Hoi there,
Just a short text update to tell you all that, due to a good friend, I have received some of the new and highly awaited Zvezda Cuirassiers! They sure look great in detail and poses. The only minor whine I have about the set is that there's no pose of a trooper at rest; it's all full in the charge.
But well I can live with that perfectly.
Watch this space some painted examples might crop up soon!
Cheers Sander
Thursday, 5 August 2010
Thursday, 29 July 2010
Italian Commission
Hoi There!
Today's update brings you a picture of more of the commission figures. This represents the Italian Napoleonic Foot Artillery. Now I just need to paint the horses, limbers and a caisson. That will finish all the artillery figures and than all that's left is a regiment of Early Italian Foot.
On a different note here's a picture of my AWI Royal Artillery. I used Revell and IMEX figures and gave them Italeri Light Dragoon heads, this way they represent the RA in Light Infantry caps.
Cheers Sander
Listening to: "Small Gods" a Terry Pratchett Audiobook read by Tony Robinson
Today's update brings you a picture of more of the commission figures. This represents the Italian Napoleonic Foot Artillery. Now I just need to paint the horses, limbers and a caisson. That will finish all the artillery figures and than all that's left is a regiment of Early Italian Foot.
On a different note here's a picture of my AWI Royal Artillery. I used Revell and IMEX figures and gave them Italeri Light Dragoon heads, this way they represent the RA in Light Infantry caps.
Cheers Sander
Listening to: "Small Gods" a Terry Pratchett Audiobook read by Tony Robinson
Monday, 26 July 2010
Napoleonic Ponderings...
Hoi Everyone!
The latest HäT testshots arrived here and they include the new Napoleonic Austrians and 28mm Prussians. These have forced me to think about what kind of armies I want to do for the Napoleonic period. They are all so immensely cool that I cannot possibly start building armies for every country. So I have come to the following conclusion:
for wargaming:
1) Early Nap. Period:
- French (of course), around 1812 period so I can combine old and new uniforms and use the army for both early and late period
- 1806 Prussians
- 1806 Russians
2) Late Nap. Period:
- Waterloo campaign Dutch/ Belgians (including Nassau en Brunswick)
- Late War Russians (small force)
- Late War Prussians ( for Waterloo Campaign)
- Waterloo Campaign British (mostly Revell Infantry and arty and HäT cav)
3) Peninsular War:
- I am going to do the 1812 British army with Portuguese allies (no Spanish because they became a large part of the Allied army later on)
- French Allies like Vistula legion and such who can also be used for earlier German Campaigns
For Diorama Building:
1) Still Salamanca 1812:
- Same British as for above but only the 3rd Division in a 1 : 5 ratio.
- French Maucune's Division in same ratio (I am probably gonna build them of the HäT chasseurs set entirely by converting them to line infantry)
Biggest problem for the Peninsular War is the great lack of Portuguese Infantry and British cavalry and RHA.
Just to let you know :-)
Greetings Sander
Listening to: Punkorama 5
The latest HäT testshots arrived here and they include the new Napoleonic Austrians and 28mm Prussians. These have forced me to think about what kind of armies I want to do for the Napoleonic period. They are all so immensely cool that I cannot possibly start building armies for every country. So I have come to the following conclusion:
for wargaming:
1) Early Nap. Period:
- French (of course), around 1812 period so I can combine old and new uniforms and use the army for both early and late period
- 1806 Prussians
- 1806 Russians
2) Late Nap. Period:
- Waterloo campaign Dutch/ Belgians (including Nassau en Brunswick)
- Late War Russians (small force)
- Late War Prussians ( for Waterloo Campaign)
- Waterloo Campaign British (mostly Revell Infantry and arty and HäT cav)
3) Peninsular War:
- I am going to do the 1812 British army with Portuguese allies (no Spanish because they became a large part of the Allied army later on)
- French Allies like Vistula legion and such who can also be used for earlier German Campaigns
For Diorama Building:
1) Still Salamanca 1812:
- Same British as for above but only the 3rd Division in a 1 : 5 ratio.
- French Maucune's Division in same ratio (I am probably gonna build them of the HäT chasseurs set entirely by converting them to line infantry)
Biggest problem for the Peninsular War is the great lack of Portuguese Infantry and British cavalry and RHA.
Just to let you know :-)
Greetings Sander
Listening to: Punkorama 5
Thursday, 22 July 2010
MOC
Hoi Peoples!
Since I am still painting away on my commissions There's relatively little new to tell regarding figures, so I thought I'd show you yet another one of my passions: LEGO.
Ever since I was a boy I liked LEGO a lot, the possibilities of building are great, of course after a certain age you stop playing with the stuff. If you go on "playing" with LEGO it becomes designing or model making and you become an AFOL (Adult Fan Of LEGO) rather then a kid playing with bricks. When small I used to really want to own and play with those Star Wars action figures but they were already pretty expensive then and I didn't get any. In later life LEGO came out with the LEGO Star Wars range and I fell for it immediately, well the OT range at any rate. So I dived into the world of AFOLism and have been steadily building a collection of OT sets.
My brother is a big fan of GIJOE action fans and since we used to play with those a lot when kids I got a hit of that too. Now when I stumbled along the possibility to make your own custom minifigures of GIJOE I was hooked and decided to make my own.
Here are my first few MOC's :
The top pictures shows my version of Lowlight and the Baroness, the second shows Flint, Bazooka and Scarlett. All their heads need new, custom faces but I made a mistake of printing the decals on white backed decal paper and have now to wait for clear paper in order not to get a white spot behind the facial features.
The decals I got from: http://www.minifigcustomizationnetwork.com/store
The weapons are from www.brickarms.com
Some of the helmets and other stuff is from www.brickforge.com
It is amazing what kinda stuff is available. I am waiting for really red hair for Scarlet and a beret for Flint. Watch this space for more customs in the future!
Cheers Sander
Listening to: Alanis Morissette MTV unplugged (yeah I know...)
Since I am still painting away on my commissions There's relatively little new to tell regarding figures, so I thought I'd show you yet another one of my passions: LEGO.
Ever since I was a boy I liked LEGO a lot, the possibilities of building are great, of course after a certain age you stop playing with the stuff. If you go on "playing" with LEGO it becomes designing or model making and you become an AFOL (Adult Fan Of LEGO) rather then a kid playing with bricks. When small I used to really want to own and play with those Star Wars action figures but they were already pretty expensive then and I didn't get any. In later life LEGO came out with the LEGO Star Wars range and I fell for it immediately, well the OT range at any rate. So I dived into the world of AFOLism and have been steadily building a collection of OT sets.
My brother is a big fan of GIJOE action fans and since we used to play with those a lot when kids I got a hit of that too. Now when I stumbled along the possibility to make your own custom minifigures of GIJOE I was hooked and decided to make my own.
Here are my first few MOC's :
The top pictures shows my version of Lowlight and the Baroness, the second shows Flint, Bazooka and Scarlett. All their heads need new, custom faces but I made a mistake of printing the decals on white backed decal paper and have now to wait for clear paper in order not to get a white spot behind the facial features.
The decals I got from: http://www.minifigcustomizationnetwork.com/store
The weapons are from www.brickarms.com
Some of the helmets and other stuff is from www.brickforge.com
It is amazing what kinda stuff is available. I am waiting for really red hair for Scarlet and a beret for Flint. Watch this space for more customs in the future!
Cheers Sander
Listening to: Alanis Morissette MTV unplugged (yeah I know...)
Saturday, 26 June 2010
Period Music
Hoi There everybody!
Today's update features not some picture of mini's but a music tip. I am always looking for good period music to play while painting Napoleonics and more importantly to use in class to let youngsters here that they used to make pretty damn nice music way back in Boney's Days as well ;-) Some while ago I stumbled along this site:
I ordered their cd, and it took almost no time to cross the Big Pond from Canada to the Netherlands. I have been playing it non stop since yesterday. What's on it? A lot of familiar folk songs played with period instruments like dulcimers and stuff but also some songs in which vocals are used like the Spanish Ladies and Over the Hills and Far Away (Queen Anne's version not King George's), in versions you have not heard before!
My favourite (but less useful in class) must be The Cuckoo's Nest. For lyrics see:
Anyway it's worth the money to order if you like old English and Irish folk songs sang with some humour.
Cheers Sander
Listening to: "The Idle Prentice" by Gin Lane
Today's update features not some picture of mini's but a music tip. I am always looking for good period music to play while painting Napoleonics and more importantly to use in class to let youngsters here that they used to make pretty damn nice music way back in Boney's Days as well ;-) Some while ago I stumbled along this site:
I ordered their cd, and it took almost no time to cross the Big Pond from Canada to the Netherlands. I have been playing it non stop since yesterday. What's on it? A lot of familiar folk songs played with period instruments like dulcimers and stuff but also some songs in which vocals are used like the Spanish Ladies and Over the Hills and Far Away (Queen Anne's version not King George's), in versions you have not heard before!
My favourite (but less useful in class) must be The Cuckoo's Nest. For lyrics see:
Anyway it's worth the money to order if you like old English and Irish folk songs sang with some humour.
Cheers Sander
Listening to: "The Idle Prentice" by Gin Lane
Sunday, 20 June 2010
Saturday, 19 June 2010
Commission Work
Hoi All!
Recently I have picked up another commission concerning Italian Napoleonics. This time I am up against 3 different Italian Artillery sets (Horse, Foot and Guard) and a regiment of the line from the early pre- shako period.
Here are the first pics:
Cheers Sander
Recently I have picked up another commission concerning Italian Napoleonics. This time I am up against 3 different Italian Artillery sets (Horse, Foot and Guard) and a regiment of the line from the early pre- shako period.
Here are the first pics:
Cheers Sander
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