Tuesday, 30 October 2018

Ottoman Army Complete.

It has been a more focused week - none of this fluttering butterfly stuff. Over the weekend I completed the three units of the Ottoman contingent for Egypt.

One unit is intended as light cavalry. This unit was actually finished over the long Labour Day weekend - actually this weekend was long for me too because with her indoors away for a few days I took Friday off. I have done it all in white, most with of the figures with complete head cover, and the all of the rank and file in action poses using firearms, bows or javelins.




The other two units are heavier types with a broader range of weapons, with some individuals carrying three different types.



This finishes my Ottoman collection, gathered below for the team photos.

The infantry wing

The cavalry wing

The whole army
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16 comments:

  1. Natholeon30 October 2018 at 18:04

    Very nice. They should add some excellent flavour to your games!

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    1. Mark Strachan30 October 2018 at 20:29

      Thanks Nathan. Here's hoping they provide a victory for the French - it is 3-nil so far to the Brits.

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  2. Phil30 October 2018 at 20:24

    This kind of army is sooooooooooooooooooo beautiful and colorful, congrats, they look awesome!

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    1. Mark Strachan30 October 2018 at 20:27

      Thank you Phil. They are a bit of fun, aren't they and will add colour to an a,ready colourful period.

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  3. John30 October 2018 at 20:50

    Very nice figures and brushwork- gotta love the Ottomans- one of my favourite armies- from any period!

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    1. Mark Strachan31 October 2018 at 06:52

      Thank you John. My original plan was to make this whole collection for a Franco-Ottoman conflict, with the British at the end, which would have had a larger Ottoman presence. But the early stage of the war the French uniforms were very different and it was the Kleber uniform that attracted, so the Ottomans got relegated to a support role and the British made the main opponent. However, I may expand them later as opponents to the Russians.

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  4. Lawrence H30 October 2018 at 23:40

    A great collection Mark, and nice to see them arrayed together. I find painting irregular troops can be a nice break, but it is almost as much effort to make them look irregular as it is to paint a unit in full dress uniform.

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    1. Mark Strachan31 October 2018 at 06:44

      Thanks Lawrence. Like you I like the variety of the irregulars, but they are difficult for me simply because of the need to find irregular colour pairings and the inability to run through a whole group of figures with one colour, then the next and so on to get that efficient production line rhythm.

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  5. rross31 October 2018 at 00:05

    Nice looking troops Mark, but I am sure the steady Brown Bess armed Brits will be able to deal with them when once they meet upon the desert sands....!

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    1. Mark Strachan31 October 2018 at 06:47

      Thanks Keith, but I hope the Brits won't be firing on them, sinec they are their allies! If you aravailable when we get around to playing the Nile battles a little later in the sequence, you maay be depending on their cavalry!

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  6. Jonathan Freitag31 October 2018 at 02:02

    Fab army, Mark! I am always amazed at how quickly you produce entire armies. You might think I would eventually accept that you are superhuman with the brush but your productivity still amazes.

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    1. Mark Strachan31 October 2018 at 07:47

      Thanks Jonathan. Since I use my hobby as a relief from stress in the real world you might reason that the volume of production is relative to the level of stress...and you would be right. Sitting painting with the TV on in the background for two to three hours in an evening does me the world of good.

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  7. caveadsum14711 November 2018 at 07:49

    Great looking army, can't beat painting to wind down, it's funny having just finished some landsknechts I'm finding it difficult to stick to the uniforms on my Napoleonic troops I'm trying to paint next!
    Best Iain

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    1. Mark Strachan1 November 2018 at 21:28

      Thanks Iain. I agree, it is nice to get into that painting groove and just get lost in your own little world, away from noise, computers and the never ending barrage of questions. I am back into the Napoleonics now, just finished two legere battalions in fact.

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  8. Aly Morrison2 November 2018 at 23:36

    Splendid... as always.
    You can pit your Turks against the British if you want...

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Turkish_War_(1807–09)

    And I agree... Painting toy soldiers is good for your health.

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Mark Strachan3 November 2018 at 13:50

      Thanks Aly. It is my plan is to use the Ottomans for several fronts, including the Russian Front, although I think I will need to expand the army a little with a few guns and a few more Jannisaries. There is an interesting post on the Lead Adventure Forum showing how to make Jannisaries from the Perry ACW zouaves...but that is another project...

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