Friday 21 January 2022

Napoleonic French and Back of Beyond British

Seems to be lots of stuff going at the moment, jumping between games and projects but I have been working away in the background on the next french unit for the Peninsular project.

I think I am getting my head around painting Napoleonic French, they are not the best by a long way but I’m happy with the result. These have the flag of the 33rd but the plumes aren’t correct. Think I will push on to a third unit then take a group Brigade shot.
These British infantry had been started ages ago but with our Back of Beyond battle last weekend I pushed them right to the front of the painting queue. These are Woodbine figures a couple of units plus command figures. I already have suitable armoured cars and at least one artillery piece.
They also have a machine gun as support., annoyingly when I based them I put them on separate bases, seemed like a good idea at the time ? I have another unit of British, some converted Turks as Sikhs and a few other units which will be converted Turks into misc mercenaries. I also have some tribesmen I would like to get into the queue.

Well that’s it for now, more painting hopefully this weekend 

Keep on painting ๐Ÿ‘


 

37 comments:

  1. Who are you kidding? Your French look GREAT, Matt! Those grenadiers have large, Gallic noses. With all of your games of late, I am surprised you had time to crank these two units out.

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    1. The warlord sculpts are really nice with quite a bit of character even if it is a little repetitive, now I have a box of the Perry elites I will be looking to see if I can mix and match just a couple of figures to break things up, few heads swop etc… little and often as always on the progress front

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  2. Yes, agree with Jonathan, great work!

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    1. Thanks Michal , fairly basic painting but it works on the table ๐Ÿ‘

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  3. Well the French look good to me Matt, ditto the British:).

    BTW, if you pm me at the following, I have a figure you may like, possible more...

    sc_johnson03ATyahooDotcoDotuk

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  4. Nicely done, its interesting to note how having a deadline causes one to 'focus' on a lagging project!

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    1. Thanks Terry I do work better with a deadline ๐Ÿ‘

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  5. Very impressed by the French, this is going to be a cracking looking table when done.

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    1. Thanks Norm slowly the project develops ๐Ÿ™‚

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  6. Nicely done, especially the Brits

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  7. Nicely turned out Frenchies and Tommies there Matt, I wouldn't worry about the plumes as long as they have the correct amount of buttons๐Ÿ˜‚

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    1. Oh dear you’ve caught me out I think the 33rd may have had one less button on the cuff ?

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  8. Very nice looking French unit....wrong plume colours....really?! The BoB Brits are very pretty too...just realised I have missed the earlier post on your Great Game encounter, so off to check that out too!

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    1. Thanks Keith I have been using the very useful Perry guide which comes with their plastic sets. I picked the plume only to find I didn’t have the right flag. Well never mind ๐Ÿ‘

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  9. Plumes? Buttons? Who cares? Frogs & Brits are just fine, though I'd rebase the machine-gun if I were you.

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    1. Thanks David I’m going to look at the machine gun for a while and ponder ?

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  10. Lovely work Matt, and I can recall French voltigeurs had a variety of plume colours so it works well to my eye.

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    1. Thanks as I mentioned above I am using a number of sources including the guide which comes with the Perry Miniatures. It is a good summary.

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  11. Good work on your figures!
    I especially like the Woodbine Brits, re: Back of Beyond I’m thinking of playing some Skirmish with Aussies vs Bolos set around Arkhangel 1919 one day ๐Ÿ˜Š
    Also about basing your HMG team I may be able to help you a bit see my post below on ‘inset’ bases...
    https://toysoldiersforoldgits.blogspot.com/2017/03/156-german-5cm-granatwerfer-36-complete.html
    Cheers

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    1. Thanks ‘Captain’ the whole period around the RCW has plenty of opportunity to gaming away from the western front ๐Ÿ‘

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  12. A lovely mix of colour and khaki!
    Regards, James

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    1. Thanks James ๐Ÿ‘ one definitely easier to paint than the other !

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  13. Nice brushwork on both the French and English groups. It is fun to see a rush of figures completed when partially done groups 'stared' before.

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    1. Thanks yes the Brits had been part painted for ages so nice to get them finished๐Ÿ‘

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  14. Splendid toys Matt…
    The British must have seemed quite simple after the French…
    The plumes look fine to me… whenever I do a bit of research into a French Napoleonic unit I tend to find two or three variations in uniform details… I just go for the prettiest ๐Ÿ˜

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Thanks Aly you have reassured me on my plumes. As you say often sources show some variation, and really they would have them when on campaign I’m sure

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  15. Great looking French Line and British troops, Matt. Ah, the MG team - "An Ammo Can Too Far" :)

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  16. Nice job all around I’d say. ๐Ÿ˜€

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  17. Great stuff Matt, was thinking about inter war Brits myself.
    Cheers
    Stu

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    1. A splendid period with lots of opportunity , luckily I have quite a bit of stuff anyway with vehicles etc from my RCW collection so it is an easy expansion

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  18. Great looking French, I also find some variations when I look into uniforms of this period, the Brits look great too!
    Best Iain

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