From VictorC: 28mm Bavarian Infantry (160 points)

Just finished up 32 Napoleonic Bavarian Infantry.  They are plastics from HaT. I haven't based them permanently because I will be mailing them to a friend and I'm not sure how they should based and I don't want them to break during shipping.

He doesn't know they are even showing up. I hope he likes them.

Here are the photos.

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Wow, these will be a very nice surprise for your friend, Victor. Beautiful work. I didn't know that HaT did 28mm Napoleonics - they look like quite nice sculpts from the pictures. I've always had a soft spot for the great blue uniform and whacky combed Bavarian helmet. 

These fellows will put you over twice your initial points target, well done Victor!

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VictorC: 28mm Foundry War of the Spanish Succession Infantry (55 points)

This week submission contains 11 War of Spanish Succession troops. These are Foundry figures. I've painted them like the "Old Yellow" uniforms for the Spanish. Also I painted these with oil paints and this was my attempt at painting troops in mass with oil paints.  

 I have no idea if the commander of this group had a green jacket or not but I liked it so I went with it. 

I still have to work on painting flesh at this scale. I haven't found a good technique I like.

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Painting mass troops with oils? Wow, you're a braver (and more patient) man than me Victor. Good on you! I really like the yellow coats with the blue facings - very sharp. If you ever wish to try doing flesh tones with acrylics I can recommend both the Vallejo and Foundry flesh 'systems'. Another quick cheat is to use a midtone flesh colour, apply a wash like the P3 Formula Flesh Wash (most paint ranges have something similar), retouch the raised areas with the same midtone colour and then for a final highlight, add a bit of white to the mix. Works a doodle for rank-and-file figures. 

55 points for your climb up the roster. Well done!

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From VictorC: The Spanish Battalions Granda and Cuenca in 10mm (120 points)

Two more Spanish Battalions: The Granda and Cuenca units are ready for action against the British, Dutch and Portuguese. 

The flags are my speculation of what they looked like, I couldn't find any reference to them at all.

I'm looking forward to finishing up the Spanish and putting them, along with the French out on the table just to get an idea of what I've undertaken here.  

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Another wonderful addition to your War of Spanish Succession collection Victor! The uniforms' green is very nice and I like your flag, conjectural or not. For your next post please give us an idea of your force to date - these beefy battalions really will look great massed together on the tabletop.

122 points, including a couple more for the brave banners. Well done Victor!

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From VictorC: First Two Spanish Battalions for the WSS in 10mm! (120 Points)

I completed the first 2 Spanish battalions for my War of Spanish Succession project. Joining their French allies are the Walloon and Spanish Guard battalions! Only 16 more battalions to go. 

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Ah, excellent! We often see many of the northern European actors in the War of the Spanish Succession that we overlook the Spanish themselves. Great work Victor! I really like how beefy you've made your battalions, they really have a great sense of mass. Are these still Old Glory figures? I quite like the look of the compressed ranks.

These two battalions will give you 120 points - Well done Victor!

From VictorC: 10mm Old Glory War of the Spanish Succession Infantry (120 points)

Well this is my first time participating in the challenge and very first submission. I was able to complete two battalions of French figures. Each 4 stand unit has 60 figures in it.  The figures are painted with acrylics and the flags are hand painted as well.  The two units below are the Maulrevier and Schomberg.  I was rather happy with myself as I painted these in two days. Usually it takes about 2 weeks.

Enjoy the photos:

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Welcome to the Challenge, Victor!

It's been a few years since we've had any War of the Spanish Succession figures grace the blog, so this is a bit of a treat. 

Great work and kudos to you on the hand-painted flags (though it looks like you may have been forced down that path with them being cast-on). One thing I like about Old Glory is that their infantry are usually mounted on strips, thereby reducing the fiddliness of painting and basing them. How many units do you have targeted for the Challenge, Victor? If you keep cracking on like this you'll be set up quite nicely. 

120 points is a tidy first volley for your Challenge debut - well done and, again, welcome aboard!