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| 1st Hussars |
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| 4th Hussars |
After these next two Regiments of Chassuers are painted up I will be moving on to a small amount of French Artillery and limbers. This of course includes any continued work on my Epic 40k miniatures.
Napoleonic Campaigning and Wargaming
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
More French Cavalry
Quick update as promised for my 6mm Napoleonics. I am now down to only two more units of French Cavalry to paint (squeals of utter delight ringing in my head at the moment). These are two regiments of Hussars. The 1st and 4th Regiments of Hussars. They form part of the French I Cavalry Corps.
After these next two Regiments of Chassuers are painted up I will be moving on to a small amount of French Artillery and limbers. This of course includes any continued work on my Epic 40k miniatures.
After these next two Regiments of Chassuers are painted up I will be moving on to a small amount of French Artillery and limbers. This of course includes any continued work on my Epic 40k miniatures.
Monday, May 27, 2013
Slogging on
It has been a while since I did a post and I apologize for that. The lack of posts has not been due to a lack of work, it is more due to a choice really. That choice being that I can either post a lot of tiny little blurbs on what I am doing or just do a single big post on all that has been happening. And with my school schedule the latter becomes easier.
Sooooo what have I been doing. Despite what the following pictures show, I have been doing a lot. I'll start with terrain. As I noted in a previous post I had decided to go back a redo a lot of the pathetic excuses that I had for terrain and so far so good. I have successfully made a lot of (still want more) wooden zig-zag fences as well as starting to get under way with producing stone walls. I improved my hedges and even did a test tree stand which I will produce more of when I am done making fences and stone walls. I still have a way to go on getting all the fences done though as I need to spray paint all of them, but I lack the facilities to do that at my apartment sadly. So when I go home in July for a week I will be doing a lot of preparatory work to enable me to continue working on the terrain and miniatures.
Next up is a 6mm Napoleonic update. I just finished three more regiments of Dragoons and used two of the regiments to finish off another French Cavalry Division. I realize now that I made one tiny little (more like really big) mistake in the way I ordered all of my 6mm Napoleonic figures. I bought a tone of French Cavalry. I mean a tone of it. I will have 43 French Cavalry regiments by the time I am done painting just what I own currently. What is even more ironic is that I have gotten really good at painting French Dragoons as they make up the majority of the French Cavalry arm( I have painted 15 regiments of the 30 I have info on). But the end is in sight.... kind of. All that is left is 1 regiment of Lancers, 2 regiments of Hussars, and 2 regiments of Chasseurs.
After I finish all of these French Cavalry regiments I will be onto more French Artillery and finally (almost a year after I had planned to start them) onto the Russians.
Lastly I am really excited as I get closer to finally making an order for 6mm American Civil War Miniatures. I plan on doing this some time next month and it will be a kind of kick starter on this project. I plan of focusing on the Eastern theater of the war and will be starting with armies based on the Gettysburg Order of Battle. The first major units I will be building will be the I Corps under John Reynolds and two of A.P. Hill's three divisions, plus John Buford's two Cavalry brigades that were at Gettysburg( His third one was else where). As you can see this will be a Gettysburg day one starter and from there I will develop the armies so that I can do anything before Gettysburg and after Gettysburg. With this new project there are going to be some changes from the Napoleonic 6mm project as I want to make this project distinct as there are a lot of difference between the two periods in terms of army organization. I'll talk more about that later. So stay tuned for more updates.
Sooooo what have I been doing. Despite what the following pictures show, I have been doing a lot. I'll start with terrain. As I noted in a previous post I had decided to go back a redo a lot of the pathetic excuses that I had for terrain and so far so good. I have successfully made a lot of (still want more) wooden zig-zag fences as well as starting to get under way with producing stone walls. I improved my hedges and even did a test tree stand which I will produce more of when I am done making fences and stone walls. I still have a way to go on getting all the fences done though as I need to spray paint all of them, but I lack the facilities to do that at my apartment sadly. So when I go home in July for a week I will be doing a lot of preparatory work to enable me to continue working on the terrain and miniatures.
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| A look at what I have been doing. |
Next up is a 6mm Napoleonic update. I just finished three more regiments of Dragoons and used two of the regiments to finish off another French Cavalry Division. I realize now that I made one tiny little (more like really big) mistake in the way I ordered all of my 6mm Napoleonic figures. I bought a tone of French Cavalry. I mean a tone of it. I will have 43 French Cavalry regiments by the time I am done painting just what I own currently. What is even more ironic is that I have gotten really good at painting French Dragoons as they make up the majority of the French Cavalry arm( I have painted 15 regiments of the 30 I have info on). But the end is in sight.... kind of. All that is left is 1 regiment of Lancers, 2 regiments of Hussars, and 2 regiments of Chasseurs.
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| The French 7th Cav Division. |
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| The 6th Dragoons. |
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| The 16th Dragoons. |
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| The 2nd Dragoons. |
Lastly I am really excited as I get closer to finally making an order for 6mm American Civil War Miniatures. I plan on doing this some time next month and it will be a kind of kick starter on this project. I plan of focusing on the Eastern theater of the war and will be starting with armies based on the Gettysburg Order of Battle. The first major units I will be building will be the I Corps under John Reynolds and two of A.P. Hill's three divisions, plus John Buford's two Cavalry brigades that were at Gettysburg( His third one was else where). As you can see this will be a Gettysburg day one starter and from there I will develop the armies so that I can do anything before Gettysburg and after Gettysburg. With this new project there are going to be some changes from the Napoleonic 6mm project as I want to make this project distinct as there are a lot of difference between the two periods in terms of army organization. I'll talk more about that later. So stay tuned for more updates.
Sunday, March 31, 2013
French II and IV Cavalry Corps
Today marks the completion of another major part of the French army. I have completed two of the main Cavalry Corps that I have planned for the French army. These are the II and IV Cavalry Corps as the title of this post gives away. Both Corps have a structure of two divisions and two horse artillery batteries, making for a total of 16 regiments and 4 horse artillery batteries. The II Corps is comprised entirely of Dragoon regiments while the IV is comprised of Curisasser regiments. These two Corps comprise most of the Medium and Heavy Cavalry that I have planned with only the III Cavalry Corps containing the second largest heavy cavalry formation. There will also be small smatterings of medium Calvary around the army but not as large as the II Cav Corps. Though these other cavalry formation will not get any work done on them for a while. There will be some work on the I Cavalry Corps, but it is a mixed medium and light Corps. I have some other Allied and maybe another French Corps that may contain more heavies, but for right now this is it.
French II Corps
French IV Corps
Work still continues as I write this. Currently I am working on clearing out the last of the prepared French Cavalry and Artillery so that I can launch myself into Russian army additions. I am also anticipating the new Baccus 6mm French Napoleonic sculpts that are on the way. I am really interested to see what they all look like and I fervently hope that the holes in the product line are filled.
In other news I am beginning to work on revamping my terrain as my cheap method kinda.... well.... looks cheap. That means that I have finally found some ideas for trees, roads, rivers, difficult terrain, fences, and crop fields that are easy to do and look rather good. So hopfully by the time I show another battlefield layout the miniatures will have a suitable field to fight on. I still need to figure out hills though and I have decided that bridges and buildings will just have to be bought and painted.
And finally I have reached the conclusion to permanently stall any major 28mm projects as well as my 6mm Warhammer 40K project. Both on the account that the returns for trying to work on such projects are too little with how much time I have available and the cost is not currently worth the results from my efforts. Therefore 6mm Napoleonics and painting individual 28 -54mm figures as well as some plans for a 6mm American Civil War project(Baccus miniatures of course) that will start with a focus on Gettysburg and should go all the way to an army range that covers the start of the war to Appomattox. This is still in the planning stage and no miniatures will be bought for a while but that is the current plan. All I have down is a basing system and an order for more bases and basing materials. Flags will be next then a kick start into the range will be the final go ahead for that project.
French II Corps
French IV Corps
Work still continues as I write this. Currently I am working on clearing out the last of the prepared French Cavalry and Artillery so that I can launch myself into Russian army additions. I am also anticipating the new Baccus 6mm French Napoleonic sculpts that are on the way. I am really interested to see what they all look like and I fervently hope that the holes in the product line are filled.
In other news I am beginning to work on revamping my terrain as my cheap method kinda.... well.... looks cheap. That means that I have finally found some ideas for trees, roads, rivers, difficult terrain, fences, and crop fields that are easy to do and look rather good. So hopfully by the time I show another battlefield layout the miniatures will have a suitable field to fight on. I still need to figure out hills though and I have decided that bridges and buildings will just have to be bought and painted.
And finally I have reached the conclusion to permanently stall any major 28mm projects as well as my 6mm Warhammer 40K project. Both on the account that the returns for trying to work on such projects are too little with how much time I have available and the cost is not currently worth the results from my efforts. Therefore 6mm Napoleonics and painting individual 28 -54mm figures as well as some plans for a 6mm American Civil War project(Baccus miniatures of course) that will start with a focus on Gettysburg and should go all the way to an army range that covers the start of the war to Appomattox. This is still in the planning stage and no miniatures will be bought for a while but that is the current plan. All I have down is a basing system and an order for more bases and basing materials. Flags will be next then a kick start into the range will be the final go ahead for that project.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Long Awaited 6mm Napoleonic Update
It is very ironic that as soon as I finally get back involved with painting miniatures that I have a new semester of college to look forward too. Oh well. As I have done in the past these are just some divisional updates. I am nearing completion of the French IV Cavalry Corps. But otherwise no new major formations have been completed yet.
First up is my newly completed Imperial Guard Infantry Division. This Division consists of the 3rd Regiment of Old Guard Grenadiers. Which was formerly a Dutch Grenadier Regiment in Holland before France took over the country and Napoleon absorbed that Regiment into the Imperial Guard. The other Regiment is a fictitious 3rd Regiment of Middle Guard Chasseurs. The idea behind this Regiment is the same as that of the 3rd Old Guard Regiment. That it served as a part of the Guards to King Louis in Holland before Napoleon merged these two Regiments into the Imperial Guard. This Division is know as the Imperial Guard 3rd Division.
Up next is the completed Imperial Guard Heavy Cavalry regiment comprised of the "The Gods" and "The Immortals". Both of which are Grenadiers a Cheval Regiments. Accompanying them are "Empress Dragoons" and the "Imperial Dragoons". Both of which are Dragoon Regiments. The later of each classification are fictitious regiments so as to fill out some spaces in the Divisions and to use extra figures from Baccus 6mm.
And finally I have the newly finished (sort of, I am still missing the Division commander for this division) 14th French Cavalry Division. It is Comprised of the 5th, 6th, 9th, and 10th Cuirassier Regiments. This Division when finished will join the French IV Cavalry Corps.
Currently I am working on the French 10th Cavalry Division which is comprised of Dragoons and I have also begun painting my Ferrus Manus proxy. Expect an update on the Primarch project sometime soon. Until next time.
First up is my newly completed Imperial Guard Infantry Division. This Division consists of the 3rd Regiment of Old Guard Grenadiers. Which was formerly a Dutch Grenadier Regiment in Holland before France took over the country and Napoleon absorbed that Regiment into the Imperial Guard. The other Regiment is a fictitious 3rd Regiment of Middle Guard Chasseurs. The idea behind this Regiment is the same as that of the 3rd Old Guard Regiment. That it served as a part of the Guards to King Louis in Holland before Napoleon merged these two Regiments into the Imperial Guard. This Division is know as the Imperial Guard 3rd Division.
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| I made the stone wall my self using basing materials. |
Up next is the completed Imperial Guard Heavy Cavalry regiment comprised of the "The Gods" and "The Immortals". Both of which are Grenadiers a Cheval Regiments. Accompanying them are "Empress Dragoons" and the "Imperial Dragoons". Both of which are Dragoon Regiments. The later of each classification are fictitious regiments so as to fill out some spaces in the Divisions and to use extra figures from Baccus 6mm.
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| The Empress Dragoons |
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| The Imperial Dragoons |
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| You can read more about these other two Cavalry Regiments in an earlier post on this blog. |
And finally I have the newly finished (sort of, I am still missing the Division commander for this division) 14th French Cavalry Division. It is Comprised of the 5th, 6th, 9th, and 10th Cuirassier Regiments. This Division when finished will join the French IV Cavalry Corps.
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| The fence is hand made using toothpicks that I shaved and cut up. |
Currently I am working on the French 10th Cavalry Division which is comprised of Dragoons and I have also begun painting my Ferrus Manus proxy. Expect an update on the Primarch project sometime soon. Until next time.
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