Saturday, 19 January 2019

From MilesR: More 15mm Napoleonics Naval Crew and British Generals (240 points)


What a surprise - more 15 mm Napoleonics!  First up are 45, 2 figure naval crew stands to man the recently completed ships.  All of the figures are from the excellent Sea Eagles line from Thoroughbred Miniatures and are wonderful figures to paint up.  Theses are "true" 15mm scale so can look a little small to 18mm AB's and Old Glory but it's not that bad and they'll look fine on the table together.
18 additional French crew stands in the form of 6 command stands and 12 general crew.  These join the 10 stands I painted a few weeks earlier.

For the British there are 27 crew stands, with 6 command stands and 21 crew stands.  You'll notice blue and red coloring on the base sides - that was done to allow players to see which stand is theirs during boarding and shore actions.  Outside of marines there wasn't a standard naval uniform so sailors kind of all look alike.
A shot with the earlier 10 stands abroad one of their ships.
Next up - 15 mounted generals - 14 British and 1 Spanish (upper right corner).  All of these figures are from AB and are superb.  To be honest, my painting skills are just not up to the level these figures deserve.  I'm afraid if the manufacture sees this post I will be banned from purchasing any more for "Brand Identity" reasons.

The size of each base denotes command level - the larger the base the higher the command.  The actual rank depends on rule set - thus this group could be 3 Brigade and 1 Division commander or 3 Division and 1 Corps.
The British High Command stand along with a lone Spanish general in the back.  The spaniard may transformed into a Portuguese general for certain scenarios.
And finally, the last command group.  All kidding aside these figures look fine using the 18 inch rule but the detail on the castings is amazing and they could be so much nicer in the hands of one any other Challenger.  Still. I'm happy with them and they'll do very nicely.

I have a handful of mounted British and French figures which I'll likely paint up as ADC's and put them on small rectangular bases.

Soon it will be time for Austrians, lots and lots of Austrians.  I hope I have enough white primer.

Let's see, this submission consists of 90 crewman and 15 mounted figures and nets to 240 points.

PeterD once again at the minion chair.  First of all Miles, can you not speak in terms in actual figures instead of elements!  It's nearly 8pm on a Saturday night and last thing I want to do is more math- yet your counting bases not bodies.

Secondly, these are great and no need to hide them from Mr Barton.  Your crews looks great en masses and I thoroughly approve of the colour coding.  I've done the same with my War of 1812 units to keep the various Regular and Militia units straight.  Kudos on the terraforming, I've really been enjoying the shots of your units in the field.

I concur on your math and will get these recorded once I figure out how to "improve" your spreadsheet.

16 comments:

  1. Great stuff Miles! You are indeed Full Steam Ahead on our Naval challenge :-)

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  2. excellent same none of them are naked

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  3. Very nice figures and indeed a great terrain lay-out!

    As for improving the spreadsheet: ctrl-a followed by SHIFT-DELETE?

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  4. Great work Miles. I love the shot of the crewed ships.

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  5. A lovely load of Napoleonic troops, great to see your ships crewed and smart work with the colour coding!
    Best Iain

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  6. Thanks for the comments

    Since the crew figures technically aren't boats, they probably shouldn't count in the naval side challenge.

    Peter, I know you can figure out the spreadsheet. Rest assured that once you do, I shall endeavor to make it even more obtuse and confusing. That's just what I do.

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  7. Nice work Miles, good to see the ship chaps get a showing

    Ian

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  8. Excellent (and monstrously large) entry today

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  9. Very nice mate! Still loving the tower in the background.

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