Tuesday 14 March 2017

Russian Opolchenie

Over the weekend I finished another battalion of Opolchenie for my Russian Napoleonic armies. 

This battalion I have done in brown coats of varying tones.

 

 
I particularly like the officer nonchalantly leaning on his sword. 

Below are all three battalions - the new brown coated unit to the rear, with the green/brown coats on the left and the grey coats on the right.

 

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    1. Thank you Phil. Theses are really great little figures. The problem is that I have hit the bottom of the lead pile, so nothing left to paint!

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  2. Wonderful - I like your trees too!

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    1. Thanks. While some of the trees are Woodlands Scenics trunks, most of them arehome made from twisted wire and tissue paper...I made about a hundred of them for a refight of Pea Ridge some 12 years ago.

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  3. Nothing left to paint Mark - that sounds like poor forward planning to me! Now I suppose you will give us a sob story about unexpected domestic expenses! Hopefully your next draft of troops are in sight over the horizon....

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    1. Well I managed to strung the last lot out as long as this, but austerity reigns for at least another week. I guess I will have to get back ti the buildings.

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  4. Excellent assortment of rabble militia, Mark! Banners really add color to these otherwise drab soldiers. As Stryker noted, your winter trees are fab!

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    1. Thanks Jonathan. I remember that the trees caused much angst when we used them. Being made of twisted wire, there was a constat chorus of cries of pain followed by a bout of cursing as players stabbed themselves on the wire ends. I found it quite amusing until I did it myself! Thank goodness there are no health and safety inspectors at wargames.

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  5. Your lead pile is empty, I didn't think that happened! :) Great work on these!

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    1. A strange phenomenon I must admit, but it is only temporary...a new pile should develop towards the end of the month. Meantime there is plenty of building work to keep me amused.

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