Saturday, 27 April 2019

THINK BIG

It's been a while and I have had trouble logging in so let's see how this goes!
Just to recap - last time a ten year old was destroying my panzers on the outskirts of Prokhorovka. Things did improve slightly (follow a re-read of the rules) but it wasn't enough to change th eoutcome and it counts as a glorious victory for the Red Army - ZA RODINU ! - There are sadly no more pictures as the camera batteries were flat...

On to the next thing - A BIG game!
In honour of a friends birthday we are hoping to re-fight Waterloo in 54mm so have been painting stuff and dusting off old half finished units to see what I've got...


Not too shabby - more than I thought - most are going to need re-basing as they just fall over or are bit tatty.


Newly painted Dutch - A Call to Arms figures (flag from Warflags.com )


Opposition - Old Airfix figures - I started with these (in some case these actual figures) - the old paint has been removed a new coat slapped on.


French heavy cavalry.


Boney and his Guard - small unit; currently being expanded, Airfix & Italeri. The Guns are Irregular Miniatures.


He looks happy - probably still thinks he's going to win!


Guard from the rear.


Voltiguers; prone to falling over - Irregular and a couple of Britains'


French column advances, preceded by HaT Light Infantry.



Supported by light cavalry.


The thin red line awaits...


Just look at the height difference here - Airfix on left, 'Supreme' on right.





3 comments:

  1. This looks fabulous Phil.
    I have a few of these that I have slipped into painting along with 1/72nd counterparts. I plan to use them, perhaps, in a skirmish game, so nothing anywhere near as grand as you are doing. How will you scale it to make it feasible?
    Really looking forward to watching this one develop.

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  2. James - thanks - My friend has a 25 foot table, which we are using for teh game, so I will just use 28mm distances and it should be Ok. It is a project that has been started and abandoned many times over the years - It is madness really and they take up far too much room...

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  3. Looking good Phil! Happy to see that they back on the field again :-)

    Best regards,
    Stan

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