While the field batteries were pretty straightforward the horse batteries required quite a bit of conversion work and still aren’t strictly correct. For the horse gunners I had to convert the Brandenburg cuffs into Swedish cuffs, add riding trousers over the boots, carve away the bread bag and the facine knife and finally add the sabre and slings that I had spare from the Napoleonic Allied cavalry sets just completed.
The reason that they are still not strictly correct is because horse gunners did not wear the rolled greatcoat (it was carried on the gunner’s horse). They also wore a shoulder belt with a cartridge box attached. This would have been too much of a task to cut away and recreate so I decided I can live with the rolled greatcoat. Thanks to John Boadle for details of the horse gunner uniform.
The field batteries are below.
This completes the light batteries for the corps. Six batteries of heavy guns remain to be done, but the Perrys seem to gave gone off the boil with this project.
Great job on both brushwork and conversions.
ReplyDeleteNice work, particularly on the horse gunner conversions, Mark. It does seem strange that the Prussian infantry has been out for several years now, yet there still isn't a box of French infantry on the scene.
ReplyDeleteThere was a bit of hard carving to get those bread bags and facine knives off! Some generic Prussian generals and the 6lb guns would finish the Prussians off, then the French as you say, but the Perry releases of late have been rather scattered - focus seems to have been lost.
DeleteMagnificent!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mark
DeleteVery smart.It is a little frustrating when the Perrys move on to other projects leaving previous ones uncompleted. They do seem to sculpt what interests them though, which is probably fair enough.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence. It is a bit frustrating…I could do with some Swedish generals too.
DeleteNot everyone is aware, but each of the Perry brothers works solely on their own projects. The Franco-Prussian range has been Michael's only project for some two and a half years now, during which he seems to have got a slower all the time. Has Michael lost his mojo, or is some problem slowing him down? He answers all concerned enquiries by swearing he is fine and busy on the range, but the last small release was six months ago now. I am sure we will see the plastic French before many months, and some sort of metal release too (including the Prussian 6-pounder), but it is very frustrating, yes.
DeleteI certainly hope we get some movement here soon. This is probably going to be my last big project and I would really like to see it through.
DeleteMightily done, all the converting and painting. As nice as the Perry stuff is, it is frustrating to have needs unmet in thier releases. Not only Swedish generals, but the heavy cavalry as well, and the grenadiercorps are not part of the Swedes offered. Maybe this year.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe. I may have to look around for something that fits for a general in the other ranges.
Deletelooks good Mark , i'm still working through my prusian artillery and wagons. Thanks for the notes on the hores artillery makes sense now I see them . Just a thought , could you use zuly war british bodies for prussian horse artillery ?
ReplyDeleteThanks Bruce. It’s probably an equally a big a task to convert the Brits.
DeleteGreat work on these
ReplyDeleteThanks Neil
DeleteHi, I understand you have done quite a lot of research into uniforms etc for the FPW. Do you know what colour Brunswick artillery pieces were painted in the 1866-1872 period? I gather the batteries were part of Artillery Regiment No.10 (Hannover), but have no further information, beyond the Hannoverian kit being dark grey with natural steel barrels. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteHi Brendan, the only reference I have for Brunswick artillery is in the Osprey “German Armies 1870-71 (2)” that says, “Since 1863 Brunswick’s artillery battery had been equipped with six brass breech-loading 6-pdr guns; the carriages and limbers were painted black.” Odd you should mention FPW Brunswick just as I take my brushes to the Brunswick Hussars…
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