Monday, 20 October 2025

Austrian and French support wagons Napoleonic 79

 Here are a pair of 3d printed wagons from warfayre.  These are from a really economical set of four wagons for just under £13.00 plus postage,  I've ended up getting another set and a pontoon wagon set. Unlike other 3d prints, they're more like scale models and the texture is more like plastic,  it helps they come in a matt khaki colour as opposed a fluorescent blue or clear, so you can understand what you are dealing with. Primed in Army painter leather brown,except the tilt, primed in Halfords khaki, painted in GW tau Sept ochre and Ieydann dark sun, both geriatric paints that I'll have to replace at some point I guess. 

 

These are Austrian wagons I've used as reference . 

I've painted mine up as Austrian even though strictly speaking they're probably French, I've got quite a bit of conversion work to change the forge set to the Austrian pattern ( to go with a French mobile forge I'm working on) but these are close enough to my eyes. The team to pull them is on order together with some limbers,  not Austrian but Polish horse artillery, they are wearing single breastfed jackets so with a head swaps they should work out pretty well. 








 There is also the French ambulance from the warfayre set, I've lightly converted it as it comes with the back doors open and I preferred them shut. Once again, army painter green spray,agrax wash,black, steel,bit of flock, good to go. Easy clean up and minimal supports, compared to Jonathan's recent 3d print.

 







The French mobile forge which is part of the set, I'm making into a little vignette which has included converting scale appropriate hammer and tongs and scratch building a mobile anvil, that's all been fun! 


My mobile pep kit in the car for Keith. 

 




While we're at it ,the chaos of the shed in mid terrain mode and current occupants of the painting tray in yhe house.

Next up? Terrain , Napoleonics, Napoleonic terrain, something like that?

All the best

 Iain  

2 comments:

  1. Very nice work Iain.
    Cheers,
    Lee.

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  2. The 3D prints look fantastic Iain, and nice conversion work as well, they look very effective all painted up.

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