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Wednesday, 20 August 2025

French Napoleonic Painting Part 1 of n

 I have finally got myself going with the French Napoleonic Painting Pile.

Starting with Napoleon's favourite arm.... the artillery.

So nine guns and 36 crew painted. I am off to a flying start.

Guns painted with GW contrast paints. Blue is also a contrast paint but does not really show any difference. The rest are all standard acrylics.



Not very exciting but the first finished!


Close up of three guns

And now, following on from Norm's post about the Nauk Nauk app.

The guns firing


And a bit of a blooper!




I think that these are lots of fun and the best use of AI yet. Even my mum was impressed 😂

Next up some cavalry

Figures all 10mm from Pendraken

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18 comments:

  1. Jonathan Freitag20 August 2025 at 07:23

    Fine looking Grand Battery! I agree that animation is an interesting test case for AI.

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  2. rross20 August 2025 at 10:14

    These are great Ben and I like the AI effects!

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  3. The Jolly Broom Man20 August 2025 at 10:20

    Splendid work old fruit. Love the AI. All done with mirrors they say.

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    1. Ben Cato20 August 2025 at 20:09

      Thanks JBM. I wonder where they get the mirrors from 😁

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  4. Norm20 August 2025 at 10:31

    A great start - love the blooper.

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    1. Ben Cato20 August 2025 at 20:10

      Thanks Norm. The bloopers are my favourites for these animations. It certainly comes up with some funny things.

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  5. Stew21 August 2025 at 07:37

    A good start indeed. And fun movies. 😁 good for you to impress your mother.

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    1. Ben Cato21 August 2025 at 19:12

      Thanks Stew! Not too hard to impress my mum though, she is very kind.

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  6. Captain Darling22 August 2025 at 02:34

    Artillery 'the God of War' great start to your Napoleonic Armies!

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  7. daveb22 August 2025 at 08:01

    I always start with artillery for some reason. Easy gains? Tighter research focus? Hard to say. Welcome to garde d'armee!

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    1. Ben Cato22 August 2025 at 20:17

      Thanks Dave. I think you are right. It is easier to paint and feels like a good start before you get into the 100's of line infantry.

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  8. James Fisher24 August 2025 at 22:12

    What's not exciting about ten batteries of artillerie à pied? Great stuff!
    Best wishes, James

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    1. Ben Cato26 August 2025 at 00:55

      Thanks James... always good to have a grandiose grand battery 😁

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  9. caveadsum147126 August 2025 at 07:07

    Excellent artillery force, a lovely start to your Napoleonics! I tend to start with infantry and reward myself with artillery somewhere down the line!
    Best Iain

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    1. Ben Cato26 August 2025 at 19:07

      Thanks Iain. I looked at all the infantry and decided to do something easier...very lazy!

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