<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960</id><updated>2012-02-16T18:00:58.675+01:00</updated><category term='miniature review'/><category term='diorama'/><category term='perry'/><category term='news'/><category term='10mm'/><category term='28mm'/><category term='british'/><category term='WWII'/><category term='15mm'/><category term='victrix'/><category term='napoleonic'/><category term='GHQ'/><category term='Volley and Bayonet'/><category term='WW2'/><category term='french'/><category term='6mm'/><category term='FoW'/><category term='Austrian'/><category term='plastic'/><category term='Old Glory 15'/><category term='terrain'/><category term='plasticsoldiercompany'/><category term='workbench'/><category term='russian'/><category term='Old Glory'/><title type='text'>Bruno's wargaming corner</title><subtitle type='html'>A miniature wargaming blog.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>31</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-3367582288127949874</id><published>2012-01-15T13:33:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T13:33:21.309+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Plastic Soldier Company 15mm  - Sdkfz(s) - part 2</title><content type='html'>Hi there,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: blue;"&gt;Bonjour à toutes et tous,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week I had a lot of work but could find some spare time to work on my Sdkfzs.&lt;br /&gt;I decided to go for the 5 Sdkfz C, so they are now complete with stowage, crew and a first level of weathering. Next step is to spray protection matt varnish. When The Plastic SOldier Company will put their decals on the marhet, I will apply some markings and will end up weathering with pigments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thereafter are some pictures...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: blue;"&gt;Cette semaine j'ai eu beaucoup de boulot, mais ai quand même pu trouver un peu de temps libre pour avancer sur mes Sdkzs. Je me suis concentré sur les 5 Sdkfz C, et les voici donc, avec leur équipage, leur équipement et un premier niveau de patine opérationnelle. Il me reste juste à passer une couche de vernis mat.&amp;nbsp; Lorsque "The Plastic Soldier Company" sortira ses décals, j'en commanderai et ferai les marquages, puis effectuerai une deuxième couche de patine avec des pigments.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;A suivre quelques images...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="223" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0516.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0522.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="225" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0522.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0523.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="225" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0523.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0519.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="223" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0519.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="225" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0521.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0520.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="223" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0520.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Hope you enjoyed, on my side they were a real pleasure to build and paint.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black;"&gt;Now, I just have to finish the 15 Sdkfz D, that will be the 3rd post on those Sdkfzs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;J'espère qu'ils vous plaisent. De mon côté ils ont étés un vrai plaisir à construire et à peindre.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;Maintenant, il ne me reste plus qu'à finir les 15 Sdkfz D, qui seront au centre du 3eme post sur ces supers petits modèles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: black;"&gt;Cheers,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;A+,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;Bruno.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-3367582288127949874?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/3367582288127949874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2012/01/plastic-soldier-company-15mm-sdkfzs.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/3367582288127949874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/3367582288127949874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2012/01/plastic-soldier-company-15mm-sdkfzs.html' title='Plastic Soldier Company 15mm  - Sdkfz(s) - part 2'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-5652429885582753412</id><published>2012-01-08T19:22:00.011+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-11T11:21:02.692+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FoW'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='WW2'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='15mm'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plasticsoldiercompany'/><title type='text'>Plastic Soldier Company 15mm  -Sdkfz(s) C&amp;D  -part1</title><content type='html'>Hi there,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;Bonjour à toutes et à tous,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the current status about my two TPSC Sdkfz set of kits.&lt;br /&gt;We will talk both about ausfd C (the one that make me discover that company - 1 box - 5vehicules) and the ausfd D that I received beginning January (3 boxes - 15 vehicules).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;Voici le statut à propos de mes Sdkfz(s).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;On parlera des versions C (celle qui m'a fait découvrir la marque - 1 boite - 5 vehicules) et D (que j'ai reçu début Janvier - 3 boites - 15 véhicules)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will first see a quick Workbench status, then will detail verhicules, included team, stowage and extra weapons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;On fera un rapide état d'avancement, puis on détaillera les véhicules, l'équipage, les accessoires et l'armement complémentaire.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%; font-style: italic;"&gt;A workbench status...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 180%; font-style: italic;"&gt;Un état de l'art...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0422.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0422.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 300px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Yesterday I painted interiors, put driver and co-driver, then I assembled lower and uper hulls. undercoat was ever done using &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;TAM-XF60 &lt;/span&gt; with an aerograph. Then, I put towel paper so to hide interior for cammo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;Hier, j'ai peint les intérieurs, placé pilote et copilote, puis ai assemblé les deux parties du véhicule&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;Ensuite j'ai masqué les intérieurs avec du PQ, en préparation à l'application du camouflage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0423.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0423.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 300px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Then I did the Cammo using TAM-XF64 and GUNZE-H303. I applied same pattern on all (ausfd C &amp;amp; D).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;Ensuite, j'ai appliqué le camo sur un pattern de base (1/3 de chaque couleur) en utilisant du TAM-XF64 et du GUNZE-H303. Les mêmes principes de camo furent utilisés pour tous; (ausfd C &amp;amp; D).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0511.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0511.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 300px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the 5 Sdkfz 251 C just out of cammo step. When I assembled them I glued the rear MG42 I sould have not. When masking interior it makes things harder (in fact I broke one of them - that I obviously reglued... ;-))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;Voici les 5 Sdkfz 251 C après camouflage. Lorsque je les ai assemblé j'ai mis en place la MG42 arrière, ce qui est une erreur, car en ôtant le PQ de masquage j'en ai cassé une (que j'ai recollé dans la foulée... ;-))&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0512.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0512.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 300px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here are the 15 Sdkfz 251 D out of cammo step. I did not make the mistake gluing rear MG in place, that was a good idea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;Ici, les 15 Sdkfz 251 D une fois lme cammo fait. Ici je n'ai pas fait l'erreur de coller la MG42 arrière.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%; font-style: italic;"&gt;TPSC Sdkfz 251 ausfg C in detail...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0436.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0436.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 300px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ok, so here and thereafter are few pictures about aufsg C release. Those are the ones I first built, and stowage was assembled before painting. Currently, there is still a lot to do : painting the stowage, armament, crew, tracks, wheels, etc... and obviously marking and weathering....&lt;br /&gt;However, here it is at current status.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0437.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0437.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 300px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;Donc, voici quelques images du modèle C. L'équipement et la mitrailleuse arrière ont été collées avant la mise en peinture, ce qui était une erreur. Actuellement, pas mal de trucs restent à faire : peinture de l'équipement, l'équipage, les chenilles et les roues, et naturellement, le marquage et la patine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;Quoiqu'il en soit, voici où j'en suis actuellement...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0438.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0438.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 300px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0439.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0439.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 300px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TPSC Sdkfz 251 ausfg D in detail...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0440.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0440.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 300px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;OK, so now the D variant.&lt;br /&gt;There is a little trap (I obviously fall into ;-)), that is an ejection pin on the interior lower hull, at the rear, near to the rear doors. I thought it was a guide, in fact it should be removed prior to floor gluing. That would have make the thing better, but so far, no real issue...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0441.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0441.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 300px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;Donc, maintenant la version D.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;Il y a un petit piège (dans lequel je suis naturellement tombé ;-)), à savoir un plot d'extraction qu'il aurait fallu supprimer à l'arrière de la partie intérieure de la coque, au niveau des portes arrières. Quand on colle le plancher, on se retrouve avec des jonctions banc/dossiers un peu trickies... mais rien de bien grave... juste un peu de temps ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0442.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0442.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 300px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0443.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0443.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 300px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0510.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0510.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 300px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Crew, Stowage and armament...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have one of each of those per vehicule ! (so 5x a box)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Equipage, Equipement et Armement...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ce qui suit est présenté par véhicule! (so 5x a box)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0515.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0515.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 300px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is the crew, except the driver and co-pilot I ever glued in my models.&lt;br /&gt;I choosed the option having an active gunner for front MG. Bear in mind, those are fast painted wargaming miniatures. However, look at that stuff...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;Donc, voici l'équipage, excepté le conducteur et son co-pilote déjà collés dans les véhicules.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;J'ai choisi l'option d'avoir la MG avant avec son servant. Ils sont peints en mode "fast-paint", pour wargame, mais jetez un œil et imaginez ce que l'on eput en faire....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0514.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0514.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 300px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Various stowage : for each vehicule you got one spare tire, one spare track, 4 fuel jerrycans, three back packs and the rolled soft top cover... Nothing less than generous, isnt'it ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0513.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0513.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 300px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;Equipement Divers : Pour chaque véhicule on dispose d'un pneu et d'une chenille de rechange, 3 sacs à dos et la bâche de véhicule roulée... Rien de moins que généreux, non ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, the supplemental armament... a cherry on the cake.&lt;br /&gt;Per vehicule, here we have a panzerschreck, two Karg 89 rifles, the rear MG42 and a spare front one in case you would not choose option having it served...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;Maintenant l'armement... une vraie cerise sur le gâteau...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;Pour chaque véhicule on dispose d'un panzerschreck, deux fusils Karg 89, la MG 42 arrière, et naturellement une MG42 non servie pour l'avant au cas ou vous ne souhaiteriez pas mettre de servant...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%; font-style: italic;"&gt;Conclusion and Next Steps ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;Conclusion et étapes suivantes...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am really impressed by those models, quality (and quantity) of personnalizing stuff.&lt;br /&gt;Next step will be to end up core vehicule paintings (tracks, wheels), end up with all teams and stowage.&lt;br /&gt;Then will come weathering... but for that I am waiting for TPSC to launch it's set of German decals, that should occur that month...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;Bon, vous devez vous en douter : je suis content de ces modèles. Très content même...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;La suite ? Et bien finir la peinture de base des véhicules (chenilles, roues), peindre les 19 équipages et les 15 sets d'équipements qui me restent, puis... la patine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;Pour ça j'attendrais que TPSC sorte les décals 15mm pour les blindés allemands (annoncés pour ce mois ci !).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the meantime, have all a great evening, and blog you soon,&lt;br /&gt;Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;Dans l'intervalle, une bonne soirée, et à bientôt sur ce blog,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3366ff;"&gt;A+,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bruno.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-5652429885582753412?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/5652429885582753412/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2012/01/plastic-soldier-company-15mm-sdkfzs-c.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/5652429885582753412'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/5652429885582753412'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2012/01/plastic-soldier-company-15mm-sdkfzs-c.html' title='Plastic Soldier Company 15mm  -Sdkfz(s) C&amp;D  -part1'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-1575699868334287218</id><published>2012-01-04T20:19:00.012+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-05T16:40:07.680+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FoW'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='WW2'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='15mm'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plasticsoldiercompany'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plastic'/><title type='text'>The Plastic Soldier Company - 15mm WWII - Discovery</title><content type='html'>Hi there,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Bonjour à toutes et tous,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;1. Initial discovery /&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt; La découverte...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By past November, I had a business meeting close to my prefered model shop. So, as it was close to 6PM, I went to have a walkthrough just to change my mind... I found boxes of 1/100 WWII models, also known as 15mm. Was not aware such thing was existing... time to get out of that f.ck.. biz bubble, so I bought two of them : 1 Panzer IV box and 1 Sdkfz 251/A, 5 models per box, around 20 Euros each box.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;En Novenbre dernier, j'ai eu un RV client à deux pas de mon magasin de maquette préféré. Comme j'en suis sorti vers 18h00, je suis donc allé y faire un tour, histoire de me changer les idées. Là, j'ai découvert des modèles WWII au 100eme, donc 15mm. Pour voir j'en ai pris deux boites : 1 panzer IV, et 1 Sdkfz 251/A, 5 véhicules par boite, une vingtaine d'Euros la boite...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once home, I had a look at them and was simply "blasted" by the very high quality, in addition of having five vehicules a box, 1/3 of the price of lower-res lead models was a real bargain... wow...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;A peine rentré, j'ai naturellement jeté un coup d'oeil, et là ça a été le choc : Au lieu de "jouets" je me suis retrouvé devant de vrais modèles finement gravés en creux, au tiers du prix des "blobs" en plomb que l'on voit trainer sur les tables... wow...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I started assembly with one Pkfz. Was a kind of Tamigawa thing, sono flash, no traps, real clean stuff. As there was few parts it was a quick step and great result. Then I built the 4 remaining Skfzs, and move to the Pz IV, built on the H version (one single box let you built 5 (or mix of) any variant from F1 to H...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;J'ai donc commencé par assembler un Pkfz. C'était un peu comme du "Tamaigawa", pas de bavure sur les grappes, un assemblage nickel, bref, un truc super propre. Dans la foulée j'ai embrayé sur les 4 Sdkfz restants, puis suis passé aux PzIV, un premier pour voir, les quatre autres dans la foulée.... J'ai choisi de monter des Pz IV H, mais la boite permet de réaliser n'importe quelle variante depuis le F1...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the pics once core painting was done for the Pz IV (weathering  at half way as I do not have decals yet - still fading and mud stuff to  do)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Voici les images des Pz IV avec un vieillissement partiel du fait de l'attente de décals... Voiles et pigments restent à venir...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=441&amp;amp;u=12829715" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px;" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0412.jpg" alt="Image hébergée par servimg.com" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here, the little 5 of them...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Ici les 5 chars de la boite....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=442&amp;amp;u=12829715" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px;" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0413.jpg" alt="Image hébergée par servimg.com" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the Fdkfz, with only a sand undercoat... because... they have brothers to come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Please bear in mind that upper/lower hull are not glued yet&lt;/span&gt;: this is just a dry fit testing for picture purpose as painting will be easier withe both of them being independent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Ici les Fdkz, simplement sous-couchés en jaune sable parce que... on en reparlera plus loin...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Gardez à l'esprit que les assemblages sont faits à blanc &lt;/span&gt;: La raison en est que les parties hautes/basses de la caisses seront peintes indépendamment (intérieur) pour faciliter le boulot&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=443&amp;amp;u=12829715" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px;" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0414.jpg" alt="Image hébergée par servimg.com" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=444&amp;amp;u=12829715" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px;" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0415.jpg" alt="Image hébergée par servimg.com" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=445&amp;amp;u=12829715" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px;" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0416.jpg" alt="Image hébergée par servimg.com" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;2. Post hard times / &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;De la poste et des délais associés &lt;/span&gt;...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, seing that, I ordered online to The Plastic Soldier Company for a German company deal and some rusian KV1s.&lt;br /&gt;That was Christmas time (order done on December 6th).&lt;br /&gt;I worried a bit as my order just arrived on Jan. 3rd.&lt;br /&gt;However, TPSC was perfectly fine : on Royal Mail stamp, sent date was 8th December, and package was nicely arranged. So, not their fault... (in case some of you would still be waiting...)&lt;br /&gt;Is the root cause Christmas time ? Royal Post or french PTT relay in France ? realy... who cares : I get it, TPSC did the job as commited to, and I'm really happy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Donc, voyant ces petites merveilles, j'ai passé commande auprès de The Plastic Soldier Company via Internet pour une panzer compagnie allemande et quelques KV1s.&lt;br /&gt;C'était la période de Noël, j'ai passé ma commande le 6 décembre et ne l'ai reçu que le 3 Janvier. Entre les deux, je me suis un peu inquiété, forcément, mais lorsque la commande est arrivée, en regardant le timbre Royal Mail, j'ai bien vu "by plane" envoyé le 8 Décembre.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Donc, au cas ou comme moi vous attendez une commande, pas de panique : TPSC respecte ses engagements, RM ou nos PTT en relai en France peut être un peu moins... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;3. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;OK, so, what are we talking about / &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;OK, bon, de quoi on parle exactement .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...well... we are talking about the following :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;15 Sdkfz 251/D (3 boxes)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;10 Pz IV (2 boxes)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;115 late german infantry (1 box)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you may guess, I did not wait starting with the 15 Sdkfz...&lt;br /&gt;And here I am so far (yesterday evening fun).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;.. bin...  on parle de ça :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;ul style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;li&gt;15 Sdkfz 251/D (3 boxes)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;10 Pz IV (2 boxes)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;115 late german infantry (1 box)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt; Comme vous devez vous en douter, je n'ai pas pu attendre et ai attaqué direct les 15 Sdkfz...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Voici où j'en suis en une une soirée (hier)&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=439&amp;amp;u=12829715" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px;" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0410.jpg" alt="Image hébergée par servimg.com" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the painting guide on the rear of the bow. One real cool thing is that it's related to Vallejo/PA colors...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Voici le guide de peinture à l'arrière de la boite. Le truc top cool est que toutes les couleurs dont données en correspondances Vllajo/Prince August...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=447&amp;amp;u=12829715" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px;" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0418.jpg" alt="Image hébergée par servimg.com" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;4. Assembly guide... / &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Notice de montage..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps the only "oops" of those wonderfull kits. It's rather "... symbolic..." (?). With Sdkfz you have no variants, but with Pz IV, it's somewhat different... However, just let's build one  for testing and you'll see you don't really need that much more (except good will ;-))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Peut-être ma seule réserve : Elle est vraiment primaire. Pour un Sdkfz ça le fait bien, mais quand on a plusieures vraiantes (PZIV) dans une même boite, ça devient un peu compliqué. En fait il suffit d'en assembler 1 pour piger le truc, et les quatre qutres de la boite suivent comme une lettre à la poste... (enfin, si elle tient ses engagement, la poste... ;-) ) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=448&amp;amp;u=12829715" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px;" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0419.jpg" alt="Image hébergée par servimg.com" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;5. Crew and stowage ... / &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Equipage et équipement...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yet another thing that is cool is the amount and quality of stowage and crew...&lt;br /&gt;One serving gunner, several seating crews (in natural postions), lot of back packs, jerrycans, tracks parts, spare tires, two Karg89 rifles, 1 panwershreck, etc...(for each model - x5 in a box...) you have anything to make each of them unique...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Un autre truc trop cool est la quantité et la qualité des accessoires et de l'équipage...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Un servant opérationel pour la MG42 frontale, plusieurs membres assis dans des postures naturelles, un tas de sacs à dos et divers bardas, des segments de cheniile, des pneus de rechange portés sur la calandre avant, 2 Karg 89, 1 pansershreck, etc... (et ce pour chaque modèle - 5 par boites...). De quoi faire chaque unité unique... et garnir la boite à rabiot pour des dios ou autres...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=449&amp;amp;u=12829715" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px;" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0420.jpg" alt="Image hébergée par servimg.com" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=450&amp;amp;u=12829715" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px;" src="http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/82/97/15/img_0421.jpg" alt="Image hébergée par servimg.com" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what next ?&lt;br /&gt;... well I think I will start a thread about the built/painting/weathering of those Kfzs...&lt;br /&gt;... also a review of PzIV (there is one trap when going to H version ;-))...&lt;br /&gt;... Obviously, doing the review of late German infantry...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... but, well, right n ow, I will just go to sleep. ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;La suite ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;... partager la construction, la peinture et le viellissement des Kfzs...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;... une revue des PZIV (...et un truc pour eviter un piège quand fait la version H)...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;... et surtout : une revue des figurines d'infanterie Allemande fin de guerre, qui sont vraiment fabuleuses...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;... mais bon, c'est pas tout ça,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;c'est l'heure du dodo là...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;A+,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bruno.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-1575699868334287218?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/1575699868334287218/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2012/01/plastic-soldier-company-15mm-wwii.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/1575699868334287218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/1575699868334287218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2012/01/plastic-soldier-company-15mm-wwii.html' title='The Plastic Soldier Company - 15mm WWII - Discovery'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-8470922294208345961</id><published>2012-01-04T00:49:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T01:13:34.378+01:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm Back...</title><content type='html'>Hi there,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Bonsoir à tous (et toutes),&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well... I won't play the "governator" piece of cake here, but even if past two years were really awfull, I'm still alive so take a breath, and yes.. I'm back.&lt;br /&gt;For Christmas (or a bit more) I got some 15mm WWII stuff from Santa I will talk about really soon.&lt;br /&gt;...A good company, cool people and ... tons of little gems.&lt;br /&gt;I'm both lucky and glad being there again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Bon, OK, je vais pas la faire "governator", mais n'empêche que "I'm Back...".&lt;br /&gt;Mes deux années passées ont étés à ch..r.&lt;br /&gt;Je me dis que tout ça n'en vaut pas la peine, alors mon seul cadeau de Noël (plaisir) a été quelques figs, hsitoire de retomber en enfance (enfin, bon, il y a deux ans quoi... ;-)).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un blast total... je vous en parlerais prochainement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai de la chance, et suis heureux de pouvoir dire : Je crois que je suis de retour...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Cheers,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A+,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Bruno&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-8470922294208345961?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/8470922294208345961/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2012/01/im-back.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/8470922294208345961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/8470922294208345961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2012/01/im-back.html' title='I&apos;m Back...'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-2213853425875127908</id><published>2010-01-07T07:50:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-07T07:58:43.000+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='news'/><title type='text'>A new year, a new job...</title><content type='html'>Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My last post is a bit more than one month, but there are good reasons for that. I left my company by mid-december, joined a new one this monday, and was enjoying family in the meantime. I will probably have a lower update rate in the next few weeks/monthes, but this is no reason not to wish you all the best for 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Mon dernier post date de plus d'un mois, mais il y a de bonnes raisons à cela. J'ai quitté mon ancienne société à la mi décembre, en ai rejoint une nouvelle ce lundi, et ai profité de la famille entre les deux. Durant les prochaines semaines/mois, mon taux de mise à jour va probablement chuter, mais ce n'est pas une raison pour ne pas vous souhaiter à tous mes meilleurs voeux pour 2010.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;A+,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bruno.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-2213853425875127908?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/2213853425875127908/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-year-new-job.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/2213853425875127908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/2213853425875127908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-year-new-job.html' title='A new year, a new job...'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-2905225700625677342</id><published>2009-11-28T13:01:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-28T17:30:48.321+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diorama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='victrix'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='british'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plastic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='28mm'/><title type='text'>Victrix mod. - Brothers in arms / part IV &amp; end.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i92.servimg.com/u/f92/12/82/97/15/fin110.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" name="picture" src="http://i92.servimg.com/u/f92/12/82/97/15/fin110.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, it's done ... This time, lot of pictures and few text. Being happy with the result I took the time to work a bit on the pictures. At time I took them flogking was not sealed yet, so there is few flocking on the minis, but the last 2 pictures (proof of size, this is VICTRIX's 28mm, not 54mm) were taken this morning, so they are clean. As well the last picture is a bit huge, as it is a big closeup (1674 x 1322 / 650Kb). Enjoy...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Voici le résultat... Cette fois ci, beaucoup d'images et peu de texte. Vu que je suis assez content du résultat, j'ai fait un petit effort de présentation. Au moment où j'ai pris les photos, le flocage n'était pas encore fixé. Il y en a donc quelques brins sur les minis, mais les 2 dernières photos ont été prises ce matin et donc sont OK (preuve de taille, ce sont bien les VICTRIX 28mm, pas les 54mm). Idem, la dernière image est un gros plan "costaud" non retravaillé (1674 x 1322 / 650Ko). Maintenant, assez parlé, voici les images....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i92.servimg.com/u/f92/12/82/97/15/fin210.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 420px;" src="http://i92.servimg.com/u/f92/12/82/97/15/fin210.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i92.servimg.com/u/f92/12/82/97/15/fin410.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 420px;" src="http://i92.servimg.com/u/f92/12/82/97/15/fin410.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i92.servimg.com/u/f92/12/82/97/15/fin610.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 420px;" src="http://i92.servimg.com/u/f92/12/82/97/15/fin610.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i92.servimg.com/u/f92/12/82/97/15/fin710.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 420px;" src="http://i92.servimg.com/u/f92/12/82/97/15/fin710.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i92.servimg.com/u/f92/12/82/97/15/fin810.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 420px;" src="http://i92.servimg.com/u/f92/12/82/97/15/fin810.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The two following pictures intend to give an order of idea of the scale. The "diorama" is on the top of a french magazine (A4), and you can see a Euro cent, that is fairly the same size than US cents. The seconde picture is a closeup. Those two pictures have not been rectified except light balance (as I always shoot in RAW mode), and realignment for the second one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr)Les deux images suivante donnent une idée de l'échelle. Le "diorama" est posé sur le dernier numéro de "gloire et empire" (excellentissime, dailleurs... Tout Austerlitz sur 92 pages...), un magazine au format A4, et le cent donne le la. La seconde photo est un (très) gros plan. Ces deux photos n'ont pas étés rectifiées excepté pour la balance des blancs (je prends toujours en RAW) et le recadrage de la seconde.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i92.servimg.com/u/f92/12/82/97/15/sz_p_s10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 420px;" src="http://i92.servimg.com/u/f92/12/82/97/15/sz_p_s10.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WARNING : The following picture have a size of 1674 x 1322 pixels for 650Kb.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) ATTENTION : La prochaine image a une taille de 1674 par 1322 pixels pour 650Kb.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i92.servimg.com/u/f92/12/82/97/15/sz_p_b10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 420px;" src="http://i92.servimg.com/u/f92/12/82/97/15/sz_p_b10.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, as a conclusion to that first real transformation, I didn't find it too difficult, learned a lot, and think I will make some more in the future... I have tons of ideas, and also need more practice before giving a go to Perry's Cuirassiers... :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) En conclusion de cette première vraie transformation, je dirais ne pas l'avoir trouvée trop difficile, en ai appris beaucoup, et pense que d'autres suivront dans l'avenir... J'ai des tonnes d'idées mais ai besoin de pratiquer un peu avant de m'attaquer aux Cuirassiers de Perry... ;-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr)A+,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bruno.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-2905225700625677342?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/2905225700625677342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/11/victrix-mod-brothers-in-arms-part-iv.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/2905225700625677342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/2905225700625677342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/11/victrix-mod-brothers-in-arms-part-iv.html' title='Victrix mod. - Brothers in arms / part IV &amp; end.'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-5170064666102321399</id><published>2009-11-21T16:57:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-21T18:00:18.134+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diorama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='napoleonic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='victrix'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='british'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plastic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='28mm'/><title type='text'>Victrix mod. - Brothers in arms / part III</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_20.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_20.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the first painted results (base is just a wargamming hill, not the dio yet). As said it was hard for me to evaluate the potential final result from the "greeny thing", so the reason why I decided to put the two grounded soldiers in paint. I am happy with the result, but I could see I also made lot of mistakes. However, the more it goes on, the more I enjoy that little project.&lt;br /&gt;As a reminder, those are 28mm Victrix, not their new 54mm range.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Voici les premiers résultats peints (présentés sur une colline de wargame, la base définitive reste à faire). Comme dit précédemment, il m'était très difficile d'évaluer ce que donnera la partie "verdâtre" une fois peinte. Donc, j'ai décidé de peindre les deux soldats au sol, pour voir... Je suis content du résultat, ne serait-ce parce qu'il m'a permis de voir les erreurs que j'ai commis. Dans tous les cas, j'adore ce petit projet... que du bonheur.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Pour rappel, il s'agit ici d'une modification de figurines 28mm, pas des nouvelles 54mm que propose Victrix.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_26.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_26.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here a first view from top. I'm really happy about how they look. It is exactly what I was searching for. Perhaps first timer luck (despite water gourd I could not put)...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Une vue de dessus. Je suis super content de ce que ça rend. Exactement ce que je voulais. Peut être la chance du débutant (malgrés la gourde d'eau que je n'ai pas pu mettre)...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_27.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_27.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This view shows the hand of the helper. I think it's either too low (could not put water gourd) or too high (should touch his comrade body to be better).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Sur cette vue on voit bien la main du soldat assistant son camarade. Je pense qu'elle est soit trop basse (pas pu mettre la gourde), soit trop haute (idéalement, elle devrait toucher la poitrine de son camarade).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_23.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_23.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Another view on which this is even more obvious. On the other hand ;-), I am happy with the hand sustaining the head and the arm I completely made. There are far too much "stripes(?)" but I'm on my first time building full members. I'll do best next time. (also, hand was a Victrix part)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Autre vue sur laquelle ce problème de main "lévitante" est encore plus évident. D'un autre côté, je suis très content de la main soutenant la tête. C'est la première fois que je réalise des membres en entier (sauf la main : pièce Victrix) et même s'il y a bien trop de boutonnières, je trouve ça pas trop mal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_24.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_24.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Now from the rear. The arm junction is good, but it does not have natural proportions : the bend of the arm should have been more on the left, and the shoulder a bit higher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Vue de l'arrière. La jonction du bras est bonne, mais ses proportions sont mauvaises : le coude aurait du être plus sur la gauche, et l'épaule un poil plus haute.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_25.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_25.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Last, the helper flank.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Enfin, une vue sur le flanc du soldat portant assistance&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a conclusion, I realized I made a lot of mistake. My "sculpting" was far too heavy and I used too "hard" wire for members support that did not let me make hard angles I should have do (i.e. knees). That had an impact on proportions to which I did not paid enough attention. Green Stuff smoothing still is not easy for me. I use water, but will have to improve here, as GS can't be sanded. On the pros side, most important, I think I learned a lot, and also, the way this project is evolving despite my mistakes is a real motivation for me. I know experts will have a smile, but I really like the way it start to take shape...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) En conclusion, cette mise en peinture m'a permis de voir les erreurs commises. Ma "sculpture" est bien trop lourde, et j'ai utilisé du fil de fer bien trop rigide pour obtenir les angles fermés qui m'auraient permis de mieux respecter les proportions anatomiques. Lisser le GS n'est vraiment pas trivial pour moi. Comme il ne se ponce pas, j'ai intérêt à m'améliorer sèrieusement sur ce coup là. Côté positif, le plus important, j'ai appris pas mal de choses, et la façon de ce projet évolue malgrès les bourdes est une réelle motivation. Bien sur, les pros en auront un sourire, mais j'aime vraiement la façon dont tout ça commence à prendre forme...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) A+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bruno.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_27.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-5170064666102321399?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/5170064666102321399/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/11/victrix-mod-brothers-in-arms-part-iii.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/5170064666102321399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/5170064666102321399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/11/victrix-mod-brothers-in-arms-part-iii.html' title='Victrix mod. - Brothers in arms / part III'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-7172766997381750918</id><published>2009-11-20T14:48:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-23T20:59:28.203+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diorama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='napoleonic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='victrix'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='british'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='28mm'/><title type='text'>Victrix mod. - Brothers in arms / part II</title><content type='html'>Here is a little update about the "brothers in arms" project, which first part &lt;a href="http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/11/mod-victrix-brothers-in-arms.html"&gt;can be read here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;So far, the wounded's modifications are complete. The helping comrade as well as the knelt one are 90% complete. Do not worry of the unevenness (?) on the green stuff. At time of picture it was drying a bit as I prefer to flaten it when it has start to dry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Une petite mise à jour de mon projet "frères d'armes", dont la première partie &lt;a href="http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/11/mod-victrix-brothers-in-arms.html"&gt;peut être lue ici&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Actuellement, les modifications du blessé sont complètes. Ses deux camarades sont finis à 90%. Ne prétez pas attention à l'aspect "non lisse" du green stuff. Au moment de la photo il séchait car je préfère toujours lisser les surface lorsqu'il est un peu sec.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_12.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;First, here is a global view of the idea. I made some modifications on the helping comrade as his left leg had not a natural position. I modified it so the foot lies naturally on its side to the ground, even if this is not obvious from the small size of this setup trying base.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Primo, une vue globale de l'idée. J'ai modifié la jambe gauche du camarade allongé, car je trouvais que sa position n'était pas naturelle. Même si ce n'est pas évident du fait de la petite taille du socle de test, le pied repose naturellement sur le sol via son coté interne.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_13.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Now a view from the rear. I decided to create the arm of the helping comrade on the wounded. As I want to paint them separately, adjustement was not so easy so to fit perfectly the helping comrade body, but I am somewhat happy with the result.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) une vue de dos. J'ai décidé de créer le bras du camarade couché directement sur le blessé. L'ajustement n'a pas été évident, car les deux figurines seront peintes séparément, mais à priori, c'est pas trop mal...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_14.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_14.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;On this view we see another change. Originately, the helping comrade was giving water to the wounded as the knelt one was worrying. Unhappily, by changing the foot position of the helper, the hand is now too close from the body of the wounded. So I decided that it would be the knelt one that would propose his water to them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Ici une autre modif. A l'origine, le soldat tenant le blessé dans ses bras devait lui donner de l'eau. Malheureusement, en changeant la position de ses pieds et sa jambe gauche, sa main se retrouve bien trop prés du corps du blessé pour tenir une gourde. J'ai donc décidé que ce serait le soldat agenouillé qui tendrait la sienne.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_15.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_15.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is a close-up of the wounded, and especially the arm of his helping comrade to sustain his head.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Ici, une vue rapprochée du blessé, et plus particulièrement du bras de son camarade lui soutenant la tête.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_16.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_16.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here, a close-up of the other side.&lt;br /&gt;I especially like the Victrix faces that are so expressives...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Ici une vue rapprochée de l'autre côté.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;J'aime tout particulièrement l'expression que Victrix donne à ses visages...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_17.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_17.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is the "helper". I have recreated his side bag, and will have to add a water can as well. Ignore the un-even looking of the green-stuff. From time the picture was taken, it have been corrected.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Ici, le camarade allongé. J'ai recréé sa besace, et devrait lui rajouter une gourde. Ignorez l'aspect non lisse du Green Stuff. Depuis les photos, cela a été corrigé.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_18.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_18.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A front view of the same.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) le même vu de face...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_19.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_19.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This time from back. I tried recreating the uniform details, but am not so happy with the result. I will probably work on it a bit more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Cette fois ci, de dos. J'ai essayé de recréer les détails de l'uniforme, mais je trouve pas le résultat franchement génial. J'aurais probablement à retravailler un peu ça.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, here we are. Next step is to finish the green stuff experience, and go to painting. I always find it difficult to make it's mind on how the green stuff details will render while painted. Probably the lack of experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Et voilà. Prochaine étape, finir l'expérience "green stuff", et attaquer la peinture. J'ai toujours trouvé difficile de s'imaginer ce que donneront les détails réalisés au green stuff une fois la mini peinte. C'est très probablement dû à mon manque d'expérience.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you enjoyed,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) A+,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bruno.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-7172766997381750918?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/7172766997381750918/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/11/victrix-mod-brothers-in-arms-part-ii.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/7172766997381750918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/7172766997381750918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/11/victrix-mod-brothers-in-arms-part-ii.html' title='Victrix mod. - Brothers in arms / part II'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-6819049561127997802</id><published>2009-11-18T16:08:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-23T21:02:17.942+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diorama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='victrix'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='british'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plastic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='28mm'/><title type='text'>Mod. VICTRIX : Brothers in arms...</title><content type='html'>Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having completed my GHQ stuff this week-end, I've gone back to Napoleonics and 28mm.&lt;br /&gt;I plan a little diorama, I will call "brothers in arms". I'm at the real begining of it, but as my green stuff has to dry, here is a short post about it. Perhaps will I post it in a step by step way...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) En ayant terminé avec mes GHQs, me voici de retour dans le Napoléonien en 28mm.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Je compte faire un petit diorama, que j'appellerai "frères d'armes". J'en suis au tout début, mais comme le green stuff doit sécher, voici un premier post rapide sur le sujet. Peut être ferais-je un pas à pas...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_10.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here are the minis I built from remains of Victrix center and flank british infantry parts and spares. (yep... one should always keep them...). The knelt one was obvious, but the other required some surgery...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Voici les minis construites à partir de restes de boites Victrix (Inf. anglaise 1815 comp. centre et élite). (eh, oui... toujours garder ce dont on ne sert pas ;) ). La figurine agenouillée était triviale, les deux autres ont requise un peu de chirurgie...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/broth_11.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is an overview of what I intend to build. The wounded is given water from the soldier that took him in his arms, as the second is knelt, worrying about his status. Current green stuff is just to "fill te gaps". Once dried, I will try making details (clothes, water can in hand, etc...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Ici un aperçu de la scénette que je vise. Le blessé reçoit de l'eau de son camarade qui le soutien dans ses bras, tandis que le second s'inquiète sur son sort. Aucun détail n'est encore fait. Le green stuff ne sert pour l'instant qu'à boucher les trous. Une fois sec, il me servira de support pour les details (uniformes, gourde dans la main, etc...).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is an ambitious project for me as I am far being  "green stuff guru", but having ever used it for smaller projects, I thought I had to try something more ambitious. As I had this diorama idea in mind, well... why not ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) C'est un projet ambitieux pour moi car je suis très loin d'être un champion du green stuff, et encore moins de la sculpture. J'ai déja pratiqué un peu sur des modifs mineures, mais rien de tel. Comme l'idée de ce diorama me trottait dans la tête depuis un petit bout de temps, je me suis dit... et pourquoi pas ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See you,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;A+,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bruno.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-6819049561127997802?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/6819049561127997802/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/11/mod-victrix-brothers-in-arms.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/6819049561127997802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/6819049561127997802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/11/mod-victrix-brothers-in-arms.html' title='Mod. VICTRIX : Brothers in arms...'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-2575531968000684031</id><published>2009-11-12T16:48:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-13T13:30:19.784+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='WWII'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GHQ'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FoW'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='6mm'/><title type='text'>GHQ 6mm : Wow !!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_110.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_110.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi there,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last firday, just before leaving Paris I found my GHQ order in my mailbox.&lt;br /&gt;Obviously I bring it with me, and here are some results. To those not knowing 6mm range and/or GHQ (such as me few weeks ago) the header picture shows you two of my 15mm FoW stands (Russian HMG and SMG platoon) and just in front of them, two 6mm GHQ's stands of the same... One cent coins give another idea of the kind of scale we are talking about...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;(fr) Vendredi dernier, j'ai eu l'agréable surprise de trouver ma commande GHQ dans ma boite aux lettres. Naturellement, elle m'a accompagnée et voici les premiers résultats. A ceux qui ne connaissent pas le 6mm et/ou GHQ (tout comme moi il y a peu) la photo d'en-tête montre la comparaison de deux bases FoW 15mm et de leur corollaire en 6mm (HMG et SMG russes)... Les pièces d'un cent donnent une idée de la taille....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_210.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_210.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here was my very first experiment.&lt;br /&gt;This picture shows a Tiger 1E (GHQ ref. G68) so to give an idea of the precision and detail level vs. the scale. I made the mistake to paint them with "real" colors, that render it far too dark at scale. As well, I tried to chip and dirt him but at the scale result is awfull. I still need to practice...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;(fr) Mes premiers pas...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;Cette image montre un Tigre 1E (GHQ Ref. G68) tout en donnant une idée du niveau de détail hallucinant pour l'échelle. Premiers essais impliquant premières erreurs, j'ai utilisés des couleurs correctes en 15mm mais le rendu est bien trop sombre pour l'échelle. Itou, j'ai essayé un peu de patine, mais le résultat ne me convient pas. ( tampon de mousse de blister à proscrire en 6mm)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_310.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_310.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here, just another view of one of those Tigers, still for scale and detail ratio that simply is crazy...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;(fr) Ici, juste une autre vue de l'un de ces petits ;-) tigres, toujours pour voir le niveau de détail à l'échelle, tout simplement hallucinant...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_410.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_410.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sooner I said the tiger was GHQ ref. G86, I should have precised that this reference include not one Tiger, but five of them. That makes the Tiger to less than 2$.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;(fr) Plus haut j'ai indiqué que ce Tigre était la référence G86 de GHQ. En fait j'aurais du préciser que cette référence inclut cinq d'entre eux. Les voici en meute. A moins de 10$ le pack, ça vous fait le Tigre à moins de  ... 1,40 euro.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_510.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_510.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;OK, so it's true those are small on the table, so I used my same technic to label them on the table with removable and reusable labels. Here are the Tigers : 4 units plus one command, from the 'A light-brown' platoon. A letter and  a color are far enough to identify units (and command chains) without any confusion.&lt;br /&gt;At 15mm scale, I have room to name platoon and dependencies but just having platoon ID, unit type and nationality is enough to immediately identify who is who on the table from a distance. (Label is 2mm height for 1 to 2 cm width)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;(fr) OK, c'est vrai que c'est "un peu" petit sur la table, donc j'ai utilisé la même technique que celle que j'utilise pour FoW en 15mm pour les identifier de façon amovible et réutilisable. Ici, on voit les Tigres : 4 unités plus leur commandement du platoon "A- couleur: terre de sienne". Ces deux codes sont largement suffisants pour identifier immédiatement une unité sur la table, et surtout les chaines de commandement et d'observation. En 15mm, les labels sont suffisamment grands pour indiquer le nom de l'unité, mais ici, mis à part un code (lettre+couleur), le type et la nationalité, je n'ai plus vraiement de place. (2mm de haut pour 1 à 2 cms de large...)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_610.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_610.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is the obvious way it works. You can see units with some labels in place (Russians ZIS 76mm gun, komissar and SMG team), and also the back of another unit base (Russian HMG team).&lt;br /&gt;At front of picture are sample labels. Create them with your favorite tool (OpenOffice Draw for me), print them on heavy paper and fold them. Put some clear varnish to rugedize them. Now, looking at the Maksim HMG stand's bottom, notice the two atched areas on left and right. Those are the areas on which I put glue. Then I put a piece of heavy paper, and then I can insert labels between the base and the heavy paper so to make them visible either from front or rear. Then you can swap rules and troops organizations by simply swapping labels. This way, you can use your Tigers as T34 and... well... OK... let's say that a Rifle platoon can reasonably be used as a Rifle/SMG or saper platoon :-);&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Voici la façon simplissime dont ça fonctionne. On peut voir quelques unités avec un label en place (ZIS 76mm, Commisaire politique et SMG team Russes) et le dessous d'un socle (HMG). En première ligne, se trouvent des labels. Les créer sur son outil de dessin favori (OpenOffice Draw pour moi), les imprimer sur du papier fort, les plier et les découper. Maintenant jetez un oeil sur la base de Maksim HMG retournée. J'ai gribouillé deux zones hachurées. Le truc, c'est de mettre un peu de colle sur ces deux zones uniquement et de placer une sous base de la taille du socle en rodhoid. Une fois la colle sèche on peut insérer nos labels entre socle et sous socle, à l'avant comme à l'arrière. On est donc plus tributaire des règles jouées, de l'organisation, et on peut même raisonablement utiliser un Tigre comme un T34... euh... enfin ... je voulais dire, un platoon de Rifles pour un platoon de Rifles/SMG ou de sapeurs du génie... ;-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_710.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_710.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is a view of the Russian infantry. This is part of GHQ ref. R48. With that reference, I had enough minis to build a Udarny Strelkovy company at full strength (12 teams, 1 Komissar, 1 command) with 4 Maksim HMG support guns (HMGs were from another pack but the 2 infantry guys per HMG team come from there). Not used from that R48 pack are several officers, two troopers, and a second Komissar team you can see at a distance in the top left corner. Should I add this pack is less than 10$ ? !?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Voici un aperçu de mon infanterie Russe. C'est une partie du pack R48 de GHQ. Avec cette référence j'ai pu construire une comapgnie Udarny Strelkovy à plein effectif de 12 teams, 1 commissaire politique et un commandement) avec en plus 4 teams de Maksim HMG en support. (Les HMGs viennent d'un autre pack, mais les 2 fantassins sur les bases proviennent de ce pack R48). En plus, du R48, il m'en reste.... en l'occurence, plusieurs officiers, 2 fantassins et la plaquette de commissaire que vous pouvez voir en arrière plan, en hait à gauche. Dois-je ajouter que ce pack coûte moins de 7 Euros ?!?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_910.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_910.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is another shot, focusing on the Komissar (should have gone Av before shooting...). For those immagining painting those minis could be a nightmare, let me tell you that it's exactly the reverse. Painting this full company took me no more than 3 hours and was a real pleasure...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Ici une autre photo avec un focus sur le commissaire politique. J'aurai du passer en Av avant de la prendre...  Pour ceux qui s'immaginent que peindre à cet échelle est un cauchemard, permettez moi de dire que c'est exactement l'inverse. Cette compagnie a été peinte en 3 heures à tout casser et c'était un vrai plaisir...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_112.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_112.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here are the Maksim HMG teams I built. They are partly done with GHQ's R48 (infantry) and R49 (Heavy weapons) packs. Per base, I put one Maksim (from R49) and 2 soldiers (from R48). In my pack R49 I find no less than 20 MG, 16 HMG, 12 Mortars, 6 Flame throwers,8 observers and 4 officers.&lt;br /&gt;My only concern with this pack is that there are no loaders to either MGs or HMGs, reason why I replaced the missing loaders with infantry men. Also, artillery or infantry come without observers. This pack is the only one providing observers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Ici les 4 teams de support HMG Maksim russes. Ils sont faits avec les références R48 et R49. Par base, j'ai utilisé une Maksim (de R49) et deux soldats (de R48). Dans le pack Heavy weapons R49, je n'avais pas moins de 20 MG, 16 HMG, 12 Mortiers, 6 lance flammes, 8 observateurs et 4 officiers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Mon seul reproche sur ce pack est l'absence d'équipier (servant) pour les MG et HMG. Seuls les mortiers présentent bien deux servants par base. Aussi, il faut savoir que ce pack est le seul à fournir des observateurs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_113.jpg" jpg=""&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_113.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is some Russian artillerie. This is simple 76mm "crash-boom(?)" R13 pack from GHQ. I will use them as ZIS 76mm, in other things. They come complete, with teams, 6 a pack, but without observers. I did not wanted to put cents on any picture, but have a look... the team is a bit "tiny" but the guns are really great.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Un peu d'artillerie Russe. Il sagit de la réf. R13 de GHQ. Je les utiliserai comme des ZIS 76 par défaut, AT ou autre fonction des labels. Ils sont fournis complets : 6 pièces avec leurs servants toujours pour moins de 10$ (mais sans observateurs)... Je n'ai pas voulu mettre des "cents" sur toutes les photos, mais c'est pas l'envie qui manque : Les teams sont un peu "groupés" mais les canons sont superbes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_114.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_114.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;So, after the Tigers, let's talk about "Tiger's meat", sometimes called "poisoned meat" (depends the side you play ;-)) but anyway, let me introduce you the T34-76 1943, GHQ's ref.  R18. Another time, pictures talk by themselves. I did not paint details (i.e. tools) because my brushes are too big (painted with a nb 2 and a nb 1), so despite my painting not giving justce to the model, appreciate their quality.&lt;br /&gt;I have decided to glue all vehicules on bases (for labelling and safety of storage) but actually only one of those is glued in place. In addition, I noticed I forgot painting sides of one base... mea culpa... mea granda culpa... mea maxima culpa... ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Après les "Tigres", parlons de la "Patée pour chat", voire la "mort aux rats" (dépendant du coté que l'on joue ;-)), à savoir du T34-76mm 1943, réf. R18 chez GHQ.  La photo parle par elle même, et si ma peinture ne rend pas justice à la finesse du modèle (même pas peint les outils, mes pinceaux sont trop gros (un 2 et un 1 en taille)....), je vous laisse apprécier la finesse.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;J'ai décidé de baser tous mes véhicules. D'une part pour identification (labels, cf. plus haut) mais aussi pour faciliter le rangement (A quelques grammes le char, bonjour la valse du tiroir...). Sur la photo un seul T34 est basé. Les autres ne sont que posés sur leur future base (en plus, il y en a une dont les cotés ne sont pas peints : mea culpa, mea granda culpa, mea maxima culpa...)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_115.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_115.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here are some StuG, ref. G84 from GHQ.&lt;br /&gt;As ever, 5 in a 10$ pack, that I tried to paint in a more clearest tone than the Tigers. I m somewhat happy with them, even if my cammo pattern could have been better...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Maintenant quelques StuG, ref. G84 chez GHQ. Comme toujours 5 dans un pack à 10$. J'ai éclairci ma peinture et suis plutôt content du résultat, bien que mon camouflage reste un peu grossier. (en 6mm je débute...)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_116.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_116.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;German support artilery, meaning 105mm field guns from GHQ ref. G135. This pack offer you two deployed guns, and two limbered guns, full with limbered gun + train + carrier.&lt;br /&gt;This pack do not include teams. Those are available as a separate reference (currently under coated).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Artillerie allemande, à savoir des 105 mm, ref. G135 chez GHQ. Ce pack offre 2 pièces d'artillerie déployée, et deux autres en attelage (avec les véhicules tracteurs).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_117.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/ghq1_117.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here are 5 SU-76 from GHQ pack R21. They are not based as well, but I let you appreciate their quality despite basic painting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Voici 5 SU-76 contenu du pack GHQ R21. Leurs bases ne sont pas encore faites, mais appréciez le niveau des minis malgrès la peinture de base...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still remaining are : German and Russian artillery crews (Germans are on the workbench), German heavy infantry weapons and German infantry. I will post more as I progress.&lt;br /&gt;That order was a test and the result is far more than positive ...&lt;br /&gt;GHQ are very hard to find in France, in fact (AFAIK) they are not distributed any more. I ordered those ones directly from GHQ in the US and was very happy from their packaging and delays (about 3 weeks). Direct international order to serious companies such as GHQ is not really an issue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) De ma commande originale il me reste les servants d'artillerie Russe et Allemands (les Allemands sont en cours), les armes lourdes d'infanterie allemande (MG,HMG,mortiers,...), ainsi que l'infanterie allemande. Je publierai les résultats au cours de l'avancement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Cette première commande était un test, et le résultat est plus que positif. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;GHQ est très difficile à trouver en France, et à priori ils ne sont plus distribués. J'ai commandé directement chez GHQ aux US et ai été très satisfait du packaging et des délais (de l'ordre de 3 semaines). Avec des sociétés sérieuses comme GHQ, il ne faut pas hésiter à commander directement à l'international. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bruno.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-2575531968000684031?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/2575531968000684031/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/11/ghq-6mm-wow.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/2575531968000684031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/2575531968000684031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/11/ghq-6mm-wow.html' title='GHQ 6mm : Wow !!!'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-1055658863256693107</id><published>2009-10-31T16:32:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-31T19:43:45.371+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='terrain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='6mm'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='workbench'/><title type='text'>First home made trees...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree1610.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree1610.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi there,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Waiting for my first 6mm real division to come, I've started building some terrain when, at a moment, they will have to proove their value;-). Browsing a nice 6mm forum (&lt;a href="http://angelbarracks.forumup.com/"&gt;angel barracks&lt;/a&gt;) I found a post pointing to a &lt;a href="http://angelbarracks.forumup.com/viewtopic.php?t=286&amp;amp;mforum=angelbarracks"&gt;video showing stunning way making trees&lt;/a&gt;. So, I invented nothing, but would like to share my first attempts and to recommand this technic to any people. (I guess such a tree is less than a Euro cent to build, absolutely stunning, and very, very fast to do...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Dans l'attente de mes premières divisions en 6mm j'ai commencé à bosser sur des terrains appropriés à l'échelle. En parcourant un &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://angelbarracks.forumup.com/"&gt;super forum dédié au 6mm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt; je suis tombé sur u&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://angelbarracks.forumup.com/viewtopic.php?t=286&amp;amp;mforum=angelbarracks"&gt;n post pointant une vidéo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt; montrant comment réaliser des arbres super-réalistes à cette échelle. Donc, je n'ai rien inventé, mais souhaite simplement partager mes premiers pas dans ce domaine. (un arbre coute probablement moins d'un cent d'Euro à produire, a un look ultra-réaliste, et est très rapide à faire....)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree0110.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree0110.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is all you need to build hundreds of them. First you need a drilling machine with speed regulation that will be used at the lowest possible speed. Except this (that is somewhat expensive) all furnitures are very cheap :&lt;br /&gt;- 1 fixing hairspray, between 2 and 5 Euros.&lt;br /&gt;- some tainted wooddust for flocking (free if asked with a smile at your local wood store with a cutting machine, then tainted with low cost acrylics (green - blue - brown - yellow in various mixes)&lt;br /&gt;- some oakum (?). Not sure of the English word : This is used in plumbing for etancheity and cost very few as well.&lt;br /&gt;- one toothpick (;-))&lt;br /&gt;- some metal wire.&lt;br /&gt;- few common tools : cuting and regular pliers, cissor, and something in wich to put water&lt;br /&gt;- some Johnson excellent Klir floor varnish to fix the tree once done if you have an aerograph, otherwise a matt varnish or fixing spray.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Sur la photo précédente tout ce dont vous avez besoin. Primo, il faut disposer d'une perceuse à variateur que l'on utilisera au minimum possible de vitesse de rotation. Mis à part la perceuse, l'équipement requis est vraiment low-cost :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;- 1 bombe de hair-spray, fixation forte de préférence. (Elle ne suffira pas à sceller le flocage de toute façon, voir plus loin....)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;- Du flocage : perso j'utilise de la sciure de bois teintée avec des peintures acryliques de base. Mis à part la peinture, elle ne vous coutera qu'un sourire à l'atelier de scierie ou découpe de bois le plus proche.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;- De la filasse de plomberie. Ca se trouve dans toutes es grandes surfaces de bricolage et coute une poignée de rillette pour des centaines d'arbres potentiels.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;- 1 cure dent. ;-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;- Du fil de fer de petit diamètre.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;-Des outils courants : pince standard et coupante, ciseaux...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;- Du Klir de Johnson pour fixer les arbres une fois terminés (si vous disposez d'un aérographe, sinon une bombe de vernis mat ou un fixateur) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree0210.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree0210.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;So, first step is to cut a part of metal wire, fold it in twice, then out it in the drilling machine and turn the trunk. One trap I realized by falling in is to make a too small trunk. Don't forget it will be easy to cut it if too long, but if too short, nothing can be done... and it will have to be based.&lt;br /&gt;Use the plier to hold the limit of the trunk, and make the drilling machine running as slowly as possible. As ever with such tools think safety first !!! It is not because no visible potentially harming stuff is around (such as a drill) that you should forget about safety.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) La première étape est de couper un bout de fil de fer, de le plier en deux et de le bloquer dans le mandrin de la perceuse. Avec la pince, maintenir fermement les deux brins à hauteur de tron (sous les premières branches à venir) et torsader le tronc en faisant tourner la perceuse &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;très doucement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;. Une erreur commune est de trop torsader, ou encore de faire des troncs trop courts. N'oubiez pas qu'il faudra socler, que vous pourrez toujours raccourcir le tronc, mais pas le rallonger... Enfin, important : &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Sécurité avant tout&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt; - Le fait qu'il n'y ai pas de foret engagé ne doit pas vous empêcher de penser sécurité. Imaginez le résultat avec la vitesse au max, perussion engagée ... le fil de fer n'est pas fait pour apprendre à voler, et vos yeux ne sont pas faits pour être crevés...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree0310.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree0310.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Once your tronk is done, cut one (or more) small length of oakum(?) with scissors. Then, flatten it as shown in the picture. I put the longer length at the base (longer branches) and eventually put several layers, depending on how much you want your tree to be bulky.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) une fois le tronc torsadé, couper une (ou plusieurs) petites longeures de filasse avec des ciseaux. L'étaller comme montré sur la photo. Eventuellement tester plusieurs "couches de filasse" entassées dépendant de l'épaisseur souhaitée pour la ramure. Pensez à mettre les filasses les plus longues en bas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree0410.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree0410.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Next step is to put the Oakum(?) between the two metallic wires and hold the two firmly with a plier. You do not need to hold your pliers at the top of your tree and can let some space as this will be cutted later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Ensuite, on coince la filasse entre les deux brins de fil de fer et on tient le tout avec la pince. Nul besoin de tenir juste à la cime de l'arbre, bien au contraire : laissez de la marge, on coupera le surplus plus tard.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree0510.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree0510.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Then, operate the drilling machine very slowly. This is important because the Oakum could wrap around the trunk, so if that happen, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;first stop drilling&lt;/span&gt;, then use a toothpick to disengage the Oakum from the wires, and continue drilling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Lancer la perceuse à vitesse très réduite. C'est important car la filasse pourrait s'enrouler autour du tronc pendant le vrillage. Si cela se produit, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;arréter la perceuse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;, puis, avec le cure dent, dégager la filasse. Ensuite, reprenez.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree0610.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree0610.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here we see the tree borning. Do not hesitate to have a real tightened structure, even if it leads you to broke the wire, either from the plier side or the drilling machine side. If it is not tightened enough the Oakum will escape the structure later on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Ici, on voit l'arbre naitre. N'hésitez pas à avoir une structure vraiement très torsadée, même si cela conduit à la rupture du fil de fer au niveau de la pince ou du mandrin de la perceuse. Si les vrilles ne sont pas assez serrées la filasse ne tiendra pas suffisamment en place.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree0710.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree0710.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Once you are OK with the result, disengage the tree from the drilling machine, cut the top, and use a toothpick to arrange possible bulky cluster.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Une fois que le résultat vous convient, désengager l'arbre de la perceuse, coupez la cime, et utilisez le cure dent pour démeller les éventuels amas de filasse.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree0810.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree0810.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Then, before hair spray, hair cut... (so logical)&lt;br /&gt;Shape your tree with your scissors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Avant le spray, une petite coupe ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Mettre l'arbre en forme en taillant la filasse avec vos ciseaux. Encore une fois, le mieux est l'énemi du bien :  ne taillez pas trop court.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree0910.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree0910.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;...Up to get a shape you like....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Ici la forme finale que j'ai retenue pour l'exemple de ce post.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree1010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree1010.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Next step is hair spray. You need some strong hair spray but will not use a lot of it per tree as it won't be enough to seal the flocking stuff in place. For flocking I use wooddust I tainted in various greens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Après la coupe, le spray. Mieux vaut avoir un spray fixant ultra fort, mais cela n'empèchera pas de devoir tout fixer au vernis par la suite. Pour le flocage, sciure de bois teintée.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree1110.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree1110.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Spray one side, then flock...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Un petit coup de spray d'un coté, et flocage...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree1310.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree1310.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Spray the other side. Don't hesitate if you have some drops of spray : they will not impact the apparence with bad clusters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Un petit coup de spray de l'autre... Ne pas hésiter si des goutelettes de spary se forment : Elles ne créeront pas de "pâtés" de flocage. (spray = très volatile)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree1410.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/tree1410.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Repeat on top, bottom, wherever you need to flock in fact, and here it is...&lt;br /&gt;Let it dry and fix the flocking with some sprayed varnish. I used a 50/50 mix of Klir and water. Klir is normally glossy, but wood dust and oakum drink it a bit so it remains flat but really seal the thing in about 30 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) répéter au dessus, dessous, en fait... partout ou vous pensez devoir rajouter du feuillage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Laissez sécher, puis fixez le flocage avec un vernis pulvérisé. De mon côté, disposant d'un aérographe, j'utilise du Klir dilué à 50% avec de l'eau. Le klir est normalement brillant, mais ici la sciure (bois) et la filasse (chanvre) boivent le klir, cela permet de consolider le flocage tout en restant mat. Temps moyen de séchage constaté autour de 30 minutes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, as I said previously, I did not invent anything there, and probably the original video says it better than I did. Reason of this post was to share my experience of this very nice hint, and the material I used as I could not manage to have the original material used in the video.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last point : Building the tree of that post took me about 5 minutes, including pictures. Before that I spent one hour making tests (some were not that good), but I think that one can produce tens of those in various sizes in the same time. Not only this is costless, but also very fast. So, real thanks and credits to those who shared the original trick.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Comme dit précédemment, je n'ai rien inventé et il est probable que la vidéo originale explique les choses mieux que je ne l'ai fait. La raison de ce post est donc de partager mon test de ces techniques, mais aussi les fournitures que l'on peut utiliser en low-cost pour un résultat tout aussi bluffant.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Dernier point: L'arbre de ce post m'a pris autour de 5 minutes, incluant les prises de vues. Avant ça, j'ai passé une heure à faire des tests (plus ou moins réussis, mais peu de déchet), mais je pense qu'une fois la technique acquise on peut faire des dizaines d'arbres dans cette petite heure.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Ce n'est pas seulement économique, mais aussi très rapide... alors... un grand merci à ceux qui ont partagés cette technique sur le net.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow I hope having some time to work on marshes and roads.I Will let you know...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Demain, j'essaierai de travailler un peu sur des marais et des routes. Je vous tiendrais au courant...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bruno.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-1055658863256693107?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/1055658863256693107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/10/first-home-made-trees.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/1055658863256693107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/1055658863256693107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/10/first-home-made-trees.html' title='First home made trees...'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-119267633548805213</id><published>2009-10-28T14:30:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-28T16:06:07.648+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='10mm'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='napoleonic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='french'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='6mm'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='russian'/><title type='text'>Small is beautifull...</title><content type='html'>Hi folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_610.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_610.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I made a little break from my 28mm stuff by trying 10mm and 6mm as well. In fact, it's your fault guys from TMP, that make me really curious about those scales, especially the 6mm one. So I bought minimum packs to make my mind, and here they are...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) J'ai fait un petit break du 28mm pour tester le 10mm et le 6mm. A force de voir des posts délirants sur le sujet, notamment sur TMP, je me suis dit qu'il fallait que j'essaye... Donc, j'ai commandé un set minimum de troupes napoléoniennes, et les voici...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_611.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_611.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Before detailing them, here is some "sponge painted" landscape built for the scale. It's 60x120cm and should be OK for playing at reduced scales matching 6 and 10mm minis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Avant de détailler les figs. voici un peu de terrain "peint à l'éponge", avec des arbres en "gratouilleur spontex".La planche fait 60x120cm. Ca devrait permettre de faire des parties standard avec ces figs. (réduction d'échelle : équivalent à du 120x240cm voire plus)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_612.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_612.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here are the French Dragoons (10mm). Those old glory packs (1 line+ 1 cmd)  let me build 3 regiments, 2 of 4 squadrons, 1 of 5 squadrons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Tout d'abord voici les dragons Français en 10mm. Ces références old glory (1 cmd+1 ligne) m'ont permis de faire trois régiments, deux de 4 escadrons, 1 de 5 escadrons.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_613.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_614.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_614.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Then are the French Chevaux Légers (10mm). There was only two regiments of them. The old glory pack let me build them, with respectively 4 and 5 squadrons each.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;(fr) Ici, les Chevaux légers Français en 10mm. Il n'en existait que 2 régiments, que j'ai pu faire avec cette référence old glory. Ils sont de 4 et 5 squadrons respectivement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_614.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_615.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_615.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is French line infantry (10mm). For testing I ordered one pack of line, and one of command. Obviously there are far too much command, but I will solve that soon by grabbing more line.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Ici l'infanterie de ligne en 10mm. Pour mes tests, je n'avais commandé qu'un pack de ligne pour un pack de commandement. Bien sur, il y a bien trop de commandement par rapport à la ligne, mais je m'occuperais de ça prochainement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_615.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_616.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_616.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is the Russian line infantry in 10mm. As before, I have far too much command vs. lines as I ordered one pack of each. That will be solved soon as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Voici la ligne Russe en 10mm. Comme précédemment, ayant commandé 1 pack de ligne et 1 de commandement, le ratio est disproportionné, mais cela sera résolu prochainement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_617.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_617.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here are Russian dragoons in 10mm. As ever with one pack of command for one pack of line, I could build 3 regiments of 4,4 and 5 squadrons presented here as a cahotic mix, but well...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Voici les dragons Russes en 10mm. Comme toujours, un pack de ligne + un pack de commandement = 3 régiments de 4/4/5 escadrons qui sont ici présentés en vrac, mais pour la photo, j'aime bien mettre un échelon refusé...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_617.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_618.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_618.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Now, 10mm french artillery. I had an issue as my daughter trashed most of the primed teams... She's 2.5 years old, so I did not trashed her (she's too big to enter the bin), but have noted it so to remember what I'll have to do with her Smurphs one day ... ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Ici l'artillerie Française. Il en manque car ma fille (2,5 ans) a mis les artilleurs sous couchés au vide ordure. Comme elle ne rentre plus dans le vide ordure, elle n'a pas suivi le même chemin, mais j'ai noté l'incident histoire de me rappeler ce que j'aurais à faire avec ses Schtroumphs.... ;-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_618.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_619.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_619.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here the 10mm russian artillery. This one is complete (that saved the Smurphs for now...). One pack of team + one pack of guns let you build 12 of them when you succeed keeping your gremlins far of the painting table.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Ici, l'artillerie Russe en 10mm. Celle ci est "complète" (ce qui a sauvé les Schtroumphs pour l'instant). Un pack d'artilleurs + 1 pack de canons vous permettent de construire 12 pièces, enfin pour autant que vous réussissiez à éloigner vos gremlins de la table de peinture.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_619.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_620.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_620.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Now, the 6mm stuff. Here are 1 Infantry regiment of 2 batallions, 6 guns with 3 limbers, two cuirassiers regiments and some command. Those are Adler minis (?) I could grab unpainted from a friend to make a test but they were all mixed so I don't know which packages they are from, nor if those were complete. They were very funny to paint.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Maintenant, le 6mm. Il y a 1 rgt. d'infanterie de deux bataillons, 6 canons avec 3 attelages, 2 rgt. de cuirassiers et un peu de commandement. Ce sont des figs Adler (?) que j'ai récupérées d'occase non peintes. Comme elles étaients toutes en vrac, je ne sais pas à quels packs elles correspondent ni même si elles étaient complètes, mais elles furent un vrai plaisir à peindre...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thereafter some close ups....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) A suivre, quelques plans rapprochés...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_622.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 300px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_622.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_623.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 300px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/n_10_623.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, the conclusion ? Well, I think I will build some armies in 10 and 6 mm very soon. Those are inexpansives, offer a very good level of quality at the scales, and are really fast and fun to paint.&lt;br /&gt;I will let you know...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Conclusion ? Comme on peut s'en douter, je vais me lancer dans ces échelles très prochainement. Elles sont économiques, offrent un bon niveau de qualité pour l'échelle et sont vraiement rapides et marrantes à peindre.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Plus à venir sur le sujet donc...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bruno.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-119267633548805213?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/119267633548805213/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/10/small-is-beautifull.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/119267633548805213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/119267633548805213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/10/small-is-beautifull.html' title='Small is beautifull...'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-7448236077606716341</id><published>2009-10-09T21:13:00.009+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-10T10:42:19.837+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='napoleonic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='workbench'/><title type='text'>Basing again...</title><content type='html'>So, here is a delayed post coming at last...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr)  Tout arrive, même un post bien après la deadline annoncée...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have made experiments in basing and go to 2cm frontage definately.&lt;br /&gt;Any mini will be based independantly, and there will be carrier bases to&lt;br /&gt;support them. (that is what a carrier was meant to at a time ;-) )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) j'ai fait pas mal de tests. J'en suis arrivé à baser chaque fig. en 2x2 cm et&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;créer des sous bases pour les grouper par 4, 6 ou 8. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/bas0710.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 450px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/bas0710.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a picture of my first bases, with 5 mm border. I feel it's far too&lt;br /&gt;deep, wasting unit coherency when they are putted together&lt;br /&gt;On the picture you will see an empty carrier at first rank.&lt;br /&gt;(you can see the 1cm huge gap between two companies, illustrated here by&lt;br /&gt;some Perry's plastic frenchies)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) ci-après mes premiers test, avec une bordure de sous-base de 5 mm.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Donc 1 cm d'espace entre deux compagnies. Perso, je trouve que ça gâche un&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;peu le "look" d'unité. Les minis sont les Français plastiques de Perry en 28mm.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/bas0810.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 450px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/bas0810.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I tried making the gap smaller : 2mm border, meaning 4 mm additional space between companies. Thereafter is a simple shot of the result. I tried making the cardboard looking like wood by applying acryliv wood varnish, but the result did not match my espectations. I will probably paint them plain color, black, or brown...&lt;br /&gt;Minis are some of my plastic Victrix Highlanders.&lt;br /&gt;At first rank an empty carrier base.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) J'ai donc réduit le bordure de 5 à 2 mm. 4 mm de gap entre deux unités semble plus raisonnable. Pour la couleur des bordures, j'ai essayé un rendu "bois" en utilisant du vernis acrylique. Le résultat ne me convainc pas. Pour la suitte, probablement un noir satin ou &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;un marron neutre.... on verra.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Les figs sont les highlanders Victrix.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Au premier rang une sous base vide, pour example.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/bas1010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 450px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/bas1010.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last but not least, reuse of carrier bases at 10mm scale.&lt;br /&gt;To make gaps acceptable (minis bases are smaller than carrier base in one direction), I put some "grass" on it. I like the look they have.&lt;br /&gt;As a test, there are a French carabinier (1812), a Russian line infantry, and a French 8pdr foot battery.&lt;br /&gt;Funny to see scale difference in the background with 28mm stuff...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Enfin, une réutilisation des sous-bases pour des minis. au 10mm.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;On y trouve deux plaquettes de carabiniers Français, d'infanterie de ligne Russe,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt; et une(mini;-)) batterie Française à pied de 2 pièces de 8. Leurs socles étant pls petits que la sous base dans une direction, j'ai floqué la sous base pour rendre le "jour" acceptable. J'aime bien le résultat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Bruno.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-7448236077606716341?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/7448236077606716341/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/10/basing-again.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/7448236077606716341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/7448236077606716341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/10/basing-again.html' title='Basing again...'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-6483873055031519107</id><published>2009-09-24T06:16:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2009-09-24T06:56:14.476+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='news'/><title type='text'>Work is in progress, but...</title><content type='html'>I have strong pro. activity this week, so will not be able to really work and even less to post illustrated news on the Victrix project before next week probably. However, I could paint the 4 Highlanders in separate elements (body+head, arms, backpack) and found it far easier and probably faster than painting them once fully built. I say "probably", because I didn't paint them the "fast way" so I cannot really compare. I think a compromise between fast painting and real painting is about to arise. I also tried first basings, and definately, cannot base them coherently with 1.5x1.5 cms frontage. A try with 2x2 cm frontage was made and even if I loose the "mass effect", I seriously ask myself about rebasing all my 28mm minis on this standard. So far, I just have about 80 of them as I only started 28mm armies recently with Victrix and Perry's plastics, so I have to make my mind, because it's now or never.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Forte activité professionnelle cette semaine... Je n'ai pas le temps de travailler sur mon projet Victrix, et encore moins d'en poster l'avance. Quoiqu'il en soit, j'ai pu peindre les 4 Highlanders en éléments séparés (tronc+tête, bras, sac à dos). J'ai trouvé ce procédé bien plus simple et probablement plus rapide qu'une peinture sur une pièce entièrement assemblée. Je dis "probablement" car ces 4 figs. n'ont pas été peintes en "fast painting", mais avec beaucoup plus de travail. Il est bien possible qu'un compromis soit en train d'apparaitre entre les deux techniques de peinture... J'ai aussi commencé le soclage, et il apparait clairement qu'un soclage sur un front de 1,5x1,5cm ne donne pas un résultat très cohérent. Un autre essai en 2x2cm donne de bien meilleurs résultats, même si l'aspect masse disparait totalement. Je me demande vraiement si je ne vais pas basculer mon soclage sous ce second standard... Ayant commencé le 28mm récemment avec les figs plastiques Victrix et Perry, je n'ai encore qu'assez peu de troupes (~80), donc le resoclage reste raisonnablement envisageable. A moi de voir...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, 6:45 AM here means 10 minutes to end my coffee before leaving to work. I plan next post for next week, with more details (and pictures) that time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr)6 H 45 du mat, encore 10 minustes pour finir mon café, et en route pour le job. Le prochain post sera semaine prochaine, avec plus de détails (et des images) cette fois ci.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-6483873055031519107?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/6483873055031519107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/09/work-is-in-progress.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/6483873055031519107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/6483873055031519107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/09/work-is-in-progress.html' title='Work is in progress, but...'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-1877015541381897779</id><published>2009-09-17T19:12:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2009-09-17T20:29:12.686+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='napoleonic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='victrix'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plastic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='28mm'/><title type='text'>Painted Victrix Highlanders - Part II</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/vhigh214.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/vhigh214.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello again,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the second part of the painted test set from the Victrix Highlanders box review.&lt;br /&gt;Those have been really fast paint (3 hours for the 8 of them) and I am not quite happy with it, even if from a distance they look somewhat good. However, here they are...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Voici la seconde partie "peinture" des assemblages tests des Highlanders de Victrix dont la revue a été faite plus tôt sur ce blog. La peinture a été très rapide (3 heures pour les 8) et je ne suis pas trop satisfait du résultat, même s'ils sont OK d'une vue "sur la table". Quoiqu'il en soit, les voici...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Firing / &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Tirant&lt;/span&gt; :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/vhigh211.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 450px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/vhigh211.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Charging / &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Chargeant&lt;/span&gt; :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/vhigh212.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 450px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/vhigh212.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;At porte / &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Au "porté"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/vhigh213.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 450px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/vhigh213.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Esoteric / &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Divers&lt;/span&gt; :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/vhigh215.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 450px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/vhigh215.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll try doing better next time while being as fast. I assembled 4 other "at porte" positions but left the arms apart. They are undercoated and drying right now. Too much time is loosen painting between the arms so I will try to paint them separately seeing if I can increase the painting quality while still being fast. 45 more to do...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) J'essaierais de faire mieux la prochaine fois. J'ai assemblé 4 figurine "au porté", mais ai laissé les bras de coté. Ils sont sous-couchés et en train de sécher. Trop de temps est perdu à glisser le pinceau entre les bras. Je vais donc essayer d'améliorer la qualité tout en restant rapide. 45 autres à faire dans cette boite...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bruno.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-1877015541381897779?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/1877015541381897779/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/09/painted-victrix-highlanders-part-ii.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/1877015541381897779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/1877015541381897779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/09/painted-victrix-highlanders-part-ii.html' title='Painted Victrix Highlanders - Part II'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-3982333294381327971</id><published>2009-09-15T16:06:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2009-09-17T11:25:05.071+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='napoleonic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='victrix'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='workbench'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='28mm'/><title type='text'>Painted Victrix Highlanders - Part I</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites29.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites29.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In a previous post, I proposed a &lt;a href="http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/09/review-victrix-28mm-hghlanders-flank.html"&gt;review of Victrix's 28mm plastic Highlanders&lt;/a&gt;. During that review, I built a test set of 15 miniatures covering quite all possible positions. Here are the first part of them just painted.&lt;br /&gt;Bear in mind that those have been painted for wargaming, not collection, so the paint is far being "art painting". Those 7 figures were painted in about 6 hours, so not really fast painting, but the 8 remaining will be, so they should be published as well by end of this week.&lt;br /&gt;As ever, click on pictures to see large view (600x900). The painting does not gives justice to those wonderfull minis, but the large views should let you apreciate Victrix's job on those little gems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Dans un post précédent, j'ai proposé une &lt;a href="http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/09/review-victrix-28mm-hghlanders-flank.html"&gt;revue des Highlanders de Victrix au 28mm&lt;/a&gt;. Durant cette revue, j'ai construit 15 figurines couvrant la quasi-totalité des positions disponibles dans cette boite. Voici les 7 premières peintes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Gardez à l'esprit qu'elles l'ont été en vue de faire du wargame, pas de la collection. La peinture est donc loin d'être exceptionnelle, visant surtout la vitesse. (J'en ai ~300 en stock). Ces 7 premières figurines ont été peintes en ~6 heures, donc pas vraiement du "fast paint", mais les prochaines subiront ce (triste ?) sort, et devraient donc être avoir leur post d'ici ce Week-End.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Comme toujours, cliquez les images pour les voir en large (600x900). La peinture ne leur rend pas justice, mais ces gros plan vous permettront de voir la superbe gravure dont Victrix nous a gratifiés avec cette boite.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Standard bearer /&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt; Porte étendard&lt;/span&gt; :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites11.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites12.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I confirm the Victrix flag is too big for the pole. As I did not wanted to cut it, I scaned it, resize it to a height of 3.25 cms and print it. Te result is not as beautifull as Victrix's original, but my paper being less thick, it really eased the assembly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Je confirme que les drapeaux Victrix sont trop hauts : impossible de les assembler sur l'étendard. Plutôt que de charcuter les originaux, j'ai scanné, réduit et imprimé à la taille de 3,25 cm. Le réultat est un peu moins chouette que les originaux, mais mon papier (moins épais) a rendu l'assemblage très facile.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Officer / &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Officier&lt;/span&gt; :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites13.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites14.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites14.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Bagpipe piper / &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Cornemusier&lt;/span&gt; :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites15.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites15.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites16.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites16.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the first kilt I ever did. I had several test, and finally decided not to try recreate the exact cameron's tartan : result at the scale was awfull. I simplify the "design" still using the key colors (Blue, Green, red and yellow). Result is good, but the global color does not match cameron's tartan. To have a coherent unit I will keep that one, but will try to do better with next unit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Voici le premier kilt que j'ai réalisé. Après plusieurs tests, j'ai finalement laissé tomber le schéma exact du tartan des Cameron highlander : A l'échelle le résultat était horrible. J'ai donc simplifié le schéma tout en untilisant les couleurs originales (bleu, vert, rouge et jaune). Le résultat est sympa, mais la couleur globale ne correspond pas à celle du tartan des Camerons. Pour cette unité, je garderais donc ce schéma (cohérence) mais essaierai de faire mieux la prochaine fois.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Drummer / &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Tambour&lt;/span&gt; :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites17.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites17.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites18.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites18.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites19.jpg"&gt; &lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites19.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you can see I made a mistake when assembling the drum : One half is top/bottom and the other bottom/top. Parts are designed to avoid this, but more care have to be done to this assembly than I did.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Comme on peut le voir, je me suis trompé dans l'assemblage du tambour. La moitié avant est montée à l'envers (haut/bas). Les pièces disposent pourtant de détrompeurs, mais il est clair qu'il faudra leur accorder plus d'attention que je ne l'ai fait sur ce coup là.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Sergeant / &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Sergent&lt;/span&gt; :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites23.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites23.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites24.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites24.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites25.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites25.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Marching private / &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Soldat marchant (I/II)&lt;/span&gt; :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites20.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites20.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites21.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites21.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites22.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites22.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Marching private /&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt; Soldat marchant (II/II)&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites26.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites26.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites27.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites27.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites28.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites28.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On TMP forum I was recently told that when marching, British soldiers kept the right arm on their side, and were not balancing it. I was not aware of that, so thanks again. It seems that with the body position of marching soldier II such assembly is not possible : The amunition box is too much forward.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;(fr) Sur le forum TMP, on m'a récemment appris que les soldats Anglais marchaient avec le bras droit collé au corps et ne le balançaient pas. Il semble qu'avec le corps choisi pour l'assemblage du soldat marchant II ce ne soit pas possible : la besace à cartouches gène, étant positionnée très en avant.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;That's all folks...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OK, so it's all for today. Only 53 more to do ... so, back to painting ;-)...&lt;br /&gt;Hope you enjoyed,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;C'est tout pour aujourd'hui. Plus que 53 à faire ... j'y retourne ;-)&lt;br /&gt;A+,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bruno.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-3982333294381327971?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/3982333294381327971/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/09/painted-victrix-highlanders-part-i.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/3982333294381327971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/3982333294381327971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/09/painted-victrix-highlanders-part-i.html' title='Painted Victrix Highlanders - Part I'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-1242863331832743920</id><published>2009-09-12T12:34:00.010+02:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T18:37:36.138+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='napoleonic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='victrix'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miniature review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plastic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='28mm'/><title type='text'>Review : Victrix 28mm Highlanders Flank comp.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boxart10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boxart10.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Welcome to this review / &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Bienvenue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This time we will have a look at Victrix Highlanders - Flank Companies. We will see which assembly options you precisely have and some related hints. From this box you can build 60 28mm plastic miniatures. All parts are spreaded on 8 sprues of 2 different type. So 15 miniatures any 2 sprues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Nous allons jeter un oeil sur les Highlanders - Compagnies de flanc (élite). Nous verrons les différentes positions d'assemblage de cette boite, ainsi que quelques trucs histoire de se simplifier la vie. Dans cette boite se trouvent 60 figurines 28mm en plastique à assembler. Elles sont réparties sur 8 grappes de 2 types. 15 miniatures peuvent donc être assemblées avec 2 grappes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The sprues / &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Les grappes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi10.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sprues are really clean. On mine I had no flash, only very few recesses were catched on some kilts, but nothing critical. Not all parts are labeled. The issue when planning the assembly is not to know what you will obtain precisely. The "documentation" simply states things like "B1 = Advancing" in the bodies list, or " A1 + A2 = firing arms" in the Arm pair list. No drawing, no diagram. Also some parts are forgiven, such as reloading or shouldered guns arms,  left arms references for std bearer, sergeant and some others. This can be a bit annoying, we will see that thereafter. A miniature is built with one body, two arms, a head and a backpack, so 5 parts, in most cases.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Engraving is very nice, bodies are dynamic, casting is high quality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the box are included 4 flags (2regimental + 2 kings colours) for 79th and 92nd regiments. Those are really nice but will be a bit too big for the pole, so will have to be shortened. As ever, Victrix's simple rule is included.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Les grappes sont propres. Je n'ai pas noté de bavure, seulement quelques légères retassures sur quelques kilts, mais sans gravité. Toutes les pièces ne sont pas  référencées sur les grappes. Le problème est que l'on ne sait pas exactement à quoi ressemblera une figurine quand elle sera montée. La documentation indique seulement que les bras A1+A2 permettront d'avoir un tireur, ou encore que le corps B1 est un soldat en train d'avancer. Il n'y a ni schéma, ni diagramme. C'est  parfois ennuyeux comme on le verra plus loin.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Une figurine est composée de 5 pièces dans la majorité des cas : un corps, deux bras, un sac à dos et une tête.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La gravure est fine, les positions sont dynamiques, et le moulage est nickel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dans la boite on trouve aussi 4 drapeaux ( 2 King colours + 2 drapeaux régimentaires) permettant de réaliser deux régiments, le 79eme et le 92eme. Ils sont superbes, mais un peu grand pour la hampe et il sera nécessaire de les retailler un peu.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The assembly review / &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Revue d'assemblage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi11.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My objective is to build a visually coherent unit (march/attack as far as possible). In my first build (British inf. 1815) I had made the mistake to do the assembly without this in mind, and as a result, the unit I built was not really coherent. Also, I will base them per 4, on a 1.5cm frontage per mini. So I had to avoid things like horizontal muskets, or "highly gesting" minis. On the picture you see what I mean with unit visual coherency. Thereafter we will review each position provided in the box, even if few were not used in my test build. This test build covers 15 miniatures on 2 sprues (1 of each type) and illustrate possible combinations. Best order to build the minis is to start with the ones for which all parts are labeled first. Then, when asking yourself "which left arm should I use for my standard bearer ???" you will take lower risk using an arm that would be better on another mini...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In next section, by "positions" we will mean arms assembly. You have several bodies types either standing or marching/attacking that you can mix with any arm positions. Except for command, there are no specific body for specific arms. Heads as well are all usable on any miniature of the the box (AFAIK - no indication on "documentation") . When we will talk about "set", we will mean "2 sprues, one of each type". That means one set is OK to check all the different possibilities you have on 15 minis, knowing that you have 4 sets per box (so 60 minis).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Mon objectif est de construire une unité visuellement cohérente. Lors de ma première expérience Victrix (Anglais 1815) j'ai commis l'erreur de na pas en tenir compte, et me suis retrouvé avec une unité pas vraiement cohérente. Comptant les baser par 4 avec un front de 1,5cm par fig. il faut aussi que j'évite les fusils à l'horizontale ou les assemblages de figs. trop "gesticulantes". Sur la photo ci-dessus, vous pouvez voir ce que je veux dire en terme de cohérene visuelle. A suivre on va passer en revue chaque position et son montage, même si quelques unes n'ont pas été retenues dans ma quête de cohérence. Cette construction test couvre 15 figurines, donc 2 des 8 grappes (1 de chaque type). L'ordre d'assemblage idéal est de commencer par les figurines pour lesquelles toutes les pièces sont référencée. De cette manière, quand vous en arriverez à construire le porte drapeau, vous n'aurez pas à vous demander quel bras gauche lui affecter qui serait en fait beaucoup mieux sur une autre (par exemple).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dans la section suivante, "position" signifiera assemblage de bras. Il y a de nombreuses variantes de corps, tant "en attente" qu'en "marche/attaque" mais tous peuvent être combinés librement avec les positions de bras. Seul le commandement fait exception, avec des corps et souvent des positions de bras spécifiques. Pour autant que je sache, toutes les têtes sont interchangeables sur toutes les positions, commandement compris (aucune indication de la doc). Quand on parlera de "set", comprenez un ensemble de deux grappes, une de chaque type. Cela signifie qu'un set donnera toutes les possibilités d'assemblage sur 15 figurines, sachant que l'on a 4 sets (60 figs.) par boite.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Marching position - &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Position de marche&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi12.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a "marching" position. It is built with unlabeled arms, so is better to build somewhat at the end. You can built 2 of them per set set. So it means you can build 8 of those with one box. I plan using them in second line for 4 of my bases, or to create 2 bases of them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Voici une position de marche. Les bras ne sont pas référencés sur les grappes. A construire parmis les derniers donc. On peut en construire 2 par set, donc 8 par boite. Je compte les utiliser comme seconde ligne pour quatre de mes bases, ou créer 2 bases d'eux.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sergeant / &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sergent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi13.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here's the sergeant you can build with each set, so 4 sergeants in a box. Body is B8, right shouldered musket is A9 and is the only one per set, so no confusion. Left arm is not referenced, so be carefull, especially beacause of it's sword, even if the worst will come with the standard bearer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr)Voici le sergent que vous pourrez construire avec chaque set, donc 4 par boite. Le corps est B8, le fusil à l'épaule droite est A9 et le seul par set, donc pas de confusion possible. Le bras gauche n'est pas référencé, donc attention, surtout à cause de la garde de l'épée qui peut géner. A ce niveau le pire reste encore le porte étendard...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Officer / &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Officier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi14.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi14.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are numerous options given for the officer : Sabre or Claymore, each in various positions in other things. No possible confusion here as all parts are labeled. Most difficult is to make it's mind ;-). This one was built with Claymore arm C2. Take care to add the correct scabbard for the sword you gave him (Claymore or Sabre). The scabbard have to be glued very first on the left leg of the officer. 1 officer per set, means 4 in a box...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr)Vous avez de nombreuses possiblités pour l'officier : Entre autre Sabre ou Claymore, chacuns dans differentes positions. Aucune confusion possible ici, toutes les pièces étant référencées. Le plus dur sera de faire son choix ;-). Celui ci a été assemblé avec le bras "Claymore" C2. Prenez garde à choisir le bon fourreau et à l'assembler sur la jambe gauche en tout premier. 1 officier par set, donc 4 par boite...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Piper / &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Cornemusier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi15.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi15.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The piper is a really nice piece. All parts are labeled, and there are no options other than choosing a head. Take care to the bagpipe and especially it's "cord". It is very fragile (I broke mine, and had to repair it). There is 1 hornpiper per set, so 4 per box.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Le cornemusier est superbe. Toutes les pièces sont référencées et il n'y a pas d'options si ce n'est de choisir sa tête. Mefiez vous de la cornemuse et surtout de son cordon exterieur. La pièce est très fragile (J'ai cassé la mienne et ai du la réparer). Il y a 1 cornemusier par set, donc 4 par boite.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Drummer / &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Tambour&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi16.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi16.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The drummer is no surprise as well. All parts are labeled. You have 2 choices for the right arm. I will paint the drum apart, reason why it is not in place. 1 drummer per set, so 4 per box.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Pas de surprise pour le tambour. Toutes les pièces sont référencées et on a 2 possibilités pour le bras droit. Je compte peindre le tambour à part, raison pour laquelle il n'est pas assemblé.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Standard bearer / &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Porte étendard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi17.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi17.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The standard bearer has a trap : His left arm vs. his sword. There are no referenced left arm for him, so I first tried a straight arm, but with the sword in place (you'll have to glue it) impossible to put the arm in place except quite horizontally that was awfull. I removed that and grab the only unreferenced arm that was folded (happy I had not used it yet...). The sword can not be fixed lower than I do without looking bad, so take care on this one... 1 standard bearer per set, 4 in a box.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;(fr) Le porte étendard recèle un piège : Son bras gauche vs. son épée. Il n'y a aucun bras référencé pour lui, donc j'ai commencé par prendre un bras "droit". Le truc c'est qu'avec l'épée en place (à coller) la garde empèche de le positionner autrement qu'à l'horizontal... horrible. J'ai donc remplacé ce bras par le seul bras gauche plié du set (encore heureux que je ne l'ai pas déja utilisé...). L'épée ne peut raisonnablement être fixée plus bas que je ne l'ai fait, alors à bon entendeur... Il y a 1 porte drapeau par set, d'où 4 par boite.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Charge position / &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Postion de charge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi18.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi18.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Charging position is a nice one as well. All parts are labeled so no issues there (arms are A5+A6 - bodies to choose between the advancing ones). I built them with the musket as vertical as possible because of future basing constraints, but their natural position is quite horizontal musket (that makes basing a nightmare and expose the bayonet to be broken too easily). There are arms to build 2 of those positions per set, so 8 per boxes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) La position de charge est belle. Toutes les pièces sont labellées, donc pas de problèmes ici (bras : A5+A6 - corps a choisir parmis ceux qui marchent/courent). Je les ai assemblés avec le fusil aussi vertical que possible du fait des contraintes de soclage à venir, mais leur position naturelle est le fusil presque horizontal (un cauchemard pour le soclage et le risque de casser la baillonette au premier faux mouvement). Il y a 2 paires de bras pour cette position par set, donc 8 par boite.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;At porte position / &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;euh... au porté ???&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi19.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi19.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the "at porte" position. Same notice as before trying to have them handling muskets as vertically as possible. The original position should be a bit lower, so the insurance you will break them in the back of front ranks if you base them in close formation. They are built with A3+A4 arms, and I tried a marching and a standing body. I feel both are fine and can eventually be mixed. No issues with them, arm parts are labeled. You can build 2 such positions per set, so 8 in a box.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) "A la porte" ou "au porté" ? Aucune idée de ce que "at porte" peut bien vouloir dire ;-)... Quoiqu'il en soit, j'ai assemblé pour avoir les fusils aussi verticaux que possible et rester homogène avec les autres. A l'origine, les armes sont 1/3 plus horizontales... pile dans le dos des rangs précédents pour mon soclage : Casse garantie, d'où action. Ils sont composés des bras A3+A4, et j'ai essayé un corps "marche" et un corps "en atente". Je trouve que les deux rendent bien et peuvent être mixés sans trop d'incohérence visuelle dans une même unité. On peut faire 2 positions par set, d'où 8 par boite.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Various positions / &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Positions variées&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi20.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi20.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here we enter in the "esoteric" part of the box. On left you see the "standing for cavalry" arm position. You have 1 position per set (A7+A8) and it is clearly intended for the kneeled body. I decided to mount this position on a standing body and even if not so natural, it mix well within the"march/attack"  coherency of my targeted unit. The second one is one of the two undocumented reloading positions. I assemble this one because I feel it acceptable to be mixed within my targeted unit. I cannot give further references, but looking at the picture should help you to rebuild it from unlabeled arm parts (there are 4 unlabeled right arms per set). There is another reloading position I did not built for two reasons : First I do not want fire lines, so this second position, statically loading the gun by the top, could not mix OK with my unit. Second reason is that test assembly gave a result where the musket was not touching the ground, but perhaps was it me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So to resume, from my personnal objective I will find 2 other acceptable "advancing" minis per set. Those interested by firing lines, could find 2 reloaders per set, 8 a box by using undocumented parts, keeping the "waiting for cavalry" for the kneeled body... or the "magical spare box" ;-).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) OK, là on entre dans la partie "ésotérique" de la boite. Un peu du coté obscur de la force... mais tellement bon. La position de gauche est l'utilisation des bras "attente de cavalerie" prévus pour le corps agenouillé (même si ce n'est dit nulle part sur la doc) avec un corps "en attente". On peut réaliser 1 position par set, donc 4 par boite. Perso., je trouve le résultat acceptable mixé avec les figurines "marche/attaque" que je cherche à réaliser en priorité. La position de droite est obtenue avec les bras (non documentés) de l'une des deux positions d'en cours de rechargement. Comme ci dessus, l'homme armant sa platine restera acceptable noyé dans une unité en "marche/attaque". La seconde position de rechargement (non documentée elle aussi) n'a pas été utilisée pour deux raisons. Primo, je ne veux pas de ligne de feu, donc pas besoin d'une fig. rechargeant son fusil par la gueule, à l'arrêt, qui dénoterait avec l'esprit de l'unité, dynamique par essence. Ensuite, lors d'un assemblage à blanc, impossible de faire toucher terre à la crosse du fusil... mais bon, là c'est peut-être moi. Pour retrouver ces pièces non référencées sur la grappe, aidez vous des photos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;En conclusion, par rapport à mon objectif, je trouverais deux figurines de plus par set, 8 par boite. Ceux intéressés par une ligne de feu pourront y trouver 2 positions de rechargement par set, 8 par boite, et utiliserons les positions "attente de cavalerie" pour le corps agenouillé... ou la boite à rabiot ;-).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Never say Never / &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ne jamais dire jamais&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi21.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/rev_hi21.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;OK, I must admit those ones are firing. I do not especially want firing lines, but no parts remains to complete the set in the spirit of my targeted unit. So, I will use the two firing arms position per set (A1+A2) to complete the set. That will give me 8 firing minis a box I plan to base with standing shooters on second rank, kneeled shooters on first rank. I kept a standing body (left) for that and used the kneeled body (right - two parts) as well. One would prefer to use the "standing for cavalry" arm position (A7+A8) for the knealed body, but I found a better use of it on a standing position. Up to you...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) OK, j'admets que ce sont des tireurs. Je ne souhaite pas avoir de ligne de feu, mais les pièces restantes ne me permettent plus de faire des figs dans l'esprit de l'unité. Donc, j'ai utilisé les deux positions de tirs (bras A1+A2) pour compléter le set. Cela me donnera 8 tireurs par boite que je répartirais comme suit : 1ere ligne - tireur à genoux / 2nd ligne - tireur debout. D'autres préfèreront utiliser la 1ère ligne à genoux avec les bras "attente de cavalerie", mais je les trouve mieux utilisés sur des corps debout (bras A7+A8). A vous de voir...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;What wasn't used ? / &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) La boite à rabiot...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is one arm position I did not use : the one with a musket handled low and horizontally, a bit as if running. Reason is that there are no really running bodies and also that this makes basing a Nightmare due to the horizontal musket going to the ... hmmm... bottoms (?) of the previous rank soldiers. In case one is interested by this position, you can build 2 per set, 8 per box.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As well several heads remains, some backpacks, arms, weapons (including a musket), etc...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Il y a une position de bras que je n'ai pas utilisé : celle avec un mousquet tenu bas et horizontalement de la main gauche. La raison est que cela illustre un coureur des bois, tenant son arme d'une main en pleine course, mais qu'il n'y a pas de coureur des bois dans la boite. Une autre raison, est que monter cette position fera que la baillonette du "coureur" sera planté dans le... postèrieur... des soldats du rang précédent. Douteux comme effet, et de toute façon inutilisable en première ligne, excepté pour faire des tirailleurs, mais c'est pas le but du jeu.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;De plus, il reste un paquet de têtes, des sacs à dos, des armes (dont un fusil) etc...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All in all a very nice box. Engraving is fine and crispy, cast is of high quality, and any box can be completed with numerous options while still keeping a global feeling once put in unit. Assembly is easy despite the number of parts and I have no doubts that units built with those models will be really nice. (not even talking of those planning a diorama with each mini receiving special customizing and art painting...).&lt;br /&gt;The only annoying thing is the assembly documen... sorry : the assembly "non-documentation". But anyway, a little attention and thinking have never harmed anybody, and if it's the only gap to building those minis fine, it's well worth to make it.&lt;br /&gt;Also, keep in mind I have my own basing constraints and unit objectives. All related notices in the previous (i.e. the vertical syndrom of the broken bayonet) can be adapted or even ignored if use a different basing or have a different objective (Diorama, simply collecting, etc...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Tout bien pesé, une superbe boite. La gravure est fine et précise, le moulage de haute qualité, et la boite peut être totalement finie avec de nombreuses options tout en permettant de conserver un esprit d'unité une fois la boite achevée. L'assemblage reste simple malgrès le nombre de pièces, et nul doute que les unités qui sortiront de cette boite seront de premier ordre. (sans même parler de ceux prévoyant un diorama, chaque figurine recevant son lot de modification, scratch et une peinture "qui tue").&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Le seul vrai point noir est la docum... euhhh... pardon... la "non-documentation" d'assemblage. Quoiqu'il en soit, un peu de réflexion et d'attention n'ont jamais fait de mal à personne, et si c'est un prix à payer pour monter ces petits bijoux ça le vaut très largement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Enfin, n'oubliez pas que je me suis fixé des contraintes de soclage et de cohérence d'unité qui ne sont peut être pas les votres. La plupart des remarques effectuées (p.ex. le syndrome vertical de la baillonette cassée) peuvent peut-être être relativisées voire ignorée dépendant de vos propres contraintes et objectifs (p.ex. Diorama, simple collection vs. wargame, etc...)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stay tuned,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;A+,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bruno.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-1242863331832743920?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/1242863331832743920/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/09/review-victrix-28mm-hghlanders-flank.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/1242863331832743920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/1242863331832743920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/09/review-victrix-28mm-hghlanders-flank.html' title='Review : Victrix 28mm Highlanders Flank comp.'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-8212592452505962363</id><published>2009-09-12T11:45:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2009-09-12T12:32:51.246+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='napoleonic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='victrix'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plastic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='28mm'/><title type='text'>Hourrah !!! My Vixtrix order is there !!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/boites10.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;At last, it was delivered...&lt;br /&gt;In there were 2 Highlanders boxes (flank + center), 1 Bristish infantry 1815 (flank), 2 boxes of French, 1 blister of british generals, and, surprise... 1 blister of Highlander command.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That last one was a gift of my reseller (&lt;a href="http://dreamfactor.fr/"&gt;DreamFactor&lt;/a&gt;) to thanks me for my patience. This guy is cool, and anyway this delay was not his fault so far, Victrix seems to have taken real holidays this summer ;-). Packaging was safe, and all those little gems arrived in perfect state. Thanks Thierry...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, what next ? ... well a full review of those  Highlanders maybe... well... probably... OK... by this evening ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Enfin, ils sont arrivés !!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Il y a 2 boites d'Highlanders (flanc + centre), 2 boites de Français, 1 boite d'infanterie anglaise 1815, 1 blister de généraux Anglais, et 1 blister de commandement d'Highlanders.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Ce dernier item est cadeau de la part de mon revendeur (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);" href="http://dreamfactor.fr/"&gt;DreamFactor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;) pour me remercier de ma patience. C'est cool, d'autant que pour le délai, il n'y étaient visiblement pour rien Victrix ayant apparement pris des "grandes" vacances au sens le plus littéral du terme ;-). Comme d'habitude avec DreamFactor, le packaging était Nickel, et la commande est arrivée en parfait état. Merci Thierry...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;La suite ? Une revue des Highlanders VICTRIX prochainement ... euh... bientôt .... bon, allez... d'ici ce soir ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stay tuned...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bruno.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-8212592452505962363?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/8212592452505962363/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/09/hourrah-my-vixtrix-order-is-there.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/8212592452505962363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/8212592452505962363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/09/hourrah-my-vixtrix-order-is-there.html' title='Hourrah !!! My Vixtrix order is there !!!'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-6110048541732493177</id><published>2009-09-11T15:30:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2009-09-11T18:59:53.453+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Volley and Bayonet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Old Glory'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='10mm'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='napoleonic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='workbench'/><title type='text'>Volley and Bayonet : 10mm basing</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/10mmvn10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/10mmvn10.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A post to present my basing technic for VnB in 10mm. I converted all scales by an easy factor of 1cm for 1". That gives me a 3x3 infantry stand, and let play on smaller areas while still having a nice looking number of miniatures (i.e. 10 for infantry bases).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Un post pour présenter mon soclage VnB en 10 mm. J'ai adopté une conversion d'échelle d'1 cm pour 1", soit un rapport de 2,54. Cela me premet d'avoir des bases typiques de 3x3 cm, et donc de pouvoir jouer dans un espace plus restreint tout en conservant une apparence sympa aux bases (p.ex. 10 figs pour une unité d'infanterie).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/10mmvn11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/10mmvn11.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Real miniature bases are in fact 3x2 cms, and I simply glue them on a 3x3 "under" base. That let enough space on the rear to put all infos about units on a 3x1 cm info label. On the left you can see how  a typical game would make use of those stands, first unit having only 1 strength point remaining, as the other probably have&lt;br /&gt;generated a nervous break to it's owner when being destroyed ... ;-).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) En fait, les figurines sont soclées sur une base de 2x3 cm. Ce socle est alors collé sur un socle de 3x3 cm, ce qui laisse la place pour un label d'information sur l'unité de 1x3 cm. C'est largement suffisant pour indiquer toutes les informations utiles sur l'unité. L'image ci-dessus, à gauche, montre l'état typique des socles en cours de partie. La première unité n'a plus qu'un point de force, alors que l'autre a probablement du énerver son propriétaire lors de son élimination ;-).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, the question is : &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"OK, those labels are nice, but what's new ? You'll still have to print them before any game, deploying them on the bases, handling them during game (i.e. not loosing labels while moving troops) and finally trashing them at the end &lt;/span&gt;... " ... in fact this system solve  those issues and more:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;First, you do not need a paper army list to be updated while playing : All information is on the label. The upper part background color codes the Army number, the lower part the corp. On the top of the nationality flag is coded the Division, both by color and roman number. On the center you have the unit name, and on the lower part, the moral, strength points and characteristics as a string (i.e. md for a medium cavalry). Visually, on the table you can see immediately who is what, in which "state", and handle your command chain. No more need for paper army lists...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Second, you should never have to replace labels after a game... see next paragraph to know why, but perhaps you have ever guessed...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Third, this system will let you accelerate a game setting because... well... see next paragraph... (I know this is frustrating...) &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Quand on voit l'image une question vient à l'esprit : " OK, ces labels sont chouettes, mais quoi de neuf là-dedans ? Il faudra toujours les imprimer avant chaque partie, les déployer sur chaque base, les gérer pendant (ne pas les perdre en déplacant les figs p.ex), et finalement les jeter après la partie..." ... en fait, ce système solutionne tous ces problèmes et même plus :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tout d'abord, il n'y a plus besoin de liste d'armée papier à mettre à jour en cours de partie. Toutes les infos utiles sont sur le label : La couleur de fond supérieure indique l'armée, l'inférieure indique le corps. Au dessus du drapeau de nationalité un cadre indique la division par un code couleur et un chiffre romain. Au centre on trouve le nom de l'unité, et en bas le moral, les points de force et les codes d'unités spécifiques si besoin est (p.ex. md pour cavalerie de ligne).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ensuite, les labels ne deraient jamais avoir à être réimprimés. Au cas ou vous n'auriez pas deviné pourquoi, on va voir ça juste après...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Enfin, la mise en place des labels sur les bases est ultra-rapide accélérant grandement la mise en place du jeu. On va voir pourquoi maintenant...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/10mmvn12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/10mmvn12.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the top picture you can see why labels should only be printed once : They are protected by a clear plastic transparent sheet. For this I use transparent A4 soft sheet such as those sold for creating slides with a printer. The trick is to glue a piece of transparent sheet under the miniature base only (the 3x2 one) that exceed the size of the underlying base (the 3x3 one), extending to the rear. Then, just glue the miniature base on the top of the underlying base (the 3x3 one) but only put glue on the forward part of it. You should have a glue-free space between the two bases, about 5+mm on the rear of the miniature base (the 3x2 cm one). Once glue have dried, I use an X-Acto to eliminate excess of clear sheet so to match exactly the base size. Then printed labels will be created on a 3x1.5 cm  strong paper. Once created, they are inserted between the 2 bases, will hold fine because of the 5mm part of label contained between the two bases, and will be protected by the transparent sheet once in place. Next paragraph shows that label setting.&lt;br /&gt;Last, when gaming, use a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;non permanent&lt;/span&gt; CD marker such as the one on the picture. When game is over, use a coton tip, wet it with water, and the cleaning is done in one whip...  Cool, isn't it ? I made the test to let ink dry for  3 days before cleaning : I had no issues, and base was like brand new...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) L'image ci dessus donne la solution, et montre pourquoi les labels n'auront à être imprimé qu'une seule fois : Ils sont protégés par une feuille de plastique transparent. J'utilise des feuilles A4 vendues pour créer des transparents sur une imprimante. Le truc est de coller sous le socle des figurines (celui qui fait 3x2 cm) un bout de transparent qui couvre 1 cm de plus vers l'arrière. Ensuite, on colle le socle figurine (le 3x2cm) sur le socle de base (le 3x3cm) en faisant attention à ce qu'il n'y pas de colle sur les 5 derniers millimetres arrières du socle figurine. Une fois tout ca sec, il suffit d'imprimer les labels sur du papier fort avec une taille de 3x1,5cm, et les 5 millimetres qui restent serviront a maintenir le label entre les deux socles, protégé  par la feuille de rhodoid transparent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Le paragraphe suivant détaille la mise en place...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Durant le jeu, les pertes peuvent alors être marquées sur le rhodoid à l'aide d'un feutre pour CD &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;non permanent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt; comme celui de la photo. Une fois la partie finie, il suffit d'un coton tige humide et le socle redevient comme neuf... J'ai testé de laisser sécher l'encre pendant 3 jours avant le nettoyage : aucun problème pour avoir un socle nickel...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/10mmvn13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/10mmvn13.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This picture shows three interesting things.&lt;br /&gt;On the left, you see an half inserted label. By light reflection, you can see the transparent protection. Inserting/removing the label is a matter of a second. Once in place, it won't move, but can be easily removed by slightly lifting the transparent sheet.&lt;br /&gt;On the right you can see two things :&lt;br /&gt;First, is the ID embeded on the label. From this I can see that this is the Lithunian Musketeer regiment, moral 5, 4 strength points, from 1st Russian army (dark green) /  3rd Corp (blue) / 1st Division (red box + I ). Identifying troops on the table and checking their command chain is now immediate without any paper help.&lt;br /&gt;Second, you can see that this unit have an underlying label of "ligne" with the russian flag. As well you will notice that the troop type is written on the top of the label, in the part that will be hided between the two spaces. This is why you will accelerate the game set-up. Each base is labeled by it's nationality (flag) and type ("ligne" is French for "Line", so means musketeer for Russian troops). This underlying label is glued on the rear of the bottom base (the 3x3 one) prior to gluing the two bases together and is permanent to label the base troop type.&lt;br /&gt;This way, you do not have to search for your troops before inserting the specific label for the game you plan to play. Take a label and look at it's top 5mm (Unit type, i.e. Musketeer) , take a matching type troop unit (i.e. Russian Line), insert the label, goto next one... This is really fast, and you do not need to take care of who is who : with colour code on the labels, once all are inserted, organizing you armies/corps/divisions is nothing more than trivial and instantly done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once game is over, just remove your labels, put them in an enveloppe stating which army list/OOB it contains, eventually clean the base, and say bye to your opponent waiting for next game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Labels are totally re-usable &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"ad vitam eternam"&lt;/span&gt; (or so) if you take minimal care of them. You should have to print and cut them only once...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) La photo ci dessus montre trois choses intéressantes :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;A gauche, vous pouvez voir un label à demi inséré. Par la réflexion de la lumière, on voit bien le rhodoid transparent de protection. Notez aussi les angles découpés en haut du label facilitant l'insertion. Insérer/oter un label est l'affaire d'une seconde. Une fois en place, ils ne bougeront pas, et pourront être retirés en soulevant légèrement l'arrière du rhodoid de protection.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Sur la droite, on peut voir deux choses :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Primo, l'ID du label. On y apprend que l'on a affaire au régiment d'infanterie de ligne "Lithunian", moral=5, 4 points de force, de la 1ere armée russe (Vert foncé), 3eme Corps (bleu), 1ère Division (I sur fond rouge). Identifier les troupes sur la table et controler leur chaine de commandement est donc un jeu d'enfant... et ne requiert l'aide d'aucune liste d'armée papier.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Deuxio, le socle de l'unité est marqué "Ligne" avec un drapeau Russe. De même, les 5mm supérieurs du labels indiquent "Musketeer". C'est là que le déploiement du jeu est accéléré : Chaque base indique le camp et le type de la troupe. Ces informations sont permanentes pour la base, et sont collées sur la base de 3x3 avant l'assemblage final.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;De cette manière, pas besoin de chercher qui est quoi lors de l'insertion des labels : c'est écrit dessus. On prend un label - c'est un "musketeer"- on prend une base russe - Ligne, on insère le label et on passe au suivant. Une fois les labels en place, l'assemblage des Armées/Corps/Divisions est trivial par les codes de couleurs. C'est extrèmement rapide...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Une fois le jeu terminé, on ôte les labels et on les range dans une enveloppe indiquant l'ODB ou autre, on nettoie éventuellement les bases (ca peut attendre), et on dit au revoir à son adversaire jusqu'à la prochaine...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, now, what about the "look and feel" of such bases with somewhat few miniatures and a big label on back of them ? Thereafter are some pictures to give an overview :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) N'empêche, on peut se poser la question de savoir ce que donne le visuel de telles unités sur une table : peu de figurines, un label conséquent à l'arrière... ? Ci-après quelques photos pour vous donner un aperçu :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/10mmvn14.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/10mmvn14.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Top picture shows 13 russian dragoon bases. Quite all bases are without labels, so simply showing type and nationality through the transparent protection. Next are some pictures of my current workbench. Here are some line infantry, Dragoons, Chevaux Légers and artilleries on the French side, and Musketeers and Dragoons on the Russian side. You can also see size comparison between on-going 28mm projects and those sweet little 10mm things... Those 10mm things really are too sexy...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Ci dessus, 13 plaquettes de Dragons russes. Notez que pratiquement toutes les bases sont présentées sans label, contenant simplement le type et la nationalité. Ci dessous, quelques vues d'ensemble du workbench avec de la ligne, des dragons, des Chevaux Légers et de l'artillerie coté Français, de la ligne et des dragons coté Russe. Notez la taille par rapport aux figs. 28mm en cours... C'est trop mignon le 10 mm ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/10mmvn15.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/10mmvn15.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/10mmvn16.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/10mmvn16.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/10mmvn17.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/10mmvn17.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you enjoyed, and will share more on this 10mm project. (soon I hope)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) J'espère que vous aurez appréciés et publierai plus d'infos sur ce projet en 10mm prochainement (j'espère) .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bruno.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-6110048541732493177?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/6110048541732493177/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/09/volley-and-bayonet-10mm-basing.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/6110048541732493177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/6110048541732493177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/09/volley-and-bayonet-10mm-basing.html' title='Volley and Bayonet : 10mm basing'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-3404762266852352419</id><published>2009-09-02T05:35:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-09-02T05:42:27.962+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='news'/><title type='text'>Still waiting my highlanders...</title><content type='html'>It's about one month now, and I still haven't received my Victrix Highlanders now. It starts to be long now, but my reseller seems to be innocent as his order haven't been sended by Victrix yet. So I took it easy, am still waiting and killed time by working on some 10mm miniatures I had in my pile for long. I'm quite happy with them and plan sharing pictures soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Voici maintenant un mois, et j'attends toujours mes Highlanders de Victrix. Ca commence à faire long, mais mon fournisseur m'assure qu'il n'y est pour rien et qu'il n'a toujours pas été livré par Victrix. Ayant déja commandé chez lui, et sachant comment il travaille, je le crois. Donc, j'ai pris mon mal en patience et me suis attaqué à quelques figs en 10mm que j'avais en stock depuis longtemps. Je trouve le résultat plutot sympa et compte le partager ici prochainement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bruno.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-3404762266852352419?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/3404762266852352419/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/09/still-waiting-my-highlanders.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/3404762266852352419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/3404762266852352419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/09/still-waiting-my-highlanders.html' title='Still waiting my highlanders...'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-1360641960806273538</id><published>2009-08-01T14:55:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-01T23:04:24.921+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='napoleonic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='victrix'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='british'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plastic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='28mm'/><title type='text'>Victrix plastics 28mm : English inf. 1815</title><content type='html'>Hi again,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some pics of 28mm Victrix's plastics. Those are from their waterloo english infantery box, center comapnies. Those 52 miniatures boxes can be found at 25 Euros (in France)... no comment.&lt;br /&gt;I have assembled and painted 40 of them, but only based 32 of them. Reason is I am waiting for their flank companies I ordered past week to complete the batallion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despite what can be read elsewhere I had no issue with assembly, and did not find it to long or fading. However I made a mistake. I make all the assembly wishing to have as much different positions as possible, but did not care about the foot print that the miniatures would have. At basing time, I thought "ooops...", because basing them on a 1.5 cms per mini. ratio was not that easy. As well, I did not pay attention to the companies homogeneity, so I know that for next boxes I will build miniatures by selecting companies global attitude, so per 4 minature rather than gluing anything at a time, doing positions experiments and all that stuff as a mad dog...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About painting I also made a lot of experiment, using a mix of plain painting, magic wash and block painting I am not very happy with, but well... I'm in the beginning of my 28mm fast paint area, so I will do better next time...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obvious to say there will be other boxes. So far I am waiting for 5 of them : Flank companies, Higlanders ( centre + flank) and also some 1807-1812 frenchs... After those close to 300 miniatures, I hope I will have somewhat improve my techniques in 28mm...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Voici quelques images de l'infanterie anglaise - 1815 de Victrix en 28mm. Ce sont des figurines plastiques que l'on trouve à 25 Euros en France pour 52 figurines... no comment... J'ai assemblé toutes les figs, et en ai peint 40. Seules 32 sont soclées pour l'instant, vu que j'attends les compagnies de flanc pour compléter ce premier bataillon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Contrairement à ce que l'on peut lire parfois, je n'ai eu aucun problème lors de l'assemblage, et irai même jusqu'à dire que ça a été un moment de détente, un peu long, mais agréable. Par contre, j'ai commis une erreur en assemblant toute les figs d'un seul coup. J'ai voulu obtenir atant de positions différentes que possible sans réfléchir à l'homogénéité de l'unité ni à l'occupation au sol des figurines.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lorsque j'ai voulu socler le tout j'ai compris mon erreur. En plus de devoir couper les socles, j'ai du ruser pour faire tenir chaque figurine dans 1.5 cm de front, et l'ensemble n'est pas vraiement très homogène. Je le saurais pour la prochaine fois et assemblerais les figurines par compagnies (4 figs à la fois)  plutot que de me jeter comme un chien fou sur les grappes, ma pince coupante dans une main et le tube de colle dans l'autre, cherchant à faire des pièces uniques aux positions parfois ubuesques lorsque soclées en unité...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Coté peinture, toujours des expérience. Cette fois ci, j'ai essayé un magic wash sur couleur de bases, puis un peu de block painting, mais je n'aime pas trop le résultat. Débutant en fastpaint 28mm normal d'avoir quelques désillusions, mais bon, je ferais mieux la prochaine fois.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;En commande, j'attends 5 boites Victrix : 2 francais 1807-1812, 1 compagnie de flanc anglaise 1815, 2 Highlanders (1 comp. centre + 1 comp. flanc). Après ces presque 300 figurines, je devrais faire quelques progrès... Enfin, j'espère...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/pstic_10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 286px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/pstic_10.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/pstic_11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 286px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/pstic_11.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/pstic_12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 286px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/pstic_12.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/pstic_13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 286px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/pstic_13.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-1360641960806273538?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/1360641960806273538/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/08/victrix-plastics-28mm-english-inf-1815.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/1360641960806273538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/1360641960806273538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/08/victrix-plastics-28mm-english-inf-1815.html' title='Victrix plastics 28mm : English inf. 1815'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-3979479777108006607</id><published>2009-08-01T14:34:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-01T15:41:10.672+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='perry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='napoleonic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='french'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plastic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='28mm'/><title type='text'>Perry's plastics : French Infantry 28mm</title><content type='html'>Hi again,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are few pictures of my first 28mm Perry's plastics, a french line infantry batallion from 1815. When one think those 42 minis are sold 20 Euros (in France), it's simply magic, and make me decide to go for a 28mm army now that it becomes affordable.&lt;br /&gt;It was a real pleasure to build and to paint, I only regret the mix of full uniform and long coats.  I tried a block painting technique so to be fast, but being not very experienced with 28mm minis I have had few issues. However I find the result isn't too bad...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Voici quelques images de mon premier bataillon d'infanterie de ligne 1815 en 28mm. Ce sont les figurines plastiques proposées par Perry. A 20 Euros la boite de 42 figurines, c'est tout simplement magique, car enfin je vais pouvoir me monter une armée en 28mm à un prix  acceptable...&lt;br /&gt;Montage et peinture ont été un plaisir et mon seul regret est le mélange de positions avec et sans manteau. N'étant pas très habitué à la peinture "de masse" en 28mm j'ai essayé une technique de block painting pour aller vite, mais que suis encore loin de maitriser à cette échelle. Quoiqu'il en soit, je trouve le résultat acceptable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/pstic_14.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 286px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/pstic_14.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/pstic_15.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 286px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/pstic_15.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/pstic_17.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 286px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/pstic_17.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-3979479777108006607?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/3979479777108006607/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/08/perrys-plastics-french-infantry-28mm.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/3979479777108006607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/3979479777108006607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/08/perrys-plastics-french-infantry-28mm.html' title='Perry&apos;s plastics : French Infantry 28mm'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-3258442500505532387</id><published>2009-08-01T09:57:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-01T10:09:33.279+02:00</updated><title type='text'>3 months wihout updates but not witout minis...</title><content type='html'>Makes three monthes I haven't made any update. I know it's a shame, but I did not stay inactive, far of it. So, what did I made ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- 1 FoW russian army (1200 pts)&lt;br /&gt;- some FoW germans&lt;br /&gt;- 1 English batallion 1815 (VICTRIX plastics 28mm - 40 minis)&lt;br /&gt;- 1 French batallion 1815 ( Perry plastics 28 mm - 36 minis + 6 skirmishers)&lt;br /&gt;- still some 15mm austrians, but there I have somewhat lost my "mojo".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will try to post some pics this week-end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Trois mois déja sans mise à jour... une honte. D'un autre coté, sur le plan des figurines je ne suis pas resté inactif... jugez plutôt :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;- 1 armée Russe WWII 15mm à 1200 points pour FoW&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;- un peu d'allemand WWII 15mm pour FoW&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;- 1 bataillon anglais 1815 28 mm VICTRIX (plastique - 40 figs)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;- 1 bataillon francais 1815 28mm Perry (plastique - 36 figs + 6 tirailleurs)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;- un peu d'autrichien, toujours, mais perte de "mojo" de ce coté là...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;J'essaierais de poster quelques images ce week-end.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-3258442500505532387?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/3258442500505532387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/08/3-months-wihout-updates-but-not-minis.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/3258442500505532387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/3258442500505532387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/08/3-months-wihout-updates-but-not-minis.html' title='3 months wihout updates but not witout minis...'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-4298409343167192825</id><published>2009-03-24T21:01:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2009-03-26T23:01:06.805+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Flames of War....</title><content type='html'>As it have been accurately pointed at, this blog, written in English can be an issue to other frenchies. So, starting now, I will try to join a french translation after each english paragraph. Let me know what you think of it ... and back to the post :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Comme on me l'a très justement remarqué, ce blog en Anglais peut poser quelques soucis à certains de mes concitoyens. Donc, a compter de ce jour, j'essaierais de joindre une petite traduction à chaque paragraphe. Dites moi ce que vous en pensez... et retour au post :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Well... is it the crisis that makes me search for some dream ? Is it the fact that I did not play for far too long ? I don't know...&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Anyway, I melt (yet another) last durit on today, and got FoW 8th Strelkovy guard corp.&lt;br /&gt;Probably soon, there will be some katyushas to support my grenzers.&lt;br /&gt;Sure they would never have even dream of it...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Bien... Est-ce la crise qui me fait courir après quelques rèves, ou le fait que je ne joue plus depuis bien trop longtemps ? Aucune idée...&lt;br /&gt;Quoiqu'il en soit j'ai (encore) fondu ma dernière durite, et me suis procuré Le 8ème Corps Russe de la garde "Strelkovsky" pour FoW.&lt;br /&gt;Probable que mes Grenzers  seront supportés par quelques katyushas d'ici peu...&lt;br /&gt;Sur qu'ils n'en avaient jamais espéré autant ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Bruno.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-4298409343167192825?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/4298409343167192825/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/03/flames-of-war.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/4298409343167192825'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/4298409343167192825'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/03/flames-of-war.html' title='Flames of War....'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-8131978823510997188</id><published>2009-03-12T17:36:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T18:07:52.961+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Austrian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='15mm'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='napoleonic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='workbench'/><title type='text'>What's on the workbench ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) "Quoi de neuf dans l'atelier ?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;OK, so last post for today...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Bien, dernier post pour ce soir...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;What else do I have on the workbench ? well... rebasing of my French nd Russian armies is completed 90%, and I also have painted my first Austrian cavalry units (Hussars &amp;amp; Dragoons). I just have to end up with their stands, but for this I wait to have more stands to do. That"s the reason why I am currently painting Austrian grenadiers. Once those will be done, I will finalize all stands at once and will share their review on this blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Qu'y a-t-il d'autre en cours ? Le resoclage de mes armées Français et Russes est fini à 90%, et mes premiers cavaliers autrchiens sont peints (Hussards et Dragons). Je n'ai plus qu'à finir leur soclage, mais pour ça j'attendrais d'avoir plus de socles à faire. C'est la raison pour laquelle j'ai des Grenadiers autrichiens en peinture. Une fois ceux-ci fait, je ferais tous les soclages d'un coup et partagerais leur revue sur ce blog.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So far, here we are ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Actuellement, voila où on en est...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Austrian cavalry :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_25.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_25.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_26.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_26.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_27.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_27.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_28.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_28.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_29.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_29.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Austrian grenadiers :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_30.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_30.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More to come soon (I hope ;-) )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;(fr) Plus prochainement (J'espère ;-) )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Bruno.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-8131978823510997188?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/8131978823510997188/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/03/whats-on-workbench.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/8131978823510997188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/8131978823510997188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/03/whats-on-workbench.html' title='What&apos;s on the workbench ?'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-5251991547568719233</id><published>2009-03-12T16:53:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T07:00:01.171+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Austrian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='napoleonic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Old Glory 15'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miniature review'/><title type='text'>Austrian - Foot Artillery 1809 - OG15 AFA01</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_19.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_19.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another topic, so another post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some picture of my OG15's Austrian foot artillery (OG15 ref. AFA01).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As ever, keep in mind those miniature are fast painted for wargaming purpose. I painted the full pack (including guns) in a bit less than 4 hours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, in this pack I had 6 guns and 24 team minis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I created 6 batteries on 2.5x5(cm) stands. That way I can use them both with V&amp;amp;B and DBN with some ammendments. Having very few informations on napoleonic Austrian artilery troops at the time I painted them, I made mistake with the gun color. All metal should have been black... I will correct that later, as anyway, I never fix the guns on my artillery bases.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Artillery stands :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_21.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_21.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_20.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_20.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_22.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_22.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Gun details :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_23.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_23.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_24.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_24.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Conclusion :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another pack I do not regret to have bought.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teams are nice, with various positions and I found it easy to spread them on the six stands I realized from this pack. They are crisp, easy to paint, and have nice positions (IMHO).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Review material is a courtesy from my VISA card.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-5251991547568719233?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/5251991547568719233/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/03/austrian-foot-artillery-1809-og15-afa01.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/5251991547568719233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/5251991547568719233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/03/austrian-foot-artillery-1809-og15-afa01.html' title='Austrian - Foot Artillery 1809 - OG15 AFA01'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-4021300436911488620</id><published>2009-03-12T15:27:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T07:01:19.370+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Austrian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='napoleonic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Old Glory 15'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miniature review'/><title type='text'>Austrian - German inf. 1809 - OG15 ANG01 + ANG02</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_10.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After more than one month of inactivity, let's share some of the job I did in the meantime on my napoleonics Austrians.&lt;br /&gt;As a reminder, one of the obectives I have with this blog is to contribute to the wargamming community by providing pictures and reviews of minis. IMHO, there is nothing more frustrating that buying something without having a single clue of how it looks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click on the pictures to have a biger view (width is no more than 800px).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please, don't be too hard about the painting, as all those miniatures are fast-painted for wargaming purpose (about 1:30 hour for 2 regiments).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This first post will present OldGlory 15's german infantry with helmets. I have built up two packs : ANG01 (German infantry with helmets - March attack) for the troops and ANG02  for the command. From those two packs, I could create 6 regiments @ 12 miniatures per stand. I still have two commands remaining, plus 4 troopers. Pack content is "around" 50 minis for troopers (had 52 in my pack) and "around" 5 mounted officers plus 8 foot commands (1 std. bearer + 1 officer + 1 drummer + 1 NCO) for the command pack. At least, it was what I had in my command pack.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So it means that a stand/regiment costed around $4.85, from OG15's price list, not including delivery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The mounted command :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the command pack (ANG02) were 5 mounted officers, of three different kind. As well, there was three different kind of horses. Obviously, this composition can vary from pack to pack. Here are some pictures of those I had.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_11.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, few details :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_13.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_12.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Infantry&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the infantry, I use 5x5 (cm) stands with 12 figures in 3 ranks. The reason why is that I like the formation effect of having 12 figures on a stand. Also, it let having empty room in front and at the borders so to avoid that firing or "gesting" figures make storing and moving the bases a nightmare. (i.e. having the bayonets broken by constantly touching other bases back minis)&lt;br /&gt;Those are fine to use with V&amp;amp;B, and with some ammendments, can be used as well with DBN.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first rank is made from command pack (ANG02 - 4 minis) as the two other ranks are made of trooper pack (ANG01 - 8 minis)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flags are from the wonderfull napflag site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the pics  of the six stands I realized with those two OG15 references :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_15.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_15.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_18.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_18.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_17.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_17.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_16.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_16.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_14.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i82.servimg.com/u/f82/12/82/97/15/aus_1_14.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had hesitation taking those miniatures at OG15, because searching for some infos, I could not find pictures and only found somewhat bad feedback. However, I took the risk and am now very happy I did so. I am very pleased with those miniatures. They are dynamic, there are numerous various positions, they are well cast and paint easily having crisp raised details. No doubt the next german infantry regiments I will build will be made with those references.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope those pictures will help you make your mind about those minis. If I could have seen such it would have helped me a lot (jay (cool guy from OG15) probably remember my harrassment for having pictures ;-))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Review material by courtesy of my VISA card.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-4021300436911488620?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/4021300436911488620/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/03/austrian-german-inf-1809-og15-ang01.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/4021300436911488620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/4021300436911488620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/03/austrian-german-inf-1809-og15-ang01.html' title='Austrian - German inf. 1809 - OG15 ANG01 + ANG02'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-8902952229139037801</id><published>2009-02-10T06:06:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T07:02:33.914+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Volley and Bayonet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='workbench'/><title type='text'>Rebasing 15mm napoleonics to Volley and Bayonet</title><content type='html'>Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was searching for a ruleset that would let me play at a grand tactical scale, with few constraints. First I wanted to play solo, and replay historical battles. Second, I wanted to play in short time (ideally around 2 hours) . Third, I wanted to have a "nice looking" army.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recently, I gave a try to Volley and Bayonet/ Road to Glory ruleset. I find it to match my objectives. When I played in club, I was playing the Newbury, Premier Empire, or other rules where you spend one hour of your time to make one turn, parsing rules, datasheets, never ending discussions about rules points, etc... This is one reason why I stopped playing, because it was totally wasting the pleasure of the game, in addition of people most oftenly playing the rules (or the clock) rather than the game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, after playing few "sample" engagements with simply half scale papers with unit type and name draw on them, I asked myself... Well... Will you play again those awfully boring games for which your napoleonics are based ? And the answer was : No.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Few days later, I decided to rebase all my napoleonics. As I wanted to have a nice looking, I found that 2/3 scale would be perfect, would not require too much space, and would let me to put a correct number of miniatures on it. For Infantry, I decided having 12 miniatures on 3 ranks. For Cavalry, 5 miniatures on 2 ranks, 2 for the first rank and 3 for the second rank.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the big mess at the begining :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SZEQ_ecMZgI/AAAAAAAAACE/BO_M6jtNCGg/s1600-h/base1_02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SZEQ_ecMZgI/AAAAAAAAACE/BO_M6jtNCGg/s320/base1_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301036919080904194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just rebased a Russian regiment, and you can see some russians and prussians on the right. In the back, are some primed french light infantry, as I will need more than what I currently have.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From the fact I will only have 12 miniatures per regiment, I only put one flag in place of the 2 that are required. Reason is that I do not have enough standard bearers, I hesitate a lot before doing that to my russians and prussians, but I prefer to have one flag on most of my units, rather than a lot of them without any flag. Also, having 2 flags for a 12 miniatures regiment is too much I think. I prefer the look of having only one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SZER9UNGz6I/AAAAAAAAACM/GZk3cVwF8q0/s1600-h/base1_03.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SZER9UNGz6I/AAAAAAAAACM/GZk3cVwF8q0/s320/base1_03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301037981485158306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is a short view of the first Russians and Prussians regiments. Miniatures are 90% Old Glory 15's.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I like the way those bases look. At that time, I was counting the commands and thinking on how I would spread them on each base. This is the reason why some bases have an incomplete first rank.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obviously, no bases were finished yet, but since the time of those pictures I have made some progress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So far, I have re-based :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;25 French Infantry regiments&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;15 French Cavalry regiments&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;10 Russian Infantry regiments&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;14 Russians Cavlary regiments&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;10 Prussian Infantry regiments&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 Austrian Infantry regiments&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;I will probably post some pictures of them when I will have some time.&lt;br /&gt;About the only Austrian regiment, it is a brand new one. After some time of investigation, and despite some bad advices I could read, I ordered 13 OG 15's packs of Austrians in the US, directly to OG 15. I am really happy with those miniatures so far. I will post pictures as well, but this is another topic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bruno.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-8902952229139037801?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/8902952229139037801/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/02/rebasing-15mm-napoleonics-to-volley-and.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/8902952229139037801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/8902952229139037801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2009/02/rebasing-15mm-napoleonics-to-volley-and.html' title='Rebasing 15mm napoleonics to Volley and Bayonet'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SZEQ_ecMZgI/AAAAAAAAACE/BO_M6jtNCGg/s72-c/base1_02.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-3035966513827849000</id><published>2008-12-24T11:56:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T07:08:38.743+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='napoleonic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='victrix'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miniature review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='british'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='28mm'/><title type='text'>Review : Victrix 28mm british centre comp. Waterloo</title><content type='html'>Hi there,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok, it took some more time than planned as Christmas preparation took me some time yesterday, however, here it is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Victrix is a brand new company based in the UK. Their first reference is a Waterloo Bristish infantry centre companies box. It contains 52 high quality hard plastic miniatures to assemble.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Packaging :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SVIWsFyzhtI/AAAAAAAAAAM/o89EwB8O6ds/s1600-h/m1_01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SVIWsFyzhtI/AAAAAAAAAAM/o89EwB8O6ds/s320/m1_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283310259584337618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The box is big, full and heavy. On one side you find facing colours of all British regiments that fought at Waterloo, and behind the box a very nice drawing of a soldier, front and back that will be a very nice reference for painting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As said, this box is really full. You have 8 plastic sprues of 2 different kind. One for the bodies, heads and backpack, the second one for arms, heads and weapons mostly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Included as well is a 4 pages booklet containing a simple ruleset, building guide and flags for 4th king own and 35th rgt of foot (Sussex)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sprues :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SVIZDQOAIRI/AAAAAAAAAAU/tpQVQYVxm3c/s1600-h/m1_04.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SVIZDQOAIRI/AAAAAAAAAAU/tpQVQYVxm3c/s320/m1_04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283312856543011090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first kind of sprue contains heads, arms and weapons, plus the body of the officer/standard bearer. You have four of them in a box. There  are 14 different heads per sprue where only 12 of them will be used. Faces expression are really nice and dynamic, engraving is really beautifull, there is no flash and the mold line is quite inexistant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The same notice applies to arms, weapons and obviously the officer body. A single xacto with a new blade and few minutes are enough to prepare the parts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A single miniature is assembled with between 4 to 6 parts.There are the body, the head and the two arms. Most of them will also require a backpack, and few (2 on 13) will require a leg assembly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A noticeable thing is that the officer body will be used for both the officer and the standard bearer. It means than on a set you can build 2 of  each or 4 of one type, or any combination. Arms, flag poles, and officer sabers are given for 4 of each type. Also, you have two different arms and sword handling for officers, and a hand with a pistol is given so any arm can be converted for the officer to have a pistol rather than a sword.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SVIgZ_Rkw0I/AAAAAAAAAAc/UHkacMxi_1s/s1600-h/m1_05.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SVIgZ_Rkw0I/AAAAAAAAAAc/UHkacMxi_1s/s320/m1_05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283320943712977730" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The second kind of sprue contains the bodies, the flag pole, a drum in two parts, and the backpacks mainly. You have 4 of those sprues in the box.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As previously noticed, there is no flash and details are high.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On each sprue you will find 1 sergeant body, 1 drummer body and 10 troopers bodies within which you have 8 different positions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sergeant can be assembled with a spear or a rifle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Backpacks are of 4 different kinds, 6 having items on the back (2 with shoes, 2 with "bottle", 2 with dishes).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Within those two sprues the number of assembly combinations is by default very important. With minimal customization, this set opens the door to quite unlimited combinations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The booklet :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SVIkcz6x0cI/AAAAAAAAAAk/MpN0VLdlb4s/s1600-h/m1_02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SVIkcz6x0cI/AAAAAAAAAAk/MpN0VLdlb4s/s200/m1_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283325390250693058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The little booklet contains the assembly guide for this set and also other sets that will be released soon. It gives only few informations and only for "default" suggested assembly, but despite this it is sufficient to build the miniatures without surprise. There are few mistakes on it (arms reference inversion for officer) but this is obvious to correct when you look at the parts. Also, Victrix is a brand new company and this is their first product, so this is far being dramatic. However, in addition of those little lacks the assembly guide is printed on the back of the flags page. That means that you will have to wait to have build all your troops before using the flags or copy the doc/flags in some way. In addition they give a simple rule to play.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Preparing and Assembling the troops&lt;/span&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Preparation is very easy. Parts are attached to the sprue in a clever way, so those points can be cleaned up easily without harming any details. The only exception is about backpacks, were some attention must be given as the attach point at the top is between the two top bucles.&lt;br /&gt;As said, no flash, very discrete mold lines make this step fast and easy and. A simple X-acto with a new blade makes the thing in a few minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Assembly is without any surprise as well. Thereafter are sample shots of one sprue assembly plus one officer and one standard bearer. No putty was used, this is just raw assembly and a priming layer of paint.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SVInDHULXcI/AAAAAAAAAAs/hvZm-A86CiA/s1600-h/m1_06.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SVInDHULXcI/AAAAAAAAAAs/hvZm-A86CiA/s200/m1_06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283328247315783106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SVIniVbsZwI/AAAAAAAAABM/p5m30SLCSEM/s1600-h/m1_11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SVIniVbsZwI/AAAAAAAAABM/p5m30SLCSEM/s200/m1_11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283328783681349378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SVInMgqHEVI/AAAAAAAAAA0/u1iPp6gMWFc/s1600-h/m1_07.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SVInMgqHEVI/AAAAAAAAAA0/u1iPp6gMWFc/s200/m1_07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283328408737485138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SVInbj6RckI/AAAAAAAAABE/6_HpO6BZOn0/s1600-h/m1_10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SVInbj6RckI/AAAAAAAAABE/6_HpO6BZOn0/s200/m1_10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283328667308618306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SVInovqV-KI/AAAAAAAAABU/30P1QCLNAnQ/s1600-h/m1_12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SVInovqV-KI/AAAAAAAAABU/30P1QCLNAnQ/s320/m1_12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283328893801330850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last picture is size comparison vs. a Perry lead diorama at same scale. As you can see, those miniatures will perfectly mix with other 28mm miniatures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the picture it can seem a bit too big, but in fact isn't, the Napoleon miniature is at scale, and he was a bit small. Look at the hussard on the left to really make your mind about that point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those miniatures are real gems, and are not expensive vs. lead miniatures. Victrix is a brand new company and this is their first release. Except few points on the documentation, I was impressed and hope they will meet the success they diserve as their future releases are very high on my wish list (i.e. French Cuirassiers).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bruno.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-3035966513827849000?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/3035966513827849000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2008/12/review-victrix-28mm-british-centre-comp.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/3035966513827849000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/3035966513827849000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2008/12/review-victrix-28mm-british-centre-comp.html' title='Review : Victrix 28mm british centre comp. Waterloo'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ReaKeQUPPi4/SVIWsFyzhtI/AAAAAAAAAAM/o89EwB8O6ds/s72-c/m1_01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-3802385021644314507</id><published>2008-12-23T09:45:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T07:07:54.947+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='napoleonic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='victrix'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='british'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='28mm'/><title type='text'>Victrix 28mm : Waterloo english troops</title><content type='html'>Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday, I finally decided to go at my miniature shop in Paris. They have only very few 15mm napoleonics but in case of... So, I had a discussion with the boss, and he explained me that they were definately stopping 15mm napoleonics as they could not be delivered correctly. Their last order make it's path to their shop in 4 monthes, and half the order was missing. It's more they can support in front of their customers. Same reason why they will stop making AB miniatures. Also, there is lower interest about 15mm napoleonics, so in our business only world, this is perhaps part of the core reason.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Too bad, but not their fault...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, he show me some new stuff he had, and I immediately go totally nuts about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am speaking about &lt;a href="http://http//www.victrixlimited.com/"&gt;VICTRIX 28mm hard plastic miniatures&lt;/a&gt;. Those are real gems, so I bought the last box he had in store (they were all gone in five days...). It is far being the 15mm austrians I was searching for, but for about the same price of an AB batallion I have 56 28mm miniature of wonderfull quality and dynamicity, with very natural march/attack poses and quite unlimited postures due to the clever part assembly. Today I plan to post a review of those and obviously to start working on them. In the meantime, feel free to dream by &lt;a href="http://www.victrixlimited.com/gallery/"&gt;having a look at their master&lt;/a&gt;s on their website.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stay tuned...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bruno.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-3802385021644314507?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/3802385021644314507/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2008/12/victrix-28mm-waterloo-english-troops.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/3802385021644314507'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/3802385021644314507'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2008/12/victrix-28mm-waterloo-english-troops.html' title='Victrix 28mm : Waterloo english troops'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450472503068650960.post-8750233276068189246</id><published>2008-12-22T09:58:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T07:05:34.505+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='news'/><title type='text'>Why this blog ?</title><content type='html'>Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My name is Bruno and I am a french modeler leaving in Paris, France.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Being a modeler for very long, I have interest "phasis" that are looping from ship or plane modeling to miniatures. I am currently at the beginning of yet another new wargaming miniature phasis. As I searched for 15mm austrian napoleonics review I found &lt;a href="http://macpheesminiaturemen.blogspot.com/"&gt;MacPhee's Miniature&lt;/a&gt;  blog in front of which I dreamed during most of past evening. So, I decided to create my own.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why ? Simply because it is very hard to find reviews of lead 15mm miniatures and manufacturer's sites such as Old Glory 15 do not provide picture. During the past 20 years I have built a lot of armies. I still have some of theim, and even if not playing any-more (not yet at least), I regret not to have kept them all. I plan to review the miniatures I have and share my new creations on this blog, and that will not only cover miniatures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coming back to the historical wargaming figure after a 5+ years break, I also have the sad feeling that this hobby is somewhat struggling in the way I knew it. Some new areas are better covered (especially WWII), but prices of miniatures are crazy, and it is very difficult to find them now (at least in France which I am from). I will also talk about that.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3450472503068650960-8750233276068189246?l=brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/8750233276068189246/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2008/12/why-this-blog.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/8750233276068189246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3450472503068650960/posts/default/8750233276068189246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brunomodelcorner.blogspot.com/2008/12/why-this-blog.html' title='Why this blog ?'/><author><name>Bruno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05647415401800225456</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
