On the Workbench

18th century Russian artillery.

Basing artillery pieces and gunners I find one of the most tedious. The easy bit is gluing them to the bases, spreading the texture to the bases is the issue. Made more difficult by the poses of the miniatures!

Thankfully I do not do limbers.

John

A Better Photograph

Changed a few figures and now I am more satisfied with the set of photographs of the meeting.

The second photograph was purely to see the the officer kneeling. He appeared in AMG and never seen the light of day again! This was one of my best sculpts.

The two key characters in the photos were Suren conversions. Not my best but as they will unlikely appear again it was a quicker alternative.

I have completed the backstory for the campaign and have the maps. 

The Polish Pulks arrived and they are based and ready for action. 

John

The Alliance

Frederick Augustus Elector of Saxony and King of Poland meets with the King of Prussian Frederick II in a remote area in southern Brandenburg. 

The alliance of Prussia and Saxony.

John

ps these are trial photos. I will improve and maybe restage over the next few days.

Pancerni Update

Whilst waiting for the Polish Pulks to arrive I have managed to complete four more figures to go with the three already done.

Friday, the Pulks have arrived ,,,,,, Big Smile!

John

Althann ready to paint

Managed to convert the four remaining figures required to finish off Austrian dragoon regiment Althann. My milliputing skills are not what they were, a reason for my push on completing the collection ASAP. 

The Pancerni are next. I will continue with these before the end of June.

David informs me that the Polish Pulks will be with me this coming Friday. Also the remaining Russian artillery. So next weekend I will be basing the 'new recruits'. 

John

The Schloss

I am delighted with the Schloss I purchased. Pete is an incredible modelmaker. The 3 figures in the first photograph range from 33-36mm in total height. This gives the reader some visual size of the model. The height and footprint is huge but in scale with my existing models.

I just need to decide what other models to commission.

The Schloss will feature in the forthcoming campaign. 

John