Monday 2 February 2015

ClintB: 15mm War of Spanish Succession (116 Points)

Well having tried the "Songs of Drums and Shakos" I personally did not feel they fitted with the ACW so having had a rummage through the lead pile and raked out my figures from my stalled "Donnybrook" project as I can see the War of Spanish Succession working so much better than American Civil War for the "Songs of..." rules.



The rummage turned up mostly cavalry. From which I have made 2 units. 1 French and this one English. 9 figures in each unit including a gentleman type leader a trumpet and a standard. I already had some British flags of the period so one standard was a gift with no mucking about. 


For the French standard I went for a fairly generic design from the period rather than try to copy an existing and well known historical regiment. After all if you copy a regiment it means you can only use them in the battles that they fought in or accept that you have left historical accuracy and started on the path of pure fantasy (that should raise some eyebrows and bring much jeering from certain purists).


The figures are "Black Hat" bought some 2 years ago so they jumped the painting queue considerably. They were all part of a British army box set but painting the uniforms Grey with red trim has allowed me to do 1/2 as French as the uniforms were VERY similar in design if not colour!


There were only 4 foot troops left to paint the rest being finished last year. So I thought to finish them off. Again a French and British standard bearer., a British Drummer and a French Sargent. The standards were not present but a pin mage a good substitute at this scale with a flag of the period popped on top.


A total of 18 Cavalry and 4 on foot. And 4 simple flags if you want to push the boat out.

As I have no more painting for other people this week I will either start some 20mm Arab/Israeli stuff or some US FOW desined for eBay. Cheers Guys


From Curt:

Beautiful work Clint (and a very nice points bomb I must add)! I really like the bright green facings against the red uniforms on the cavalry - very smart. I also like the look of round bases for the cavalry. I think I first saw this with LotR stuff and really liked the aesthetic. It think it works especially well with skirmish figures as they don't need to have that boot-to-boot look of formed units.

Question: What is it about 'Songs of Drums and Shakos' that doesn't fit the American Civil War with you? 

Again, a very enjoyable diversion. Thanks!

20 comments:

  1. Great brushwork here Clint. The bright yellow and red accents are lovely and these figures really do pop.

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    1. Thanks Anne. I missed a week of the challenge so now on some catch-up.

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  2. Oh dear Dog, what has this Challenge unleashed? Even Clint is dropping points bombs now! ;)

    Beautiful figures mate :)

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    1. Sorry no Points bomb this time. I think Curt got the points wrong. easy mistake and I am sure it will be corrected as I have emailed him about it.
      Thanks Tams

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    2. Ahhh, yep - they're 15mm but have been given points for 28mm.

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    3. I have emailed Curt and am ready for the points deduction. I have not earned them so don't deserve the extra. So it's all good as I am confident I would have made more arithmetic mistakes in the challenge.

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    4. Yes, I thought they were 28mm at first. The roster (and post) have been adjusted. Nonetheless, they are still lovely figures!

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  3. Crikey! You have been busy but the quality has remained top notch mate. These are seriously pretty and you're making me want to get back to my 10mm WSS project...

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    1. Thanks Millsy. As mentioned above I think Curt got the points wrong. So really not a points bomb at all and I missed last weeks submission so no excuses I could/should have done more.

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    2. Millsy - who makes these in 10mm?

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    3. Pendraken Miniatures has a Malburian range.

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  4. Those are some lovely 18th century Dragoons.

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    1. Thank you Adam. I am currently struggling with some 28mm WW2! And there are bits missing!

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  5. Great work Clint - and what a cool period.

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    1. Thanks Greg. This should allow us to play the rules and not get too bogged down with the period details.

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  6. Lovely submission Clint

    Ian

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