Thursday 5 February 2015

From MarkO - Send in the Landwehr! (726 points)

Ok, 144 Austrian Napoleonic Landwehr. Two main thoughts sprung to mind while painting these: "Wow these are much easier than painting other Napoleonics" (all the black webbing), and also "Wow Napoleonics are still a pain to paint compared to practically anything else I could have chosen!". But I love them, so... here we are...

I wanted troops that wouldn't look too out of place in later campaigns, hence the grey jackets with coloured facings. The uniform is still rather drab compared to many Napoleonic uniforms though, so here's a nice stirring piece to improve the morale of these militia.


And... forward!



Close ups of one regiment.




From Curt:
Well, this is a points nuke if I ever saw one! Fantastic stuff Mark, I particularly like the battalion with the pink facings, very smart looking. Are these Perry plastics? Also, (and I can't remember if I've asked this already) what rules system are you using for these? I'm really looking forward to when we near the end of the Challenge so we can get some 'work entire' photos of people's work. Your 3-months worth of labour will be very impressive Mark!

Posted by Chasseur at 7:25 pm
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54 comments:

  1. Baconfat5 February 2015 at 19:37

    Wow, they are great and you are a painting machine.

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  2. Baconfat5 February 2015 at 19:37

    Wow, they are great and you are a painting machine.

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  3. AdamC17765 February 2015 at 19:45

    OH MY GOD! There are so many of them and they all look so good. I'm so impressed

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  4. Peter Douglas5 February 2015 at 19:59

    Wow!
    Well done, PD

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  5. TamsinP5 February 2015 at 20:25

    I'll echo Curt - that isn't a points bomb, it's a points nuke. All we mere mortals can do is bow down before you.

    It isn't just the quantity, it's the quality. Fabulous work Mark :)

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    1. AdamC17766 February 2015 at 05:50

      I think its the painting equivalent of the Death Star's planet killing laser.

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    2. Chasseur6 February 2015 at 12:40

      Ha you are all too kind! (I think, given the comparison to the nukes and Death Stars... :))

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  6. Iannick5 February 2015 at 21:05

    What a sight for an Austrian enthusiast! Fantastic!

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  7. Millsy5 February 2015 at 23:08

    That is seriously impressive Mark. I hope you're more than satisfied by what you've produced because you certainly should be. Quantity aside, the detail and crispness on every single miniature is superb. That you reproduced it 144 times over is amazing.

    PS. Even with that many, half a dozen Frenchies would still see them off two times out of three. :-)

    PPS. I want to know what you listed too tunes-wise. I've been getting through a pile of albums of late and you must have racked up a good few as well.

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    1. Curt6 February 2015 at 11:25

      As usual, I'll step in uninvited to blather. I often listen to audiobooks when I'm painting. I love the ability to both paint and 'read' at the same time. I just finished Neal Stephanson's 'Cryptonomicon' which weighed in at around 43 hours (a 800+ page book). It was a bit of a slog but quite good. Next is Cornwell's '1356'. This all being said I've been enjoying Chrissie Hynde's latest 'Stockholm'. Curt, out.

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    2. Chasseur6 February 2015 at 12:54

      Cheers Millsy, got to keep you on you on your toes and motivated! And yes lots of listening... audio versions of War and Peace, Clausewitz On War, heaps of the Hardcore History collection from Dan Carlin, Napoleon podcast, various you tube docos, just to name some of the war stuff. Picketty Capital in 21st century, a book on how AI will doom us all, a movie about Chimpanzees, lots of music of diverse periods, lectures relevant to my work as a clinical psychologist... That's some of what I remember!! :)

      And yes Curt yes these are the Perry plastics. Rules are anything that can use this format of basing, so Lasalle, Blackpowder, maybe even GdB (will need to combine a few units), and Blucher which has just come out today and which I might purchase very shortly...

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  8. The Kiwi5 February 2015 at 23:30

    Kaboom! Way to go! That's a HUGE output. They all look very nice. cheers

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  9. DaveD6 February 2015 at 00:02

    Whoa!.. Now that is a wonderful sight... Great stuff

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  10. MartinC6 February 2015 at 00:34

    Brilliant. tremendous effort in all areas. Like you pressed the turbo

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  11. Ian6 February 2015 at 00:55

    Excellent work, so very impressed as the high standard was kept up throughout the whole lot of them

    Ian

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  12. Clint6 February 2015 at 01:58

    Very impressive. To say they look good is an understatement.

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  13. jmilesr6 February 2015 at 05:22

    Now I know what it's like to be Nuke'd from orbit.

    I'm squatting now at the painting desk in my fall out shelter trying to figure out a way to justify that the eerie irradiated glow my future challenge submissions will have is "realistic" Where did I put that pot of Vault-Tec Cesium Yellow paint?

    Seriously, a wonderful entry in both quality and magnitude

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    1. Chasseur6 February 2015 at 12:57

      Ha! Thank you sir! I look forward to seeing the Cesium tainted hordes!

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  14. Samuli6 February 2015 at 06:04

    Well that could definately be called a points bomb! I'm pretty sure you have taken the win for the largest single entry :) Still great work on them! I can imagine black webbing speeds things up! (Or actually anything other than that darn white...)

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    1. Chasseur6 February 2015 at 12:59

      Thanks Samuli, not sure if it's the biggest entry overall, but it's mine so far!

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  15. Sean6 February 2015 at 07:55

    Holy crap cakes! You just doubled my entire challenge output in one entry. 😞 Beautiful work though.

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  16. Ray Rousell6 February 2015 at 12:08

    Good grief!! they look excellent!!

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  17. Phyllion6 February 2015 at 12:54

    Points nuke indeed! And such finely painted batallions.

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  18. Juan Mancheño6 February 2015 at 13:01

    Really impressive!

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  19. Unknown6 February 2015 at 13:50

    I can't believe I missed this epic entry! What can I say but I'm gobsmacked!

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  20. Robert Herrick6 February 2015 at 15:08

    Ahhhh, the joys of the 4th Battalions for 1813/1814!

    Splendid work.

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  21. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)6 February 2015 at 17:08

    No baby steps here! Well done.

    Christopher

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  22. Moiterei_19847 February 2015 at 02:42

    Now, that's an impressive amount of finely painted Austrians! Very nice work.

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  23. Dux Homunculorum7 February 2015 at 06:37

    Cor! Amazing work sir.

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  24. Endtransmission7 February 2015 at 14:23

    That is an insane entry... I can't even comprehend painting all of those. Well done sir!

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    1. Chasseur8 February 2015 at 17:09

      I'll admit the insanity, thanks Paul!

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  25. DHC Wargames8 February 2015 at 15:09

    Bloody Hell… what an entry?

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  26. David Larkins8 February 2015 at 23:21

    I don't even know what to say. That's nearly my entire points goal in one entry... O__o

    Honestly, the thing that keeps me away from Napoleonics is not so much the intricate uniforms but the sheer VOLUME. My hat is off to folks like you who can manage it.

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    1. Chasseur9 February 2015 at 17:16

      Thanks David! What can I say, it gets addictive after a while... :)

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