We did a test run of the GDB rules at Outland, the local game store, me and Gunfreak over at Apartment of War pooled our collections and arranged a small battle for five players. It was 11 French bat...
The 1st Battalion of the 21st Line Regiment, In the Gross Gorschen scenario these are rated as “Line” even though they are “provisional” whatever that is. I have tried to find...
The first battalion of the twenty-second infantry regiment, 36 figures and 6 voltigeur skirmishers. The miniatures are Front Rank and the flag is from GMB, the flag pole is floral wire nicked from th...
The East Prussian Jaeger Battalion is finally completed. It is a full 24 figure battalion even though they were usually split between several corps providing vital skirmishing capabilities. They are ...
The 1st Battalion, 1st West Prussian Infantry Regiment is now completed. I bought some grass bushes with “flowers” from Heki and I think it makes the bases a bit more interesting.
I am leaving for Switzerland tomorrow morning to attend the 40K ETC tournament and true to tradition I still needed to paint something in the army I am bringing. On this occasion it was a Rhino APC, ...
A WiP shot of the 1st Musketeer Battalion, 1st West Prussian Infantry Regiment. Need to finish the basing and touch up some minor things in the front ranks of each base as well as highlight the metal...
In addition to the Calpe Prussians I am working on a Front Rank 36 figure French Line Infantry Battalion. Originally I ordered a 24 figure sampler pack, which I have painted, and I am now awaiting th...
As promised yesterday, I got caught up painting the Calpe Prussians, here are a picture of my speed painted Cuirassiers. The unit will get 10 more cuirassiers, making it a 24 figure unit but I will g...
The miniatures I ordered from Calpe Miniatures arrived with DHL today. I expected to get them in mid september so this was a pleasant surprise. The miniatures quality is very good and the pose variat...
The box of Perry Miniatures French Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry I ordered from Warlord Games has arrived and the quality is superb. I might have to reconsider my initial decision of going all metal for t...
After much deliberation, soul searching and googling on the web I have decided to go for the Perry Miniatures in metal for the French. Since the owner of Calpe Miniatures is on a one month vacation,...
At the moment it looks like it will be General de Brigade that will be the ruleset I am going for, there are several reasons behind this choice. But to summarize it mostly boils down to Shako II givi...
While I will only recreate a small portion of the greater battle of Lutzen I have added some background on the battle itself, stolen from Wikipedia . Prelude Following the disaster of Napoleon’...
Calpe Miniatures Prussian Uhlans I have decided to start a personal project, 1:20 ratio 28mm Napoleonics in the Befreiungskriege period (1813- 1815). The rule set will either be General de Brigade o...
I havent done much painting lately, but we assembled some more terrain on Sunday.
Xadh00m and myself have started to assemble the terrain we ordered for Strategikon 6.
Some pictures of my growing Blood Ravens Space Marine army.
Took a quick shot of a Land Speeder. One thing I noticed is that I need to paint eyes on the pilot :p
I just bought a tripod for my camera and I took this picture, no lightbox, just a backdrop placed on my painting table with auto white balance, auto focus and a f/14 aperture setting. I didnt do any ...
I had under coated 10 CSM + 3 Thundercav Riders with White GW Primer and then I base coated them with my airbrush so they would get a thin even coat. At least that was the idea... Apparently the fres...
I think it looks suitably brutal This model is equipped with a Storm Shield and Close Combat Weapon/Bolt Pistol. This is actually old news since it has been completed for almost 3 weeks . 3 more are ...
I went into the GW store the other day and got tricked into buying the Emperors Champion finecast model, yes I know I am weak I dont know if I like finecast or not, like almost everyone else and thei...
A couple of WIP shots. They look a lot better IRL due to over exposure, a 1x 110w bulb and 2x 85w bulbs and ensures that I have "enough" light when I am painting but its not ideal for photos ...
Its more or less complete, I might touch up some of the metallics a bit and correct any mistakes I find.
Just a quick work in progress shot of my tester Thunder Cavalry mount. Still quite a bit of work left but so far I am happy with the results.
I have started to paint the first mount for my Thunder Cavalry, the colors on the mount is the is the result of 3-4 thin coats of paint, no highlights or shade yet. Its kind of a test miniature but I...
A third Thunder Cavalry model, this one with a Storm Shield and Close Combat Weapon is almost completed. A tad more greenstuff work around the joints are required and I will add some pouches and gren...
Here are a preview of my first two Thunder cavalry, one with chainsword and bolt pistol and one with thunder hammer and bolt pistol. Once they are painted I will attach a chain from the Bloodcrushers...
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