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Saturday, 30 July 2016

Messrs K & G

Messrs K & G have now been rebased for use with my rules and given a coat or two of gloss varnish (sorry about that Archduke). They will be a useful addition to the allied general staff and I’m sure General Mack in particular will be very pleased to have them on board.

Messrs Klenau & Gyulay rebased for Muskets & Marshals

So what’s happening with Vintage Leipzig? Well, from my side very little other than just about having finished the Prussian Cuirassiers, it has been a rather unproductive year so far. Roy on the other hand has worked wonders as always and now has a very substantial Austrian army. Hopefully we will be able to set a date quite soon.

Conversion of PN.81 Prussian Dragoon

On the plus side, I’ve just started working on a second squadron of Naumarkisches Dragoons. You may remember I painted six of these back in 2014 but this was before the cavalry reorganisation that saw us settling on 12 figure units. To make this unit up to strength I have another six figures on the go including this trumpeter conversion. All done with brass rod, superglue and Magic Sculp, no clever stuff with a soldering iron unfortunately.
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14 comments:

  1. 'Lee.30 July 2016 at 16:39

    Keep them coming Ian, every single one is a little gem :)

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  2. Paulalba30 July 2016 at 17:27

    A couple of dandys, very nice Ian!

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  3. Stryker30 July 2016 at 18:22

    Paul - yes let's hope they fight as well as they look!

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  4. Wellington Man30 July 2016 at 19:55

    Top Trump, Ian!

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  5. Stryker30 July 2016 at 22:56

    Matt - possibly the best one I've done so far but not as good as your solder ones!

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  6. the Archduke31 July 2016 at 09:11

    Ian, I promised Messrs G and K a glossier future if they went west. But "fighting"? nobody mentioned fighting.........

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  7. Stryker31 July 2016 at 09:33

    Archduke - I'm sure they'll do fine when the time comes as long as nobody rolls a one!

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  8. lewisgunner1 August 2016 at 14:44

    Didn't the Austrians have rocket troops too?mOr was that slightly later. They had air rifles earlier in the Napoleonic wars . I am sure that could be a deadly weapon. The archduke could sneak up on you and phut you would be gone.

    I have a few units of whitecoats to finish for Leipzig and a couple of units with my painter. I find the last few bits of painting of units and flagging up take an unconscionable amount of time!

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  9. Stryker1 August 2016 at 18:34

    Austrians with rockets? Now that's not cricket!

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  10. lewisgunner1 August 2016 at 23:59

    Seems the Austrians get rockets in 1815!
    http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=345731

    The Danes had them too and used them in 1814, albeit when besieged at Danzig. Think I might knock up a Danish crew so Napoleon can light the blue touch paper.

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  11. Stryker2 August 2016 at 08:02

    I'm liking the sound of that mon ami!

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  12. the Archduke5 August 2016 at 10:22

    I'd like to reassure Roy that, whilst my chaps have experimented with air rifles, they are forbidden to sneak up and phut. We're more flag-waving sorts.

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  13. Wargamer Stu8 August 2016 at 11:54

    We're rapidly approaching the date of the battle (October), perhaps the prospect of a refight near the actual date will provide a good incentive. Nothing like a 203rd anniversary to stir the blood ;-)

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  14. the Archduke10 August 2016 at 09:11

    ...although a 204th would come close..........

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