Napoleonic Blogs - some things I found recently.

 

I was frankly amazed at the quality of information and images in the site https://miniatureaddiction.info.

I really good example is this on ... 

Go and gorge on the fab pics of this Battle of Borodino on Dave's One Man His Brush blog... here's a taster 

https://wargamingraft.wordpress.com/  talks us through building an Austrian Farmhouse circa 1809... click to have a nose at it finished. 

 

Valleyboy blogged months ago about Napoleonic commanders. I love the vibrancy of the painting here. 

and ...

Victrix have some British Dragoons in the pipeline....

along with Bavarians.... 

and Chasseur-a-Cheval of the Guard....

Then there is the return of Partizan: 

https://youtu.be/HJ5Wk5GREkM

28mm Milan Guard 1813 - Painted Wargames Foundry Figures - Perry Sculpts

Milan Guard 1813 - 28mm Wargames Foundry Napoleonic Infantry

This is a unit I painted many moons ago as part of a slightly mad plan to create Bertrand's 1813 IV Corps in it's entirety in 28mm. I was tempted by the variety - it includes an Italian Division and Wurttemberg Division.  Needless to say I only managed to do part of the division.  I'll try and dig out some more of the Italians and a bizarre experiment with painting Wurttemberg flats, for speed!

I got the inspiration from a couple of books:  Petrie's volume on the 1813 campaign and "Napoleon's Grand Armee of 1813 by Scott Bowden". 

The last book has a series of unit lists for the army at various points in the campaign. The Milan Guard was in Moroni's 3rd Brigade of the 15th Division - commanded by Fontanelli.  They fought alongside three battalions of the  7th Italian Line Regiment at Gross-Beeren, Dennewitz, Wartenburg, Leipzig & Hanau.   The battalion had six line companies - no "elite" companies. 

The figures are metal 28mm Wargames Foundry French Infantry  (I think mainly FN 080 - marching in campaign dress) - one of the last lots sculpted by the Perry's I think. They are beautiful figures and a pleasure to paint.  The flag is hand painted and pretty much to size - but feels a little too small.

Milan Guard 1813 - 28mm Wargames Foundry Napoleonic Infantry



I need to work on my photography - any tips on how to get better depth of field would be greatly appreciated. 

Milan Guard 1813 - 28mm Wargames Foundry Napoleonic Infantry

Milan Guard 1813 - 28mm Wargames Foundry Napoleonic Infantry

Milan Guard 1813 - 28mm Wargames Foundry Napoleonic Infantry

Milan Guard 1813 - 28mm Wargames Foundry Napoleonic Infantry

Milan Guard 1813 - 28mm Wargames Foundry Napoleonic Infantry

Milan Guard 1813 - 28mm Wargames Foundry Napoleonic Infantry

Milan Guard 1813 - 28mm Wargames Foundry Napoleonic Infantry

Mike Owen 28mm Wild West Cowboys Painted as 7th cavalry.

Here's a set of 28mm Wild West Figures Painted not as cowboys but as a group of renegade US cavalry.  They are all figures sculpted by Mike Owen of Artizan Designs.  Crisp clean mouldings with action but also really simple to paint. 

I think I probably painted these 8 to 10 years ago, mainly using Foundry and Vallejo Model Color paints (I've always loved the texture and richness of pigment in the Vallejo paints - they leave a wonderful matt finish which also takes washes and other treatments well).