Monday, 19 January 2015

From AdamC - 28mm Napoleonic French Infantry (155 Points)


After doing the Guard D'Argent earlier I decided I would finish up the French I got form John.  I believe  these are all Perry figures. While very nice figures they have reminded me why I don't like 28mm scale for full size units in the Napoleonic period.  Its just too much fiddly detail no one will see on the table but every one will pick up on in the grab a model.  Love this scale for skirmish games and Dark Ages but I find it frustrating to paint for this period. Any way I won't be stumbling on them each time I go into the dead lead box so that feels good.

So I present to you what I intend to be the final two units of Napoleonic French I plan on doing in this scale. Note I had no Porte Drapeua figures so I had to modify two musketeers to carry the Eagles and colors.

I must confess I cheated a bit using army painters Ultramarine Blue primmer to prep the figures.

Thanks to this I only had to deal with picking out the details and the part of the uniform that are not dark blue

 I varied the trouser colors, brown, gray (I was going for untreated linen) and off-white

 I also had two men firing who will join small cloud of skirmish troops.

All in all I have one unit with 15 figures, one unit with 14 figures and 2 skirmishers.  Since I was using up what was left I wound up with some odd numbers in the unit bu all and all that is 31 figures all 28mm so that 155 Points. Not exactly a point bomb but a nice total when combined with the 33 from the 15mm vehicles. 


From Curt:

 Excellent work Adam! Interesting call on using a blue spray as a primer. There is still a lot of white on these figures so I'm not sure if would be a real shortcut for me. I'm thinking the blue primer would work really well on French legere infantry or Portugues line which also had blue trousers to match their jackets. Hmm. I'll have to give it a go myself to see. Nonetheless, they look grand and ready to march to the 'Pas de Charge'.

 Wow, this has been a very productive week for you as well. Between your two entries today I think you've shot up five positions in the points standings - well done!

Posted by AdamC1776 at 3:27 pm
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17 comments:

  1. Greg B19 January 2015 at 15:46

    Well done Adam. I often feel a bit sick of 28mm for this period after I finish a unit, but then after a couple of days I love it even more!

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  2. AdamC177619 January 2015 at 15:47

    I did find them easier primed in blue though you are right there is a lot of white especially if you do all or most of the trousers in white. As you no doubt noted over half my men have nonregulation trousers. Also I moved up 4 positions not 5. Though I expect to be bounced out of the top ten in short order I will enjoy my stay however brief it may be.

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    1. Curt19 January 2015 at 21:16

      No worries, regs go to the wayside on campaign. But to be clear, you did move up past five people today, not four (specifically Clint, John, Aaron, Gilles and Greg). Well done.

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    2. AdamC177619 January 2015 at 21:21

      That I did not realize

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  3. TamsinP19 January 2015 at 16:13

    Nice work Adam and it's always good to find a shortcut :)

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  4. DaveD19 January 2015 at 16:41

    there is a lot to be said for using yout main colour as primer- once you get use to it it does save a lot of time. I do it frequently. I would never use black unless doing something like Brunswickers,

    grand job on these lads.!

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    1. Curt19 January 2015 at 16:45

      (ahem, I use black all the time...)

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    2. AdamC177619 January 2015 at 16:58

      I usually use black for 20th century stuff. I use white for early stuff. Though in certain cases I use a color primer Union troops an in this case Napoleonic

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  5. The Kiwi19 January 2015 at 17:57

    Very nice work and a very productive week for you by the looks. cheers

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  6. david bromley19 January 2015 at 18:26

    They look very nice, Adam. I like the skirmish troops! Neat idea on primer choice too; myself I usually primer everything black, but when I get to working on Napoleonic or ACW, I question that choice! ;)

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  7. Ian20 January 2015 at 01:06

    I use the same primer on my 6mm French Naps

    You did a great job on these boys

    Ian

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  8. Clint20 January 2015 at 06:15

    I have only started using specific colour primer this challenge so I bow to youe far superior knowledge.

    I do like the look of these though. Excellent job and looking forward to more.

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  9. AdamC177620 January 2015 at 07:37

    You will see more from me through maybe not more Napoleonic troops... that said I did stumble on yet more of these buggers in dead lead box... so maybe you will.

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  10. Juan Mancheño20 January 2015 at 09:09

    Very nice painting work!

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  11. Millsy20 January 2015 at 15:51

    I feel the same about Naps in 28s (hence my large 15mm collection). Regardless you've done a lovely job with them.

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  12. AdamC177621 January 2015 at 06:48

    Nice to know I am not alone Michael.. I can not tell you how vigorously I argued for 15 or even 6 mm Napoleonic figures a few years ago when the local club started talking about a group project for the Huzzah Convention (they have run a series of bi-centennial battles) but the local consensus was 28 mm so like a good soldier I painted up my French Brigade.

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  13. Chasseur22 January 2015 at 15:29

    Good work, lovely to see more Naps!

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