... wait a minute!!... I have a problem mixing
periods… Austrian Grenadiers and British Airborne!!! This is the right one.
Now on a more serious tone, my painting speed
stalled the past two weeks in direct relation to the rapid increase of my workload
at the office. I have managed to finish some remnants of the British Airborne projects
and have made the opening moves of the Napoleonic project, initially focused on
the Austrian Army. This is the follow up of the core project undertaken in the
8th edition of the Challenge last year.
The British Airborne entry are just 4 final models,
comprising a second flamethrower team, a junior leader and a private.
For the Austrians, I’m now painting my first
Grenadier unit. This unit will have a total of 12 models (small company in term
of General d’Armee) belonging to the 3rd
(German) Infantry Regiment of which I painted two fusilier battalions last
year.
The distinctive colour of the regiment is the light
sky blue shown in the cuffs, collar and the back of the grenadier shako. The
models presented today are the command company of the battalion comprising the
officer, drummer, standard bearer and sapper.
The British Airborne are a mix of Wargames Foundry
and Warlord plastic. The Grenadiers are from the Perry and Victrix line infantry
ranges with Perry grenadier metal heads.
These 8 models will credit an additional 40
points to my Challenge scoring.
Finally, in a previous post I presented some support weapons for the British Airborne and asked whether the 2-inch mortar team models should be individually based or set in a single base. The overwhelming majority of commets were in favour of a single base. This is the final work and hope you like it
Hurrah! More splendid British paratroopers!
Lovely clean painting as always,your delightful take on their camo is always a pleasure!
On to the Austrians, they were a highlight for me in last year's challenge and these grenadiers do not disappoint! Perfectly modulated whites and a lovely choice of blue in the facing colour.
42 well earned points and the mortar basing is excellent,1 for a flag and 1 for the additional basing!
All the best Iain
Great work. Especially like those Denison smocks.
ReplyDeleteNice work the Austrians look great.
ReplyDeleteExcellent brushwork Benito. I think you need to get some extra bits from those plastic sprues and make a 'true' Austrian Airborne Grenadier. :)
ReplyDeleteDon't give me ideas....
DeleteLovely work on both sets of figures Benito! Keep 'em coming! :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome painting, the white on the grenadiers is very nicely done. What wizardry do you use? :)
ReplyDeleteLovely stuff, that blue is very nice indeed..... you weren’t tempted to try camo on them? ;)
ReplyDeleteTwo very different uniforms, yet both beautifully executed.
ReplyDeleteThe Austrians had a navy, so no reason they couldn’t have airborne grenadiers! Great work Benito.
ReplyDeleteVery nice, I like the double base mortar.
ReplyDeleteLove the title, made me chuckle. Great looking figures though.
ReplyDeleteVery well done Benito! These Austrians look like a fierce bunch and the Airborne is a bummer as ever! Really like the look of the newly based mortar.
ReplyDeleteThose Austrians really are very good Benito!
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