Finally I get the first part of the British Napoleonic's completed .... all having been primed for about 3 months.
Two Horse Artillery Limbers, three Horse Artillery guns, and three Line Infantry guns.
The Pendraken Horse Artillery included an outrider for each limber, but as these would not fit on the bases I had in mind they were both given battlefield promotions to ADC's for Wellington.
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| Horse Artillery Limbers |
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| Line Artillery |
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| Line Artillery side view |
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| Horse Artillery |
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| Horse Artillery side view |
Painted with a combination of contrast and normal paints.
List of figures and units. All Pendraken figures, as are the flags.
Figure
Number Type Units Percentage completed
180 Line Infantry 6x30 0%
32 Light Infantry 2x12 0%
30 Rifles 1x30 0%
15 Lancers 1x15 0%
30 Dragoons 2x15 0%
3+12 Line Artillery & crew 3 100%
3+12 Horse Artillery & Crew 3 100%
2+8 Horse Artillery 2 100%
5 Commanders 5 0%
6 Wellington with aides 1 0%
180 Line Infantry 6x30 0%
32 Light Infantry 2x12 0%
30 Rifles 1x30 0%
15 Lancers 1x15 0%
30 Dragoons 2x15 0%
3+12 Line Artillery & crew 3 100%
3+12 Horse Artillery & Crew 3 100%
2+8 Horse Artillery 2 100%
5 Commanders 5 0%
6 Wellington with aides 1 0%
Next up: back to 1812.





Good to see some of your British completed Ben, and they look great!
ReplyDeleteThanks Keith. The artillery are always an easy one to start with.
DeleteExcellent work! There are few things I hate painting more than artillery limbers and teams!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan. I didn't find them too hard. Maybe because they are smaller and the only additional colour is the contrast paint used for the horses which does everything on them.
DeleteFabulous Ben! Like Jon, I find guns and especially limbers to be fiddly things, so was amazed that you began with them. I thought it might have been to get them out of the way, but not the case!
DeleteBest wishes, James
Thanks James. It helps that I do a really simple job on the guns and limbers. One colour for all the wood work, one for the wheel rims and one for the barrel. This is where I find the contrast paints really useful for picking out all the detail with very little effort by me as I slosh the the paint over the model. 😂
DeleteNice work! The contrast paints have worked well on the horses.
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter. The contrast paints make painting horses easy. I used to hate them but now it is so much easier to do.
DeleteThey look brilliant, Ben.
ReplyDeleteThanks Richard. The first baby step.
DeleteNice job, I quite like doing artillery because you get this strange sense that the army build has taken a big step forward. I try to prime in summer to give me a winter painting stash, when the weather is often unkind to the rattle can.
ReplyDeleteThanks Norm. I agree, getting the artillery done means you have completed one of the parts of the army so it feels like you have made a good start.
DeleteLuckily my weather is always ok for spray painting.
Nice work Ben, they look very smart indeed!
ReplyDeleteThank you Ray. 1812 up next 😁
DeleteVery nicely done, super work on them, the limbers look great little models.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie. Pendraken makes some very nice stuff.... if your eyesight still holds up 😁
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