Saturday, 7 February 2015

A good day

It's been a lovely sunny day here today. The family went for a walk in the bush by some local waterfalls and soaked up the sound of cicadas, after which we got an ice cream in a cone. All very pleasant. I also got my first battalion of Swedes painted.
The Uppland regiment, oddly enough not standing on a hill.
From a different angle. You can see the impressionism I've used on the faces, but at a metre's distance it looks good.
The redoubts were originally designed to hold a whole battalion for this project. Here's how they squeeze in. Although the Swedes don't need no stinking redoubt...
Also today I discovered that Wayne Turner of Battlefront fame has a thing for the GNW and has made PDFs of the flags for Swedish and Russian Infantry that I am going to use. The life colour above is one of his, the company colour is derived from Kronoskaff. I e-mailed Wayne and in no time he had sent me copies. Awesome.

The mailbox also revealed another gem - the Freikorps Paraguayans from QRF arrived. 6 battalions of infantry and 4 of cavalry, plus 4 guns. They are really nice figures - little flash, good detail. So apart from the Brazilian command, WWI Russians and Aztecs and Conquistadores, I have this years line up of unpainted lead pretty much sorted. It is just a matter of whether I do a bit of this and a bit of that or go the whole hog on a single project. At the moment, I feel pretty relaxed about either option.

Nate
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  1. Robin Sutton7 February 2015 at 19:49

    These look lovely. This is the style I use.. TOTALLY suitable for wargames figures.. nice work.

    Kind regards
    Robin

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    1. Natholeon8 February 2015 at 08:24

      Thanks Robin. It has taken me a while to realise that less can be more when it comes to painting 15mm ie. less layers means more figures painted!

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  2. Rodger7 February 2015 at 20:04

    Great work Nate! I am terrible at sticking to a project so I would go for the "bit of this bit of that" option!

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    1. Natholeon8 February 2015 at 08:25

      Thanks. At the moment that seems to be my default option. I guarantee that the next three posts of painting will follow no consistent theme!

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  3. Phil7 February 2015 at 20:45

    What a splendid uniform! Great job on these troops, nice work on the faces, you're right.

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    1. Natholeon8 February 2015 at 08:27

      Thanks Phil. I love the colours of the Swedish army. The Russians are going to be even more colourful - when I get to them.

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  4. Paul W7 February 2015 at 22:55

    Very nice, and the flags look great. I think you may be leading the field for "most eclectic mix of troops in the painting queue"!

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    1. Natholeon8 February 2015 at 08:28

      Cheers Paul. If I pull out a Paraguayan battalion in the next couple of weeks I think I can take that title!

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  5. Jonathan Freitag8 February 2015 at 06:28

    Good looking Swedes! Flags are terrific.
    Any day having the postman delivery lead is a good day in my book.
    Say, did you leave room for more Crimean War action in 2015?

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    1. Natholeon8 February 2015 at 08:30

      I've had a couple of busy Fridays lately, but rest assured I plan to fight some more small Crimean battles using the scenarios out of One Hour Wargames very soon.

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  6. Mad Padre9 February 2015 at 09:15

    I love the look of the Swedish army in this period, and your figures are especially fine. Nice flags, too.

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    1. Natholeon9 February 2015 at 15:53

      Thanks Michael. As always with Horse and Musket armies I feel that the flags are the key to a good looking regiment!

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