Wednesday, 26 September 2018

French Napoleonic Horse Artillery

The weekend saw the completion of the painting of five Horse Artillery sets that will represent five batteries for the 1812-13. One battery will be assigned to the infantry Division, while the other four will be shared by the four cavalry divisions.




 




Again the figures are Perry Miniatures and are the last artillery sets needed for this collection.

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  1. Jonathan Freitag26 September 2018 at 22:57

    Impressive array of guns and crew, Mark. You accomplished all of this over the weekend? Spectacular!

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    1. Mark Strachan27 September 2018 at 07:17

      Thank you Jonathan. They were completed over the weekend, but started in the middle of last week.

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  2. Phil27 September 2018 at 00:28

    Top notch job and presentation!

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    1. Mark Strachan27 September 2018 at 06:49

      Thank you Phil. Massed artillery always look good!

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  3. Lawrence H27 September 2018 at 15:22

    Very nice job on these Mark. It is amazing how those twigs look like hewn logs at this scale. Very effective.

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    1. Mark Strachan27 September 2018 at 17:41

      I know that a lot of people find basing a chore, but I enjoy it. Not only can it conceal a mutlitude of sins in the painting, but is another area for creativity. And after a major clean up in the garden, there is an ample stock of "logs".

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  4. Chasseur27 September 2018 at 15:54

    Nice work Mark! :) Like the basing on these too.

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    1. Mark Strachan27 September 2018 at 17:29

      Thanks Mark. With bigger open areas to work with I put more grass tufts on these.

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  5. caveadsum147128 September 2018 at 07:00

    Lovely looking artillery! They look great en masse, very nice!
    Best Iain

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    1. Mark Strachan28 September 2018 at 17:59

      Thank you Iain. Whenever I see a mass of model guns it brings into my mind that scene from the film "Gettysburg" when the Confederate massed guns open fire just before Pickett's Charge.

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  6. Aly Morrison28 September 2018 at 08:11

    Nicely done Mark...
    A very intimidating gun line indeed...

    Give me command of the cavalry and I know I could not resist the challenge...;-)

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Mark Strachan28 September 2018 at 17:50

      Thanks Aly. I have noticed over the years that most wargamers when facing artillery with cavalry develop a frequently fatal case of "Cardigan's Revenge".

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  7. rross29 September 2018 at 20:26

    You have done a nice job on these Mark, always like artillery uniforms in this era - almost everyone seems to have agreed on all blue with red facings!

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    1. Mark Strachan29 September 2018 at 21:54

      In some way I'd have loved to do the guard horse artillery...all that red braid...would be spectacular.

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