But British Summer Time ended yesterday, so the dark evenings mean I will be devoting more time to the leadpile for the next few months.
Watch this space for some horse-related wargame stuff coming soon!
Monday, 30 October 2017
Just horsing around
I haven't made much progress on the wargames front recently, mainly because I've been spending a lot of time with this gorgeous lady :-
Meet George, my 16.1hh Oldenburg mare (I know she's got a boy's name, it's a long story).
But British Summer Time ended yesterday, so the dark evenings mean I will be devoting more time to the leadpile for the next few months.
Watch this space for some horse-related wargame stuff coming soon!
But British Summer Time ended yesterday, so the dark evenings mean I will be devoting more time to the leadpile for the next few months.
Watch this space for some horse-related wargame stuff coming soon!
Saturday, 14 October 2017
KGL Conundrum
When I bought these guys they were billed as Kings German Legion.
I'm not sure the yellow Regimental colour is correct. According to the Osprey KGL reference book the standards followed 'British practice'. So as all KGL regiments had dark blue facings, surely the Regimental standard should be blue? Any advice gratefully received!
As part of the touching up process I had thought of repainting the facings yellow and have this unit represent the 15th (East Yorkshire) regiment as that's where I live, but research shows they were stationed in the West Indies from 1805 to after 1815, so to use them in the Peninsular / Waterloo campaigns would mean they are a bit off station!
I'm not sure the yellow Regimental colour is correct. According to the Osprey KGL reference book the standards followed 'British practice'. So as all KGL regiments had dark blue facings, surely the Regimental standard should be blue? Any advice gratefully received!
As part of the touching up process I had thought of repainting the facings yellow and have this unit represent the 15th (East Yorkshire) regiment as that's where I live, but research shows they were stationed in the West Indies from 1805 to after 1815, so to use them in the Peninsular / Waterloo campaigns would mean they are a bit off station!
Friday, 6 October 2017
Flock this for a game of soldiers!
Just experimenting with basing, thought I'd share and ask for comments.
Middle pic is how I used to paint bases back in the day, I thought bright green brought out the uniform colours nicely. Back then I used old cornflake boxes as the base, then I moved on to used beer mats, they were excellent! We didn't have laser cut MDF in those days.
Left pic is humbol matt green #80, less garish but still quite old school. Nice and simple.
Right pic is the same with a sprinkling of grass effect flock from Hobbycraft. Not exactly Peter Gilder standard basing but effective nonetheless.
The figures are standing on a Hobbycraft green grass mat which I was thinking of using as a basis for some terrain modules. Nothing fancy, will probably have contour block hills and very basic river / road sections.
I think I'll go for the flocked look.
Cheers
Dave
Middle pic is how I used to paint bases back in the day, I thought bright green brought out the uniform colours nicely. Back then I used old cornflake boxes as the base, then I moved on to used beer mats, they were excellent! We didn't have laser cut MDF in those days.
Left pic is humbol matt green #80, less garish but still quite old school. Nice and simple.
Right pic is the same with a sprinkling of grass effect flock from Hobbycraft. Not exactly Peter Gilder standard basing but effective nonetheless.
The figures are standing on a Hobbycraft green grass mat which I was thinking of using as a basis for some terrain modules. Nothing fancy, will probably have contour block hills and very basic river / road sections.
I think I'll go for the flocked look.
Cheers
Dave
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