance in Valour  and  Fortitude you need to send a messenger, not essential but we decided it was a nice touch, the Austrians are spare Victrix Colonels while the French are assembled from a variety of Perry/ warlord/Victrix  spares, the joys of plastic kits! Painted in my usual slap dash single colours on a black undercoat,no highlights or fancy washes here I'm afraid, fast and dirty being my favoured format!
















Aiming for adequate I think I've largely achieved it, I especially like the dragoon trumpeter torso with extra hussar bits and a Victrix Colonels arm on a Warlord English civil war horse with the additional Perry gun covers meant for carabiner command, he makes a particularly dashing ADC, just a pity his sword handle got glued the wrong way around!

All the best 

Iain 


 

37 comments:

  1. Great work on all Iain, the limbers do look good, and great they have no lines in them, also the conversions from the bits look seamless and would be hard to see that they weren't production models.

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    1. Thanks Dave, very kind of you!
      Best Iain

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  2. The 3D prints look excellent and with no layer lines, a good recommendation. I had heard that resin can be brittle, with finer points subject to snapping, are these as robust as they look?

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    1. P.S. you last two posts to me both ended up in the spam catcher thingy!

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    2. They seem relatively robust and the horse / rider teams don't have too many bits that stick out?
      Best Iain

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  3. They painted up beautifully Iain, and nice to see that the models included traces.

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    1. Thanks Lawrence, yes , bit of a bonus the traces!
      Best Iain

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  4. You keep on producing some really enjoyable stuff :)

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    1. Thanks very much Suber!
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  5. Nothing slapdash or fast & dirty about those Iain. They look the business.

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    1. That's very kind of you to say that Chris!
      Best Iain

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  6. Excellent! You make fielding a handful of limbers and teams look easy.

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    1. Thanks a lot Jonathan!
      Best Iain

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  7. More great figures Iain, I don't have a 3D printer so I have no experience with the process but these look really good and I assume the traces were included with the software? Limber teams are so expensive to buy, especially importing them to Australia.

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    1. Thanks Chris, I don't have a printer, I bought them printed, I'm sure someone will have the licence to print them in Australia?
      Best Iain

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  8. Looks great! Always a treat when you find that perfect 3D print to match what you're looking for.

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    1. Thanks SD, absolutely!
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  9. Excellent work mating items from a lot of sources to get cohesive units. Hat's off to you!

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    1. Thanks Joe, part of the fun?!
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  10. Excellent limbers and ADCs Iain!

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    1. Thanks very much Cyrus!
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  11. Beautiful work as always!
    Best regards

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    1. Thanks very much Michal!
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  12. Great stuff Iain - £13 sounds like a good deal - of course, if I ordered the same kit, the postage to NZ would put it up to £30! (I am considering a post on the subject of freight costs....although I suspect it would not be of much interest to most readers!)

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    1. Thanks Keith, are there no one selling 3d prints in NZ?
      Best Iain

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  13. Nice work Iain, I’m on with British limbers at the moment, the ADC’s will come in for Soldiers of Napoleon as well if you ever try them out

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    1. Thanks Matt, rapid work to get to limbers already for you, I thought ADCs might be useful to have for a few rulesets!
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  14. Excellent stuff, Iain. I was particularly impressed with all the effort you went to with your ADC - so many parts from so many kits and manufacturers. LOL!!

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    1. Thanks Simon, one of the joys of plastic modelling, I think!
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  15. Tremendous! Sounds like you have a good supplier for your 3D prints both in quality and price.

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    1. Thanks Michael, yes I've actually got a supply wagon from them now as well!
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  16. limbers are always a good addition to a battlefield. These came out well. 😁

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    1. Thanks very much Stew!
      Best Iain

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  17. Superb work all round Iain. The limbers look great.

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    1. Thanks a lot Richard!
      Best Iain

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  18. Lovely new toys Iain…
    I really must paint some limbers….

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Thanks Aly, yes you could do with some shiny ones I imagine!
      Best Iain

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