I thought I had better finish off my last lancer.  Shouldn’t really take that long. The problem that I am having is that the colours seem a bit brighter than the original. This could be because I undercoated in a different colour or added different washes to darken it down. We shall have to see what happens as I go along. That is the problem with painting part of a range almost a year after the first ones.

To be fair I only had three to start with, but still I did the newer figures I got first, rather than finishing off.

I do like these figures, basically as I played around as a Polish lancer and also I do like the static pose. Waiting for the order to charge. Although these are the Liteupski lancers, I went for a more Russian Green look. I painted up some other for a mate as a Polich lancer unit, so decided mine would be different. These four troopers are the bodyguard for my mounted vampire or mounted Liche.

Although I am trying to get through civilians from every country, I do really like the undead, which to be fair I think I have at least equal to the Ferach forces (simply because I had three of the Sharke’s rifles sets, so there are 30 straight off). Because I don’t have any Witchlabnds Ferach, my plan is that a force of undead have invaded South meaning that I can fight without the need for woolly blankets and fur jackets.

I still haven’t decided what to do with the Dark Elf Guerillas… I probably wont have anything else from Cattaluccia, apart from the Inquisitor. A conundrum I shall have to work my way through.

Managed to build a card house from the talented Dave Graffham, managed to put the roof on the wrong way round, but luckily the copydex hadn’t fully cured and I managed to get it sorted. I will be using it and the other few for my 28mm skirmish games.

I also managed to finish Goyah, I really like this set and am glad I bought it. Finally I finished off the 5 undead that have been sitting there for ages. Unfortunately I was in a ush with them at the start and instead of stripping the old paint off I just sprayed an undercoat on. Bad mistake, they lost a lot of details and frankly they look a bit pants. Probably the reason I couldn’t be bothered to carry on with them.

I suppose I had better finish off my last lancer sometime soon.

I painted these two a good while ago now. I really like the gnome – something I think we should have a range of… The Liche is a bit imposing, but a lovely figure nonetheless.

Managed a little bit more today on my staff Officer.

Colonel Charles Augustus Makepeace spent years abroad fighting in far flung areas of the empire. Called back to fight the Ferach in Urop he arrived back with half a dozen halflings who unbeknownst to him has stowed away in the food lockers. Although found early enough to avoid starvation for the entire crew the colonel couldn’t quite bring himself to send them back.

They were distraught that the colonel was leaving them. After all they had promised to follow him wherever he went, well he thinks that is what they said.

The diminutive chaps always surround the colonel wherever he goes. They merrily gabble on in their ‘heathen lingo’ to one another and supply the colonel with a veritable banquet every night. When asked where they got such fine food they either don’t understand his questions or perhaps don’t want to answer. The fact that most camps, billets or lodgings often seem to be short of food are surely a co-incidence.

The colonel has to be especially careful with his Brandy. This he keeps locked up in a very strong chest. He does not want another episode involving his chaps from the HEVC, the goose grease and the general’s daughter. He would never ever live it down.

 

Well that s my Trollkin officers finished. These are from a nice range of figures. I will no doubt, over time, have to get some Jäger to go with them. They are a bit of an army all by themselves, so reinforcements may have to wait. I went for this pair as they are limited edition, these might disappear, like some of the ones I want.

Started painting this dynamic duo up. Although it states they can change their skin colour I went for a normal flesh colour. I also went for a Ferach blue uniform with green facings to denote a Jäger battalion. I worked on the principal that as the uniforms don’t fit then they have had to squeeze into someone else’s.

Still a lot of work to do on these.  I managed to replace the spearhead using the head of a plastic French medieval spearman. Drilled out the hand and superglued the replacement in.

I would have got a whole lot further if I hadn’t started playing on Minecraft 😱.

Well here we have the next purchase, still in its box. Looking forward to getting them Painted 😁
This is what is in the box:

57001 1st HEVC Halfling Foot – Six Miniatures – Skirmish Pack

LE043 Baron Petrochemicoli – Limited Edition Numbered Pack

56100A Dog Line General – Pack of Miniatures

56595 Von Mohnblume Line – One Miniature – Random Trooper Pose x7
LE027 Plunkorc and MacMean – Limited Edition Numbered 

LE032 Prince Schwarzenbarch – Limited Edition Numbered Pack

Having spent a number of years as a Napoleonic re-enactor as both Polish Lancer and a British light infantryman, you might think I would go for the straight Napoleonic wargames. Well yes I have dabbled in the genre, but it never really took off. I bought the original Sharke’s rifles when it first came out and I really enjoyed the idea. But as with most gaming groups I ended up being the only one still keen. So as I didn’t play any more they went the journey. Roll forward a good few years and my mate Wiggy bought some and the interest was rekindled. I hunted through my boxes of stuff and found odd figures here and there. the odd Ebay purchase also helped. But on the whole most have come from Alternative armies.
But why Fantasy Napoleonic, well I suppose it is because, I enjoy the humour and as it is ‘imaginations’ I feel I am not bound by a total accuracy of uniform (I am not bothered that an August 1809 uniform is different to the March one of the same year). 

I really like the ranges offered, but if I was to be brutally honest I cant get my head around the Colts range (Centaurs). Out of all of the ranges this is the only one. 

I am pleased that Alternative armies does a range of civilians for most of their races, and if not actual civilians some of their other figures will do the part.

Here we have Goyagh in his base metal phase.