From MilesR: 15mm Napoleonics - British Marines, Wagons and a Wee Gunboat (238 Points)

This submission continues on a 15mm scale Napoleonic theme with some British Marines, some wagons and a small gunboat.

First up are 2 units of British Marines.  These figures are from Old Glory's Blue Moon line and do the job well.  To be honest, I'm not that happy with the paint job as my right hand had a slight tremor that flares up from an old ailment now and then.  No whining though as these will still serve well on the tabletop.

The units have no flags with them as British marines lefts their colors aboard ship when deploying on land.

Here I am trying to be all artistic with the photo. This year I am going to try and learn to take better pictures.

Next up, we have some more Old Glory stuff in the form of a Wagon Train - 8 equipment wagons and 8 horse teams to pull them.  I put the horses on separate stands as I can envision some scenarios where the wagons are an immobile objective.  I really like how these came out.

The artillery ammunition wagons (in green) look sharp.  I made need to get more of those.

Lastly, we have the smallest of the seven 15mm scale boats that will be submitted this year (hopefully).  It's a single cannon armed gunboat.  I'm still deciding what to use for the sails.  I may 3D print something or just use the paper sails that came with the kit.  The model is from Thoroughbred Miniatures Sea Eagles line.  The model is six inches long.  I've learned over the years that extensive rigging looks wonderful but doesn't hold up well on the table top.  I go with what I call a "hint of rigging".  It sets the right look but is a whole lot easier to fix when required.



How does it compare to some of the other ships in the dry dock?

It's pretty small as compared to this French Polacre.

heh, heh, heh

What's next - more Old Glory Nappy stuff - some French Marines and British artillery and limbers.

Ok the sharp eyed amongst you may point out those are actually US marines.  You're right - but I'll paint them up as Frenchies - don't tell anyone.

As for points, here's the tally

56 British Marines: 56 * 2 = 112 points
16 Draft Horses: 16 * 2 = 32 points
8 Wagons: 8 * 6 = 48 points
1 Gunboat = 30 points?

Duels Wallah Paul - please include the points for the gunboat in the Naval Challenge.

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Lovely work, Miles. I sold off a significant 15mm Napoleonic collection years ago and have always regretted it - to the extent that I'm seriously thinking of doing it all over again, which is complete madness but there you go. 

I like that you're getting all arty n' stuff with your photos. Nonetheless, I warn you, it's a slippery slope. Next you'll be growing a beard and riding a single speed bike to your local fair trade coffee shop.

I appreciate the various wagons and carts you have here - things you rarely see on a tabletop, but should - another great aspect of these smaller, 'roomier' scales.

The gunboat is terrific and I like your 'hint of rigging' as it provides a wonderful impression of the ropey-canvasy things that kept these boats zipping about.

I agree with your call on the gunboat, but the wagons are classed as vehicles, so they get 8 each, not 6. So we'll go with 238 points for this haul. Boom Shakalaka.

The coffee is excellent btw, thank you very much. (Sorry, inside joke folks!)