From KentG: 28mm ECW Parliamentarian cavalry plus a couple peasants union generals (pts 130)

This week has been an interesting one Covid in the house did end up 

Eating into my time, thought if I isolated in the painting room I could

Spend more time but that doesn’t seem to work in the real world

So the following is a mix of minis

First up 3 28mm Perry union generals

Another couple of 3D printed 28mm figures from 

the peasant set by Wargames Atlantic

This young lady looks like she is thinking

do not mess with me I've had a bad day

either she has stolen a pillow or a bag of wheat

This is the last of the 28mm Warlord games cavalry I have

 except for a couple of figures I might base be themselves 

even though they are a pretty basic sculpt they still look cool

the banner was just copied off the free banners on the Warlord site

One more figure a single cav that was left over

            Points

            2 x 28mm foot 5pts each = 10pts

            9 x 28mm cavalry 10pts each = 90pts 

            3 x 28mm union cav 10 pts each 30pts

                                                          Total 130pts

From Millsy: Boo! Hiss! More horrible regicides! Maybe they'll pick up a dose of COVID and stay home instead of chasing the rightful King around with murderous thoughts in their heads. Very nice brushwork all around here Kent and the basing on the generals really sets them off a treat. I like the way you've set up the grazing horse so it looks like it is snacking on the flowers!

From TomL: Nature is harsh for 90 points

Leading us to the Nature section of the library is Sylvia Trent from Bob Murch’s Daughters of the Empire pack.

 

 Not too far back Studio Tomahawk released the Congo rules with a selection of Wargames Foundry Darkest Africa figures.  I had quite a few other packs from the Foundry DA line so I enthusiastically jumped on board when a friend suggested we bring the game into our club. I painted up a few of the Congo DA figures plus a few packs from the lead mountain fairly quickly. Unfortunately, no one else was very interested and eventually it was relegated to the stalled project shelf. Here we have a Lion,  crocodiles and a pack of Dotted Hyenas from Obolisk miniatures. 

The wounded hyena originally came with 4 legs but one was miscast so...

I call organs.  No fair! You got them last time.

90 points.

10 28mm figures @ 5 = 50

Library Cart - 20

Nature - 20

From Millsy: Another lovely femme fatale Tom but the pick of this post for me is the hyenas. I really like the treatment you have applied to the fur and whilst I feel sorry for the wounded one that's the way nature works!

From RichardM - 6mm Napoleonic Wurttemburgers and a bit from Milan - 146 points

I should have known there was no way that I would stay faithful to a theme.  So after prepping a hundred or more Italian Wars figures and starting with the Stradiots a few weeks ago - things got sidetracked.  

I have been collecting Adler Napoleonic figures since 1994 - they are nominally 6mm but closer to 8mm.  While I have approximately half of my figures painted - there are also another half unpainted and they were intended to be a project that I would work on for years and years. 

So to my horror, a few weeks ago I received a message from Leon who owns Adler saying that he is planning to shut down production of the 6mm lines.  However, very generously he is allowing existing customers to continue to purchase through to June 2025 so as to be able to finish collections off.

After some hand wringing, I decided I'd better make a concerted effort to get as much completed as possible so that I could identify any gaps that needed to be filled.  Hence I have pivoted in my painting.

So presented here are the fruits of the last two weeks work.  Taking photos presents a slight quandery - they need to be close to see the little buggers - but get too close and you see all the shortcuts taken to paint a 6mm figure.  

These Wurttemburgers supported Napoleon in the 1809, 1812, 1813 and 1814 campaigns.  In most cases I have used the 1809 uniforms.

Firstly a group shot.

First up are the Wurttemburg Jäger zu Pferd Regiments - two regiments each of 24 figures in four squadrons.

Next are two Chevauxleger Regiments, again each regiment consists of four squadrons of six figures.

Then we have the Wurttemburg Light Battalions with their snazzy red plumes and blue lapels and turnbacks.  

These took some work.  The stock figures do not have a plume - but I wanted the dress uniform because (especially at 6mm) it looks good on the table.  So, into each shako I drilled a small hole, glued a piece of brass wire and dipped that into the neck of a bottle of Vallejo Plasttic Putty to give some volume to the plumes.   In addition, while not really visible on the photos (and certainly not on the table) each shako has a green fabric trim around it at the midpoint.  While these are moulded onto the figures, they are meant to be piped in white on the edges.  While it would have looked good, my sanity is worth more - so they just have the green fabric painted.   

And finally we have the Milan Battalion which served with the French.  I wanted this as I thought the light blue jacket looked good.

Points:

Wurttemburg Cavalry - 4 regiments or 24 figures = 96 points

Wurrtemburg Light Battalions - 2 Battalions of 32 figures = 32 points

Milan Battalion - 36 figures = 18 points

Total = 146 points 

From Millsy: You've pushed a lot of my Napoleonic buttons with the post Richard.
I love a 'Burger in any scale and the Chevauxleger are a particular favourite.
A shame the line will be discontinued but at least you can build out the collection before that happens. Lovely work mate, they would grace any table and I hope they serve you well!

From AlanD - Roman Allies for Palmyra (125 points)

This week I have finished the Romans who will form a tough little allied contingent in my Palmyran army for To the Strongest! These are called auxiliaries in the TTS army list, although by the mid-3rd century AD it is fairly unclear what distinguished legionary from auxiliary units. I've painted these up as unarmoured infantry, to contrast them with the armoured legionaries from my last entry.

I've also painted a little command group for the Roman allies, hand painting Sol Invictus on the general's shield and Victoria on the vexillum. This design is based on the only known surviving Roman vexillum, discovered in Egypt and now in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. It amuses me that I seem to have painted her to resemble Princess Leia.

As with all this army, the figures are from A&A Miniatures, a range that is firmly within my top three figure ranges of all time. 23 of them this week, so adding 115 points to my total. Thanks Millsy!

From Millsy: Another wonderful set of Romans to add to your collection mate! Every unit seems to be showcasing more detailed hand painting which I cannot help but be impressed by, so much so I'm awarding more bonus points. One thing I am curious about is some of the auxiliaries seem to be looking backwards whilst about to throw their javelins. Is that sneaky Roman look away tactics in operation?