Hussar WIP. For the Motherland.

Hi,

Just a WIP of the hussar unit I'd primed up last post. I'm going to do this first unit as the 10th Hussars, who served in the Peninsula as late as 1813. I'm reasonably pleased with how it's turning out.







One thing I've been noticing is a bit of tension as I paint, between the style I tend to use for 28mm and what I developed for 15mm. The latter is really an extention of how I learned to paint 6mm - bright colours, high contrast, exaggerated details. The former is much more subtle. These 1/72 Italeri / Revell figs have been lovely sculpts, rewarding the 28mm style, but will ultimately rely on the mass impact I associate with 15mm stuff. I'm curious to see how my style changes as I continue this project.

On other fronts, these arrived in the mail today, by way of Bartertown:



That's a Greylord Ternion and 10 (yes, 10) MoW Shocktroopers. With the 'jacks that came in last week, that works out to over 35 points of Khador silliness. Any suggestions as to a warcaster to go with these brutes?

More Frenchies

Hi,

Despite the turmoil associated with the new recruit, I've managed to get another base finished for my first unit of Lasalle Penninsular French.





They've still got their shine on from their topcoat, and I'm leery of dulling them down unitl I get my hands on some brush-on matt. The spray stuff I've been using is dusting like mad, and I'm not going to bugger these up. Might have to wait a bit on that however, as I suspect it'll be a few weeks before I can get down to the game shop.



I'm re-encountering the cardinal rule of mass armies in larger scales, i.e., they take time. I'm not as happy with this base as I was with the first, I think because I rushed them a little bit to get them finished. There's always a push for me to get things on the table, that sometimes leads to cutting corners in painting. Not sure why, as I won't be able to play with these until I get both a French AND English force finished. Must remember to slow down. Here's the new guys ranked up with the first base:



The flag should really have lettering on it. I didn't attempt it as I figured it would be a guaranteed way to muck things up - I'd take a stab at lettering on a smooth surface, but making it look like more than splodges on a folded fabric like that is, I think, beyond me. It looks, however, like there's a bit of texture in the sculpt that I missed with eyeballs, but shows up in photos. Maybe I'll get brave and try to pick it out later.

Waiting in the wings are these guys:



Theyr'e French Hussars from the Italeri 6008 / Revel 2586 pack. These really are lovely sculpts, with some delicate detailing. The plan is to do a peninsular army with light cavalry suppport. That translates to 6 infantry units, 5 cavalry (2 Hussar, 2 Chasseur, 1 Dragoon), an extra 2 units of foot if attacking, plus one unit of foot artillery, and one unit of horse guns. Each unit has four bases, so that works out to a total of 254 infantry, 60 cavalry, and 8 guns with crew. Just for the French. This is going to be a larger project than I first envisioned. Must remember to slow down and enjoy the process.

In a final note, just to complicate things, look what arrived in the mail the other day: