II Corps finished

I am happy to say that another step has been taken in the "Under 6mm Eagles" project. I just finished the last little bit of the II Corps artillery, putting the finishing touches on a Corps that I have been working on for about two months now. With this formation now complete I have not wasted to much time and launched back into finishing some more Imperial Guard Regiments before I finish off the II and IV Cavalry Corps. But as you can see my painting schedule is not as far a long as I would have hoped. But not to worry. I am doing this for the fun of it and I am in no rush to be done.

6 Batteries of Artillery.

French II Corps

A shot of the French I and II Corps

I will take some better pictures of the completed Corps at a later date.

This of course bring the totals up to 46 Infantry regiments, 44 Cavalry regiments, and 25 Artillery batteries. Making out for a total of well over 3100 6mm figures and 32 guns( remember skirmishers and commanders are not in this count). And guess what, I decided that it would be a smart idea to prepare more 6mm Napoleonics. In addition to the 9 regiments of Dragoons, 4 regiments of Cuirassiers, 2 regiments of light Cavalry( 1 Hussar and 1 Chasseur), 2 regiments of infantry, 8 guns, crews for 8 guns, and limbers for 8 guns I have left. I went ahead and have begun preparing 17 regiments of infantry, 13 regiments of Cavalry, 11 guns, crews for 11 guns, and limbers for 8 guns. All for the allied forces( I will explain the odd number of guns later). This still leaves me with quite a bit in raw 6mm figure left over but not as much as when I first started this blog.

Waiting to have flash cleaned off and be glued to craft sticks.

Good thing I bought more. Some how I think 150 is not enough.

Double update

I am happy to say that I have completed another installment in the Sons of the Emperor project. I have finished my Lion proxy and it was as fun painting him as I was expecting it to be. I had never painted any Dark Angels before so I had to spend a little bit of time figuring out how to paint the armor in manner that I liked. I have to say that the result is exactly what I wanted. As for the rest of this figure, it was a blast painting him. I guess I am just a really big sucker for Templar knight style power armor. I like the way he has been sculpted and posed. He looks like a real night walked out of antiquity...... wearing one of the most advanced suits of power armor out in existence, toting a genetically enhanced body that would make anyone jealous.

For the other part of this update we head over to the 6mm realm. I have also just finished the 9th French Infantry Division. It is comprised of the 92nd, 93rd, and 100th of the Line along with the 4th of the Light. This marks the completion of the last Division in the French II Corps. All that is left is for me to finish the artillery park and I will have another completed Corps. You should see something on the completion of the II Corps soon as I am even now getting ready to base the miniatures as I already have finished painting all the guns and crews.

Last little bit of news. I have also started work on my Vulkan proxy. And I would also suggest that people go check out the new Celtic Knight that Kabuki is almost ready to release. I know what I am getting for my birthday.

Christening the new place

It has been a while since I goofed off on the floor with my 6mm Napoleonics. And with good reason. I had to move out of the old place and help my roommates move all of their stuff in as well( moving the accumulated stuff of three people in one day is a pain in the neck by the way). Then I had to unpack and there was this funny thing about a new job, which is a good thing, which ate up a lot of time. Needless to say painting has continued and a shelved project has been recently unshelved and some work has been done it( I'll show you later). But now that I am all settled it is time to unveil the current state of my most advanced project.

The theme of this latest escapade is a combined Russian/Austrian rear guard action against the forward elements of the pursuing French Army. Which seems to be the reoccurring theme considering the limitations on my available allied forces. That will change eventually. I just need to stay on schedule or else bad things will happen..... like starting a new project.

On a side note doing this on hard floors really sucks.

I Corps on the march to battle.

A look down the field.

French rear.

The left wing of the I Corps crosses a river under fire.

The Imperial Guard on the march.

French cavalry reserve.

Austrians engaged with the French.

Russian defense line.

French light cavalry on a flanking march.

In other news. I am almost done with my Lion proxy. Just some finishing touches to do on his base. Also I am nearly done with the II Corps. Then I can hit the rest of the II and IV Cavalry Corps plus some Guard regiments. I am also going to make the first order for miniatures that I have made in a long time. This will consist mostly of various bases that I am running out of.