Earlier in the Challenge I painted the last base of my Highlanders and promised more. There was a small problem, I noticed I didn't have any bases for the next units. So I ordered more and received them, thank you Warbases - it was surprisingly easy this time, getting a package from UK to EU. Anyway, there was another issue. I had bought two boxes of Victrix British Peninsular Infantry from a marketplace, but both of them were little used, so not all the minis were there. One box was Center Companis, another Flank Companies. And when I did the calculations, I had exactly 72 soldiers, which means exactly three units of 24. Because I wanted to some unity in units, I had to assemble all the 72 minis to know which kind of poses I actually had and what kinds of hands etc, how many commanders and so on. Quite a task when someone should focus on actually painting minis during the challenge, not assembling a horde of minis.
These are mostly assembled from Centre Companies box. Luckily those boxes were quite identical, one had curved swords and the other had straight swords being the main difference. Based on the information on the box, I decided to use blue details, which means they can be Foot Guards, 1st Royal Scots, Kings German Legion or 4th Kings Own and possibly several others, too. Since I already painted some Highlanders, let's say these are 1st Royal Scots. After more research I may need to change my mind...
Let's see if I can make some progress in the Heaven this week, but if not, this is still a nice 80 points for, coming from 16 28mm plastic minis.
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Hi Teemu
Wow! That’s a lot of minis to organize and assemble!
As a retirement project I don’t think you can go wrong with Napoleonics … beautiful uniforms, large & small scale battles and once you’ve completed armies in one scale you can replicate in yet another smaller scale (looking at you Mr Snowlord … haha)
Well done Teemu and another 80points to your scoreboard
-Sarah
Nicely done Teemu - thanks for the painting info especially the white pants! I wish you well on your retirement project. The period certainly offers a lot of depth.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much! I should have two nice armies when I retire and then I can add more. :)
DeleteA good looking unit. Good luck on your new project.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Tom! It is tricky to get the reds and whites strong and neat enough, but when they are done, the minis look great.
DeleteGreat work Teemu!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray! What better location to field Napoleonics than sunny Spain? :)
DeleteVery nice, Teemu!
ReplyDeleteThank you Barks!
DeleteLovely work Teemu
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DeleteThank you, Sarah! The assembling was indeed quite a project. And as Napoleonics are "generally" considered as old men's game, I believe it will a nice thing to on retirement. I just need to buy myself a comfortable jacket and learn how to smoke pipe... :D
ReplyDeleteWell done Teemu!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Greg!
DeleteOh, great work Teemu. I can’t bear to glue those plastics so stick with metal. Maybe in retirement I will reconsider the time required. These are wonderful. Well done.
ReplyDeleteOh, one piece minis would be great, but I got these cheap. Painful to assemble and first figure out which component is "correct" for other parts.
DeleteA fine looking unit.
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter, just need to add two bases, some flags and commanders.
DeleteThose Victrix Napoleonic plastics can be a bear to assemble so hats off to you Teemu - great job! I think many of us can sympathize with getting caught up in assembling an unforeseen project when we should be painting instead. Nonetheless, its all about having fun and getting some hobbying done - mission achieved I say!
ReplyDeleteThey were quite time consuming and fragile, but they are assembled now, so let's move on. :)
DeleteGreat looking Peninsular Brits, Teemu. I am with you on the 'love-hate' relationship with multi-part minis.
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