tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30963175115457735662024-03-05T13:50:27.044-08:00Small Soldiers at ArmsThe Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-57867466464072615712023-02-14T20:11:00.000-08:002023-02-14T20:11:12.386-08:00French 2nd Hussars<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEXZfJnbEQ_DRVG1FvK89Y-LbnMN8C_vyFayYca9Jdi3gnPwLg2ApqFx_pFRr0IiffUUBVWx1n40OHAUTn1_qLliHhxrbN06WIh-sg4attcnHGA72LG6Uqrqm5FEAHRWuMsXppqZkG4j_d5WPwW933Y9gSxpP9dPzEb2EPZuH02vGWOrx8Vtctfzbp9Q/s2866/B1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2071" data-original-width="2866" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEXZfJnbEQ_DRVG1FvK89Y-LbnMN8C_vyFayYca9Jdi3gnPwLg2ApqFx_pFRr0IiffUUBVWx1n40OHAUTn1_qLliHhxrbN06WIh-sg4attcnHGA72LG6Uqrqm5FEAHRWuMsXppqZkG4j_d5WPwW933Y9gSxpP9dPzEb2EPZuH02vGWOrx8Vtctfzbp9Q/w640-h462/B1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Here's that other cavalry unit I mentioned in my last post: French 2nd Regiment of Hussars. Hussars in general are one of the most iconic military units of the 18th and 19th centuries and the Napoleonic Wars are no exception. With their brilliant uniforms and (oft exaggerated) feats of daring do, the hussars leave a striking image in peoples' minds. Thankfully Italeri produce an excellent set, worthy of the hussars' glamorous reputation.</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib04HDuk6SFDS5KUJvbeUxowdZC1pEUVA7S2foKLv2FZL9JFD8Q4YjvIcbF_nB3lGDvA1UD26yUoh2ZBi8BZ20dBJhLDeiXu0L22-h5gGcUNZEaBG3qbrybWa68q0hWmERVY5ho-440s4J50jFNhgvjpBNQYbZ3WYzCplVX2QEaRxw5B354Azgol-AyQ/s2977/B2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2061" data-original-width="2977" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib04HDuk6SFDS5KUJvbeUxowdZC1pEUVA7S2foKLv2FZL9JFD8Q4YjvIcbF_nB3lGDvA1UD26yUoh2ZBi8BZ20dBJhLDeiXu0L22-h5gGcUNZEaBG3qbrybWa68q0hWmERVY5ho-440s4J50jFNhgvjpBNQYbZ3WYzCplVX2QEaRxw5B354Azgol-AyQ/w640-h444/B2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijwKZJggefK3CyAF3eXGdEh3rAxbtA8KDkFmPFFRJfb7L5CeKadEMaYtLQb1-_kKHqnwLge3cQOM1uCURg-CH_T1OROEBenMMaDW2ZIirUHVRPtv0xnan444xPurJOAQSlIvp8nqw5ujUSR1xQ6BV1yQuzMahqgCXmRZSwK57evdIwpYWa2XGuWtfeCQ/s2909/B3.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="2909" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijwKZJggefK3CyAF3eXGdEh3rAxbtA8KDkFmPFFRJfb7L5CeKadEMaYtLQb1-_kKHqnwLge3cQOM1uCURg-CH_T1OROEBenMMaDW2ZIirUHVRPtv0xnan444xPurJOAQSlIvp8nqw5ujUSR1xQ6BV1yQuzMahqgCXmRZSwK57evdIwpYWa2XGuWtfeCQ/w640-h458/B3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">The 2nd are the hussar regiment that fought at Talavera. Since that's the smaller of the two battles I'm focusing on, it only made sense to take care of it first. The 2nd won't be the only regiment of hussars I paint up, though it will probably be the only one for a while. The 3rd Regiment will be needed for Salamanca at some point down the track, but for now the 2nd will fight alone.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeybWX7nsajX8ECeDlD7xMvP_SSQSr5CXbMFHTut2vOEIo4E-DsYaBBDaX25mEioWmj8LURvkEfRbDNC7P3vNoBcYutZ86_O9Ic-CWCGOzjEoYLvy-V_xOo1DBJ_DHkNBiRIPdnmblnb9OTrCy3mYI9sVFw2VyXU_6dN_-0_IJMb9jLrkNwRFfOYq-2Q/s3453/B4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1589" data-original-width="3453" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeybWX7nsajX8ECeDlD7xMvP_SSQSr5CXbMFHTut2vOEIo4E-DsYaBBDaX25mEioWmj8LURvkEfRbDNC7P3vNoBcYutZ86_O9Ic-CWCGOzjEoYLvy-V_xOo1DBJ_DHkNBiRIPdnmblnb9OTrCy3mYI9sVFw2VyXU_6dN_-0_IJMb9jLrkNwRFfOYq-2Q/w640-h294/B4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj0qbuoFlcyDsb0OG8SbQqAFvGykqV6GqzZR9kvD-L_WilO9OUwblgLDQYkCOoSMmjq8xEPsqzSLnAeoRjcJmbgIVm-o4a857_Pc9bEA6htAqnwzE-QVMR-GEm9NLmtwCkTExl3J_9cF8bzsgwOEm1PRn_-jQntJFkL6_u7l7_PBqU6W-vi8NTeHVDqA/s3538/B5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1956" data-original-width="3538" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj0qbuoFlcyDsb0OG8SbQqAFvGykqV6GqzZR9kvD-L_WilO9OUwblgLDQYkCOoSMmjq8xEPsqzSLnAeoRjcJmbgIVm-o4a857_Pc9bEA6htAqnwzE-QVMR-GEm9NLmtwCkTExl3J_9cF8bzsgwOEm1PRn_-jQntJFkL6_u7l7_PBqU6W-vi8NTeHVDqA/w640-h354/B5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">The two elite company figures don't actually come from the <i>Italeri French Hussars</i> set. Instead they come from their <i>French Imperial General Staff </i>set, and are intended to be bodyguards drawn from the Imperial Guard Chasseurs a Cheval. The structure of the uniform is (to my understanding) virtually identical, so it was an easy stand-in. The sculpting style also matches between the two sets, so they fit together just about seamlessly.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzc2AteJogiUp-ejzUk73nB04R4-9dM8337qssuDdx-vaN0VtTg78HCDIC7Wr5uoXk7b_hhuNT6AeYSG-h-i0xo2ZEJP127JtglUm8MQuEN-bqSW8Q4nFPZOSqCFsz80aJg23iZPadQ3GTho4DViUpM3tJEuR7OgaM85yiFrpW9JM9OIIp1CITUDx9uQ/s4072/B7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1973" data-original-width="4072" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzc2AteJogiUp-ejzUk73nB04R4-9dM8337qssuDdx-vaN0VtTg78HCDIC7Wr5uoXk7b_hhuNT6AeYSG-h-i0xo2ZEJP127JtglUm8MQuEN-bqSW8Q4nFPZOSqCFsz80aJg23iZPadQ3GTho4DViUpM3tJEuR7OgaM85yiFrpW9JM9OIIp1CITUDx9uQ/w640-h310/B7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIpnyZBtRaLzI-clHmRTr8obd4hgmCwdoGAamrxMmjK4A0gdQ6nBW6BEysLTU0zsLWd95140r3j8E194yQIsAVWcmF625MBB7xrRne5Fn9dTjXsUlsCQYYKbH-aYZ7F0rIY2omg7i4aW1j58--Z5mYbJ_jpeCUTHXdNuAenJNJRcupE1wyGMKrVadLzw/s3512/B6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="3512" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIpnyZBtRaLzI-clHmRTr8obd4hgmCwdoGAamrxMmjK4A0gdQ6nBW6BEysLTU0zsLWd95140r3j8E194yQIsAVWcmF625MBB7xrRne5Fn9dTjXsUlsCQYYKbH-aYZ7F0rIY2omg7i4aW1j58--Z5mYbJ_jpeCUTHXdNuAenJNJRcupE1wyGMKrVadLzw/w640-h380/B6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wasn't sure how well the colour scheme of the 2nd would work on the tabletop. Brown dolman and pelisse seemed to me at first to be a rather dull choice. In reality it compliments the bright blue and silver very well and I'm superbly happy with how the unit came out. I'm itching to send these men careening into some vainglorious charge, but there's still a little more to do before I can try for a proper game (though I am, at long last, getting close).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's all for today, hope you liked it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cheers!</div><p></p><p></p>The Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-17102839611484854872023-02-05T21:37:00.000-08:002023-02-05T21:37:06.754-08:00French 20th and 25th Dragoons<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVqFUDXSB3Pgwv3peIByIG1RdVieGz2JakUCVLptj6okgk7jQjFz3gOHLoJabgrVsba2kvHjkB3cuEhSYEu8WlqPig_4kiczuQX2JIfTa7c3OKEhG_qw84cZs1wRvdHRn3NVFqptbh5EohAz5iqD9PCm0GCdpP5kGKmbIarg21dDXPmkdAXaoHttsPw/s3776/A1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1747" data-original-width="3776" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVqFUDXSB3Pgwv3peIByIG1RdVieGz2JakUCVLptj6okgk7jQjFz3gOHLoJabgrVsba2kvHjkB3cuEhSYEu8WlqPig_4kiczuQX2JIfTa7c3OKEhG_qw84cZs1wRvdHRn3NVFqptbh5EohAz5iqD9PCm0GCdpP5kGKmbIarg21dDXPmkdAXaoHttsPw/w640-h296/A1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>While cuirassiers are certainly the most iconic French heavy cavalry, during the Peninsular War it was the dragoon regiments that shouldered the bulk of that role. I've had six bases of dragoons in yellow and orange facings for many years now, since I was quite young. They were given to me by my dad, who was the also the one who painted them. <p>These little units of three bases each, though well painted, were too small for the regimental scale I want for my cavalry units. So I've added three more bases to each, with the figures coming from Italeri's French Dragoons set.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUelUlJg0wAao8jRysHOrEQU9WFVGJ4YnnGys-Cm9M_2yMNXj06lD95Hy7k7tzcrCCEAWWvgPRR58F6kWylHbjU2S464RBMpSjjDlfNn--3QPtSnpohH2lk8lVZzd2QQQwKaU_OnfQIhgHibYN3NQq0nZDcjkScE0B9IXNv9P9xnHKssLVahJi2qCfcQ/s4188/A2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4188" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUelUlJg0wAao8jRysHOrEQU9WFVGJ4YnnGys-Cm9M_2yMNXj06lD95Hy7k7tzcrCCEAWWvgPRR58F6kWylHbjU2S464RBMpSjjDlfNn--3QPtSnpohH2lk8lVZzd2QQQwKaU_OnfQIhgHibYN3NQq0nZDcjkScE0B9IXNv9P9xnHKssLVahJi2qCfcQ/w640-h318/A2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first of these two units has orange facings. Orange was worn by the 25th-30th regiments, with the 26th and 29th both having green collars. The 27th and 30th also had green cuffs, but since these figures are modelled wearing their long gloves that feature isn't terribly relevant to me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkCPtGqEmmcR2lsTduGiUc2EsQJzMeIuIn-NJTGPIdZHUUKmjeGCE4soZ7KlnfJmFji83d6fwiJ5ukO4mXoU-KxUsBOjCvzpcLr8D5GcNkH6QHCp1JtTLqrhMDDeVV-mnlSrgywFBFzEbUMC4pwN_8EKNkbHYc72AZpTKkWaDi9w2cnSnBZVj5E-pXDA/s3195/A3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1924" data-original-width="3195" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkCPtGqEmmcR2lsTduGiUc2EsQJzMeIuIn-NJTGPIdZHUUKmjeGCE4soZ7KlnfJmFji83d6fwiJ5ukO4mXoU-KxUsBOjCvzpcLr8D5GcNkH6QHCp1JtTLqrhMDDeVV-mnlSrgywFBFzEbUMC4pwN_8EKNkbHYc72AZpTKkWaDi9w2cnSnBZVj5E-pXDA/w640-h386/A3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The 25th is in my list for the Battle of Salamanca, one of the two large battles I'm aiming to model my collection around. This unit is also likely to stand in for their green collared cousins, the 26th, who were at Talavera. Neither Talavera or Salamanca feature more than one "orange regiment", so I can hardly justify doing two units just to have their collars be different colours! This is especially true considering that Talavera features six different dragoon regiments, so there will be plenty more to do either way.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd6UKXNliqQoeyO_Lzsfo1DlQkizGoHkbypxzVOWiQGXLSLZGvUsPUrLT-ofdYRP_t8gWbGpl96EMksvYdkUnDC0rc12ssq0hSVOr_z4eGuQ9Xhv9vQKLummFwQxH1zyP0y_-rMnfJh6dEJZKtRF0qkq9Xj7tSY5Ng7L6H5zQUN0LPMovdc-mUHDyGYQ/s3699/A4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2083" data-original-width="3699" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd6UKXNliqQoeyO_Lzsfo1DlQkizGoHkbypxzVOWiQGXLSLZGvUsPUrLT-ofdYRP_t8gWbGpl96EMksvYdkUnDC0rc12ssq0hSVOr_z4eGuQ9Xhv9vQKLummFwQxH1zyP0y_-rMnfJh6dEJZKtRF0qkq9Xj7tSY5Ng7L6H5zQUN0LPMovdc-mUHDyGYQ/w640-h360/A4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The elite company figures for both units were painted by my dad. They are from HaT's French Horse Grenadiers set.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiptv5Wea9n_Flaie0hm9w94dmRsgFZY8bEm7_svbez6uVdMQjw24A4jhslAOSk8nZZqEdJU31C1tu-DGmetuLAECdUw-6JjpiGXdoaeBiiMwNTmMcOi7alemiMlNvtBr4oH01_0xaAlvw7TEdL7gDipMLrpfG0SEC5f2eZ8CTVdwbB38OsKsYvE5a-iA/s3903/A5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1797" data-original-width="3903" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiptv5Wea9n_Flaie0hm9w94dmRsgFZY8bEm7_svbez6uVdMQjw24A4jhslAOSk8nZZqEdJU31C1tu-DGmetuLAECdUw-6JjpiGXdoaeBiiMwNTmMcOi7alemiMlNvtBr4oH01_0xaAlvw7TEdL7gDipMLrpfG0SEC5f2eZ8CTVdwbB38OsKsYvE5a-iA/w640-h294/A5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The 20th Dragoon Regiment was technically present at Talavera, being part of the 2nd Cavalry Division in the Reserve. But from what I understand they were not engaged in the battle itself and are not in my list for Salamanca either. However, the regiment did serve during the Peninsular War and I am not above swapping the 1st regiment out for the 20th.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8jZ12Qef8cVccFTRG2if9ZYwAMyIQ43InfuL6SRU6k3jyPqx9h3sPOUrl8D-EZ41MpKiid8Jgj_MZSoyDJCxbEyZ1ZmS74wT2fakMjcv-ClOl3LsBD71vgxbjnX-fxWSXu2b8l0zidaIMlIXh_6h8SJNkm6E0Z60BQ8RHsVIhKs-qV7nylFcsfjVMBQ/s3577/A6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1888" data-original-width="3577" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8jZ12Qef8cVccFTRG2if9ZYwAMyIQ43InfuL6SRU6k3jyPqx9h3sPOUrl8D-EZ41MpKiid8Jgj_MZSoyDJCxbEyZ1ZmS74wT2fakMjcv-ClOl3LsBD71vgxbjnX-fxWSXu2b8l0zidaIMlIXh_6h8SJNkm6E0Z60BQ8RHsVIhKs-qV7nylFcsfjVMBQ/w640-h338/A6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><p><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWNW_DT3aZpxgWactr9PnLPBio338ag4FVikLzd-07g-lJBZiUZ9MnJCcOL_eU2K_mUxV8A7OQfHC60YIW5XbcS3ZhpYd5OCMYhnedwOAgFKcqAeIuWm_i9aaUgn1C-q4gbk3uNlcAvvx_U0yoHNUxg8KZYmCSdqk_97J6pnXs_1Wd32tJ20uiGSV-g/s3563/A7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1997" data-original-width="3563" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWNW_DT3aZpxgWactr9PnLPBio338ag4FVikLzd-07g-lJBZiUZ9MnJCcOL_eU2K_mUxV8A7OQfHC60YIW5XbcS3ZhpYd5OCMYhnedwOAgFKcqAeIuWm_i9aaUgn1C-q4gbk3uNlcAvvx_U0yoHNUxg8KZYmCSdqk_97J6pnXs_1Wd32tJ20uiGSV-g/w640-h358/A7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vL3B4gyFBtzGYAyAnpziYTqdLH8ituKFRUFzAuMeD-cmPI-2jjCSs-XU4MHN3isfS4X7_rofBbK8DZCcDHLiVjiIgUw-XoeDg41-wtMnuta7TjzgP--u3NMYBJyusTd4NxZWRK66tRlq-f5oYMwGt9axLYtTDu-DzHokJ_Ov7GPSfLL5i558PgQ8rg/s3360/A8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1951" data-original-width="3360" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vL3B4gyFBtzGYAyAnpziYTqdLH8ituKFRUFzAuMeD-cmPI-2jjCSs-XU4MHN3isfS4X7_rofBbK8DZCcDHLiVjiIgUw-XoeDg41-wtMnuta7TjzgP--u3NMYBJyusTd4NxZWRK66tRlq-f5oYMwGt9axLYtTDu-DzHokJ_Ov7GPSfLL5i558PgQ8rg/w640-h372/A8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At the beginning of this year I took some time to assess exactly what I wanted to do with my Napoleonic collection. I may have to make a post at some point going into the specifics, but for now suffice to say that I've worked up a list of all the units I want to complete in the long term. With that list in mind, I probably won't be coming back to the French cavalry arm again for a while. Turns out a proper army needs a lot of infantry; who'd have thought, eh?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There is one other unit of cavalry that will need a post written for them, but after that it should be all foot sloggers for me for the foreseeable future. That and the occasional cannon and command base. The last month or so has actually been very busy for me in terms of figures painted (5 units so far, with another 3 or 4 in the pipeline!). Those should all wander their way onto the blog at some point, sooner rather than later I hope.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's all for now though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cheers!</div>The Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-84511882217418778232023-01-17T22:06:00.001-08:002023-01-17T22:06:45.948-08:00French Allied Infantry - Kingdom of Holland and Confederation of the Rhine<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPD5XJP3KyhVl25LyOhz3ScZP7-xjuNnl1F5XnjQ2hwoCFcJW5N49Obq8kOiHgw_BlPaY8pBgGMP_88CGk8JesxCBoHrJyw1fy0j2nW7y2AwN2PPm49exvxMZP-eoTpcU0l7YcbDO9uQSSkxKHPbcZSBMMp9vf5vi8nya0zmnlOeq7rAmf6Tm4_jqSig/s3758/1.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1689" data-original-width="3758" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPD5XJP3KyhVl25LyOhz3ScZP7-xjuNnl1F5XnjQ2hwoCFcJW5N49Obq8kOiHgw_BlPaY8pBgGMP_88CGk8JesxCBoHrJyw1fy0j2nW7y2AwN2PPm49exvxMZP-eoTpcU0l7YcbDO9uQSSkxKHPbcZSBMMp9vf5vi8nya0zmnlOeq7rAmf6Tm4_jqSig/w640-h288/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /><p></p><p>When I came to the end of my stock of unpainted French infantry I decided to do something a bit different with the last two battalions. Since so many of France's allies wore uniforms designed along a similar pattern to theirs, it seemed only natural to look in that direction.</p><p>I ended up choosing colours belonging to the Dutch and the smaller German country of Hesse-Darmstadt. These two were not chosen by accident; both were part of the 3rd (German) Division that fought at the battle of Talavera in July of 1809. I've been trying to find a little bit more direction for my collection as it progresses, so picking units from specific battles in the Peninsular War seemed sensible enough.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-uY5UINlY2ceBUQ7q7BBqNAnzbX424ADex5mjzA29lf9_jnNd1VXUqmOy9L3__Fbzu5Qqrb7dOZrNrp1o20SU5FKk0ZeoafU1s94b75UhS7cczy5mr4Fepsh2vLzZGpOAALkGTcXfi_nOmvEWTAFzwy53U7vg3WQDzH6kcMJ0biMd7dzkZUQKyUR0zg/s4107/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4107" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-uY5UINlY2ceBUQ7q7BBqNAnzbX424ADex5mjzA29lf9_jnNd1VXUqmOy9L3__Fbzu5Qqrb7dOZrNrp1o20SU5FKk0ZeoafU1s94b75UhS7cczy5mr4Fepsh2vLzZGpOAALkGTcXfi_nOmvEWTAFzwy53U7vg3WQDzH6kcMJ0biMd7dzkZUQKyUR0zg/w400-h304/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hlYJFiXzUgC9vF3bdZG-VDq5c_ZWMiHBu_xuH3pF3wVvyeZT9mbbBzn3j8STWW9zpB0jRdMYzlHGXxmhK2uo3tA7jUUF73GgQc4W3HM6s0Q3ausf3wottfMi-N764Db_tv91EJbpXkSWBWPZGtOu_ulpIe-ZmovMT_GueSuT7eSCZwkGH0zVLBFBVQ/s4022/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2231" data-original-width="4022" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hlYJFiXzUgC9vF3bdZG-VDq5c_ZWMiHBu_xuH3pF3wVvyeZT9mbbBzn3j8STWW9zpB0jRdMYzlHGXxmhK2uo3tA7jUUF73GgQc4W3HM6s0Q3ausf3wottfMi-N764Db_tv91EJbpXkSWBWPZGtOu_ulpIe-ZmovMT_GueSuT7eSCZwkGH0zVLBFBVQ/w400-h223/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Taking a look at the Dutch first, these gentlemen in their snappy pink and white are the 2nd Battalion of the 4th Infantry Regiment. There was a battalion at Talavera from the 2nd Regiment as well and I will have to get around to them once I have the matching figures available. From now I opted to try painting the 4th Regiment's pink rather than the light blue of the 2nd. I'd never done pink before so it was a nice new experience.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAs7wIc5qUvzdWEnbEzNitnkb-PiOlFVkI3gzPrTe16U3DRX01D2ssMh96I6u68f59EfZT4L9b7GbVLY3ScalrQvEEz0CfrrA3ZONLvfBNvUTSR7dmYMDqtzlLyoS3B3Jos4tDSdZu07oaKMF3PlD494LZZCOKk3uXFxI8mkblp1-mIVK0-i1oFudKOQ/s3774/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2206" data-original-width="3774" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAs7wIc5qUvzdWEnbEzNitnkb-PiOlFVkI3gzPrTe16U3DRX01D2ssMh96I6u68f59EfZT4L9b7GbVLY3ScalrQvEEz0CfrrA3ZONLvfBNvUTSR7dmYMDqtzlLyoS3B3Jos4tDSdZu07oaKMF3PlD494LZZCOKk3uXFxI8mkblp1-mIVK0-i1oFudKOQ/w400-h234/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmiMgAx3jZNl2GIDGjwmiNK9LLeikGtw4_7M68qtik3pxV-0cyx-2b1myaQCnGPiHOQ3W2bFnJgw8SfnjWiZyRmnTz7kwU4hN0xNwBySXv7F7xgcH9jRB_ecYWmELzprUsJxdwwgJu4CaegpsW7H84wsnU5h_nxrZA4YDH-F-Z1pm3IF-CuimauxV5Q/s3858/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2521" data-original-width="3858" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmiMgAx3jZNl2GIDGjwmiNK9LLeikGtw4_7M68qtik3pxV-0cyx-2b1myaQCnGPiHOQ3W2bFnJgw8SfnjWiZyRmnTz7kwU4hN0xNwBySXv7F7xgcH9jRB_ecYWmELzprUsJxdwwgJu4CaegpsW7H84wsnU5h_nxrZA4YDH-F-Z1pm3IF-CuimauxV5Q/w400-h261/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRM-m_QtpEfciCVb81P83KkECrmU8y21N9am_j-mJcRJRo1ZVXjy9fAvOouXO4MYWuuB3YLmjp0fp9Wh8zSko2ZAGGBU_Tc7iohx8cQ4q0sbm5rf5IKcte-9AVNVh9QAL6LQcQbOHnmdE_Cvtr4zaJT7SA_AqW7Xp4Y2h1vdjrEL6TXl6BB-227uxwuQ/s4089/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2962" data-original-width="4089" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRM-m_QtpEfciCVb81P83KkECrmU8y21N9am_j-mJcRJRo1ZVXjy9fAvOouXO4MYWuuB3YLmjp0fp9Wh8zSko2ZAGGBU_Tc7iohx8cQ4q0sbm5rf5IKcte-9AVNVh9QAL6LQcQbOHnmdE_Cvtr4zaJT7SA_AqW7Xp4Y2h1vdjrEL6TXl6BB-227uxwuQ/w400-h290/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The fusiliers are Italeri while both flank companies are Zvezda. The two sculpting styles mesh very well in my opinion. The three grenadiers are Old Guard that came for free with a magazine many years ago. Hopefully they aren't too offended at the demotion I've given them!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsacLZ197P9kH3OsQUoMCaJgysTguk4IX3CqJ8gVpWSr0YxxXU0LouufpiFuN0JX5SSgHHC8n_-VdCXIY_SSXZRAaJUoaZtpZorqdKe1-3Ka5SnpsAuOPPX14lX9aK9XBnr-Oflfu8GhnLPDAQ8_c_NO6i2q1XtERTy7YMG_xUjB0m3kBR_r9qBjrMSg/s4095/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4095" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsacLZ197P9kH3OsQUoMCaJgysTguk4IX3CqJ8gVpWSr0YxxXU0LouufpiFuN0JX5SSgHHC8n_-VdCXIY_SSXZRAaJUoaZtpZorqdKe1-3Ka5SnpsAuOPPX14lX9aK9XBnr-Oflfu8GhnLPDAQ8_c_NO6i2q1XtERTy7YMG_xUjB0m3kBR_r9qBjrMSg/w400-h260/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>The voltigeurs are the same Zvezda set that I've used for a number of units now. Any excuse to use more of these lovely figures.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAhwkmGfM6lh208cU4EbmygZFyVq4q3NEbZsCv6jgSlsbZ0cBH64wbYKn_h1Hx6x4Nwwc3sXCztiLmLe0ABI0YphDGyI45h_Jjo6qv8mPp8RH_eO7Ph-8Qv5c8-1mp--DkacVMpc-qHzACUqA5t7L_ZXRLpLXL4AN3UJloDg_R9KDuiBAZZBJzG_T96Q/s3813/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2458" data-original-width="3813" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAhwkmGfM6lh208cU4EbmygZFyVq4q3NEbZsCv6jgSlsbZ0cBH64wbYKn_h1Hx6x4Nwwc3sXCztiLmLe0ABI0YphDGyI45h_Jjo6qv8mPp8RH_eO7Ph-8Qv5c8-1mp--DkacVMpc-qHzACUqA5t7L_ZXRLpLXL4AN3UJloDg_R9KDuiBAZZBJzG_T96Q/w400-h258/8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Switching to the Germans next, this is the 1st Battalion of the Gross-und-Erbprinz Regiment. The figures for these are HaT, with the exception of the officer who is Italeri (and who, I have since discovered, should probably be wearing a bicorn, not a shako, but no matter).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXSZYCrVRBgOpjtwueRaZTjdkziV-CfjhnuIVDGtusA3wVSswFkXWfu6kIRnFJTBT6OAt9ZtaBSR28FFnSjQatxnBv6gFjpsmI1kzgo-emZTrz4vHOH5iK4TZDFZlvT9AAb5NShPj1EpmhIguvd6Sllk_H0AFEcGLjqHcHLYeoDt4xWf3zXYDwG-K2cg/s4160/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2318" data-original-width="4160" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXSZYCrVRBgOpjtwueRaZTjdkziV-CfjhnuIVDGtusA3wVSswFkXWfu6kIRnFJTBT6OAt9ZtaBSR28FFnSjQatxnBv6gFjpsmI1kzgo-emZTrz4vHOH5iK4TZDFZlvT9AAb5NShPj1EpmhIguvd6Sllk_H0AFEcGLjqHcHLYeoDt4xWf3zXYDwG-K2cg/w400-h223/9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgUZs0skorLXJPMU7Lh9syu-tYEgK_6RNBrwCXGUwvkTN7YQr_BBb9zpOse-w3LaPTLwhh9GH0blQmrj9BoCxC0r6K8W7XzziYYZUZ_xEx8TUFCfky6SMpVz90mPksxnuJvTCJ88O2hrCQjkuKNmHUpYSFDcD3evz3bUuetZpWlrNlm8yxX80_Zxs1w/s4106/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="4106" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgUZs0skorLXJPMU7Lh9syu-tYEgK_6RNBrwCXGUwvkTN7YQr_BBb9zpOse-w3LaPTLwhh9GH0blQmrj9BoCxC0r6K8W7XzziYYZUZ_xEx8TUFCfky6SMpVz90mPksxnuJvTCJ88O2hrCQjkuKNmHUpYSFDcD3evz3bUuetZpWlrNlm8yxX80_Zxs1w/w400-h244/10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Since these figures are sculpted to have a much more "campaign dress" look about them, with covered shakos and trousers, I decided to lean into that idea when painting. The trousers and shako covers are thus a motley array of colours that shows the more rugged, less uniform nature of soldiers on campaign. I don't normally go in for that sort of thing, preferring my men in bright full dress uniform if possible. However, the colour scheme was appropriate for the models and I think it helps to differentiate them a bit from their French allies.</p><p>I actually painted these figures some time ago but forgot to make a post about them (a shocking thing for me I know). I've been at work on a number of new units lately and so figured I should make a post about these before the others reach completion and need posts of their own.</p><p>Cheers!</p>The Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-73507359497617945732022-02-03T21:40:00.003-08:002022-02-03T21:40:52.905-08:00French Combined Grenadiers and Artillery<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1_wSSud9CGwUkTfl6Ue-l-LASLh-dpZ6GATxqHL1SWGXhIqtYVFs7-V2LyAXm_tjMHCjOmYePJraGv9sOvtQM2kLIOdjLB_8Oc0zp1ES-d1kE3DDxlr0PW_xZMOPpyB56IUWsdbBxn2KgBLedbsAgmaOqNegLTP_d9wNNaRIuAQN9EwKDBODdHvhS4w=s3543" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2431" data-original-width="3543" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1_wSSud9CGwUkTfl6Ue-l-LASLh-dpZ6GATxqHL1SWGXhIqtYVFs7-V2LyAXm_tjMHCjOmYePJraGv9sOvtQM2kLIOdjLB_8Oc0zp1ES-d1kE3DDxlr0PW_xZMOPpyB56IUWsdbBxn2KgBLedbsAgmaOqNegLTP_d9wNNaRIuAQN9EwKDBODdHvhS4w=w400-h275" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's been a while since I last worked on my Napoleonics. I took a break from them to work on other projects for a year or so, some of which you can see in earlier posts. But with the new year I've felt excited to return to work on my French and British armies. I sent off an order for some new models (which have since arrived) but first I wanted to paint up the figures I had leftover.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first unit of these was a battalion of French Combined Grenadiers. Many nations followed the practice of detaching the grenadier companies from their infantry and converging them into dedicated grenadier battalions. The French didn't use this tactic as often as other powers like the Austrians or Russians, but it was done. The resulting units provided heavier, more elite formations of infantry that could be used to drive an assault home at the key point.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhRieg1etcSHd3uZmoAslDfYNT6AhtYqsOqqBp880u3v8wuBeCYt8aiVcjy7DMuaM84HclCIWJ-El5lxEnT8WayDtRk7ucq75u26paLUGbBzqQQxFQ69-QlyJTRz-Y4QumNWQDpB--dXfnmmm3HP-rsYH1adrWjQWbR6oa5UKby9SMTy5Sgr3oQrK5haQ=s3821" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2455" data-original-width="3821" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhRieg1etcSHd3uZmoAslDfYNT6AhtYqsOqqBp880u3v8wuBeCYt8aiVcjy7DMuaM84HclCIWJ-El5lxEnT8WayDtRk7ucq75u26paLUGbBzqQQxFQ69-QlyJTRz-Y4QumNWQDpB--dXfnmmm3HP-rsYH1adrWjQWbR6oa5UKby9SMTy5Sgr3oQrK5haQ=w400-h258" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjh_fxsN0fAr_w22EnhBhFDVStcpAJ9J361aCTLYfC5JvxYZR3X5GUBBDuFZlmyVruCD21VOeElzFwfyyK_LcX5RQRgpH--keW2sEFbD-WPjyw32tUbvaQTpMsef7VsJW2ZlyXceWB6eiuk0WFxR0Jz1lwKXYEtIA1ProaWj1vUw8IDYkEIR2YvyLzBtA=s3205" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="3205" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjh_fxsN0fAr_w22EnhBhFDVStcpAJ9J361aCTLYfC5JvxYZR3X5GUBBDuFZlmyVruCD21VOeElzFwfyyK_LcX5RQRgpH--keW2sEFbD-WPjyw32tUbvaQTpMsef7VsJW2ZlyXceWB6eiuk0WFxR0Jz1lwKXYEtIA1ProaWj1vUw8IDYkEIR2YvyLzBtA=w400-h365" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These figures are from HaT's French Grenadiers set. I used most of the figures from that set to provide grenadier companies for my French line battalions and had just enough left over for a combined battalion. As I mentioned previously, these HaT figures are done in a much heavier 'chunky' style to the other figures I own. I actually quite like this, as I feel it gives the grenadiers an air of physical power and size when put next to the slimmer figures I normally use.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiY4FB8_a7N9HZRIYHj11ea7fsbDp-HUvF1MfP0E05L-SFRdyl-HYCLGJn2QUCY53QA9BJQ94llhIATv2Nrm5VKgy1qAbZV3LikvraArNf6j2Xqe72_g6YQDXL5b1ACeAb-yiErE1mHsvRsyJ74qwJ3v1t2AuFxdqYjoC9YF8ZembVw2VTixD5Ej6wcQ=s3499" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2512" data-original-width="3499" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiY4FB8_a7N9HZRIYHj11ea7fsbDp-HUvF1MfP0E05L-SFRdyl-HYCLGJn2QUCY53QA9BJQ94llhIATv2Nrm5VKgy1qAbZV3LikvraArNf6j2Xqe72_g6YQDXL5b1ACeAb-yiErE1mHsvRsyJ74qwJ3v1t2AuFxdqYjoC9YF8ZembVw2VTixD5Ej6wcQ=w400-h288" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiwQYDnBZUKK6OIlq8k4YC1qkC9Ku0x0hD8kyD8tJZ9uKZeqCqgWyylzCJ-Z36kUQo_yq2eVC2xgPuCcaGptz15VGNU9tPZBw37DBlgckBA7STxERqUqYCoQCxUpaRMrLN3lIC1faeLVJ6j4GQkhYR9T8icVXeGKX_mIPd4EGqU-I6_mWULWiXcMclUw=s4159" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2759" data-original-width="4159" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiwQYDnBZUKK6OIlq8k4YC1qkC9Ku0x0hD8kyD8tJZ9uKZeqCqgWyylzCJ-Z36kUQo_yq2eVC2xgPuCcaGptz15VGNU9tPZBw37DBlgckBA7STxERqUqYCoQCxUpaRMrLN3lIC1faeLVJ6j4GQkhYR9T8icVXeGKX_mIPd4EGqU-I6_mWULWiXcMclUw=w400-h265" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I actually have enough figures set aside to do several more grenadier command bases. I'm thinking that I'll paint those bases up on their own and then detach grenadier bases from the line battalions to form additional Combined Grenadier Battalions if I ever need them for my games.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1PCJYKZYWrsWHuGOc_S8nd_1TOwppMWJkDXt08--4tQwx6e1jsfSMnp0Bf9CHLPNw3p5-xZpQbjhq5Ohb1my-vI4VcUm-zfjFL-j6VBDgPWaoZlf6B1kw5SqpiKDNlsTl6nvizL3ExZRdfI9gb0xLuPbMteIlAXOmM-rXW5gwWSZVbOmfD2V5JR7Wvw=s3958" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="3958" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1PCJYKZYWrsWHuGOc_S8nd_1TOwppMWJkDXt08--4tQwx6e1jsfSMnp0Bf9CHLPNw3p5-xZpQbjhq5Ohb1my-vI4VcUm-zfjFL-j6VBDgPWaoZlf6B1kw5SqpiKDNlsTl6nvizL3ExZRdfI9gb0xLuPbMteIlAXOmM-rXW5gwWSZVbOmfD2V5JR7Wvw=w400-h236" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2422" data-original-width="3285" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgt49tTKiuLRuEqcwe5LJ7_0OwsXtyfdj34-xLjXgrRZDG-qpTZB_f6l3QZDROLlUTFbaZgwku0pORJvj-Akg1VX9UlSVaVhQ6wmxkFJQ7qUOSbMekoD29yqoQP3Tqhoi4vWtWaisVXRSz4-cXFpJy3ktpSNf3Ks-ZKHho2eJdobFAdNsWSEAzk4tx08g=w400-h295" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The other unit I have today is a French artillery battery. These figures are also HaT, with the exception of a few bits and pieces-mainly the mounted figure-which are Italeri in origin. I painted up the first two cannons from this set a long while <a href="https://smallsoldiersatarms.blogspot.com/2018/04/legere-and-artillery.html" target="_blank">back</a> (four years!) so I think this was a long time coming.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWTs8DyuztX7SKWvdUKuOfdxx_uPBEcjxQ56uVSJNwHPM36O-Z3PzsJ74Gy-RF7NzaodmfgMc_1Cv74fuxuanUw2AzswcmugSHOqjQzbuAj8e36el2MHp1G-_6RENU7fCScfQXFeoMK4QcykkuD559tkN5owDWFiiNjlwu4hVfYD6v3_up7Qh7ZZhzlg=s4141" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2348" data-original-width="4141" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWTs8DyuztX7SKWvdUKuOfdxx_uPBEcjxQ56uVSJNwHPM36O-Z3PzsJ74Gy-RF7NzaodmfgMc_1Cv74fuxuanUw2AzswcmugSHOqjQzbuAj8e36el2MHp1G-_6RENU7fCScfQXFeoMK4QcykkuD559tkN5owDWFiiNjlwu4hVfYD6v3_up7Qh7ZZhzlg=w400-h226" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZT5Gqv6EbHN7bNVriWFZd9Bs3PI4jQO_h3i4eW5_Zo4tWAJT07mBue7x8qOyh4cNVrYUFT-42jFR5fPCIiSiO9E6CaFnuDfmM4ndl53o-5pX8yR78rthyxIPfw7XWaUXn9KsXLslfFHYzo8tEd4yPB5J6utnWEcCWZ_hn4tb7Y8DlS4y7C2V-qdX0Zw=s3900" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2677" data-original-width="3900" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZT5Gqv6EbHN7bNVriWFZd9Bs3PI4jQO_h3i4eW5_Zo4tWAJT07mBue7x8qOyh4cNVrYUFT-42jFR5fPCIiSiO9E6CaFnuDfmM4ndl53o-5pX8yR78rthyxIPfw7XWaUXn9KsXLslfFHYzo8tEd4yPB5J6utnWEcCWZ_hn4tb7Y8DlS4y7C2V-qdX0Zw=w400-h275" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4vFD7lm10tpPglE-ACPY3xGiuw9UJFp-mdOJ-24Kok6K9FR4YywnvxL8C6xRIwhSWPDZHYaAzt5NDyCJ99nVR17e2hifWMDwhq0l3zAUTSZvWjI0O6eWLG9AE43Y_DDkIbo2nVOtVpbYW5ZXcpvHODxiHMnChjkK30jcFbBESkFhtAzSE9cg3Jn6dpg=s3654" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2243" data-original-width="3654" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4vFD7lm10tpPglE-ACPY3xGiuw9UJFp-mdOJ-24Kok6K9FR4YywnvxL8C6xRIwhSWPDZHYaAzt5NDyCJ99nVR17e2hifWMDwhq0l3zAUTSZvWjI0O6eWLG9AE43Y_DDkIbo2nVOtVpbYW5ZXcpvHODxiHMnChjkK30jcFbBESkFhtAzSE9cg3Jn6dpg=w400-h245" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The layout of the bases likely looks a little strange, with these odd strips on the sides. I made the choice to add these after finishing the guns themselves, when I didn't much fancy scrapping the bases I had just finished. These extensions give a much wider and-to my mind-much more convincing footprint for a battery. They also allow me to use more of the figures that came with the set, as I can only cram four artillerymen onto my usual bases. The plan for future artillery is to use a single wide base rather than this system of strips which, while flexible, is a lot more fiddley than I'd like.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCvZaGzT8jLYVZz_tr5jYYJ8RInzwbEr01euOlXpp4ANpQJ3vAUG6RahOcFCuT2RS_z-imlZxbgbPTNdFfUfQz0iFC5rYH01LkLcxeUOuZ4YRfh9SOmeFmOxDqUxlfnzL9a-k3EABao6huc8MIDCHjyYK1nSecr9G9ZTboc82pee3y8a1MbDDRIAMRPA=s4160" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCvZaGzT8jLYVZz_tr5jYYJ8RInzwbEr01euOlXpp4ANpQJ3vAUG6RahOcFCuT2RS_z-imlZxbgbPTNdFfUfQz0iFC5rYH01LkLcxeUOuZ4YRfh9SOmeFmOxDqUxlfnzL9a-k3EABao6huc8MIDCHjyYK1nSecr9G9ZTboc82pee3y8a1MbDDRIAMRPA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As I mentioned earlier I've had a number of new models arrive since I got back to my Napoleonics. I was able to snag a lot of kits that had thus far eluded me, included Zvezda's beautiful French Foot Artillery. Some of those new models should start appearing in posts soon enough. For now though I have one more post that'll be going over some of the 'loose ends' that needed tying up. Hope to have that post up soon.</div><br /><div>Cheers!</div>The Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-71100916665315411222021-05-26T21:23:00.001-07:002021-05-26T21:23:56.446-07:00Muster the Rohirrim<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_43zmKFmt2vuYZFeCOY9kdBUchbkEAk0-g2FBVELjf_AExNV1uRqG0Gxm4189G9Nv3J0PWfaKuIWfDZoqBA6OtnjB-ovXI60tdm5qRlFkOU7U_JhTOSSckLG2TG5quqbADVJHqaqp9lq/s2582/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="2582" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_43zmKFmt2vuYZFeCOY9kdBUchbkEAk0-g2FBVELjf_AExNV1uRqG0Gxm4189G9Nv3J0PWfaKuIWfDZoqBA6OtnjB-ovXI60tdm5qRlFkOU7U_JhTOSSckLG2TG5quqbADVJHqaqp9lq/w640-h302/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Finally, after several months of on and off work (and if I'm honest about a full month of getting distracted), my current project is done. This is probably the closest I've come to actually painting an army as a single project. The idea was to bring my Rohan army for GW's Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game to a stage where I could call it complete, aside from a few characters. The batch consists of 24 regular 'Warriors of Rohan', 6 'Riders of Rohan' and 3 members of the Royal Guard, with both foot and mounted variants. In charge of all this were two minor characters, Gamling and Hama.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoEPI6m-HE8phfnFabheEzhurRusUdUCLTLW2BMGkgZvrNCPONGlCe7XdThq3VhwscbFjdyqHspq9sdi60tVGNKycwM93q6SezCClfqM9gHVO-wx7bHcZXdbXFcXWoP7OndVuC0UDQRNBc/s2048/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="2048" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoEPI6m-HE8phfnFabheEzhurRusUdUCLTLW2BMGkgZvrNCPONGlCe7XdThq3VhwscbFjdyqHspq9sdi60tVGNKycwM93q6SezCClfqM9gHVO-wx7bHcZXdbXFcXWoP7OndVuC0UDQRNBc/w640-h328/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Someone familiar with these figures may notice that a few look slightly different, like the man on the left in the above photo. These were all minor conversions where I cut away the leather armour the figures were wearing and replaced it with chain mail. I am a firm follower of the anti-leather school of thought when it comes to historical arms and armour. Armour quality leather was very expensive and produced equipment dramatically worse than chain mail, the cost of which would have only been slightly greater or possibly even cheaper depending on region. Actual uses of leather armour would usually have focused on either being used in direct tandem with steel (kind of like the harnesses worn by Théoden and Éomer in the films actually) or when it was very readily available. Since its hardly great herds of cattle that the Rohirrim are known for, it would be far more believable for these men to be clad in mail.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOxoTS1asUq6o-rUEjVrYK2JepT4E4uqF5-SjnRHamKnQV0JJOkyVTKMI4cAKmFJjfBwLACnxcMZuQnYf0ojtjJG-3BU7venSCez_xfHZtsSSE3Be-toZgLIWj82ZxcB_xcyggNI8ZHENX/s2535/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1241" data-original-width="2535" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOxoTS1asUq6o-rUEjVrYK2JepT4E4uqF5-SjnRHamKnQV0JJOkyVTKMI4cAKmFJjfBwLACnxcMZuQnYf0ojtjJG-3BU7venSCez_xfHZtsSSE3Be-toZgLIWj82ZxcB_xcyggNI8ZHENX/w640-h314/3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91o9VXxNkTh0_KfdJYY4dJdY6S9paJzXbDVO_lqjVE2WzjbftOvNPHoiMsndD6TKRE-SEbrBkuTrh4eEqXMDQvQ0OXxfd-6vydzdIHRfqStdp0_uw6k0jnvF5qYUgz8Wappnk4sYLWz23/s2048/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91o9VXxNkTh0_KfdJYY4dJdY6S9paJzXbDVO_lqjVE2WzjbftOvNPHoiMsndD6TKRE-SEbrBkuTrh4eEqXMDQvQ0OXxfd-6vydzdIHRfqStdp0_uw6k0jnvF5qYUgz8Wappnk4sYLWz23/w640-h424/4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">And I know, I know "it's just fantasy, why does it matter?" First of all, I'm a huge nerd, so it matters to me. Second of all, Middle-Earth is probably one of the most grounded fantasy settings in popular culture. A lot of people let that slip them by because it doesn't have brutal violence, slurs or sex scenes, but the way the societies are structured, the low level of magic in the setting and the general approach to the way the world is built are very grounded in realism. It isn't 'gritty' but it is realistic once you look past the dragons and wizards.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">That and I just think chainmail looks better.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8e8m6SEQ_V3nI3K5LPlK8hgSfP-iV_wMgHkK7LQJN63ylaOym44KMsy9zr_-l1hxqHmyBKoF6o7lralVoB_bUyU_lMi41jGFRtfcBFDbZkpPhYcuB2MHdKuBvIdlPeZmvL8Zk6MkgGTsH/s2048/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="2048" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8e8m6SEQ_V3nI3K5LPlK8hgSfP-iV_wMgHkK7LQJN63ylaOym44KMsy9zr_-l1hxqHmyBKoF6o7lralVoB_bUyU_lMi41jGFRtfcBFDbZkpPhYcuB2MHdKuBvIdlPeZmvL8Zk6MkgGTsH/w640-h338/5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8tkk_v3MdlR50bkwgHoZ5qSERhFkggigqz_Q7rSxY0Fe3vJh6X4LYD1B2tLyeiFsktPi9vlYy6mZTRpLjvX2eovxR0mZqdY71GsYrnlTYFFNZQHu26sh80MezRpuHDQc7d2GrnRdxD6K/s2048/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1099" data-original-width="2048" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8tkk_v3MdlR50bkwgHoZ5qSERhFkggigqz_Q7rSxY0Fe3vJh6X4LYD1B2tLyeiFsktPi9vlYy6mZTRpLjvX2eovxR0mZqdY71GsYrnlTYFFNZQHu26sh80MezRpuHDQc7d2GrnRdxD6K/w640-h344/6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJkR-MfNK8hdN_K1TURC-Y3_z2iRGVtsVTQUb7FVxTYy_xczern63pVV9BEDwA4qbt3IWd7qGYCPx9umuQmPUByxqgX6Nn5EatbYbG9TmUTrx9yUqDyv5kAImPWTHOS7ASazFEVSQcfgZW/s2048/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="2048" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJkR-MfNK8hdN_K1TURC-Y3_z2iRGVtsVTQUb7FVxTYy_xczern63pVV9BEDwA4qbt3IWd7qGYCPx9umuQmPUByxqgX6Nn5EatbYbG9TmUTrx9yUqDyv5kAImPWTHOS7ASazFEVSQcfgZW/w640-h354/7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Anyway, enough rambling about historical plausibility. Something I particularly like the look of on these figures was how the use of red for some of the undershirts played out. I was worried using bright red would be a bit too strong, as these are supposed to be Anglo-Saxon style levy, not British red coats. But I think the small amounts of red cloth work well to complement the green cloaks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuza-21IfPCVKGXSdDVko5cVknN652rCUxnEjiMYDDmSDZcKHaV96hb90OfVRwJDzgl6MwlWNDeKetk_rQ0QQ0RJiHmzPCHoGyChB4t1fb-Jgf8Dnhsvk5OFdY4s3n6M8Jlz44EJGbUYWN/s2048/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1099" data-original-width="2048" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuza-21IfPCVKGXSdDVko5cVknN652rCUxnEjiMYDDmSDZcKHaV96hb90OfVRwJDzgl6MwlWNDeKetk_rQ0QQ0RJiHmzPCHoGyChB4t1fb-Jgf8Dnhsvk5OFdY4s3n6M8Jlz44EJGbUYWN/w640-h344/8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Not only is he a character and thus demands extra attention, but the banner had to be free-handed. I'd not had much experience with something like this before, so it was certainly novel (and very stress inducing at first). After I got down to it though I actually found this to be some of the most fun I've had painting in a long while. There aren't a lot of pictures of these two here simply because this post is plenty long enough as it is. There'll probably be a short follow-up post with more pictures to showcase them. Gamling especially is a lovely figure imo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgehbVITEj31ps19Y_AtwdtItGpg8AUwoWt16MarDwL0r-m1U4kouyY8802j66Ip2CP4HW8uhQuNdvgN2N-gSRl6bat8ToaiI5-Nysohv3SUJOmDKQrX396k2okkfQYVAFfyZQFjMJ0Dx/s2048/16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgehbVITEj31ps19Y_AtwdtItGpg8AUwoWt16MarDwL0r-m1U4kouyY8802j66Ip2CP4HW8uhQuNdvgN2N-gSRl6bat8ToaiI5-Nysohv3SUJOmDKQrX396k2okkfQYVAFfyZQFjMJ0Dx/w640-h480/16.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">And here is the full Rohan collection with the new boys included. Note, not everything has been based. Why? Because I'm too lazy, hehe. I'll probably get to it at some point but I have to admit basing is hardly the most riveting thing for me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Théoden was actually painted for me by my father, several years ago. Or rather, teenage me did a terrible job, and my dad was nice enough to fix some of it. I believe Snowmane was mostly his work. At some point I might have to get my hands on the new Théoden and see if I can do a better job now than then (I jolly well hope I can).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0ZxJAbza5khyoMM-7ghsFEdwlblZe4OzmzeADRkOF5ief0nQtz7tDRJSU2JKXaOIM5eXF8-atlu7x4t9hl7nH4QCJ2CyyqkkpLtQZ-R7LjcV89MeWpFI9tofdBEkd8TF6wAhP9DHMfC4/s2048/17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0ZxJAbza5khyoMM-7ghsFEdwlblZe4OzmzeADRkOF5ief0nQtz7tDRJSU2JKXaOIM5eXF8-atlu7x4t9hl7nH4QCJ2CyyqkkpLtQZ-R7LjcV89MeWpFI9tofdBEkd8TF6wAhP9DHMfC4/w640-h480/17.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKE4G0tWFXd_6FwJOY6qvQrldqK-Q51k78P_rv-nXFkBAIOgwnDEOm1g_zrdCPB6YbuAd5EMjSseCrv7pp7zPVsVwTYkqzRhboHqLqW7FvVaxYoyF01jSYTzSjclx2cd7k_5SqcVxwIoZ/s2048/18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKE4G0tWFXd_6FwJOY6qvQrldqK-Q51k78P_rv-nXFkBAIOgwnDEOm1g_zrdCPB6YbuAd5EMjSseCrv7pp7zPVsVwTYkqzRhboHqLqW7FvVaxYoyF01jSYTzSjclx2cd7k_5SqcVxwIoZ/w640-h480/18.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyHQNAAikvDlreNjTGQLtdLnrfjGTyNP2M7ldFg1rwPWCQTbFEtYABpE3-_VZqBkA2F2YpSkEEk6RQjqfZxL6kvQOGGbm0gj9L8scFVHz31TkxgdnrzqICkFysvK0f0du6PYdtQY6USnk/s2048/19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyHQNAAikvDlreNjTGQLtdLnrfjGTyNP2M7ldFg1rwPWCQTbFEtYABpE3-_VZqBkA2F2YpSkEEk6RQjqfZxL6kvQOGGbm0gj9L8scFVHz31TkxgdnrzqICkFysvK0f0du6PYdtQY6USnk/w640-h480/19.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFkW8x3ZA6m5fu3kHw43MfkyxJnWRrN1pXFk378LfGV7guK5M_ejnqHnMaTdud9uRlu3wG_C4HVbSJOcQeGZe_OcZf3OADS7GWGLCEAyppxDfqSYvxEMnlf2gmVC3YnDWnSsuGiz5lxXuJ/s2048/20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFkW8x3ZA6m5fu3kHw43MfkyxJnWRrN1pXFk378LfGV7guK5M_ejnqHnMaTdud9uRlu3wG_C4HVbSJOcQeGZe_OcZf3OADS7GWGLCEAyppxDfqSYvxEMnlf2gmVC3YnDWnSsuGiz5lxXuJ/w640-h480/20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38lKefnn8eS7qRuZWwONXImxJuI9mP84K0x8N3UVun7u8G-BVvkQcjkBEcR_vUJzTNK96FuPi_zTfob9cHQk8FGRQb6GcFeyfY8KxkpkL-3AZkG4L4q0uWvfudXLU4Q4WTbccs8zSba88/s2048/21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38lKefnn8eS7qRuZWwONXImxJuI9mP84K0x8N3UVun7u8G-BVvkQcjkBEcR_vUJzTNK96FuPi_zTfob9cHQk8FGRQb6GcFeyfY8KxkpkL-3AZkG4L4q0uWvfudXLU4Q4WTbccs8zSba88/w640-h480/21.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The main thing missing here is Erkenbrand, though I'd also like to get my hands on the newer Éowyn and Éomer sculpts in plastic, as I'd say they look like solid upgrades to the older models. I also wouldn't mind one or two of the Forge Worlds models like Deorwine, but that would fall very far down the priority list.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Anyhow, that brings us to the end of this post. Hope you all enjoyed. Now if you'll excuse me I have to get back to wasting time on video games when I ought to be painting or writing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Cheers!</div></div><p></p>The Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-63569701941794194112020-12-21T15:20:00.000-08:002020-12-21T15:20:08.940-08:00Some Scattered Characters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1dQm7WKzrWdrbZ6TWEpwaisnLt19R7akTv8oBZzxB_27vfep4YEwhtPYcQDgcP5VohrOSVPmW2OiBy5D4E2vvKxlH0QxzkksdVcdaDLU5DlVZCWXinFoOhyphenhyphenlz-Sia_ltVJhrBmK-a4dE/s2048/13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1dQm7WKzrWdrbZ6TWEpwaisnLt19R7akTv8oBZzxB_27vfep4YEwhtPYcQDgcP5VohrOSVPmW2OiBy5D4E2vvKxlH0QxzkksdVcdaDLU5DlVZCWXinFoOhyphenhyphenlz-Sia_ltVJhrBmK-a4dE/w400-h268/13.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p> All right, so in my last post I mentioned that I'd painted up several other Middle Earth figures besides the Nine Riders. I also said I'd make a post about them in the next few days. Now, several weeks later I am making that post. Late as usual I guess.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhujpsxBP1N8nY2C62eiBa8O58xlypju0FFezpXwwwfExlMlt2vjWExK_1y0sKeQgat4sQqDfqTv6EFfGW0wGVige68X10eUnySgu5fBskPpwdOT5QQDN0qowcm8QN3bBnzaOrXzH7K_kpy/s2048/5.5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1626" data-original-width="2048" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhujpsxBP1N8nY2C62eiBa8O58xlypju0FFezpXwwwfExlMlt2vjWExK_1y0sKeQgat4sQqDfqTv6EFfGW0wGVige68X10eUnySgu5fBskPpwdOT5QQDN0qowcm8QN3bBnzaOrXzH7K_kpy/w400-h318/5.5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">First off we have what on the webstore GW have dubbed an "Uruk-hai Scout Command". In reality these figures come from three different sets, none of which are in production at the moment. The captain with the cleaver headed bardiche was originally a standalone, while the shaman was part of the original Uruk-hai command set and the other two were commanders for a special War of the Ring unit called Mauhur's Marauders. The history of the models aside, I quite like them. The captain and banner bearer are my favourites out of the four for certain. </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUROG3JtNj9PxTmou4NFTJvFZEnELKUM61aqk9eos_5C1nshCOeXiSm6gV1_r83cut6og8XDeKcNWlvkIVY9HKohC9WgbDXu_mLN5HllZvUrp_qBIlAgQS-LAaTywVvO4GfxJaZULP_uah/s2048/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUROG3JtNj9PxTmou4NFTJvFZEnELKUM61aqk9eos_5C1nshCOeXiSm6gV1_r83cut6og8XDeKcNWlvkIVY9HKohC9WgbDXu_mLN5HllZvUrp_qBIlAgQS-LAaTywVvO4GfxJaZULP_uah/w400-h300/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BHwnhN2L5sI9tOUxEtWK7LSgdSkyq31vw-iqRrwGzVlUeB0ZBSIedEmTdDpVZp1mtRokAPGcxgQpJJhjvRmAhfcVBKK2sZqf-rYs15uGz3OijLC4IoXLfj8QcPJo3bNoaJo-HKcl-aWW/s2048/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BHwnhN2L5sI9tOUxEtWK7LSgdSkyq31vw-iqRrwGzVlUeB0ZBSIedEmTdDpVZp1mtRokAPGcxgQpJJhjvRmAhfcVBKK2sZqf-rYs15uGz3OijLC4IoXLfj8QcPJo3bNoaJo-HKcl-aWW/w400-h300/2.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwABXySdsk5VOMnRYxNNGmirzldGQl2kexR6yumgTp6riNlHxB7iElCLEtLgxHLKTzi9GjE1lOoECwswFJo7F1rlvvku36GVc0oWUkyGVFO9XKVvb5OR9TyTnx7n9lJ06a7JBSmiI2xDI/s2048/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwABXySdsk5VOMnRYxNNGmirzldGQl2kexR6yumgTp6riNlHxB7iElCLEtLgxHLKTzi9GjE1lOoECwswFJo7F1rlvvku36GVc0oWUkyGVFO9XKVvb5OR9TyTnx7n9lJ06a7JBSmiI2xDI/w400-h300/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM-57jbaWIpDb9SmXSNDSa9ochWAOBqySthZAal9k_8njvfQnnA2Syv4lPTzCnLe920m-s0XoYxTnacQoDMNjSxgvZz7qkcToyXoquRtLNvhMwmLJK_O4dlwDD6p26ucGwZtF6x_8tIN5K/s2048/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM-57jbaWIpDb9SmXSNDSa9ochWAOBqySthZAal9k_8njvfQnnA2Syv4lPTzCnLe920m-s0XoYxTnacQoDMNjSxgvZz7qkcToyXoquRtLNvhMwmLJK_O4dlwDD6p26ucGwZtF6x_8tIN5K/w400-h300/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5h8YXuQ_4Md5w5upSjnm8pyh7BgGdbTT0xs2ESRFTUXIPQn4Jaq-snyeznRFv8YTP1AKkU-VO93p_CiD-xp9uKU-bg2lEZ3fk3RAIKkPjUdVp5LFFGFmPaJa5oxTCsA_T3R9coN63fyG/s2048/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="2048" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5h8YXuQ_4Md5w5upSjnm8pyh7BgGdbTT0xs2ESRFTUXIPQn4Jaq-snyeznRFv8YTP1AKkU-VO93p_CiD-xp9uKU-bg2lEZ3fk3RAIKkPjUdVp5LFFGFmPaJa5oxTCsA_T3R9coN63fyG/w400-h263/10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next up we have the sons of Elrond: Elladan and Elrohir. No, I don't remember which is which. Looking it up it seems that Elladan is on the left and Elrohir on the right. While it's perfectly thematic for the brothers dress and look more-or-less the same, it does get very confusing, especially when it comes to trying to match their on-foot versions with their mounted versions. In fact, looking now at a reference it seems that I have actually gotten their on-foot versions round the wrong way! So uh, first it's Elladan mounted with Elrohir on foot, then Elrohir mounted with Elladan on foot. Good grief. Perhaps I should have given them different coloured cloaks or something.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkFzNLc-UkZ0s-4Y0Hckp90Vc9RDH85PNvLAI0HFQDZ_a_xOgUUeXPX-dT8xk2vxkkHYHTFbmouwhonzy_iH8CmybUFJy_BgNVPafHywbTYGkxGrbTtBBv_bCgf-BW9Hp3B4GUV1UKggA/s2048/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkFzNLc-UkZ0s-4Y0Hckp90Vc9RDH85PNvLAI0HFQDZ_a_xOgUUeXPX-dT8xk2vxkkHYHTFbmouwhonzy_iH8CmybUFJy_BgNVPafHywbTYGkxGrbTtBBv_bCgf-BW9Hp3B4GUV1UKggA/w400-h266/8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDT4uEuOVlVOiyGIVF-gZLH6QodSUmp2sWllztsYG0xNWuWGACrlN_zAGInOs2diuNtj8PKcUGJVVOrzSyyvPVvYq3BPE23u5uVem0md_c4EP_oH5Z27AfxITG42-2c7OvYUwSHVOgCyO/s2048/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="2048" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDT4uEuOVlVOiyGIVF-gZLH6QodSUmp2sWllztsYG0xNWuWGACrlN_zAGInOs2diuNtj8PKcUGJVVOrzSyyvPVvYq3BPE23u5uVem0md_c4EP_oH5Z27AfxITG42-2c7OvYUwSHVOgCyO/w400-h294/9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOZIKGGN8jr9Ntid28BCFTVNDFVAOI1bGDqYME-YhyphenhyphenFxNxtu3gxUUA5QP_hvtWQ9DmyJpiXTkWuTeQHGlZVyVyZ0RDrcsVpyicznm_yn_CDnjRQj5kL29FY6YUXPqWXA91GH-qG2eCN0i/s2048/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1465" data-original-width="2048" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOZIKGGN8jr9Ntid28BCFTVNDFVAOI1bGDqYME-YhyphenhyphenFxNxtu3gxUUA5QP_hvtWQ9DmyJpiXTkWuTeQHGlZVyVyZ0RDrcsVpyicznm_yn_CDnjRQj5kL29FY6YUXPqWXA91GH-qG2eCN0i/w400-h286/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmH7rbYSXsPdKfGUUjMJIOphgVuw4POxHxMK61upZjJLy5qFAvkJdjJALbUqcQxJa5mRx2lnmZ6sG3P2HDHJQebWs58wofi5a5OBYk6wZw-WoU3nSDszYkAuNE2VHozafzGpmxPT6g7JAD/s2048/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1657" data-original-width="2048" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmH7rbYSXsPdKfGUUjMJIOphgVuw4POxHxMK61upZjJLy5qFAvkJdjJALbUqcQxJa5mRx2lnmZ6sG3P2HDHJQebWs58wofi5a5OBYk6wZw-WoU3nSDszYkAuNE2VHozafzGpmxPT6g7JAD/w400-h324/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1LI5l5NTgBH0Em0lhSVtl4uz_53HQJYBi7yNExW6ObAfJA2gJyeOfZYqsbsERyR3Q4XfJoAwHTLNQaYbtiCD0nV0JycMDdleK76QahGVrYA8zIKXcCSWW5YjTX7DUMy9EnxpkBWLtj2I/s2048/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="2048" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1LI5l5NTgBH0Em0lhSVtl4uz_53HQJYBi7yNExW6ObAfJA2gJyeOfZYqsbsERyR3Q4XfJoAwHTLNQaYbtiCD0nV0JycMDdleK76QahGVrYA8zIKXcCSWW5YjTX7DUMy9EnxpkBWLtj2I/w400-h293/11.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-vXp_Wi43yODWvPh47oQa06ihxfs_GRMUr4Adw6Ni-zxSvJ1mq03Dc-ER2RLiIUctX-t4acRxf6uTIEMLQlFOrT_aG_h8i3zwIdDnjez_xL3YzK1Y0EAm0W21NDowPO8sXDoWyvYGhOH/s2048/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="2048" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-vXp_Wi43yODWvPh47oQa06ihxfs_GRMUr4Adw6Ni-zxSvJ1mq03Dc-ER2RLiIUctX-t4acRxf6uTIEMLQlFOrT_aG_h8i3zwIdDnjez_xL3YzK1Y0EAm0W21NDowPO8sXDoWyvYGhOH/w400-h260/12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Last of all we have the prince of Dol Amroth, Imrahil himself. One of the great heroes of the Battles of the Pelennor and the Morannon, who is sadly left out of just about every adaptation. I've actually gone and done the reverse of what I probably should of, and experimented with painting the leader of the knights of Dol Amroth before painting any of the rank and file. But he was just sitting there on my desk, so what else could I do?<div><br /><div>Anyhow, that's the last of what I've got completed at the moment. I have been working on my Rohirrim, but that project is progressing slowly. Being on holiday from uni seems to have led me to spend less time painting rather than more. Ah well, I'll get through them in the end, I always do it seems.</div><div><br /></div><div>Until then, Merry Christmas to you all!</div><div><br /></div><div>God bless!</div></div>The Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-37223596452919146292020-11-16T21:30:00.000-08:002020-11-16T21:30:04.922-08:00The Nine are Abroad<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAx2PHWhNIKRo8WBGWz6gHZ0FPhdQvnFRjbnD_lckLio8-ljX6wbcizSOEAVXk9ncAvmEQvTY1GRyUWe8atYmg-2-keYe7ypHqVMAHxliUJV7pldCSEGAN-xq5vua19-7sjMx8vMSPUoGK/s2048/20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1898" data-original-width="2048" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAx2PHWhNIKRo8WBGWz6gHZ0FPhdQvnFRjbnD_lckLio8-ljX6wbcizSOEAVXk9ncAvmEQvTY1GRyUWe8atYmg-2-keYe7ypHqVMAHxliUJV7pldCSEGAN-xq5vua19-7sjMx8vMSPUoGK/w400-h371/20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've always been a fan of GW's 'character wraiths', where each of the nine Nazgûl are modeled as a distinct character. I've also been frustrated many times at only having five Ringwraiths (the ones that came with the old Weathertop set). I could never justify purchasing the set of nine, only to get rid of five of them. On top of that I would still lack mounted versions, as generic black riders are no longer sold and are a great frustration to track down second-hand.</div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZtJWTOUej4QvvJbvf-SH1GZbGt3fuPdHhbiwcrIzQACHyKdoIurY_wRGQqFOdrlsY3W6C4XK_mR646rXcrw65xgbn-UuW122ceZ_M-hSn6s50GNC8Kc6GuPQQgNO3xbfKX3Om6mkAsTx/s2048/19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1229" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZtJWTOUej4QvvJbvf-SH1GZbGt3fuPdHhbiwcrIzQACHyKdoIurY_wRGQqFOdrlsY3W6C4XK_mR646rXcrw65xgbn-UuW122ceZ_M-hSn6s50GNC8Kc6GuPQQgNO3xbfKX3Om6mkAsTx/w400-h240/19.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It seemed sensible enough then, that I should acquire the foot and mounted sets for the character wraiths, which are available to buy new. I was reticent for a while, since six out of the eighteen models were finecast (<i>shudders</i>), but in the end I found myself possessed by a whim and grabbed 'em. And while the finecast resin was a massive pain to work with, I did have a lot of fun painting up these models. It was really fun working to give each wraith a unique look, although I think I have had more than enough of painting black for the foreseeable future.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJi36RH8ypEdHAsqXjkXcHyw8AttpPVOhx4ULoG2ZfwT8WFmYprF1HBgWN8IGmfIUsI_7fpcAalyN6_ZKW2vbFf8_IuAc2JkAf1O1Q_DXzHk7qf74_FT72uPNYOeTUjbGJNwgI7cIMahj/s2048/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="2048" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJi36RH8ypEdHAsqXjkXcHyw8AttpPVOhx4ULoG2ZfwT8WFmYprF1HBgWN8IGmfIUsI_7fpcAalyN6_ZKW2vbFf8_IuAc2JkAf1O1Q_DXzHk7qf74_FT72uPNYOeTUjbGJNwgI7cIMahj/w400-h278/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Witch King of Angmar</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As one of the dreaded finecast models, I was rather worried when it came to this guy. Thankfully he seems to have turned out pretty well outside of his sword, which is a little bendy (somehow I didn't notice until after he'd been painted!).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2XjDG_DccXPjnB9Oxc35b2q3HQACkaY7MBXZkCLWOAswkhC6Lnd-26vvkLVZx2mSP2qIfKJQVfoVm9QDOJV66ngqDFLM7FTi3k3YfWo50HuOPjKm6Vv7GKcnIJgO6T030UDDBG4uAfYT/s2048/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2XjDG_DccXPjnB9Oxc35b2q3HQACkaY7MBXZkCLWOAswkhC6Lnd-26vvkLVZx2mSP2qIfKJQVfoVm9QDOJV66ngqDFLM7FTi3k3YfWo50HuOPjKm6Vv7GKcnIJgO6T030UDDBG4uAfYT/w400-h300/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkq_v50ejQWY9vEW0-lZm8ivMgvu8ve26qABIWr9p7vJosaKtqUAMICos90advVivXWCOaybUR4iARgt7GJT5bZPmmiqdFIcn2NzLPQON_k4RUPrk6diEObPIRIbD7L02WYyZwrhE9SAey/s2048/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="2048" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkq_v50ejQWY9vEW0-lZm8ivMgvu8ve26qABIWr9p7vJosaKtqUAMICos90advVivXWCOaybUR4iARgt7GJT5bZPmmiqdFIcn2NzLPQON_k4RUPrk6diEObPIRIbD7L02WYyZwrhE9SAey/w400-h260/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Dwimmerlaik</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoIqjz8u8k3mJEvO44Mdcjc9VmvBgPQoY431AHKkvPCGq1blufBzsbzPWhMdOt7Qg4KmptXbF5EnHEc-BcbNZ0DIQRj4RcMBvQoGw444nC-ezYj8jZzl-ar7MxdSlyIFoqSgRw95dCfEBP/s2048/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoIqjz8u8k3mJEvO44Mdcjc9VmvBgPQoY431AHKkvPCGq1blufBzsbzPWhMdOt7Qg4KmptXbF5EnHEc-BcbNZ0DIQRj4RcMBvQoGw444nC-ezYj8jZzl-ar7MxdSlyIFoqSgRw95dCfEBP/w400-h300/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_kY9eVTMRITm-LLe4EVXY7_WYMdIyBaQhyphenhyphenLGfN-PmfTVuVsFHcdO8HSVqxyJ2JyiXGh_fwvnfwZ86LKWrSaTtJA9w2iSzIFZHB4okTemvTROpfJYqAarR-mitBIp-zWuCn9DEB3uIbap/s2048/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="2048" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_kY9eVTMRITm-LLe4EVXY7_WYMdIyBaQhyphenhyphenLGfN-PmfTVuVsFHcdO8HSVqxyJ2JyiXGh_fwvnfwZ86LKWrSaTtJA9w2iSzIFZHB4okTemvTROpfJYqAarR-mitBIp-zWuCn9DEB3uIbap/w400-h230/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Tainted</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I ended up leaving this guy till last because I thought the glowing effect on the robes would be hard to do. As it turned out all it took was some careful dry-brushing and high-lighting. I'd probably say that he was one of my favourites to paint.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhUQvHD0TRmMsimXWby-LxcW3nYdsRf-y2a6aYWH3i42bS-sGxqqM-J3DRa9UXvO9tksRzUpNXjj_EKCJQLOLlQiPvozi3GsOGw1iBUk1mLbIrPVbr5uqaVARB1dyg6pgaCZoYuCy5Zycm/s2048/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhUQvHD0TRmMsimXWby-LxcW3nYdsRf-y2a6aYWH3i42bS-sGxqqM-J3DRa9UXvO9tksRzUpNXjj_EKCJQLOLlQiPvozi3GsOGw1iBUk1mLbIrPVbr5uqaVARB1dyg6pgaCZoYuCy5Zycm/w400-h300/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgexPbBvEhetk4U2RpNDQxM8rChCTtlzpaZoVM1KDr9Nfuulxz47ja7vfGDTMnQ6vKZEw6-9sq1JAhoJbiPN_6FXMOcRq-n5e0iXIo9ak1ssgK9bIzRyAGyQwmT0l268rVOmFCMVJ_xwXdV/s2048/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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His sword might look crooked now, but it's not even half as bad as it was before! I did the best I could, but it's such a thin and fragile piece that I was scared to apply too much pressure for fear of breaking it. What an infernal material to make models out of!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I decided against painting his armour golden/brazen, as I felt this separated him a bit too much from the other Ringwraiths for my liking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgApzqxDcL40Sg3KZT_Lii33HvDhNuEBeZiIoaTyQmh0Al6Ssc7SC7jdluPuDTlPELbJONgsbPXQMIfCCBZlAFjVmg1ECsmP9gMYoBh4Pf8s5SwJVT9eWu-ZpPZpbTChKr9ORDachoUvKKd/s2048/16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1415" data-original-width="2048" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgApzqxDcL40Sg3KZT_Lii33HvDhNuEBeZiIoaTyQmh0Al6Ssc7SC7jdluPuDTlPELbJONgsbPXQMIfCCBZlAFjVmg1ECsmP9gMYoBh4Pf8s5SwJVT9eWu-ZpPZpbTChKr9ORDachoUvKKd/w400-h276/16.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjs3eyMZ4-GTI7Jr0fnNkudPKHw9QcA11dI4gyvWmz1pPudhL3CGLLbkHEFP_d6DIkxs7skEMg02DFj306rYfvg6HuOfoBO0fnVMM6v62s3J6JF4ES0gpfTDIP8cE7pbsT2JuPAE5P1gha/s2048/14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1398" data-original-width="2048" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjs3eyMZ4-GTI7Jr0fnNkudPKHw9QcA11dI4gyvWmz1pPudhL3CGLLbkHEFP_d6DIkxs7skEMg02DFj306rYfvg6HuOfoBO0fnVMM6v62s3J6JF4ES0gpfTDIP8cE7pbsT2JuPAE5P1gha/w400-h272/14.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Knight of Umbar</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizWMO5hFo83JUSOMGB8uRt0pkvCYulcz5EEUedTwKpfk7yw0XtgDlynvL4YhXZfOkETA468Mvwf04wqXQCMHy6ihRHijvBFhyk_I2XH1Lnn085Z0D6QWYpjYYcyxGCKG31nj9oaG6ea5E_/s2048/17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1351" data-original-width="2048" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizWMO5hFo83JUSOMGB8uRt0pkvCYulcz5EEUedTwKpfk7yw0XtgDlynvL4YhXZfOkETA468Mvwf04wqXQCMHy6ihRHijvBFhyk_I2XH1Lnn085Z0D6QWYpjYYcyxGCKG31nj9oaG6ea5E_/w400-h264/17.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOb12JBrQDLqHOQzB5rS_9-8YMn9k2EAqTVBpHQ20D6zRSxTl28RL1zfoDNwGlegLkezK0YaOEp-ylkNRg1a7cNt27PTENH_zyNIuiTcH6LGZheHk6Btl7s8CFoXBQxfrDvn9qdoQUqM8/s2048/15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="2048" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOb12JBrQDLqHOQzB5rS_9-8YMn9k2EAqTVBpHQ20D6zRSxTl28RL1zfoDNwGlegLkezK0YaOEp-ylkNRg1a7cNt27PTENH_zyNIuiTcH6LGZheHk6Btl7s8CFoXBQxfrDvn9qdoQUqM8/w400-h272/15.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Betrayer</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjREo29rcGUMvY4RQitsOV62Liq-G6-mgmleNwWUqFkInGeLvWhwQcGWTCgEiGKM-AL5itIPnYIVHeTIB129o_jPbPhy-pUS9A-FSNnsxLHPeLSBp1FydtoOKOfi7OCWco9bFcpoW0Zt8sA/s2048/18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjREo29rcGUMvY4RQitsOV62Liq-G6-mgmleNwWUqFkInGeLvWhwQcGWTCgEiGKM-AL5itIPnYIVHeTIB129o_jPbPhy-pUS9A-FSNnsxLHPeLSBp1FydtoOKOfi7OCWco9bFcpoW0Zt8sA/w400-h300/18.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Overall, I'm quite happy with how they turned out, though I wish they had all been metal. I certainly intend to try and avoid buying any more finecast models in future, but given that some rather iconic/important models have been done in that material (uruk-hai berserkers, guards of the fountain court, minas tirith commanders, etc.) I may not have much choice in the long run.<p></p><div>Having enjoyed the Ringwraith project so much, I've ordered a number of Rohirrim to round out that part of my collection (short of a couple of characters who were all out of stock on the Australian webstore. Really loving that international sales policy GW...). Outside that and the Ringwraiths, I've painted/finished painting a number of other more miscellaneous Middle-Earth models, so I'll have to get together another post on them in the next few days. See you all then.</div><div><br /></div><div>Cheers!</div>The Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-83893476364269292292020-10-12T20:59:00.001-07:002020-10-12T20:59:41.026-07:00British Line Infantry<p>At the very beginning of this project I had considerably more British infantry than French. Over the past two years I've added a great deal of infantry to my French army and very little to my British one. In part this was because I found it difficult to lay hands on the particular British infantry set that I've been after (HaT's Peninsular War Infantry). These two battalions actually represent the first real additions I've made to my British infantry forces so far.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fA_pun2_ZGpvcFmyAQvfjdrBK4WYw5hXSVFwD0onOyXy7PsVsHO6goU9E-vrJYD8tFqQGxgp-Y0l_ID4cdR0s6HLL300xsD5_0IyCGIdpeHsfShZwSje3s5qZQSYPYcYMEMTmGEU78Bb/s2913/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="2913" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fA_pun2_ZGpvcFmyAQvfjdrBK4WYw5hXSVFwD0onOyXy7PsVsHO6goU9E-vrJYD8tFqQGxgp-Y0l_ID4cdR0s6HLL300xsD5_0IyCGIdpeHsfShZwSje3s5qZQSYPYcYMEMTmGEU78Bb/w640-h238/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The figures themselves are Italeri's British Infantry 1815 (Set 6095). Very good figures, though the uniforms presented are a bit of an odd bunch. Odd that is, in the sense that they are meant to be very particular. Apparently there are three specific regiments from Waterloo represented in the set. But I'm much too lazy to go around trying to match regiments (serious respect to those who do though), so I just painted the facings as I fancied. As for quality the miniatures are very good, modern sculpts with strong detail and good poses.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic71tfmEFKkNZYaS1JHPVlPxpAmagMA-jcnUUOAMX1drVPet1Wj80uoFV5OGv9ew8RjaF4kgSz6gT_wQAlSC1z_x9QLk-dbq81POpIao0pW7PetbfVGdcSX0MOkePzQeN1Pnk-PUR7pAKJ/s2048/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1387" data-original-width="2048" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic71tfmEFKkNZYaS1JHPVlPxpAmagMA-jcnUUOAMX1drVPet1Wj80uoFV5OGv9ew8RjaF4kgSz6gT_wQAlSC1z_x9QLk-dbq81POpIao0pW7PetbfVGdcSX0MOkePzQeN1Pnk-PUR7pAKJ/w400-h271/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGXXR9kVWjBWKMOrBbv8nfbgp0dxvrsKMDR6MTdQgdowOOnwHtyo0RWDlAR2t566C3HA-1iZF8X-i4iXtmmvq_IHjgqtkOBqolw_i9OTwGCMdHZIRG7NK9Jc6NByj2U-KtJWu-iNwcErPH/s2605/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1207" data-original-width="2605" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGXXR9kVWjBWKMOrBbv8nfbgp0dxvrsKMDR6MTdQgdowOOnwHtyo0RWDlAR2t566C3HA-1iZF8X-i4iXtmmvq_IHjgqtkOBqolw_i9OTwGCMdHZIRG7NK9Jc6NByj2U-KtJWu-iNwcErPH/w400-h185/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSpV_b0Jn3ChDC3_GjxzT_xri4MP3Uz7mqFe86BSqLhcUu1AP-oVLLEyvwAVl5DDpe_tWN5y1YQQ2udU4E2LBdKv875X4xfN8krgRsZtdTFWO2w6ekwvHKSfXttVcl0FtSEILrAKVJ28C/s2048/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="2048" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSpV_b0Jn3ChDC3_GjxzT_xri4MP3Uz7mqFe86BSqLhcUu1AP-oVLLEyvwAVl5DDpe_tWN5y1YQQ2udU4E2LBdKv875X4xfN8krgRsZtdTFWO2w6ekwvHKSfXttVcl0FtSEILrAKVJ28C/w400-h226/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs2ltzIgwY3-u2S4RQrWNaARWtKAc3nULzLnnR7axWV4pK9xOYKUI5y4v2Jej-KLi-yFqllzhKnDFGwz_drmovcjiPP7RfXj6xsqyrGRqFCirYT171PixlEE28UKORCw9ndS0kDz4QW2gS/s2048/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1291" data-original-width="2048" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs2ltzIgwY3-u2S4RQrWNaARWtKAc3nULzLnnR7axWV4pK9xOYKUI5y4v2Jej-KLi-yFqllzhKnDFGwz_drmovcjiPP7RfXj6xsqyrGRqFCirYT171PixlEE28UKORCw9ndS0kDz4QW2gS/w400-h253/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPQXsP0VfRpG_xHB0ZOhDaa_bnfzFt0npLDspFjucVrZNar5jJGmeKBWN28Vbn_csTeM7GJ_Vg1VMJxIbxQCq61AY3Wam0RCy0wGcRkQjfBtbZF7S2ZVvOAkj7JkACaGbhRowh7-FyCbx/s2048/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1083" data-original-width="2048" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPQXsP0VfRpG_xHB0ZOhDaa_bnfzFt0npLDspFjucVrZNar5jJGmeKBWN28Vbn_csTeM7GJ_Vg1VMJxIbxQCq61AY3Wam0RCy0wGcRkQjfBtbZF7S2ZVvOAkj7JkACaGbhRowh7-FyCbx/w400-h211/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjenzbrR6CWupqIHSGV5UCKagg45ViwkAotzjck9og-vs7qnW0VBk8mz7CsF4Eg6Xvy9RZDk5kxkGNwyGIqIGTb3XgJsTfaoTX5psD3zNyXbBQNqFfnssb90GnJ0gwVwuhciQsQjxtj50s1/s2048/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1255" data-original-width="2048" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjenzbrR6CWupqIHSGV5UCKagg45ViwkAotzjck9og-vs7qnW0VBk8mz7CsF4Eg6Xvy9RZDk5kxkGNwyGIqIGTb3XgJsTfaoTX5psD3zNyXbBQNqFfnssb90GnJ0gwVwuhciQsQjxtj50s1/w400-h245/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>This will be the last bit of Napoleonic work I do for a little while. My focus these past few days has been shifted over to my 28mm collections, specifically my Middle-Earth models. Hopefully I'll have a few posts about that in the future.</p><p>Cheers!</p>The Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-82773487309622185512020-10-04T02:09:00.002-07:002020-10-04T02:09:49.796-07:00French Infanterie de Ligne Regiments<p style="text-align: left;">When I first started on this project I'm not sure I fully understood just how much infantry would actually be needed. Once I sat down and read up on the structure of brigades through to divisions through to corps and armies it came home to me pretty quickly though. A Napoleonic army (even when fighting at a smaller scale like that of a division) has a lot of men in it. I suppose this is why some people don't like working in the period or else use very abstracted formations that cut down on the number of figures used, particularly in the big scales. It is a lot of cross belts to paint after all.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="1375" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwNtLGouEkPEHhuicdOi4k2hY9Ez7sfjX8fyehGDgwDQXcLK4NqKonUYcmvaIDowhRofZ76q1ZmSzcSouHOLbhNWS9Uj-P6whdyZ4IaRoFXjA3RkP3AeyP2Tmw09QEHn7EtMfQOFDCTIO/s320/14.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="320" /></p><p style="text-align: left;">But, I want to play 'in the grand manner', as they say. This means I need lots and lots of battalions if I want to play at the level of one or more divisions per side. Today I have some more of those much needed battalions for my French army.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="909" data-original-width="3462" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKuQznNG5EcaKBpXOU0EHBJ_zX3LeSXqI7EDl0stoBUdLNyaoBXq6joATQu9FnOBeOQow6dWkRfEcTRrfNGm-KQeM6d4-D460qw61ki6AalvRHAI0FAzf9Z-_9KAc1O5i9FER-QiJcwhj/w640-h168/15.jpg" width="640" /></p><p style="text-align: left;">The fusiliers for this first regiment come from HaT's French Line Fusiliers (Set 8041). This set is a decent enough one, but is a bit on the old side and I think it shows. Some of the detailing is warped and there was more flash than I would have liked. These were still very serviceable figures though, so that overall I would say that I'm happy with them.</p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1359" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAgTZU1eCTxE9Kc0diMMNIEHvHdS49HINfIK90V0Ob3ESdhGbJlBMvOX5vCrzbwL0D4Tibe0UT6lxQuHbC9U1sNot6jaLxdQoNyS6GeASAApM4d2DTWQHwtXYYTjZ0nNDuQ5ffwZqVcyr/s320/16.jpg" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1186" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsuE5vIa1aYzUNDEqwdP9ZJlxivwbEJu_st69r-gJaP-Oapbh7GCsJmCn-EGyS-vHngXURJdDTxCVpGbFEHrL6X7UxqeRyyyj6jY0HsPjgLwDP6BVL1IvoYe1KVMDCXZHoWY_IBc56oaCN/s320/17.jpg" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1287" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieGKM3HI73d3ZwA_tuK1AXWu20KeRpl3mrfsBvwAxPMLQDxpfyjHT0tVVgRT1N_x_EG4rI-p_GsD8yWSwalB9IB9_YTNMCWZbIvtZZlVqraD0RjTC06ys4Khfi4E2227zH_ElC6BbyjJ61/s320/18.jpg" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1186" data-original-width="2651" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeRFtX2mdMhUMtnryHLl6bGHeDUKvIkHrxoEvFH7eYtkSB5HIfTA6065Vr4VeUlTgLSGZkqJQyfC0fNFhCAL3vjlqu5HgrGoFPbTkcicaZnJ7s7J_m1MTaPttRR_GxwdutUZlVU2cTANqn/s320/19.jpg" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I mentioned in the post on <a href="https://smallsoldiersatarms.blogspot.com/2020/09/french-chasseurs-in-open-order.html">French Chasseurs</a> that I had set aside the rest of the Zvezda figures for line battalions. Well, here they are. As I mentioned in that post the figures are excellent. Although, there may have been some miscalculation on my part, as they seem a little tall compared to the fusiliers I matched them to. A bit awkward given that the voltigeurs were supposed to be chosen from the smaller men, but oh well.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1371" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVIYMzPfLs5qScI79PwHrAo6VjUhMkhomsV8PsY9zafsUzAsTwLCkePXkYASJjlzL0JpM0dXvJu9mobL5cNqS2hdXSv4EYfav7SDN99AaKNRs6uIUe2sVrUMLZd-y1HZqO-EUNQCjUUkBd/s320/20.jpg" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The second regiment have their fusiliers drawn from Italeri's older French Infantry set (Set 6002). An issue for some with this set is that I gather it is not very historically accurate, mixing together parts of uniforms that don't belong to the same period. This results in models that don't technically belong to any period of the Napoleonic Wars. This is actually fine for me, since I'm not strictly committed to any one period, other than 'beyond 1806', and aside from that issue these are very good models.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="3237" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMtFrvSlEUTLdiFgCD3MqyD-TO4p72seFdXHq-X_SWBklYHP4SFHKE8L4ho06tZxcRCVeu2jiD4hFBjJ5H3FxTAAugijH9n4umZ0Noc7ZS8AoEh-AJD590aSh64pm4wdvEsiBDZisseJp/w640-h192/21.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The grenadiers are also Hat, but much more recent (Set 8166). Very solid figures, and since the set comes with command figures I'm planning on doing a battalion of combined grenadiers sometime in the nebulous future. They also have a noticeably different sculpting style from the fusiliers in these regiments, but in this case I think it works well, as it makes them seem large and imposing, as grenadiers should.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1487" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDaKTJ_z-WtjaMt_WiccYz65y9hekdML2sC-coMDx1Ekx9b8RUO9w-0dGzOsqC6j-xTEWBul_sL4g_AAv9g89q6GRJiQFRHcSlHZ0ZeGTuIuayjvx1KnIRt7Ub7TPDXy0VZeODCOrBPx0t/s320/22.jpg" width="320" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1308" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYKBXIusBHRs4sjJ7JNNhVoHeqTKhO9XCHJTdo6uzPlW-aktrxtVP056fPoga6n1dXHQXpYtoTCN-ZTdYD2C12_Ly7gx7tfXAV2PDH5ai2NH-0aRyz8vS6K_QaFJIShhMe80VW142XhxD6/s320/23.jpg" width="320" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1428" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZfwG-y5DGxxsN9wsk4M-h_sUETLf1YUQGibMcKw9BbSY4B-fRF-5tZkdug5-zH_FLCWbvQpLN1lTSA0CqGPfvwtRYyLya0Pd0UnSghBAKWxUgrB0b5pvPiv2JP6S2O2DIE0Rh8kuGBTEV/s320/24.jpg" width="320" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Y5tvsDLUgGiV1ms29m5KQwYWgDVfWGdbJTuqlPEBBSkJvju500FjqT82_RpNN2IdvFH7u7mhs4afCQUbfZ9m80_trta79VlW5XM5_DJH-JzbFYuPArgMvCUjlMEmh-cVbS8LE4H_LZ9a/s320/25.jpg" width="320" /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Lastly we have this fellow. He'll be acting as the commander for the brigade these two regiments will form together. The figure is by Waterloo 1815 from their Mounted Line Officers set (Set 028).</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizurWNjj7_sgOHzNnkrfD2dnvbLYtoTcfBalHpRaMYCQRM5duwFWnACZuwLNN-9UhLJ67ymv3XuW2UeJaLk0D4Chk4mUOn0Q59mFaRKfVRDS-dvpxzJVIAUbui6L6ZgBxcdesXw21AUtw7/s320/26.jpg" width="320" /></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIzvsSBDSY6cTrRVRgfSYDgBWf8lbR4GynkBFBDOyY7TT_dz4ZLxu2PauRkQaF8qCN5BXXHF-g5l54HWVU5lOeOVgT_O4gYUORcw2IwIHANNr1XTLra54pKjN16r4i4WXFZHdxPpoOUKy/s320/27.jpg" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">With this added to my previous French infantry I have two brigades, each one containing six battalions. That's certainly a solid start, and I must confess to being just a little bit pleased with myself. It hasn't been quick, but this most recent phase of the Napoleonic project is finally winding down. There'll be a bit more, then after that I'll probably be taking a break to work on some 28mm stuff.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Cheers!</div><p></p>The Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-36211982551370394342020-09-19T19:10:00.000-07:002020-09-19T19:10:16.714-07:00French Line Lancers<p>Line lancers or light horse lancers are, a bit like the horse chasseurs, a type of cavalry that was a major element Napoleon's armies that remains criminally underrepresented. Since they don't seem to be as iconic as the cuirassiers or hussars, they sadly have much less coverage in sets. I can hardly think why, as I find them both iconic and interesting.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHT-SaAx3COlULSuZYPe2tmR1FNjKGbsESvS_wc1QQwFVFRVZabMWdv5ZL-RoJz-f9FLPNMfW9QYsRtYOtTDtG58RPnwc-6Rd75PTdt2YOKmvPhmzLjl0g99qRzFlBeCmEBzwv6N7S2OpL/s2048/13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHT-SaAx3COlULSuZYPe2tmR1FNjKGbsESvS_wc1QQwFVFRVZabMWdv5ZL-RoJz-f9FLPNMfW9QYsRtYOtTDtG58RPnwc-6Rd75PTdt2YOKmvPhmzLjl0g99qRzFlBeCmEBzwv6N7S2OpL/s320/13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thankfully, Waterloo 1815 produce an excellent set for them, which is what I've used here (Set 054). I was very happy with Waterloo's <a href="https://smallsoldiersatarms.blogspot.com/2018/12/british-heavy-dragoons.html">British Heavy Dragoons</a>, and I would say this set matched the high expectations the first one gave me. 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Given that I'm wanting to field them in a unit of twelve this becomes a little awkward, as I have to have two buglers, two officers and two standard bearers in one unit. I think my longer-term solution to this will be to pick up HaT's French Lancers, where all the figures are troopers, and combine them with these figures to get two units. For now though, I think the quality of the miniatures themselves makes up for the overabundance of command figures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cheers!</div><p></p>The Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-14944409698689362812020-09-15T23:33:00.000-07:002020-09-15T23:33:28.711-07:00French Chasseurs in Open Order<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Skirmishers seem to be one of those tricky things in Napoleonic gaming. I've seen them represented as separate units, attachments to regular infantry, or even abstracted off of the table altogether. In Over the Hills you're given a few different options, with dedicated light infantry battalions that can deploy in open order and with a 'Skirmish Rating' that regular battalions have, representing the skill of their attached light infantry company.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHceHMO9yrlIImXsc9s1f9GPHHFI9dwL6K1HElaNsA0H2YP5IAh4fC5VHXDHbu_vYtlcnF3PUG4UzdN0O3Rxk_yRbN4xEi36-H0X9hyphenhyphenLhog0prvdhzHDsvBUe-GQUp-7nFUXWKh1utCCw/s2048/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHceHMO9yrlIImXsc9s1f9GPHHFI9dwL6K1HElaNsA0H2YP5IAh4fC5VHXDHbu_vYtlcnF3PUG4UzdN0O3Rxk_yRbN4xEi36-H0X9hyphenhyphenLhog0prvdhzHDsvBUe-GQUp-7nFUXWKh1utCCw/s320/5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I quite like this idea in theory (although I've yet to really test it in practice), as it seems like it can represent the way skirmishers were used to both advance ahead of the force as a whole and contribute to fire fights between individual units. To that end I've painted up a pair of four-base battalions of Chasseurs (representing around 400 men each). These guys have only two figures on a base to make them look more spaced out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyAW6ZPqmBjd44Q2-dWtXIsw93gTuEAk2ibha8IvwmTFbND5Jw78pRpJ-aUccu6F6Ofd8PzJlFW8ooSmLLZzfKmukMN7sv9vUnLGI71Jrv2CDPZ0ekixZ4eUmrzR9dlpqZHKjMnTEQyUsy/s2048/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1438" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyAW6ZPqmBjd44Q2-dWtXIsw93gTuEAk2ibha8IvwmTFbND5Jw78pRpJ-aUccu6F6Ofd8PzJlFW8ooSmLLZzfKmukMN7sv9vUnLGI71Jrv2CDPZ0ekixZ4eUmrzR9dlpqZHKjMnTEQyUsy/s320/9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68Wiu9zwpSxjulOejsXZ73fyIUfSKl5xVk3NN7Ni3o7-M47kD-n_CIuf0zMwcBrCZyvuzgAIdwJwdPPvUm80HC9bs0-YBWtK8uTyGzkMxNMhv84SbtjRUwEwongw2mJZeKLw9XpZqjm8s/s2048/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68Wiu9zwpSxjulOejsXZ73fyIUfSKl5xVk3NN7Ni3o7-M47kD-n_CIuf0zMwcBrCZyvuzgAIdwJwdPPvUm80HC9bs0-YBWtK8uTyGzkMxNMhv84SbtjRUwEwongw2mJZeKLw9XpZqjm8s/s320/8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The models aren't strictly Chasseurs, but rather come from Zvezda's excellent Voltigeur set (Set 8042). I decided on doing these guys as Chasseurs because HaT do excellent sets for Light Infantry Voltigeurs and Carabaniers, so some time in the future I'd like to add an extra base to these units from each of those sets. Being Zvezda they, of course, painted up very well (in my humble opinion).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC9Nflg0SM7yWFL61BPoanAQarv1B2wknn2asJxhrjA7WjlPIkOBWQilqTsLU0oz4vB-wY19Q8Q-LC0XA8VoMz5b-IM0BIY-D-Bfe9A29iFfBYMtUkO7JBqVbSWvYKKDAS6bLx75yXg_PV/s2048/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC9Nflg0SM7yWFL61BPoanAQarv1B2wknn2asJxhrjA7WjlPIkOBWQilqTsLU0oz4vB-wY19Q8Q-LC0XA8VoMz5b-IM0BIY-D-Bfe9A29iFfBYMtUkO7JBqVbSWvYKKDAS6bLx75yXg_PV/s320/7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL7MgZgt22b-lk8g7uo1bo04slrA8b7Hb6ZWEb3_MIC0p6L75jvMkMLntz1Ym-h4ujOj_rnpjD9rg3GrPm_yk5yrHfXfOnvoM_j0Y9XMrBm9HV67Ho5svI3M3qo2u1D_NgpAo34tQZkI61/s2048/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL7MgZgt22b-lk8g7uo1bo04slrA8b7Hb6ZWEb3_MIC0p6L75jvMkMLntz1Ym-h4ujOj_rnpjD9rg3GrPm_yk5yrHfXfOnvoM_j0Y9XMrBm9HV67Ho5svI3M3qo2u1D_NgpAo34tQZkI61/s320/6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Most of the other figures from this set were set aside to be painted as Voltigeur companies for line battalions. I should have posts on those up in the coming weeks.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfDf4tehCrdPJWwjefwPvEDgjf5N3JuIj2Prtm6mhCq8Wewka_9eB7nV31Cn18ZjywqZrKNrBEznc7zCoXobRxQxM7H06XtKeZJLMVbYT3WzUcBwW2g26T0MEdrv0v8ixoPkqp8IW5_LCe/s2048/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfDf4tehCrdPJWwjefwPvEDgjf5N3JuIj2Prtm6mhCq8Wewka_9eB7nV31Cn18ZjywqZrKNrBEznc7zCoXobRxQxM7H06XtKeZJLMVbYT3WzUcBwW2g26T0MEdrv0v8ixoPkqp8IW5_LCe/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here are a few British to cap things off. There were hardly enough here to justify giving them their own post, so I figured I'd tag them onto the end of this one. The infantry are from Italeri's British Infantry 1815 (Set 6095). If I'm not mistaken these particular figures are Foot Guards, so they'll be needing a few more bases in the future to get them up to full strength (six more, as it happens). 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He was floating around alone in one of my miniature drawers, so I've painted him up as a kind of cavalry officer (or else an aide de camp, if I ever need any).<div>I've been a little slack on posting updates, but I have actually been getting stuff painted. I'll try to catch up on my backlog a little over the next few weeks.</div><div>Cheers!</div>The Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-11206395816093889452020-04-09T23:47:00.001-07:002020-04-09T23:47:29.460-07:00Chasseurs, Cuirassiers and some reordering<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Hello everyone, it's been a while hasn't it? Not long after my last post I found that I was distracted and absorbed by other things and other hobbies. Myself and my group of friends did quite a bit of experimenting with 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons in 2019, and since I was the dungeon master for most of our games it took up a lot of my 'hobby time'. </div>
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But, a few weeks ago I swung back around to my Napoleonics. Naturally I laid some plans to order in more models. As luck would have it my shift in interests took place at the beginning of a global pandemic, so I wasn't able to order from my usual supplier in the UK. Thankfully I was able to make an order via an Australian store, even if it wasn't for all the kits I had wanted. In particular I was after Waterloo 1815's Highlanders in Square and HaT's Peninsular War British Infantry.</div>
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A lot of my recent order has focused on expanding my French army then, rather than my British. You can see in these images one of my recently completed units: a regiment of Chasseurs a Cheval. The set is Italeri 6080, French Light Cavalry. I had considered getting HaT's set for Chasseurs instead, as the posing of the horses in this set is a little spastic for my tastes. In the end though, the Italeri set is sculpted and posed more dynamically, and the inclusion of command and elite figures adds some nice variety to it. Perhaps in the future I will get HaT's set as well and have a unit of both.<br />
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In a previous post I mentioned that I would be painting another three bases of French Cuirassiers. I thought I had made a post about them, but apparently I did not. So here is the completed six-base regiment, now including an officer as well as a bugler.</div>
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On a side note, I ran a few numbers and discovered that my original sizing for cavalry units was too small. At the 1:33 ratio I've been using for my infantry, three cavalry bases equates to about 200 men, which is more of a squadron than a regiment. Plus, Over the Hills (the rules system I'm hoping to use) seems to encourage cavalry units of four to six bases. A three base unit can't neatly adopt all the possible formations. I don't mind this size increase as much as I thought I might, but the downside is that several of my cavalry units are now too small to function as full units and at some point I will have to try and expand them.<br />
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I had also mentioned in the past that I would be repainting and rebasing my old British infantry. I have done so, and they worked out to four battalions. The first lot are Airfix while the others are Revell. I've owned these figures since I was very young, but it wasn't until recently that they were all properly based and painted as actual British soldiers. Back when I was obsessed with Quatre Bras, a lot of them served different roles. Some of the Airfix acted as Black Brunswickers, while some of the Revell figures had to wear blue as Dutch-Belgians.<br />
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I also painted up another officer from the Waterloo 1815 line officers set to act as a brigade commander for the British. Running out of mounted officers is a particular concern of mine, as they can be tricky to find in 1/72nd plastic. For now all is well though, and after seeing Waterloo 1815 release a set dedicated to Prussian commanders I'm hopeful that they may give the British and others a similar treatment.</div>
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I mentioned Over the Hills earlier as being the rule set I'm hoping to use. I haven't done much actual wargaming with my Napoleonic collection, aside from sporadic attempts at writing my own rules (they all became over complicated, unclear, boring, messy or a combination thereof). I actually bought the rulebook for Over the Hills back in 2018 and did a brief experiment with it then. Since coming back around to Napoleonics again I have done some more testing, though I still have yet to play a full test game as I simply don't have enough units painted. I'm hopeful that after getting through the current lot of figures I can try playing a game and get to grips with these rules, which seem promising from the tests.</div>
I look forward to making more progress with this project in the coming weeks. Perhaps I'll even have a battle report in there somewhere. Stay safe everyone.<br />
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Cheers!The Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-85105359872076891562018-12-12T20:43:00.002-08:002018-12-12T20:43:57.872-08:00A lot more French Infantry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Well, for me it's a lot more. Two more battalions of French line and a second battalion of light infantry. With these guys done I have six battalions of French Infantry total, along with a loose unit of Italians. I'd say that's a pretty big improvement on the one battalion I started with, though its not quite the divisional level that I'm aiming for yet. As these were the last of the Italeri and HaT figures I had, I'll be needing to get some more in! But I've decided to restrain myself until the new year arrives. Besides, I have plenty more work to do. More on that in a bit, for now, here are a few pictures:</div>
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I went for a brighter blue on the Line Infantry this time, and I think they came out a lot more vibrant because of it. The army is finally starting to have a bit of weight to it when its all set up together, but we're not quite there yet. The next thing is another regiment of Cuirassiers to match the first, and then I'll have to set to rebasing and repainting a bunch of my older stuff, mostly British infantry.<br />
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Cheers!The Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-28215858848290926572018-12-07T18:56:00.002-08:002018-12-07T18:56:44.242-08:00More British Light DragoonsYet another regiment of cavalry completed: a second unit of Light Dragoons by Italeri, to match up with the first one I painted several months back. I chose to paint these guys with the same facing colours as the first unit, so that in future I could potentially increase the size of my cavalry units by combining two regiments into one. For the time being the two will just form up into a light cavalry brigade.<br />
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I've had rather a dearth of infantry recently, with what I think is four units of cavalry in a row. However, the next post should be concerned with a great multitude of French foot-sloggers, so stay tuned for that (or don't, as you please).<br /><br />Cheers!The Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-25443510043505986132018-12-03T20:26:00.001-08:002018-12-03T20:26:21.059-08:00British Heavy Dragoons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I have just recently encountered a problem I never thought I would have: I am painting new units faster than I post about them! Still, having a backlog of posts to make is hardly a terrible weight to bear. For today, I have another unit of heavy cavalry, this time from the British. These figures are by Waterloo 1815, and are in my opinion the best depiction of this unit out there (at least in 1/72nd plastic). My British have been rather short on cavalry for a while now, but with this and the regiment of light dragoons I painted earlier this year that is starting to change.</div>
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Yet more Napoleonics march off the painting table; this time a regiment of French Cuirassiers. Funny story about these guys though: I started painting them out of procrastination, as I didn't want to finish prepping a bunch of other models (hopefully more on those at a later date) and I also didn't want to keep working on my Knights of Minas Tirith, as I was tired of painting horses. In my great wisdom I decided it would be easier to, uh, paint some other horses?</div>
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When all's said and done I'm pretty happy with how things turned out. Napoleon's Cuirassiers are among my favourite units of any period, so I'm very happy to have some painted. To cap it off they are Zvezda, and so are sculpted to a delightful standard.</div>
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I've based and painted this figure as an officer, since I felt his pose was appropriate and I couldn't fit him into any of the three regiments I'll be making up from the box. I find officers can be tricky to acquire in sufficient numbers, so an extra one is very welcome.<br />
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There's more French Line being finished at the time of this post, with a regiment of Waterloo 1815's British Heavy Dragoons lined up after that. Of course, knowing me there's a good chance I'll be side-tracked before I get to them, but with the semester over I shall I have a lot more free time on hand. We shall see, but I am quite pleased with how my Napoleonic Project is progressing-specifically, that it is progressing at all.<br /><br /></div>
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The Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-82954848474464061912018-07-06T19:19:00.001-07:002018-07-06T19:19:19.927-07:00British Light DragoonsMan, looks like I'm on a bit of a hot streak! Four units painted all in a row, and with blog posts as well? What madness is this?! All kidding aside, I am pretty pleased with how far I've gotten with my latest stint at Napoleonics, even if this last unit was delayed considerably. I think they turned out fairly well, though I didn't pick a specific regiment for them to stand for, as there were several with these colour facings-if I remember aright.<br />
<span id="goog_342103045"></span><span id="goog_342103046"></span>The figures are Italeri's 'British Light Calvary 1815'.<br />
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I'll probably be taking a bit of a break from Napoleonics to work on some of my LotR stuff, as that ocean of bare plastic and metal could use thinning out a bit. I've currently got Faramir and variety of different men of Gondor on the painting desk, so hopefully we'll see a post about them sometime in the (relatively) near future.<br />
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Cheers!The Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-10333146940996788592018-04-28T21:24:00.000-07:002018-04-28T21:24:02.465-07:00Legere and ArtilleryMy Napoleonic project continues with another battalion of French infantry, this time painted as Light Infantry, or Legere. The models are once again Italeri and Hat, as by the later campaigns the uniforms of the Light and Line infantry differed mostly in colour only.<br />
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I've also finished a battery of French Artillery (with what I'd guess are 6pdrs). The figures are HaT's French Horse Artillery set, but I'll probably use them as either horse or foot artillery. I would have loved one of Zvezda's French Artillery sets, but them seem to have become rather rare now, as Zvezda prefers to sell their newer "mini sets" that simply aren't very cost effective.<br />
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The Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-84161939103921179322018-04-20T22:15:00.004-07:002018-04-28T21:23:29.034-07:00French Ligne BattalionI have been keenly aware for some years now that my Napoleonic collection is a touch, disordered. My French field six regiments of cavalry (including both of the Carabinier regiments and the Imperial Guard mounted Chasseurs) but only two of infantry (half of one of these is Italian) and a single gun belonging to the Imperial Guard Horse Artillery. The British are in better shape, but they do have as many cannons as they have battalions of infantry. How did I end up with such a, mixed, collection you ask? That would be because I didn't actually buy any of the above figures; they were gifted to me by my generous father many years ago.<br />
Alas, now that I'm supposedly an adult I apparently have to buy my own minis. Swallowing my reluctance I hoped on the internet and bought myself a number of lovely plastic kits from Italeri, HaT and Zvezda, to start the process of making my armies more sane. Here I present the first fruits of my endeavour, a French line battalion:<br />
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The figures are a mixture of Italeri's French Infantry 6066, and HaT's Young Guard 8034. The Young Guard are painted as if they are regular line infantry wearing greatcoats. Each base represents a company, which puts the battalion at around 1 figure per 30 men. I've got the figures to paint up four more, so I should be well on the way to having a more balanced force once they're done. Let's hope I remember to take pictures...The Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-19220556148236696842017-03-21T02:10:00.001-07:002017-03-21T02:10:32.917-07:00Scenario 2: Three is Company<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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into his cupped hands. The night had up until now been fairly warm, yet all of
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and wrap ourselves up for the night, eh Frodo? Frodo?”</i></div>
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<i>Sam paused when he realised that his master was not walking
by them anymore. He had stopped several steps back, and looked as if he were
listening intently for something. That in turn prompted Sam to listen, and as
he did he froze like a statue. Hooves.</i></div>
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<i>They were muffled slightly, as if falling on grass, but the
sound was there. And not just hooves; there was also the clinking of stirrups
and some other sound that Sam didn’t recognise. It was armour plates, clanking
softly together.</i></div>
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<i>Frodo signalled hurriedly to his friends to run for cover,
and all three scrambled through a nearby line of bushes so as to get clear of
the patch of open ground they were occupying. On the other side however was yet
more open ground.</i></div>
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<i>Sam suddenly felt an unpleasant urge telling him to look
westwards. As he did his heart seemed to stick in his throat. There, framed
upon a low hillside by the rising moon was a rider, all in black. The shadows
about him seemed to pool, thick and rich down the sides of the grassy summit,
until Sam lost sight of them below the line of trees.</i></div>
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<i>Then a shriek went up, grim and terrible across the night.
The rider had turned its horse to face them, and suddenly it was gone,
vanishing like its shadow beneath the trees. The sound of hooves did not
disappear along with it though; indeed it grew louder.</i></div>
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<i>“Run!” cried Frodo, and the three hobbits began a frantic
dash through the dark woodland.</i></div>
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<i>Gildor Inglorion sat bolt upright as a scream like the wail
of tortured souls rent the hitherto still night air. All of a sudden he felt a
presence, black and cold like a wisp of midnight. Without a moment’s hesitation
the elf leapt to his feat and dashed across the grassy floor of the elven wood
hall. He paused just before leaving the shelter of the trees to snatch up an
object from where it lay against one of the pale trunks.</i></div>
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<i>Fastening the thing to his belt Gildor began to descend the
hill, ignoring the questioning cries of his folk about him. Reaching one of the
low ridges of the hill he took pause, just time enough to draw the sword at his
waist.</i></div>
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This particular scenario annoyed me rather, and I felt my lack of access to any reference materials very keenly. Because no internet connection had yet been installed back at the time (it must have been early to mid February I think) when I played this, I had virtually no resources to consult besides the actual novel, which was of course not very helpful, as there was no actual fight in the original text. In the end I decided I would have a "mad dash" type situation similar to the hobbits' flight to the Buckleberry Ferry in the movie. I think it turned out okay after all, and proved to be reasonably fun (and that is the whole point really).</div>
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Two of the three Ringwraiths start at opposite ends of the road which runs along the southern board edge, while the third is in reserve and arrives on turn 2, as he is assumed to be chasing the hobbits and not far behind. The hobbits all start on the western board edge and have to exit the board via the hill on the eastern edge, at the foot of which Gildor starts. The Ringwraiths' objective is simple: kill Frodo and get the Ring.</div>
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This is no hobbit
walking party! (from left to right: Peregrin Took, Frodo Baggins, Samwise
Gamgee. Back row: Gildor Ingolrion)</div>
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On the Good side we have Frodo, Sam and Pippin, who all
count as unarmed, contrary to their models. Gildor Inglorion is also present,
being represented by a wood elf warrior with elven blade. I could have made up
a paper model for Gildor, but I decided that I like using a real model better,
even if it didn’t look quite the same.</div>
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The pursuing Black Riders
(from left to right: The Betrayer, The Dark Marshal, The Shadow Lord)</div>
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On the Evil side we have three of the Nazgul: The Dark
Marshal, The Betrayer and The Shadow Lord. I chose these three because both the
Betrayer and the Dark Marshal still had decent totals of Will at 6 each, and
the Shadow Lord had a whopping 7 Will, thanks to his early banishment in the
last game. </div>
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I chose to have the Shadow Lord in pursuit of the hobbits
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Turn 1<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Good Priority (automatic)</div>
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The hobbits ran hurriedly forwards through the trees,
glancing constantly over their shoulders to where they could discern a large
shadowy figure approaching fast. As they entered a small clearing Sam called
out, “Mr. Frodo! I can hear somethin’ else comin’! Away there towards the
road!”</div>
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Sam was right. The Betrayer and the Dark Marshal had only
just come into sight of each other on the dirt track, when the Shadow Lord’s
cry had rent the air. Now they had swung their dark steeds off the road, and
galloping through gaps in the hedges which lined the track they headed towards
the trio of young hobbits.</div>
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Gildor meanwhile sprinted forwards as fast as he could, his
keen elven eyes discerning the three hobbits and the shape of their dark
pursuer in the shadows, though they were yet to see him.</div>
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Good Priority</div>
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The hobbits ran wildly into the clearing, eyes darting
hither and thither. Now Sam was not the only one who could hear the newly
approaching threat; they all could. Hooves pounded eagerly on leaves and rough
grass, and armour clanked as the Dark Marshal drew nearer. And now behind them
the hobbits could make out clearly the shape of their original pursuer not far
behind. He was a towering figure with blue runes etched along the hem of his
dark cloak, which parted at the chest to reveal his mail, glinting faintly
in the rising moon.</div>
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Then suddenly a second rider burst into the clearing. The
three hobbits could see his helm flashing a pale silver, but under its visor
there was no face. Frodo felt his heart sink with dread at both rider’s
appearance and his grim visage. He gasped suddenly as something dark and sharp
whizzed from the rider’s hand towards him.</div>
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Suddenly there was a cry of “Elbereth!” from away in the
darkness to the east, and the dark thing that had leapt towards Frodo fizzled
and died. The three hobbits turned to see a third figure, this one on foot, and
seeming to shine with a regal white radiance. “Get you gone, fiends!” cried
Gildor, sword blade gleaming under the light of the moon, which struck him head
on and seemed to wreathe itself about him. The Nazguls’ only response was to
hiss in black hatred at the approaching elf.</div>
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Frodo could feel the desire to don the Ring clawing at him,
but with a great effort he tore himself free. “Come on, run!” he called to Sam
and Pippin, snapping them out of their stupors of fear at the terrible figure
of the Dark Marshal. Frodo and Pippin hurried towards the nearby trees, but to
Frodo’s horror he realised that Sam was not with them.</div>
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“You run sir, run!” cried Sam, clutching his walking stick
tightly in both hands and charging towards the black rider before him. The Dark
Marshal snarled in frustration; this was not the halfling he wanted. His sword
lashed out, and despite Sam’s best efforts to parry it, the gardener cried out
as it bit into his left shoulder. Even as Frodo cried out in horror, their
original pursuer galloped into the clearing, horse rearing high as the rider
paused to assess the situation.</div>
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Gildor meanwhile came to an abrupt halt as he heard the
noise of hooves behind him. A third Ringwraith towered now above him in the
shadows. “Foolish elf,” hissed the Betrayer, “These halflings belong to Sauron
the Great.”</div>
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“Not if I have anything to say about it,” replied Gildor,
unmoved.</div>
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Good Priority</div>
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“Eärendil!” cried Gildor, and sprang forwards suddenly,
surprising the Betrayer who pulled his horse backwards. The two joined swords,
and despite his surprise the Ringwraith was able to stave away the elf’s blade,
though he flinched at the name of the Morning Star.</div>
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Pippin swallowed hard, and turning quickly to Frodo he gave
his hand a squeeze. “Go Frodo,” he said, “run for it!” Then to Frodo’s horror
he dashed out into the clearing brandishing his stick. The Shadow Lord pulled back
in outright astonishment; this halfling was daring to attack him? At the same
moment Sam gave a loud cry of defiance and charged the Dark Marshal yet again.
This time the Ringwraith was angry, and struck out at the plucky gardener with
the intent of removing his head. Yet by some twist of Fate, the blade caught on
Sam’s cloak and did not lay a scratch on him, though it prompted him to fall
flat on his backside in shock.</div>
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Pippin waved his stick at the rider, swinging wildly out of
fear. Suddenly one of the horse’s hooves lashed out, and the hobbit felt a dull
red pain on his forehead, before all went back and he fell to the ground,
still. “No!” cried Frodo, as he scrambled out of the patch of woodland. The
Shadow Lord hissed and turned his gaze on the Ringbear hungrily. The One was
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Sam wasn’t sure if his nerve was failing him, or if he was
just thinking better of his decision to fight, but he made a mad scramble away
from the black rider before him. “C’mon Mr. Frodo, run!” he called to his
master. With difficulty Frodo managed to pull his gaze away from the unmoving
form of his friend and eyes shut tight he ran with all his Might.</div>
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Infuriated that their prey might be escaping them, the two
Ringwraiths let out hisses and galloped after the two fleeing hobbits. The
Shadow Lord reached out his gauntleted hand, but the dart he hoped to bring
Frodo down with stubbornly refused to materialise; the magic of the elves was
in the air here, and the strength of the shadow was growing steadily less and
less. The Dark Marshal however caught Sam, and slashed down with his sword,
thinking to finally be rid of this troublesome hobbit. Sam wasn’t sure how he
did it, but somehow he span round, and with his walking stick he smacked the pale
blade aside. While the wild waving of Sam’s stick did little to harm the Dark
Marshal, he could feel the exertion beginning to take its toll on him.</div>
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Barely a stone’s throw away the Betrayer gave a shriek as
with a mighty effort Gildor’s blade found its way past his defences and bit
deep into his unseen flesh. The Nazgul fell from his horse, and though he tried
to loom menacingly before the elf, he knew he was finished. “Get you gone,”
commanded Gildor, “return to your evil!” The Betrayer howled in hatred as his
body was torn away by an unseen wind, white flames engulfing him.</div>
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Pulling up his inner strength Gildor dashed forwards. “Run
Frodo!” he called, “Climb the hill; my people will protect you!” The two
Ringwraiths snarled and hissed at the elf lord before them, even as the two
hobbits drew further and further away from them. Unable to see a way past
Gildor the Dark Marshal reared his black steed towards him, crying out for the
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“Master!” cried Sam in warning, as the Shadow Lord bolted
past Gildor and headed for Frodo, sword coming in a wide arch towards him. But
as Frodo turned, it was as if a great weakness fell upon the wraith’s sword
arm, and somehow Frodo was able to fend the pale blade off with his stout stick
(I rolled double ones for the Shadow Lord!).</div>
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Not daring to look back Frodo scrambled desperately up the
hill, fearing that at any moment he would feel a black rider’s sword in his
back. But he did not. When at last he dared to look over his shoulder he saw
that Sam was hot on his heels, and that the two black riders were at bay about
Gildor, whose blade sparkled in the moonlight and drove back the pale swords of
the Ringwraiths. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Then suddenly Frodo found himself surrounded by people, many
of whom rushed passed him. He could vaguely hear cries of “Elbereth!” as a
crowd of a dozen or so fair folk rushed towards the Nazgul at the bottom of the
hill. He was dimly aware of being lifted up by long arms, and then being set
down somewhere soft and comfortable. The shouts of battle had died away, and
were replaced by quiet yet earnest voices. Frodo thought there was a hobbit on
either side of him, but he was so tired from his ordeal, that before he was
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When he awoke Frodo found himself seated with his back to a tall
pale tree. He was inside some kind of hall he thought, yet the roof was made of
the bending bows of trees, and the floor was soft green grass. Then he
remembered the night now past, and tears came to his eyes. “Oh Pippin,” he
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He started when a voice answered, “Yes?” away to his right.
Frodo turned and his expression turned to one of joy. There was his young
friend, sitting against another tree with a bandage of white linen wrapped
around his head. “Hello Frodo,” said Pippin.</div>
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“You, you fool!” spluttered Frodo, before embracing the
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And that brings us to the end of our second battle report. I
was really worried for Pippin there when he was cut down by the Shadow Lord,
but thankfully it seems that it was only a flesh wound, which he promptly
recovered. However, recovery was not kind to our heroes in general. Sam didn’t
recover his lost wound, or either of his lost Might, and Frodo only got back
the one point of Might. The Evil side however did rather well for the most
part, with the Shadow Lord recovering all three spent points of Will and the
Dark Marshal recovering three of his four. Sauron must have been unhappy with
the Betrayer for falling in battle though, since he recovered none.</div>
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The scenario itself was a little bit hair raising at several
points, but in the end Frodo managed to escape, unlike in my earlier test run
where the Betrayer ended up cutting him down at the foot of the hill. So far
the scenarios have managed to be reasonably close run things much to my
enjoyment, and I hope that holds out when we come to the next one.</div>
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Speaking of which, the next scenario will be taken directly
from the pages of Battle Games in Middle Earth issue 13. No really; the board
I’ll be using is in those pages! For the next scenario we’ll be seeing Gandalf
the Grey facing down his treacherous former master, the now Saruman of Many
Colours. This scenario will be determining the participants for when the
Ringwraiths attack Weathertop in A Knife in the Dark, so it’ll be somewhat
important.</div>
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The Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-76267265244541235172017-03-14T19:05:00.000-07:002017-03-14T19:05:04.692-07:00You do not know pain, you do not know fear...<div class="MsoNormal">
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One of the good things that seems to have come out of the
narrative campaign so far is that I’ve started repainting a lot of my
collection. Many of my LotR models were painted back when I was about eleven or
twelve, and so naturally they look awful. The first models to be redone were my
Ringwraiths, followed by the four hobbits, but these were all fairly minor
things, so I’m not gonna be making a post about that. The first major group to
be finished are the Uruk-hai Scouts, along with their two captains Lurtz and
Ugluk. <o:p></o:p></div>
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of Scouts. i.e. 24 in total: 8 with hand weapons, 8 with hand weapons and shields
and 8 with orc bows. On a side note I originally picked these guys up
specifically to play scenarios out of the Two Towers Journey book. The first
appearance they’ll be making in the campaign will either be at Amon Hen with
the breaking of the Fellowship, or else at the Fords of Isen, depending on how
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So that’s the first half of Saruman’s hunters. The second
half will be 24 Orc Warriors, led by Grishnakh who I’ll attend to sometime
soon(ish). The next models I paint will likely be a group of six warg riders,
though that won’t be until I’ve actually got them, as I haven’t even been able
to order them yet. In the meantime I’ll be working on something rather
interesting that I’ve never really done before. I won’t reveal what it is yet
as not only does it spoil what happened in the first six scenarios, but because
I can’t guarantee it’ll work in the first place…</div>
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The Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-45204341036707958972017-03-12T01:56:00.000-08:002017-03-12T01:56:30.722-08:00Scenario 1: Wardens of the Shire<div class="MsoNormal">
<i>The veil of dusk crept through the woods in a sheet,
draining both sound and sight as it went. The air gradually took on a sharp
chill that snapped at the face and burned the fingers. But this chill was not
wholly the cold of approaching night.</i></div>
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<i>Aranial peered forwards into the lengthening shadows, eyes
straining for a sign of movement. Elren paused by him, placing a hand on his
shoulder.</i></div>
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<i>“I can,” murmured Aranial. “Something foul is aproaching.”</i></div>
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<i>“Radagast warned us the enemy was moving towards our lands,”
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<i>Suddenly there came a faint noise from the sea of shadows
ahead. Armour clinked lightly, followed by the rustle of foot falls in the
thick carpet of fallen leaves. The two rangers froze at the sound, holding
still like a pair of cats watching for their prey. The sound continued, growing
steadily louder, and with it came a deep shadow, thicker and darker than those
cast by the light of the fading sun.</i></div>
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<i>But the shadow was no shadow. It was a man, shrouded in the
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<i>At the sight of him the pair of Dunedain felt the breath
catch in their throats. Though the blood of Numenor flowed in their veins, they
were not immune to fear. Aranial let out a small choking sound, as the first
figure was flanked on either side by two more, all veiled in robes blacker than
the darkest shade of night.</i></div>
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<i>Aranial felt Elren’s hand tighten about his shoulder.
“String your bow,” he hissed to Aranial. As the younger ranger hastily obeyed
Elren loomed to his full height and gave a blast on his horn to signal the
others. Even as a dozen other rangers grasped spears and swords and strung
their bows, the horn blast was met by a screech that pierced the cold air of
twilight and rent it asunder.</i></div>
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Welcome to the first scenario of my Lord of the Rings
Narrative Campaign: Wardens of the Shire. </div>
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The Nazgul have finally come to the southern borders of the
Shire only to find that they have been expected. A force of Dunedain rangers
has mustered with the intent of repelling the fallen kings and protecting their
halfling charges. The scenario is inspired by The Trust of Arnor in the Fellowship of the Ring Journey Book, but since I don't have a copy of said publication, I fashioned a slightly different engagement.</div>
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this scenario the Good side consists of 12 Dunedain. I am aware that these
models are not Dunedain but instead generic rangers, but this was all I could
lay my hands on. </div>
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The Nine are abroad!
Front row from left to right: The Dark Marshal, Khamul the Easterling, The
Witch King of Angmar, The Dwimmerlaik. Middle row: The Betrayer, The Knight of
Umbar, The Tainted, The Undying. Back row: The Shadow Lord</div>
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The Evil side consists of 8 generic Ringwraiths and the
Witch King of Angmar. Now, I do have four actual models of generic wraiths
along with four generic wraith card models to make up the numbers, but I’ve
chosen to use paper models of the character Ringwraiths instead. I’ve done this
so that I can distinguish easily between them for tracking how much Will they
have during the campaign, and also because they do look cooler in my opinion.</div>
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along the western board edge (from left to right: Dark Marshal, Betrayer, Witch
King, Khamul, Tainted, Knight of Umbar, Shadow Lord, Undying, Dwimmerlaik). The
Dunedain I deployed in little parties of four. Party 1 was placed on the south
hill, Party 2 in the shadow of a grove of trees and Party 3 on the crest of the
north hill. I knew there wasn’t much chance of wounding the wraiths with bow
fire (it requires a 3+, a 6+ and then a 5+!), but I figured I might as well
have a go. In order to win the Evil Side had to get at least five Ringwraiths off of the western board edge, one of which had to be the Witch King.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Dunedain held to their places for the most part, with
the central group only moving out into the open a little more so as to reduce
the cover the wraiths could get from the woods. The southern band did shuffle
slightly forwards, but apart from that they and the northern group held their
places. Even if it might not lay them low, the rangers would do their best to
turn the Nazgul into pincushions!</div>
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In the south the Ringwraiths advanced calmly for their way
was clear of any enemy. In the centre, seeing that he could have no protection
from the Dunedains’ arrows, Khamul advanced straight towards them, silver blade
flashing in the fading light. On his right the Tainted and the Knight of Umbar
drew forwards, swerving around the trees that blocked their path. In the north the
Shadow Lord and the Undying loomed towards the Dunedain on the hill, while the
Dwimmerlaik hurried around the side, hoping to slip past unengaged.</div>
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As the Nazgul advanced the Dunedain steeled their nerves and
notched their arrows. Eight dark shafts leapt from their bows through the
shadows of dusk towards Khamul, and while four did find their mark, the
Ringwraith’s armour deflected each of these in turn. To the north a trio of
arrows struck the Undying, but each of these clattered harmlessly off of his
armour.</div>
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The Ringwraiths continued to advance, pressing in the
direction they felt the One was calling them. In the centre, seeing that the
Dunedain could likely all charge him at once, Khamul reached out with his dark
magic, hoping to transfix one of the rangers before him. Feeling the black
magic clawing at his heart, the descendent of Numenor steeled himself and
resisted the spell. Despite this great accomplishment his will was all but depleted
as yet more dark magic (emanating this time from the Tainted) took hold of him,
and he stood rooted to the spot. The Knight of Umbar sought to follow his
comrade’s example, but the distance from his dark master was telling, and the
spell did not manifest. To the north the Shadow Lord and the Undying both
attempted to conjure black darts with which to pierce the ranger’s hearts, but
each of these spluttered, and died. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Suddenly, with a cry of “Elendil!” three of the Dunedain
charged towards Khamul, leaving their transfixed comrade to stare blankly into
space behind them. It was a brave effort, but proved to be in vain as Khamul
beat all three of them back in turn, and cut the throat out of one. Gasping,
the ranger fell face down upon the grass and lay dead.</div>
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But all did not go ill for the brave men of Arnor, as to the
north three of the Dunedain charged the Shadow Lord, though one quailed at the
approach of the dark being. Hissing with hatred the Shadow Lord swung his
blade, but met only air. With a snarl one of the rangers darted by the pale
sword and rammed his own weapon into the foul creature, burying it in his
invisible flesh up to the hilt. The Ringwraith screamed in pain and fury before
vanishing in a flash of white flame. </div>
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Seeing their companion fall, the rangers who charged Khamul
scramble backwards to avoid his sweeping blade. At the same time the other
nearby group of Dunedain, who had up until now been uselessly firing arrows
into the approaching Nazgul, hurried down the slope of the hill to assist their
brothers in arms. In the north, spurred on by their victory over the Shadow
Lord, the Dunedain charged into the Undying. But though the previously
terrified ranger found his courage and charged forward, one of his companions
froze at the sight of the Undying’s grim visage.</div>
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Even as the Dunedain fell back before him, Khamul laughed
and gave chase. It was a terrible sound, filled with malice. He loomed above
one of the retreating Dunedain and slashed his blade down. The man screamed in
pain and fell to the ground, blood flowing freely.</div>
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The Tainted and Knight of Umbar summoned their dark energies
once again, this time with the intent to kill rather than transfix. The
Tainted’s black dart would not materialise, but the Knight of Umbar’s
outstretched hand heralded the dark bolt which shot through the fading light.
But the fates were smiling on the ranger he attempted to bring low, and by some
miraculous occurrence he endured the dark magical assault. The Tainted’s anger
at his failure was only increased by the hail of arrows that landed around him,
one catching within the very folds of his cloak.</div>
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The Undying shrank back from the spears and swords of the
Dunedain, just barely managing to escape being cut down like the Shadow Lord.
He hissed a curse in the direction of the Dwimmerlaik, as his fellow Ringwraith
not only failed to send a black dart into the backs of the rangers, but also
began to move up and leave him behind.</div>
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Frustrated now by his lack of access to the battle, the Witch
King hurried forwards, crying out in a terrible voice for his nearby allies the
Betrayer and the Dark Marshal to quicken their pace. </div>
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Seeing their friends perish by Khamul’s blade, the rangers
who had hurried down from the southern hill called out for their companions to
have courage in the face of the shadow. Strengthening their resolve all bar one
of the Dunedain charged the trio of Ringwraiths before them, with two to both
Khamul and the Tainted while a brave ranger faced the Knight of Umbar alone.
Hissing with fury both the Tainted and the Knight of Umbar drove their
opponents back, swords whooshing through empty air. Khamul however lunged
forwards fiercely, but to his dismay found his blade parried. A spear was
thrust forwards, but could push past his armour. The Dunedain, desperate to
avenge his fallen kin, poured all his Might into the strike, and to the Ringwraith’s
anger and horror broke through. Khamul lunged towards the two descendants of
Numenor, even as he exploded into white flames.</div>
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With two of the Nine now banished, the northern group of
rangers mustered their courage and pressed on against the Undying. His hate
kindled by yet another failed black dart, the Dwimmerlaik leaped upon the
Dunedain, even as they assaulted the Undying. In the ensuing melee of whirling
black and green cloaks one of the brave Dunedain was felled, and the rest
driven back, red blood coating the Undying’s weapon.</div>
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In the south the Witch King and his two companions moved
hurriedly to a gap in the hedge before them, swords drawn.</div>
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Evil Priority</div>
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Seeing the second mightiest of the Nazgul fall, the Knight
of Umbar decided to try and make a run for it. Yet even as he sliped between
the Dunedain they set upon him, swords slashing through the air. Feeling the
dark magic binding him to this world growing weaker, the Tainted hurled himself
forwards in a gambit to hack his way through the Dunedain. With a mighty warcry
the rest of the rangers of the north charged the two Ringwraiths, hoping to
bring them down. Yet even as he charged the tainted, one of the rangers clutched
at his chest and fell, choking, to the ground. The terrible figure of Witch
King loomed behind him, hand still outstretched after sending a black dart into
the Dunedain’s heart.</div>
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Gleeful at seeing the demise of one of his enemies the
Tainted drove his opponents back, but to his frustration his sword glanced off
of the rangers’ sturdy leather armour. The Knight of Umbar was not so lucky.
Though he parried one attack the other found its mark and the Ringwraith
vanished in a plume of fire.</div>
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Hissing his hatred the Undying pressed onwards against the
trio of Dunedain before him. To his annoyance the Dwimmerlaik decided to
abandon him, heading westwards towards the call of the Ring. Unperturbed the
Undying proceeded to astonish the Dunedain by beating all three of them back
and to their horror cutting yet another of them down.</div>
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Good Priority</div>
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With three of the Black Riders now banished the Dunedain
summoned the last of their courage and charged yet again. Three of the northmen
attacked the Tainted, seeing that the wraith was growing weak. Knowing that it
would likely mean his end, one of the rangers buried his fear and assailed the
Witch King so as to prevent him from aiding his fellow wraith. Even as the
ranger parried the Lord of Angmar’s blade, the dark shape of the Betrayer
loomed out of the dusk and smote him down.</div>
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The Dark Marshal rushed past the ranger’s falling body with
the goal of assisting the Tainted. But even though he beat back his adversary
he was unable to draw blood and screeched in rage as the other Dunedain
banished the Tainted in a rush of fire. Even as the Tainted fell, a second
scream of hatred and despair filled the night as the Undying too was struck
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His whole being consumed with hatred for the men of the West,
the Witch King called for a retreat. The four remaining wraiths melted away
into the darkness as night fell, leaving the Dunedain to try and tend to their
fallen comrades, and mourn for those who could not be saved. This would not be
enough to stop the Nazgul however; this was only a temporary setback. They
would find the Ring, and kill the one who carried it.</div>
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Now that was fun! I admit that before this campaign I've only ever played sporadically, and while I understand the core rules well enough, magic is a somewhat underused tool for me. Thus it was a lot of fun to experiment with the Ringwraiths' dark powers during this game. Of course the highlight is my spectacularly short sighted positioning of the terrain that led to three wraiths being cut off from the fight for nearly the entire game. Oops. It did make things a bit closer perhaps, but I feel that it would have been fairer on the Evil Side if those hedges hadn't been there, or at least if they were shorter. Ah well, what's done is done (mainly because I was too excited to keep going and so didn't want to reset and play again).</div>
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The Witch King of Angmar: 8 Will</div>
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Khamul the Easterling: 7 Will</div>
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The Dark Marshal: 6 Will</div>
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The Shadow Lord: 7 Will</div>
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The Knight of Umbar: 6 Will</div>
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The Dwimmerlaik: 6 Will</div>
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The Undying: 3 Will</div>
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The only really bad one was the Undying, who only managed to
regain 2 of the 6 will he had lost putting him at 3. For the 2<sup>nd</sup>
scenario I’ll be giving The Shadow Lord a chance to redeem himself, and
bringing along The Betrayer and The Dark Marshal as well.</div>
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In Scenario 2: Three is Company, Frodo, Sam and
Pippin will attempt to escape the Ringwraiths on their way to Crickhollow. But though the
shadow is heavy, there is a light in darkness, as the elf Gildor Inglorion
senses their peril and hurries to their aid.</div>
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Hope you’ve enjoyed reading this battle report, and I hope
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The Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-23837847142363582952017-03-12T01:55:00.003-08:002017-03-12T01:55:56.886-08:00Lord of the Rings Campaign Structure<div class="MsoNormal">
So, time for a bit of wordiness as regards the Narrative
Campaign. At the time of writing I’ve already played six scenarios (we didn’t
have an internet connection for the last few months so I’m only able to start
posting now) the outcome of which I won’t spoil here, as I’ll be posting battle
reports of each one up every fortnight so as to spread them out a bit.</div>
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The first group of scenarios make up Act 1: The Journey to
Rivendell. I won’t say if Frodo (or anything of the others) made it to
Rivendell or not, only that at the time of writing the Council of Elrond is in
session. Should the Ring reach Rivendell, then the Fellowship will be formed to
make the quest for Mount Doom and destroy it. Should the Nazgul get the Ring
things will go a little differently; Aragorn and Boromir will travel to Minas
Tirith via Rohan to prepare the defences, Legolas and Gimil will go back to
their kingdoms to ready them for war, and Gandalf will accompany Aragorn and
Boromir at least as far as Rohan. The Free Peoples will attempt one last stand
against Sauron, even if the Great Ring has come into his grasp.</div>
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To put it simply this is a dynamic campaign: the outcome of
one scenario will effect what happens in the next. Heroes keep a running tally
of their Might, Will, Fate and Wounds and will be given an opportunity to replenish
their stores between each scenario, following the rules described in the
Journey Books (well, the one Journey Book I have anyway…).</div>
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A point about scenarios: I have access to a limited number
that does not actually cover all of the events I want to depict, so many of them
will be home grown ones based off of professional scenarios. Some will however
be carbon copies of scenarios found in various sources: Sourcebooks, Rulebooks
and a few from the old Battle Games in Middle-Earth magazines.</div>
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And mentioning Rulebooks I’m afraid I must confess that mine
is, well, old. Very, very old. As in pre-Return of the King old. I do have
bits and pieces of rules from later stuff out of Sourcebooks, BGM etc. This does mean of course that won’t be
using some rules that are newer inceptions like Heroic Strikes and such. As the
campaign goes on I’m hoping to get a more up-to-date rulebook, but for now I’m
content to muddle my way through.</div>
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As of right now I’m not sure how I’ll be treating large
scale battles. I know I won’t be playing any War of the Ring-my collection is
waaaaaay to small-but I haven’t decided if I’ll play large battles as a single engagement,
or as a string of scenarios. I’m thinking I may do Helm’s Deep as one large
battle, but the Pelenor is likely too large and prolonged a combat to depict in
a single clash of arms with the skirmish system. But the Pelenor is still some
ways off, so I’m not too concerned just yet.</div>
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One last point is that I’m playing this whole thing solo, as none of
my friends would want to sit around waiting for me to take down notes and take
photos the whole way through each scenario. That is, if that’s of importance to
anyone. Oh yeah, and this campaign is based on the books, not the films. This
means no Warg Attack, no hobbits being dragged off to Osgiliath and no Elves at
Helm’s Deep.</div>
The Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-26765805106412224732017-03-12T01:49:00.002-08:002017-03-12T01:49:27.511-08:00Lord of the Rings Narrative Campaign<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<i>Ash Nazg durbatuluk (One Ring to rule them all),<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Ash Nazg gimbatul (One Ring to find them),<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Ash Nazg thraktuluk (One Ring to bring them all)<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>agh burzum ishi krimpatul (and in the darkness bind them).<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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It is the year 3018 of the Third Age. The Shadow of the East
has been growing, and even now war rages between the realm of Gondor and the
armies of the Dark Lord Sauron. In these grim days Gandalf the Grey has made a
discovery that will in time determine the fate of all Middle Earth. The One
Ring has been found, held in the care of a mere halfling in the remote and
mostly unknown land of the Shire. </div>
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But word has reached the mind of Sauron that his prize has
been discovered. Even as the month of September opens the nine great servants
of The Lord of the Rings begin to probe the borders of hobbit country.</div>
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Not knowing of this looming peril, Gandalf has already
ridden away to the stronghold of Isenguard to meet with Saruman the White, head
of the order of wizards. He leaves behind him Frodo Baggins, the hobbit in
possession of the Ring, with advice to leave his home of Bagend and to make for
Rivendell and the house of Elrond Half-Elven as soon as may be. Yet as Frodo
and his companions (Samwise Gamgee, Peregrin Took and Meriadoc Brandybuck)
prepare for the journey to the borders of the Shire, the Nine Ringwraiths take
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Hello there! I’ve been collecting Lord of the Rings
miniatures for the better part of eight years now, and for many of these years
I have had a particular goal in mind: to play a narrative campaign that runs
from the Fellowship of the Ring all the way to the final battle at the Black Gates.
Every time I’ve ever really thought about doing it I have always found these
excuses to stop me: I don’t have the time and I don’t have the terrain and the
models (or the money and skill to get them). </div>
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Recently however I happened upon the most excellent
narrative campaign by Celevue over on the <a href="http://www.one-ring.co.uk/viewtopic.php?uid=11888&f=2&t=25054&start=0" target="_blank">One Ring</a> forums (and I give full
credit of inspiration to him). This got me hankering for a campaign of my own
again, but of course the big reasons as to why I could not possibly do it
flared up like a rash. I could never build amazing battlefields like that, or
field the participants: I don’t even have nine Ringwraiths! This time though I
said to myself in newborn adult wisdom (much sarcasm intended): “you don’t need
all that snazzy rubbish! Do it with what you have!” And so I said to myself “I
will.”</div>
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I expected my motivation to peter out by the time First
Semester began, but to my surprise I am still going. Thus far I have played six
scenarios, built a series of ruins, repainted my five Ringwraiths, four
hobbits and most of my Uruk-hai scouts. Granted there’s still a lot more to be done but I am feeling very
optimistic about how far I may get with this. I would very much like to go all
the way to the fires of Mount Doom, but there is no guarantee of that. Still, I
have stepped into the road, so let us see where it sweeps me off to!</div>
The Lord of Silencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13949799269274554322noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096317511545773566.post-88556675914278424902016-10-26T23:31:00.002-07:002016-10-26T23:33:24.757-07:00A look inside Halo: Ground Command, Battle for Reach<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Hello all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I recently
experienced a day that I was assured would be important by almost everyone: my
eighteenth birthday. While the day itself didn’t prove to be much more than a
pleasant day spent with my extended family, I did receive a certain gift that
got (and still does have) me very excited. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Several
months ago my dad mentioned the new game Halo: Ground Command that was coming
out as a sister game to space based Halo game Spartan Miniatures already had.
He suggested that I might like the starter set for my eighteenth, and I said
something along the lines of “that’d be okay I guess.” I then proceeded to
forget about the event nigh on completely until a week ago when I sat down at
the dining table to open this year’s presents.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Naturally I
was both astonished and delighted to find that Halo: Ground Command, Battle for
Reach was among them!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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themselves are of reasonably decent quality I’d say, although the casting in
some cases leaves a little to be desired. The number of models is very
satisfactory, with the set including 35 marines, 36 grunts, 5 elites, 3
SPARTANS, 2 warthogs, 3 ghosts and 2 hunters. On top of this are all of the standard
materials needed to play the game: rule book, dice etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">One of the
more interesting things in the set is that it includes a fairly sizeable amount
of terrain. An assortment of smaller pieces that look as if they’re likely to
serve as objective markers or minor cover (I’ve only given the rules the quick
once over so I’m not too sure how the system works yet) are included, all based
off of various things which can be found within the original game. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The really
cool part for me though was the two UNSC bunkers the set has. They’re modelled
to blend excellently with similar structures from the game Halo: Reach. While
they do initially give the illusions that they are snap together, I was a
little disappointed to find that this was not the case, and that glue will most
certainly be required. I’m a little bit iffy about the printed textures for
them, as I would really have preferred to paint them myself, but the images of
the finished models that I’ve seen imply that they’ll still turn out looking
pretty good. In the end though I may still pull them apart and paint them
myself but we’ll just have to see.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The little
bit of assembly I’ve done so far has proven to be a bit, difficult. All of the
models have ample numbers of offshoots that need to be trimmed, and the weak
nature of the grunts’ knees means that I’ve already got two snapped limbs to
deal with. Regardless, the two units I’ve gotten based up thus far (one of
marine rifle men and one of grunt minors) look pretty nice, and have me itching
for the end of the school year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Now, enough
discussion, let’s have a look at the models themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">SPARTANS, with a variety of weapons. Spartan laser, rocket launcher and assault rifle (left to right)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rocket Launcher Team</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A warthog, some assembly still required</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Marine Command Squad</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Marine Heavy Machine Gun Team</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Grunts armed with plasma pistols and grenades</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Elite Minors</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Elite Zealot</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of the two hunters which, while cut off the sprue, still needs some filing done</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A sample of the three smaller terrain pieces. There were two of both the crate and the Covenant drop pod, and three of the Forerunner barricades</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of the two units I've been able to find the time to assemble: Grunt minors with one Fuel Rod Cannon element attached (front left)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Marine Riflemen</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A glueless assembly run of one of the two bunkers. Still not sure how I feel about the printed textures.</span></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">On top of
all of the stuff I’ve talked about so far, the set also came with this fine
fellow. He stands at an impressive 8cm tall, this resin elite is really a very
lovely model. While I can’t fathom how I’d ever use him in a game, he should
make an excellent display piece once I can find the time to do him up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">All in all
I’d say the set is a pretty cool, albeit </span>somewhat expensive one. I think I can safely
recommend it to anyone who’s curious and has the extra cash, though if you’re
tight on hobby money you might want to direct your funds towards more familiar
investments. Interested to see how these guys paint up, and I’ll be sure to let
you guys know how they come out.</div>
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