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Tuesday, 4 September 2018

Fool’s Gold

Following my recent splash on eBay it was Goya who helpfully pointed out to me that my Guard Horse Artillery figures were probably worth their weight in silver. I think he was exaggerating but I thought I should paint them rather than leave them too long in the lead pile to get full value for money.


The figures (all vintage ones) are:

FN/180 Officer, pointing
FN/181 Gunner, with porte-fire
FN/184 Gunner, with pair of hand-spikes
FN/185 Gunner, with ammunition bag


When I pulled out my other gun crew (painted ten years ago) I realised that I’d made a few mistakes with the uniform. This meant I had to do a little bit of updating so that both crews matched, and I also re-varnished them in gloss to conform to the new house style.

Footnote: FN/85 Gunner, with ammunition bag does not appear in my old Hinton Hunt catalogue (circa 1974). My suspicion is that the listing was left off in error as it should be at the bottom of page 2, the figure is certainly a vintage one.
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19 comments:

  1. Rob4 September 2018 at 20:17

    Sweet - gunner with ammunition bag is my favourite, there's something about his face the way you have painted it - real character.

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  2. Stryker4 September 2018 at 20:28

    Rob - it's not just the painting they have been superbly sculpted, some of Hinton's work at its best!

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  3. WSTKS-FM Worldwide4 September 2018 at 23:09

    Rather spiffy fellows!

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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  4. Lee4 September 2018 at 23:28

    Fine figures Ian ..... and one of my favourite songs, also a vintage classic :)

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  5. Independentwargamesgroup5 September 2018 at 08:39

    Beautiful. I always wanted this unit when I first saw their images many years ago. Sadly they were out of my price range then. So nothing has changed really, well done.

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  6. Stryker5 September 2018 at 09:07

    Cheers Lee!

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  7. Stryker5 September 2018 at 09:10

    Robbie - I did have one crew back in the early 70s (after saving my pocket money) but was disappointed with my painting efforts back then. Eventually I sold it along with the rest of my collection for next to nothing!

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  8. MSFoy5 September 2018 at 10:25

    Beautiful - really nice job, and a lot more fun than silver. How many extra dice to Guard Horse get, then?

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  9. Wellington Man5 September 2018 at 11:17

    They are little shiny masterpieces, Ian!
    How many French batteries is that now? Seven? You're going to need a lot more Landwehr to absorb that lot.

    All the best
    WM

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  10. Phil5 September 2018 at 12:31

    Very very nice!

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  11. Stryker5 September 2018 at 15:04

    Foy - they did originally get 2 extra dice but I got rid of that rule - perhaps I should reconsider!

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  12. Stryker5 September 2018 at 15:07

    WM - you've been counting! There will eventually be one more line battery bringing it to 4 each guard/line. If you remember, the Landwehr fall 6 at a time with no effect on their morale!

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  13. Stryker5 September 2018 at 15:07

    Thanks Phil!

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  14. Mark Dudley6 September 2018 at 12:10

    Ian - you have turned lead into gold, you are an alchemist with the brush.

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  15. Stryker6 September 2018 at 18:46

    Thanks Mark, that's the best way to look at it!

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  16. the Archduke8 September 2018 at 10:46

    Beautiful paint job, Ian. I have a soft spot for your earlier battery which died heroically saving my blushes at your birthday bash.

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  17. Stryker9 September 2018 at 09:54

    Archduke, yes what brave fellows!

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  18. James Fisher23 September 2018 at 07:52

    Vintage figures + classic paintjob = wonderful effect!
    Worth their weight in... for sure!

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  19. Stryker23 September 2018 at 13:29

    Thanks James!

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