Ottoman Atillery

The lead pile has been restored, although it's more of a pimple than a mountain. I have been sticking to my plan to restrict any figure purchases to those required to complete existing projects and to restrain the inner magpie from swooping down on every new shiny thing it sees. Indeed this purchase is first order I have placed since September last year, which I think is quite remarkable restraint.

As the post title suggests the purchase included the artillery needed to complete the Napoleonic Ottomans that fought in the French in Egypt. This artillery component consists of three heavy guns, or Kolunburna, two medium 8.5 pound and one light 4.25 pound field guns.

Presented here is the first of the Kolunburna sets. These were 18th century brass pieces that fired stone or cast iron projectiles with  shot weight varying anywhere between 10 and 27 kilograms, although this field version was a lighter gun equivalent to a  European 19.5 pound piece. There were predominantly position pieces and I have mounted them as such.

It's great to be working with bright colours again.