Basing PR&FR - 6 mm - What was done on January 2021

 Hi,

As a follow up about the few past weeks, here is the status of on-going Prussians and French, finally based, and so done.

As an introduction, here they are :

From top left, to bottom righ are : 2 PR Uhlan Rgt (1st and 3rd), 3 Landwehr batallions (PR), 1st Rgt des Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde (FR), and 3 batallions of grenadiers from la Vieille Garde (FR).

Before insights, here is how I based them.
I have very (I mean, really very) few place for this hobby.
That is the reason why I practice it by sessions.
Anytime, I need to get anything cleaned and prepared, then anything put back in place (and cleaned as well).
That "entry" ticket cost me about 15 minutes on each side.
So, I qualify and plan what to do, prepare a volume so not to spend more time setting/un-setting than really working, then... I start a session.

This session was based on the following :

Enough minis on their bags, enough bases, glue and some basic tool... so let's go.
Baccus strips are 4 minis per strip. I base 2x3 minis in two rows per base.
So, cutting is obviously needed.
But as a first step, strips bases need to be flatten because of "melting spots(?)" that could remain and painting temporary basing glue residues.

Obviously I do that as well before initial painting temporary basing, but now, up to base mini by mini sometimes, I pay a special attention so that each mini have a perfectly flat basement. It's easier, and safer, to do this with a strip rather than on individual detached minis. Also, take extreme care : Just slide gently the strips on the tool : hold them firmly but smartly, don't break anything !

I cut the bases as small as possible while preserving mini attach points to its' basement. So each strip is reduced to three minis strips, and I obviously keep the fourth one.

When basing, I always start by "the fourth" minis, the ones that are alone, and put 3 of them on the rear rank. This way, I may position them gently, not being in trouble with a front rank that would not let finger room for alignment. Front ranks are always the three "survivors" of the original strip. I glue them at a second step, as such :

The glue I use to set them in place is a basic (but really good) gel glue from Scotch (the green one - see first picture). It perfectly does the job for years and is not expensive.
Once minis are in place, I use white glue to seal them and flock.
I put a somewhat thick layer (very slightly diluted) on the base with an old brush.
Then I flock.
As it will dry, all minis will be sealed one to each other, reinforcing the overall solidity of the base.

For flocking, I use basic wood sawdust. On the picture it seems brown, but in fact it's green. (Mobile camera used)
Go to a place where they cut wood, be polite and gentle, ask accordingly and then you should get enough of it for 10 years.
Tint it with basic acrylics of various bright browns, green, and yellow (and mixes), let it dry (to avoid moisture), then you are done.
Don't forget the tip for the guy behind the saw...

You may find better "dedicated" basing flocking material, obviously, but it is expensive and for the size of the bases I deal with it is not justified on my side.

So, after all this "blabla", some closer pictures.
First the Prussians :

Then La Vieille Garde :

And finally les Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde :

Do not hesitate to comment or share you way for basing.

Thanks for reading,
Cheers and take care.

Bruno.

Napoleonic Prussians - 6mm - 3 Landwehr battalions

 Hi,

So, those three battalions are painted, varnished and ready to be based.
Here they are :

Flags are from my napflag stock. It seems historical flags attribution to Landwehr was somewhat random during the Napoleonic area, so for those of you that are knowledgeable about those they may sound as an heresy, but however I had to make a choice. Do not hesitate to comment your insights, as more Landwehr battalions will join in the future.

Colors used are from acrylic Prince August range (except specified otherwise).
Here they are :

Pant and rolled mantel : 836 (grey)
Uniform : 965 (blue)
Distinctive  : 817 (red)
White : 912 (ivory)
Black : 950
Rifle wood : 846 (mahogany ?)
Skin: 927
Gold : 996
Steel : Vallejo Metal Color 77.716

They have joined their little bag, waiting for basing.
Perhaps will I start basing as I have enough bases now and enough miniatures to start a session.
Not sure yet (will have lunch first - nothing is better than a good "blanquette de veau" to make your mind ;-) ).

Regarding Prussian painting, as next step, I also plan one artillery battery (4 guns / 16 crews) and 2 Hussars regiments ( 12 miniatures each).

And yes... after that I will take a break from Prussians, adding some more British Infantry and Cavalry to my armies...

Cheers and take care,

Bruno.

Nap flags - 6mm to 15 mm - A tribute to Mr. Pendlebury

 Hi,

Before getting back to my Prussians, I though it was time for a tribute.
About 25+ years ago I discovered a site that you may know, with a huge work about flags of the Napoleonic area.
From that time, I always use it as a major reference for flags.
This site is napflags, kindly hosted by www.warflag.com since end 2001.
Here is a direct link to the napflags index :

napflags by Mr. Alan Pendlebury

Resized and printed, here is what it gives at 6mm scale :

This is a sample of mounted flags. Left to right are some French (1812 and 1804 patterns), Austrian, Prussians, English and Brunswick flags.

The site contains a quite exhaustive listing for any nation of that time, their flags and also historical information.

Flags have to be resized. For this I use Inkscape, a powerful open-source vector drawing tool. I paste the flags picture in it, create a semi transparent colored box at the exact size I wish (ie. 9x9 mm) and put it at the foreground, then resize the flags bitmap in the background to match this size matrix, as such :

 

This way I create a full page of flags, as such :

Then I print on inkjet paper of good quality (labeled as "photo" quality, but light paper - should be less than, or around, 80g/m2 - low cost but good material), label the regiments when it has to, and cut flags strips :

Here is part of my flags, with mostly French and Prussian flags.

I also use this tool and napflags to label my packing boxes, labels, counters, etc... as such :
 

 

That's how I proceed for my flags, and that would not have been possible without the huge work done by Mr Pendlebury, as well as his will to share it freely.

So I just wanted to say thanks to him, wherever he is, and share with everyone it could help and would not be aware of this exceptional resource.

Thanks Mr. Pendlebury.

Napoleonic Prussians - 6 mm - Uhlans 1st & 3rd rgt (1815)

 Hi,

Short update as I completed those by yesterday evening.
Time for varnish to dry, and as I am now on free time (vs. job), here they are :

Top 4 strips are 1st rgt. Then the 3rd. They are Baccus minis.
I did not expected doing them past Sunday, but in fact I did.
It took me about 3 hours.

Now, I have 3 Landwehr batalions to paint... by next Sunday.
I will probably start later on this evening.

Cheers and stay safe,

Bruno.

Napoleonic French - 6mm - WIP part II

 Hi,

Here is a short advancement status about the old guard I started about one week ago.

Status and pictures :

On going Grenadiers of the old guard are painted and varnished.

Same thing about the Chasseurs à Cheval de la garde.

They have been painted on evenings, by 1+ hour sessions along the week.
As a total time spent, I may estimate between 4 and 5 hours of total work to get there (for each of Grenadiers and Chasseurs, so about 10 hours total)

Paints I used :

I used a black primer (brushed Humbrol black matt 33, slightly diluted) then I used Prince August (Vallejo) acrylic colors except when said otherwise. Here are their references (numeric only as names are in french).
Conversion tables exist between PA and Vallejo references, so that should not be an issue if use Vallejo rather than PA.(ie : (PA) 970 = (V) 72)

For grenadiers :

Uniform blue : 965
All whites : 918 (Ivory - I never use pure white)
All blacks : 950
Red : 817 (kind of scarlett red)
Rifle wood : 846 (Mahogany ?)
Back pack : 875 (clear brown beige ?)
Rolled jacket : 836 (a grey - realized once done it should have been blue for the guard)
Flesh : 327
Gold : 996 - Metal colors in standard Vallejo/PA are not good. I still use that one (as I have it) but it has to be applied on a black background. At a time I will better use Vallejo Airbrush Metal Color (see thereafter).
Steel : Vallejo Airbrush Metal Color 77.716 (Aluminio satin) applied with a brush (obviously). That metal color is far better than any conventional Vallejo/PA metal colors.

For Chasseurs à Cheval :

Green (saddles/uniform) : 970
Trumpet exception (blue) : 840
Yellow : 948 - I prefer that "gold yellow" as offering better coverage and color depth than regular yellow.
Horses : 846
All other colors (red, white, black, metal,...) are like Grenadiers.

As a varnish I use an art acrylic painting varnish (Amsterdam 115 MATT for acrylic - brush applied). My 250 ml bottle is still 2/3 full after 3+ years... I pass 2 layers of it each tme. It makes it inexpensive in time, does stay clear and offers a good protection. Only thing is that it is a little bit satin but at 6mm it perfectly does the thing on my side.

What next ?

Still to be done is the basing. I have too few bases ready for them, so will have to cut and prepare (far) more. As I usually do, I put them in a bag waiting for bases to be ready. Also, I prefer to run dedicated basing sessions so will anyway wait to have more minis to be based before running a session :

Yep. Not sure they will all fit the 4 ridiculous bases remaining so far ;-).

Now, my French backlog :

So, here are :

• Line infantry
• Light infantry skirmishing
  
• Lancers of the line
• Lancers of the guard
• Elite Hussars companies
  
• Carabiniers
  
• Foot artillery
• Horse artillery
• Limbers
• remainings of previous backlog, so few of :
• Hussars
• Dragoons
• Cuirassiers
• Command

Anyway, my current focus is on Prussians.
So this week, I plan doing :

• 3 Landwehr batalions (24 minis each)
• 2 Uhlans regiments (12 minis each)

Once this will be done, I will probably change my mind with some english troops (that are nice too ;-)) for which I have an even more huge backlog.

Cheers and stay safe.

Bruno.

Napoleonic command - 6mm - FR & UK

 Hi,

This week evenings I worked a bit on my french old guard but not only.
For monthes I had some painted command I did not based yet.
Mostly French and English.
So, I did it as it was not that long after all (spent less than 1.5 hour in three evenings)...

They are mixed minis from different providers in time, so I am not sure of whom they were from  (except for the Baccus english and some frenchies)

I took pictures yesterday evening and quickly post them to conlude my remotee lunch break.

Here they are for France...

... and for England

They are based on 1, 2 and 5 € cents coins.
Depending on rules, 1 mini means Brigade command, 2 minis Division command, 3 minis Army corp command, or respectively ADC, Brigadier, Division at lower gaming scale.

This week end I'll continue my old guard and prepare some prussian Uhlans.
I will see if I have something advanced enough to be shareable.

Now back to job.
See you later...

Napoleonic French - 6mm - WIP

 Hi again,

As said in my Prussian WIP I, I am completing my French side in parallel with some French Guard. Here as well, those minis are from Baccus.
Currently planned are 3 old guard infantry batalions and 1 Chasseur de la guarde regiment.
I just ended up with a first set of strips, including command and some line.
Here they are just after first varnish layer.

As usual, light balance is wrong (underlying support is deep flat black, not blue), but however...
Flags are from napflags free flags, resized with inkscape as 7x7 mm side wide, then printed on photo paper. Historically, French flags were far smaller, but with scale, I prefer to size them to the available space left on the minis poles.

Here are two closer views on the command then line strips I did on that session.

Obviously, when looking so close paint job seems really bad looking, but you never see them that close on table top. To give you an order of idea, here is a comparison with a 35 mm height zinnfiguren.

Another time, picture is weird (contrasts are crazy and colours not right) and Zinnfiguren will be addressed in other posts, but it was just to give an order of idea for those not familiar with 6mm.

Next to come are those folks I introduced at the begining of this post, primed 2 weeks ago.

My french army is currently the biggest one I have and it's backlog of to-be-done minis is important. I will probably share on that as the old guard will move forward.

Cheers,

Bruno.

Napoleonic Prussians - 6mm - WIP

 Hi,

In 2021 I plan finishing my ongoing Pussians.
Here are 2 line regiments, 2 battalions each, I just flocked.
They are 2nd and 3rd as per 1815.
Minis are from Baccus.
Pictures have been taken with a mobile and somewhat yellow light, so shadows are somewhat "greenish", but real colors are OK.

Battalions are sized as Small (3 bases) or Medium (4 bases) so far. Those are my last remaining Prussian Line miniatures, and I had not the exact ratio between command and line. In my next order, I will manage solving that, including some more line bases to extend some Prussians to large units (5 bases) if required.

Next step will be creating their packing box.

So, in addition of now owning 5 line regiments (10 battalions) what is next for 2021 ?

Well, I plan addressing this (in other things)...

In the background are some ready to be primed Uhlans, with others still in their bag. I have material to build 3 to 5 regiments depending on gaming size for units.
Also, in bags are Landwehr (8 to 10 battalions), Command, Hussars (3 to 5 rgts) and 2 artillery batteries (2 guns each).

This is not a big backlog, but I will share as I move forward with those Prussians.

In parallel I am working on some french old guard and command.

As well, I have more important backlog for French and English troops, but that is another topic.

Cheers,

Bruno.

As time goes on... (Part 2 - some 6mm stuff)

Let's use my lunch break to share a second post.

I tried 6mm miniatures long ago.
I liked that scale very much from day 1 I discovered it.

I ordered, from time to time some units and packs, initially for collection/fun.
I then quickly started to play them with short solo games, requiring no more than 50x70 cms space as I reduced standard rules scale.

Then, from year to year I slowly extended my troops, and finally get nuts about 6 mm.

Those are really cute, fast and easy to paint despite what one could think if he have not tried yet.

Also, they are wonderful on your table, should it be for mass effect, if you have room for that, or to play short games at reduced scale in a limited space that is mostly my case.

Finally, they have a very good price/quality ratio.

I've finally gone with Baccus miniature, and am really happy with them.

Acceleration occurred one year and a half ago. I was in vacations, bringing with me my "survival kit". That was meaning brushes, paints and a good load of miniatures.

It was one bag more in the family car, but we somewhat survived that. ;-)

Back from vacations, end of July 2019, I had painted (and varnished) a good number of strips. It was the first time since years I had not done somewhat mass painting, and it was good to feel.

Here they were at that time, straight out of my luggage :

Then I based them...

I did some french line and light infantry, lancers of the line and the guard, dragoons, chasseurs and cuirassiers. Also, I started some Brunswick and English infantry, cavalry, artillery and command as well. (I only had Austrians and Prussians from the allied side at that time).

Then it extended a bit in time...

Here is the main part of my current collection as it looked few days ago.

 

Initially I tried different base formats, but the one that suites me better for about 1 year is 6 minis on 2 ranks for infantry, 2 minis on 1 rank for cavalry. All bases are 1.5x1.5 cms.

Rules I use are amended General de Brigade and more recently General d'Armee, where an infantry battalion is between 3 and 5 bases.

For 2021 I plan completing my Prussians with some more infantry Line and Landwehr, Uhlans and more command. I also plan adding some British guard or elite troops, and when it will be possible (due to Covid cart closing) ordering and starting a Russian Brigade or two.

I will follow up on that in later posts.

Cheers and stay safe !

Bruno.

Victrix mod. - Brothers in arms / part III

Hello,

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.
As a reminder, those are 28mm Victrix, not their new 54mm range.

(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.
Pour rappel, il s'agit ici d'une modification de figurines 28mm, pas des nouvelles 54mm que propose Victrix.

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)...

(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)...


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).

(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).


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)

(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.


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.

(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.



Last, the helper flank.

(fr) Enfin, une vue sur le flanc du soldat portant assistance.








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...

(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...

Cheers,

(fr) A+

Bruno.

Victrix mod. - Brothers in arms / part II

Here is a little update about the "brothers in arms" project, which first part can be read here.
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.

(fr) Une petite mise à jour de mon projet "frères d'armes", dont la première partie peut être lue ici.
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.

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.

(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.

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.

(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...

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.

(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.

Here is a close-up of the wounded, and especially the arm of his helping comrade to sustain his head.

(fr) Ici, une vue rapprochée du blessé, et plus particulièrement du bras de son camarade lui soutenant la tête.




Here, a close-up of the other side.
I especially like the Victrix faces that are so expressives...

(fr) Ici une vue rapprochée de l'autre côté.
J'aime tout particulièrement l'expression que Victrix donne à ses visages...




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.

(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.



A front view of the same.

(fr) le même vu de face...









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.

(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.


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.

(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.

Hope you enjoyed,

(fr) A+,

Bruno.

Small is beautifull...

Hi folks,

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...

(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...

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.

(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)


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.

(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.




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.

(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.



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.

(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.


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.

(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.



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...

(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...


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 ... ;-)

(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.... ;-)


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.

(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.


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.

(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...

Thereafter some close ups....
(fr) A suivre, quelques plans rapprochés...




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.
I will let you know...

(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.
Plus à venir sur le sujet donc...

Cheers,

Bruno.