On the workbench - February 2025

Slower than expected progress in January, but a certain amount out of the way
So I'm working on:-

• Plastic 28mm Female Gunfighters -just needing a final wash and then basing
• Some Lord of the Ring style figures - slowly getting painted
• Robert Marion, The Swamp Fox - just need a bit more attention
• The test Aztecs - base colours applied - no progress
• Lettow Vorbek and askari command stand - almost complete
• Napoleonic Spanish round hat infantry - three units completed and two awaiting basing

New additions

• Three units of Napoleonic Imperial Guard skirmishers to replace some old HaT plastics
• Four units of Italian line infantry and one of skirmishers

I've cleared out an amount of stuff on ebay, but there is still more which can be found here (link). I will also be at Vapnartak on unday on the Lance & Longbow stand if you want to rummage through my box of bits.

Some more Napoleonic cavalry rebased

While working on the Spanish I had also sold my old Prussian Napoleonic cavalry on ebay. I discovered that I had one more old style basing cavalry unit and I also remembered a couple of French units that need rebasing as well.

The Prussian unit had been part of the larger 6th (2nd Silesian) Hussars and one half had already been rebased, but rather than having another indentical unit I decided to change it to the Elbe National Cavalry Regiment by giving them light blue facings. They became the 10th Hussars in 1815.

The French were my two regiments of Eclaireurs for more details see (link)

Napoleonic Spanish round hat infantry

A few days ago, I completed three units of my 3D printed Spanish round hat infantry. Unlike the resin I used before I had zero brakages while painting as the resin is not as brittle. There are two units of brown coated close formation infantry and one of skirmishers in light blue.

I haven't add flags yet to the close order units as I haven't decided who they will be, but the skirmishers are part of the Catalonian Legion

Napoleonic Prussian Kuirassiers 1813-14

For years I have managed with using converted Airfix French Cuirassiers as Prussian Kuirassiers, but I've always hoped that someone would produce them. I suspect the reason why is that they were not involved in the Waterloo campaign. I had thought of converting a combination of HaT Russian Cuirassiers and Dragoons to provide them but it always semed to fiddly. Then at a show I had a look at the Mars Russian Dragoons and decided they were a good enough match.

As it turned out attaching the "swords" was quite tricky as Mars plastic tends to have a lower melting point than that which most other plastic manufacturers use and getting a heated pin to the right temperature was a matter of luck.

The East Prussian Kuirassiers are to the left and the Silesian to the right.

Napoleonic Spanish Maniobrera Horse Artillery

I'm not sure how much real horse artillery Spanish army possessed in the Napoleonic era but when I came across the image below of the Brigada Maniobrera Horse Artillery I felt the need to incorporate them into my forces.

The figures are modified Airfix RHA

Napoleonic Russian Artillery

Spot the difference, the gun crew on the right is an old one and on the right the one new additional crew needed to replace my old long serving Hinton Hunts.

The guns themselves are a couple of Zvezda pieces, I have purchased the STL files of some Russian guns, which I'll be printing when the warmer weather returns along with some replacement Horse Artillery gunners

On the workbench - January 2025

yes another year starts and unlike a "usual" year end there are a lot of unfinished bits so here's a picture of some of the remnants

So I'm working on:-

• Plastic 28mm Female Gunfighters - now assembled and base coated
• Two units of Napoleonic Prussian Cuirassiers - after some trouble they now have swords added, and the horses are painted
• A single crew of the Spanish Brigade Maniobrera Horse Artillery - now underway and two crews instead of one
• Some Lord of the Ring style figures - now base coated
• Robert Marion, The Swamp Fox - base coated
• An extra Napoleonic Russian gun crew - well underway
• The test Aztecs - base colours applied
• Lettow Vorbek and askari command stand - underway
• and then.. start work on Napoleonic Spanish round hat infantry

In the meantime attempt to sort stuff out to go on ebay, which can be found here (link)