Hello all!
I had thought upon retirement that my days of large collections of unpainted miniatures would soon be over. Alas, after three years without a full-time career, I can confirm that freedom without structure is just as great an enemy of progress as trudging off to the office every day. It's funny how many hobby-related tasks you can do without actually sitting down at the painting table. On the bright side, my reference library has never looked better, but at least a Division's worth of Napoleonic's still need to be painted.
I therefore decided to join the Challenge and set some real deadlines to complete my long-delayed project. So far, so good.
What you see below are four small battalions (sorry KenR) of 18mm French and Bavarians from AB Miniatures. The flags are from Fighting 15's.
There are two battalions of French Légère, one battalion of Bavarian Leichtes and one battalion of Bavarian Line. I have also included a Bavarian Brigadier in the Leichtes green uniform. I make no claim as to any specific regiment as I find uniform specifics too tricky to master and I prefer to paint what I think looks good. The troops never complain.
The Bavarians are brand new (thanks Eureka Miniatures USA) so I am claiming them as New Acquisitions in the Library. I have also included a newly painted figure of indeterminate origin to claim Sarah's Library Cart. I believe she may be a freebie I picked up from Footsore Miniatures somewhere along the way. In any event, I refer to her as Lady Penelope.
I am claiming the following points:
96 x 15mm foot @2 points = 192 points
1 x 15mm mounted @ four points = 4 points
20 points for New Acquistions = 20 points
20 points for lady Sarah's Book Cart = 20 points
Total = 236 points
Sylvain: To me, there is definitely a quality to quantity and I really like the overall look of your Napoleonic troops on the tabletop. Beyond the quantity, the quality of your brushwork is impeccable. I will add 4 points for the numerous flags to boost up your tally to 240. Vive l'Empereur!
If you could provide a map of the Analogueville Library showing your progress, that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
These look great. I love how napoleonics actually benefits from the rank and file all being the same pose.
ReplyDeleteWell you've certainly taken a bite out of your project pile with this submission, Bob! Fabulous work. I especially like the Bavarians and Penelope. Wonderful stuff.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, those AB figures are always SO lovely...well done.
ReplyDeleteLove these Napoleonic, nice to see some Bavarians too.
ReplyDeleteGreat work on these Naps! Always fun and terrifying to see these painted up.. so many of the same pose.. but you did them well!
ReplyDeleteSharp work Bob, the napoleonic ranks are very neat and Lady Penelope’s lipstick is very fashion forward 💄
ReplyDeleteAnother bomb shell ... and Napoleonics! Let's see is someone could do better
ReplyDeleteGreat entry Bob and you've taken a chunk out of the lead pile, great paint job, I have a small pile of Ab figures to do but probably not as part of this comp
ReplyDeleteVery pretty 18mm, and I like the pose on Lady P!
ReplyDeleteA solid start on reducing the to-do pile and some fine looking troops.
ReplyDeleteJust wonderful, especially the officer! More please. I had my ABs on the table on the weekend and they always look great especially when painted as well as these.
ReplyDeleteLove these AB and Footsore models! Really nice work!
ReplyDeleteVery nice Napoleonic units
ReplyDeletethat's some very crisp painting, love the Bavarians!
ReplyDeleteSmashing stuff, great to see you cracking through the backlog, very respectable unit size as well 😉😁
ReplyDeleteNice start on mining the lead mountain. I understand your surprise at retirement. Last few years for various reasons I have painted less combinedthan the last year when I worked. AHPC should get us all off to a nice start for the year.
ReplyDeleteBob thanks for the sage advice as I eye retirement in a years time. Great work and love the brush work.
ReplyDeleteVery nice work, Bob, I especially like the Bavarians! I feel much like you, I spend far too much time pottering around in my hobby games doing anything but painting! The Challenge really changes that. Looking forward to more of your work!
ReplyDeleteExcellent work Bob, great brushwork.
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