2nd Empire French (Franco-Prussian War)

While I struggle to complete the second battalion of Italians (soooo close - just faces & metalics to finish/do) here are some shots of my 'other French' army (Napoleon II - FPW).  Its colourful and I completed it last year - although I still have another brigade's worth of Castaway Arts figures of French Line to do if I choose to.  The entire collection are mainly Foundry, filled out with Castaways, an Australian company that does a very nice line of FPW that compliments the Foundrys quite well.  I am progressing the completion of their Prussian adversaries (again all Foundry figures save for a few Castaways Uhlans), with the cavalry nearly completed - just a regt of dragoons to finish - but two brigades of infantry and an artillery battery still to do. 

When I started the collection in 2007(?) I first completed the Guard - all Grenadier and Voltigeur regiments.  I've since sold the Grenadiers but did record them before I did so. 

 
The army now consists of two brigades of line (one of them Algerian Turkos & Zouaves), one of Guard Voltigeurs, one cavalry bde - Guard Lancers and Chasseurs d'Afrique - and two artillery batteries @ 2 guns & a Mitrailleuse - a nicely balanced wargaming army.

French Guard Zouaves (French officers are Maximilian Adventure Foundry figs)

French Line Turkos

French Line Bde advancing - mix of Foundry & Castaway figures

Chasseurs d'Afrique (best French cav unit of the war)

French Guard Lancers

French Line Bde (incl Zouaves)

French arty battery with the much misunderstood Mitrailleuse

The Guard now long gone (sigh)

Well, that's it for now for the FPW collection, I will post the Prussians when I get around to doing them. but the 1st Empire stuff takes priority for now.

Cheers,

      Doc

Some more LOTR - its troll hammer-time!

I realised with my last post that I may have mentioned 'humungous troll' quite a few times and claimed he was worth at least three normal figures.  Actually, considering you have to build him, bog him (and no, its not troll toilet training!) before painting - he's taken more time than three normal figures.  In fact I spent as much time on him as at least a dozen LOTR 28mm figures.

While I am not into fantasy figures that much I must admit they can be great to paint.  I had to mix my own troll blue flesh colour and used a number of washes, then blended it into the off-white flesh.  The eyes too are a nice glowing cat's yellow - I paused the first movie quite a few times to get a good look at the troll's eyes so I could get it right!

To prove the point, here is Mr. Troll.  A few pics of him being mercilessly teased by some nasty Minis Tirith tin-plated bullies, poor old troll.

Hey baldy!

GRRRR - stop teasing you guys!

 

'Dude, that chain is lame - soooo Seventies y'know?'

GRRR - that's it - HAMMER TIME!!!

 

A 'bullies-eye' view or  "methinks we have soiled our chainmail!"

Sorry, no Rohan either - perhaps another time.

 Cheers,
           Doc