These three gun and limber sets complete my little 'filler' project.
Again the guns are in three states:
Loading
Sighting
Firing
Altogether.
And something you don't see out off the office window every day...the airport company decided to move three mature trees from the green space in front of us...
Now it back to the Franco-Prussian French.
Each of your guns tells a story. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jonathan. It is a nice set to work with.
DeleteA flying tree !
ReplyDeleteI knew it was happen, but it was still a bazaar sight to see three 20 ton trees swinging past the window...
DeleteLovely work on the Confederate guns, with the 'butternut' uniforms making a nice contrast, as always, to the Union ones. My Dad used to be a crane driver, so sort of used to seeing bizarre things in the sky so to speak. I'd love to know how they dug out and wrapped the rootballs in advance though!
ReplyDeleteIt's always a bit of a challenge with the Confederates to get a pleasing colour mix, but always pleasing in the end.
DeleteThey "dug" the out using a hydrovax - a big waterblaster that washes the earth away from the roots with a big vacuum to suck out all the mud. They spent about a week in preparation. The lift itself was quite hairy as there was a big of wind around, but they lifted them and drove them off in about three hours. I understand they are successfully replanted about a kilometre away.
Nice additional ACW artillery Mark!
ReplyDeleteThanks Keith. I like guns!
DeleteThe Perrys always put a lot of thought into their sets, and these are no exception. Beautiful work Mark. The council moves a lot of trees nowadays in Brisbane, which I suppose is far easier than having to deal with protests.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes get the urge to do a diorama of a battery in action using these...but thankfully common sense asks "but where are you going store it?" comes into play. Those were protected native trees too, but it must have cost more than $50K to move them.
DeleteGuns, guns, guns, and all so nicely done. Great additions to your collection. Very animated.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe. I think thus is the nicest of all the Perry sets, with so many variations to poses, and animated as you say.
DeleteLove the guns! 😁
ReplyDeleteACW guns are always welcome!
DeleteMark, this and your recent posts have all been fantastic and I’m sorry I haven’t been commenting as regularly as I should have been. I’ve also been painting the Perry ACW artillery box, but you’ve nailed the basing in a way I didn’t (I have all manner of figures on separate bases) and it all looks fantastic. I love the WTA additions too - you are the Gold Standard for this period and such an inspiration.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes
Giles
Thanks Giles. I must admit I hadn't visited your blog for a while and was just inspired by your Carlist War post to unpack my Carlists for a game this weekend. The WTA is fun, but quite hard to get others enthused play. Are you planning another tour downunder now that travel is pretty much normalised?
DeleteVery nice Mark…
ReplyDeleteLovely characterful pieces…
Yup someone always seems to move the terrain about in the middle of a game….
All the best. Aly
Thanks Aly. Ah the subtle shift of terrain trick, eh?
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