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French Artillery…First Steps

Managed some painting again….

These are not in their coats, so they are basically red uniform, black hat and white gaiters. I have seen some depictions of the gaiters being black, but as everything else in this force is white it might look a little odd.

They are sitting drying as I just shoved a dark red wash over them. Tomorrow I will paint the dragon red and then highlight with the bright red.

Hopefully they won’t take very long to do…. famous last words???

The artillery will get a dark wash, and highlighted with a lighter blue. Metal work on the carriage is black with a bronze barrel. Again…shouldn’t take that long.

I have actually fired a 12lb cannon (minus ball) I helped crew a gun when not messing about as a cavalryman. I faced said gun as a British Light infantrymen a couple of years before. It was much more fun firing the thing than watching it go boom towards you!

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The Militia are Finished

Huzzah…the colonel leads them out

So next up up we have…

Artillery

Evidently there were only two howitzers. I have enough for three crews of four. So I am now on the hunt for a cannon to build up the fire power. To be honest I would have preferred a larger base for the howitzers but it was the only appropriate circular base size I had.

These will have red tunic and breeches, a dark blue coat with red cuffs and turn backs. I also need to paint up the ensigns and sergeants that I forgot last time. The officers will match in with the infantry.

As a total aside… my game came!

Once I have had a good look at it, I will write a post about it.

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Militia – now with faces

A smidge more done on these.

To be honest one can hardly see the any difference apart from the base flesh tone. I also added a dark wash to some of them prior to high lighting the clothing. Powder horns have had the metalwork added.

Quite a bit to do, weapons, hair flesh wash and highlights. Still, every little helps as the saying goes!

To be honest these are beginning to grow on me.

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Sleepy Hollow… The Full Cast

After mixing about half a ton of concrete yesterday, today was a rest day!

I managed to finish the remains of the Sleepy Hollow set.

Here we have the remaining figures. Two agricultural workers and a blacksmith. A couple in their night clothes a member of the militia and a couple of gentlemen of a nondescript employment.

As with the rest these were a joy to paint.

The following photograph shows the full set.

They will join my French and Indian Wars boxes. I will make a start on the rest of my forces soon.

I am honestly not sure what to do with the extra militia I started painting with the Sleepy Hollow minis.

These match in with the Essex minis, but as can be seen from the photo above, not the Blue Moon ones. The joys of the different meaning of 15mm. I suppose I will have to live with the fact that som3 people are short and others tall 🤔

Today’s painting was supported by an appropriate film!

I bought this online, and having watched it today, it suddenly dawned on me that I had never ever seen the start.

I will have to make some suitable terrain to go with this set. I have some 15mm MDF buildings from 4ground. I did try to purchase some snake fencing and other bits and bobs but their Paypal seemed down and they haven’t answered a number of emails.

I am going to make various fields etc to break up the battlefield, interspersed with a large number of deciduous woodland bases.

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Next up….

Well as I said in an earlier post…

A change is as good as a rest.

Having been a bit poorly, I was itching to get back to painting, and to be honest exciting new projects. These tend to cost money, so I decided to rekindle some of my unfinished old projects.

It was a bit embarrassing to realise how many unfinished exciting projects I actually had. But I decided next up would be my 15mm French and Indian Wars (seven years war)

There are a lot totally unbiased and unpainted still in bags.

I really only have French forces a mix of Various manufacturers.

This lot is for smaller, skirmish type games. And for that reason at the back we have Nathaniel ‘Natty’ Bumppo (no wonder he wanted to be known as Hawkeye), Chingachgook and Uncas. The bag next to them is full of civilians, so finding an Alice and Cora Munro shouldn’t be too much of a problem. I have a fair few woodland Indians so Magua shouldn’t be too much of a problem.

I remember reading Last of the Mohicans when I was about ten. I loved it. I have watched the various films over the years but I suppose the one I love the best is the Daniel Day Lewis one. Not sure why as it isn’t close to the book at all. Unless I missed the bit where Natty dresses up as a bear…

I think it is because it Is accurately (ish) costumed. First Nations actors play their own parts as opposed to white guys in makeup. I think I went to see it at the cinema a few times too, not to mention buying it on DVD. As well of all of the above part of it has to be because of this…

https://youtu.be/H2syST_MPn8

I love the Gael, I think it really works in the film, as does the soundtrack throughout.

There are few places in the world I really want to visit based on my hobbies and interests but the Great Lakes, and the Ohio and St Lawrence are definitely up there. When I was a child I always believed the book to be taking place in the Far North of Canada. Funnily enough I now live in the far North of the uk (there is only about another 35 miles before we run out of Uk) and further North on the Globe than the Great Lakes. But I digress…..

Next up French and Indian Wars…unless of course I change my mind again. However, I hope not, I just spent some of my Birthday money ordering some more from Blue Moon Miniatures.

Right I am off to listen to it again…

https://youtu.be/H2syST_MPn8