From John M: AB Napoleonic Artillery (148 points)

Here is my second 18mm AB Napoleonics submission to this year's challenge. I am hoping to do another 2 batteries of artillery before the end of the contest.

First, I have to say that I am happy that Curt has decided to treat AB Napoleonics as a 20mm submission as I find these quite a lot of work to paint. There may have a little less detail to paint than 28mm figures but where they are smaller, I am finding it takes me quite a bit longer to paint them.

Second, I am very happy that I have decided to get someone else to paint this new army for me. The two services I am using do a great job and are relatively quick painters, I should have my French and Anglo-Portuguese forces on hand by the end of March. I am quite pleased with this as I think I would be dead by the time that it would take me to paint these little buggers.

Overall though I am quite pleased on how they have come out and it makes quite a change from painting WWII figures which are a little less interesting to paint for sure.

Anyway here they are. One battery of Artillerie à pied Français and 1 battery of Royal Foot Artillery with a mounted officer. I have another French and British battery on the painting table and I will probably add 3 more French batteries and 2 more British batteries to my army. I am also planning a Spanish brigade which will have 1 battery. I believe that will balance things out.

Time to get to work on those Japanese...

Lovely work John! Yes, there is something magical about AB sculpts that seems to transcend scale - such well-done work, so pleasing to the eye, and your brush work here does them justice.  I am particularly impressed when anyone manages to paint artillery in any era - it's something I have a big hang up on myself, and not for any rational or logical reason.  Finishing artillery batteries from two separate nations is a worthy achievement! Great work, and 148 points for you!