From Mike W - 28mm Late 17th Centaury Ottoman Artillery (90 Points, Squirrel)

This group of figures and models are to represent three batteries and crews for Ottoman Artillery positions in a forthcoming Siege of Vienna game, they join a fourth such battery model I completed some time ago. These figures are from various sources mostly plastic Gripping Beast Arab Infantry converted to an Artillery Role.

The three Ottoman Batteries ready now to face the walls of Vienna!

One of the Batteries on the workbench this week
and back by popular demand (?!) a caterpillar by my grand-daughter

There are also a couple of Wargames Atlantic Afghans conversions plus the officers are 3D prints (I think - that or resin castings) that I acquired from eBay. The Ottoman heads were also from the same manufacturer as the officers and these have helped unify the look and feel of these figures in their new role.

One of the Battery positions I have created. The gun models are not fixed to the bases, allowing me to mix and match guns amongst many such bases in my collection

Another view of the same battery, with close-up of the Gabions.
I added fine sand to the top of each and dry-brushed the sides of each gabion brown to give a shaded effect.

As a note the rammers were made by cutting off the spear point and then cutting the top and bottom off one of the tubular quivers in the Gripping Beast Arab set, to represent the sponge.

Another Battery, showing the converted crewmen and resin officers.
Note the gunner to left taking a bead on a potential enemy getting too close to the position.

All figures were undercoated white before appropriate colours were blocked in, a watered down dark tone wash was later used to give shading before matt varnishing the figures.

The final Battery and Crew, the resin officers looked a little wooden in their poses when they arrived,
but separated and in place on the bases they have turned out pretty good.

Anther picture of the battery, all of the crewmen are Gripping Beast Arab Infantry
with resin Ottoman heads added to three of the four figures to give the right look and feel.

The two wooden 'ships' cannon were a recent purchase from Whizkids,com, these were very reasonably priced and painted up well. (The third 'green' cannon in the photos was a gun I painted for last year's challenge!)

The Whizkids.com guns

On the bases I added wooden planks to hold the weight of the guns, gabions (from Rendera) before using my usual techniques of adding fine sand and electrostatic grass with tufts for a completed model.

I am claiming a 6th Squirrel point for thus new wargames period!

POINTS

13 x 28mm Foot Figures   = 65 Points

2 x 28mm Guns                 = 20 Points

TOTAL                              = 85 POINTS

 This is the first of many posts from Mike today and it's a corker.  Lots to love here with the converted GB arabs assorted heads and the repurposed Wizkids cannons.  What make are the Gabions?  I will round this score up to 90 to give some points for conversions and casework.