French artillery finally finished

 Well I have finally completed my Victrix French artillery pieces. It has been a bit of a trial with the hot and humid weather we have been having in Brisbane lately but I am quite pleased with the results. The gabions are renedra pieces.

Next in the queue: Victrix Austrian Landwehr, I am also very much looking forward to the figures (Bavarian cavalry and French Imp Guard grenadiers) ordered from Lucas at Pianowargames which should come March/April.

French Imperial guard foot artillery firing

French line foot artillery

Bavarian artillery train

 22 November 2024

It is getting near the end of the year and I already have next years work planned. Thanks to Lucas at Piano Wargames, I have some Bavarian dragoons and French Old Guard grenadiers from his latest kickstarter to come from Germany. I am really looking forward to these as I have not worked with any of Lucas' figures before but all the ones I have seen on his website and in the blogs look fantastic and Lucas is a great guy who provided me with excellent advice.

I have also just received a pack of Victrix Austrian Landwehr which should be a nice addition to my Austro-Hungarian army.

Already on the workbench in primer are two Victrix French foot artillery pieces, given the speed I work at, they will take me into the new year to finish.

In the meantime, here is my latest addition, a Perry's metal Bavarian artillery train. The set doesn't come with the horse chains (which I purchased seperately and were a nightmare to fit) and I had to work out how some of the model assembled from online pictures. That said, it is another great casting from the Perry's.

Holiday/Vacation photos

 Just back to an extremely hot Brisbane from a week away on Daydream Island in the beautiful Whitsunday Islands. As the northern hemisphere winter approaches, enjoy the photos and yes it was as relaxing as it looks.

While I mention holidays I sadly read the news https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-02/qld-cassius-worlds-largest-crocodile-in-captivity-dies/104553384 I first saw cassius in the 1980's on a holiday to Cairns and he was very impressive then. RIP Cassius.

The resort has a man made coral reef with a variety of fish, rays and reef sharks for enjoyment and to grow corals to restore the reefs nearby in the sea.

View from the room balcony

Local wallabies abound in the resort

Extremely persistent sulphur crested cockatoo on out balcony, it enjoyed the almonds we provided.

 

Very welcoming!

Pool bar.

Bavarian army (almost) finished.

Other than a Perry's metal gun carriage as I have previously referred to; here is my finalised Bavarian army on the table. It consists of two line infantry regiments, a squadron of Hussars, an artillery piece, a light infantry battalion and a command group.

Now to get them into a game but that may be a few weeks away. I use a 6'x4' game mat but do others find that size for Napoleonic games as small as I do? I would like to have something like a 12'x6' to really lay out the armies, not that I have the room but I can dream.

Bavarian 5th Line Infantry Regiment 'Von Preysing'

I have finally finished my second (& I think final) Bavarian Infantry regiment (thanks Victrix for making them) - the 5th 'Von Preysing'. I hope to have them in action soonish as I am going on holiday/vacation in a couple of weeks then enduring some expensive dental work.

I couldn't find out much of their regimental history during the Napoleonic Wars - I really tried, but  this link gives formation and uniform details: 

https://weltseele.miraheze.org/wiki/5._Linien-Infanterie-Regiment_(Bavaria) 

The artwork below is what I worked from when I painted them. Sadly, I couldn't find an exact match for their leibfahne (regimental flag).

Uniform information

Bavarian High Command

 While painting the Bavarian 5th Line infantry Regiment, the Perry's metal command group arrived. Three ADCs, generals Wrede and Deroy with Crown Prince Ludwig. I needed a break from the infantry so I went straight to the new arrivals. After working with so many plastic figures the metal ones seem so much more 'substantial'. The ADCs are one piece castings while the generals are seperate rider and horse. I usually use blutack to hold the figure on its bottle cap while I paint them but a horse and rider is too much weight for the blutack to cope with so it is back to hotglue.

Anyhow, here is my latest posting, I am currently painting the last seven figures of the 5th line and I will post them when the whole regiment is done. The buildiing in the background is Sarissa.

I am so pleased to see the Bavarian update to the Valour and Fortitude rules and once all the painting is done I must see how a Bavaria v Austria game plays out.

https://www.perry-miniatures.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/v3.0-Napoleonic-Bavarian-Army-Sheet.pdf

Don't you just hate it when you zoom in on the pictures and see all the faults that you missed when you finished?