15mm Seven Years War (SYW) Austrian Army

We've just finished up a 15mm Seven Years War (SYW or 7YW) Austrian Army. The basing will work for the new Maurice rules. The army includes a nice prtion of infantry, some Croat light infantry, some artillery, a nice representation of cavalry, and of course, the army commanders.

Here's the whole army laid out:

The casualties

The infantry

The light infantry, commanders, and artillery

The cavalry

Here are some close-up views of the army as it is all laid out:

 The infantry is painted to represent the 9'th, 12'th, 23'rd , and the 43'rd German regiments and the 2'nd and 31'st Hungarian regiments. For some regiments there are the 2'nd and 3'rd battalions; these can be noted by their twin yellow flags.

The Hungarian regiments with their colorful uniforms

The German regiments

The backs of the figures- white belts everywhere!

There are two Croat (or Grenzer) regiments represented:  The Warasdin Creuztzer Grenz regiment and Trenck's Pandors regiment.

Here's the Austrian artillery:

The army commanders and generals are represented as a base of 3 for the army commander and singular bases of mounted generals:

The 2'nd Kaiser Hussars:

The 22'nd Kalckreuth Cuirassiers:

The 31'st De Ligne (Lowenstein or St. Ignon) Dragoons:

The Kollowrat Dragoons:

All figures are Old Glory 15's. Flags are from The Flag Dude.

French & Indian War Indians from Galloping Major Miniatures

There's a new US retailer of Galloping Major Miniatures called Loyahanna Outpost. Their website can be found here: Loyalhanna Outpost  Keith approached us about doing a few display figures for him. It wasn't hard for him to find us as He and I do game occasionally together. Despite a tight schedule I fit a few figures in for him since he's pretty patient with me when it comes to my spotty attendance to games!

This is the first batch, some French and Indian War (FIW for short) American Indians. These figures were cast pretty clean with just a bit of clean up required. I think they are pretty decent figures. The sculpting is a bit softer than other manufactures in areas like musculature but they paint up really well.

While I wanted to paint these up I couldn't get to them being stuck in 15mmm SYW Austrian land and prep/ finishing land. So Allison did the brush work on these while I slogged away at the Austrian line and cleaned and glues two Vampire Counts Coven Thrones for Warhammer for a customer. Here's the results:

This group of 10 Indians:

Some detail shots of pairs of Indians showing the front and backs of the figures:

I particularly love the Indian in the stripped shirt. As a leader-like figure it helps set him out from his fellows and adds a nice spot of detail to the group:

Allison painted the cloth colors a bit more subdued to catch the colors used in the 18th century. Hench more greyed blues and red browns used on these figures. I used two types of ground cover to add a bit more to the basing of the figures and to try and give the figures the appearance of either moving through the woodlands of early America.

There's some Canadian militia and some PA and VA rangers to do yet but we have to get some other stuff out of the way first. Look for a little here and there over the next few months.

Pulp Figures Rocketeers

Here's some pics of a small Pulp order of a group of rocketeers for a customer. These are all Pulp Figures miniatures at 28mm "scale". I used a bit more washes than I normally do and I really like the way these came out. We recently started making our own washes so I've been toying around with them more to get the formula down right and learn what their capabilities are.

Normally I'd go with a dry brush for a highlight. For these, however, I did a base coat and a wash to add a shade to the base color. This method requires one to use a base color a little lighter in shade than their desired final color as the wash will darken them up more. 

If you want more detail you can paint the base coat on, drybrush a highlight color, then apply the wash. This will help blend the drybrushing to the base color and smooth the transition. It's similar to wet-blending, but quicker. The results will not be as smooth as when you wet-blend, but it is easier. Still , the simple wash did a more than acceptable job on these.

The bases are 1 inch fender washers with Durhams Water Putty used to blend the integral base of the figure into the washer. A quick coat of Vallejo English Uniform (#921) was then applied to the putty. This help color the ground in case any flock comes off later and it helps provide a nice even ground color tone under the flock to make the appearance of the whole thing more appealing. Next, a layer of Scenic Express' Earth blend was glued on with diluted Matte Medium. Once that layer had dried I applied patches on Scenic Express' Alpine Meadows Blend.

I'm happy with the results as is the customer. These will make a fine addition to the Pulp Table.