Saturday 18 June 2022

Swedish Artillery

This week has seen another couple of guns added to the Swedish Napoleonic Army.





I still have three more gun sets to complete for this army that will represent the army reserve. These will be done by month’s end.

18 comments:

  1. Lovely work Mark and look forward to seeing the reserve units.

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    1. Thanks Steve. The next batch are started and will be finished by Wednesday, but they probably won’t be based for a while…much going on next week.

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  2. Very nicely done. Your Swedes are are terrific project. And on the table a reserve of artillery gives such options.

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    1. Thank Joe. Although they are listed in the OOBs as reserve batteries, the appear to be very small batteries of two or three guns.

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  3. Very nice indeed Mark....I particularly like the shade of blue that the gun carriages are painted in....

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    1. Thanks Keith. It is a mixed colour, but it makes a nice contrast with the dark blue of the gunner’s uniforms.

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  4. SUperb uniform and paintjob!

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  5. Great work, Mark! With this army almost finished, what is the next project???

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    1. Thanks Jonathan. There are still four more infantry units to go in the Swedes (one is actually done but not based yet). I do have a project extension under way and the Franco-Prussians will keep me going for a while, but otherwise I am a little devoid of ideas (and already exceeding my storage space limits).

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  6. I always think the Swedish artillery looks very smart. Great job on them Mark. Every time I see your Swedes I find myself wishing that the Perrys would bring out some later figures.

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    1. Thank Lawrence. Oddly the line infantry are much slighter figures…just the pose I guess. Yes some later Swedes would be nice for some 1813 games, but before that I would prefer some early Russians to oppose these Swedes. The only manufacturer of 1807 Russians of note is Brigade Games but at NZ$111 per battalion (landed cost) they are more than double the price of the Perrys and from the experience of a few others in our group much less reliable.

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    2. LOL - I THINK I may have finally resolved my BG issue Mark - but the proof of the pudding and all that - had a flurry of emails a few days back but nothing since then.....

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    3. Be interested to see if the pudding is delivered!

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  7. Great stuff nice to see the Swedes an army barely seen in main stream gaming.
    Cheers
    Stu

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    1. Thanks Stu. Yes it is a nice Napoleonic variation.

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  8. Lovely looking guns and crew Mark…
    They certainly have a workmanlike look to them.

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Yes they look like a precision team don’t they? The sort you might see at the Edinburgh tattoo!

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