Well 2019 ended up a busy year. Rather too much going on to really get into the big project that I had planned but I did manage to finish some smaller ones and with the Italian 19thC stuff use some figures which I had actually put on a bring and buy stand a year earlier!
But enough of what's behind, what has 2020 got in store?
Well this year I will publish the follow up to the Sugar Islands Campaign. It will still be called "Against Spain" and will cover the sieges of Havana and Manila.
During the Christmas break I was able to finish the Spanish infantry for the Cuba garrison and I made a start on the Edimburgo Dragoons, painting their officer. I will base and flag up all the units in one go, but have added temporary flags for the shots below.
The Havana Rgt has no flag shown on Kronoscaf. Conjecturally therefore I will be adding the arms of the city of Havana to another units flag, replacing the coat of arms on that, which should be easy enough. The flag will be mounted on a brass tube which slides down over the shaft shown in the pics and allows the end to be flattened and shaped to a point - it also allows it to be removed if I come across the correct flag! The blue of the Havana Rgt and yellow of the dragoon officer were done using citadel contrast paints.
The Havana Rgt has no flag shown on Kronoscaf. Conjecturally therefore I will be adding the arms of the city of Havana to another units flag, replacing the coat of arms on that, which should be easy enough. The flag will be mounted on a brass tube which slides down over the shaft shown in the pics and allows the end to be flattened and shaped to a point - it also allows it to be removed if I come across the correct flag! The blue of the Havana Rgt and yellow of the dragoon officer were done using citadel contrast paints.
I have also finished all the infantry for my Crimean War project. I have 4 units of 18 Russian inf and 4 of 12 British Coldstream Guard. I will be using Rebels and Patriots for games with these, making the Russians to be "large" units to allow for the disparity in numbers between to two sides. The Russians will be poor shots while the British will be guard shock troops with 18in range. This should force the Russians to close and give the British both the benefit of the Minie rifle but make them keen to get in with the bayonet if the Russians do defend. We'll see how it goes!
Both sides have to be based , which I will do in one go, and I need to add some Cossack light cavalry and a British gun to complete my forces.
The 19thC will continue to be a side project for me as I need French, Prussian and Austrian cavalry and Austrian Jäger. Extra poses for the latter will, I hope, will be produced by Pirans Warriors at some point this year. This will allow me to cover all the hyphenated wars from 1859 to 1871. A friend from the Oldmeldrum club has some Danes which he is painting so the Schleswig Holstein War will be getting a visit.
The Wild Geese will be meeting up in June once more. I'm already looking forward to that and will have some organising to do.
I also hope to publish the collection of scenarios I put together for the 1849 Campaign Against Rome, possibly as a pdf booklet. If there is any interest in this please let me know.
6 comments:
These all look very nice Stuart. Wishing you great success with your 2020 projects and publications .
Chris
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The Spanish figures look good. Are they the Crann Tara figures?
Thanks chaps.
Yes Jim, the Spanish are from the Crann Tara. Spanish infantry with their belly cartridge box and cavalry from the Savoia range. Lovely smooth clean figures which are so nice to paint. I made a start on some more of the Edimburgo dragoons today.
love the Spanish Stuart, I am still steadily adding to my Crann Tara WAS in Italy figures using the notes you kindly sent me from John Ray forum. 1859, 1866 and 1871 sounds interesting.
best wishes MarkJ
Thanks Mark,
The white coated Spanish regulars could also serve in Italy - although I'd have to check if the actual units did. There were a a significant number of Spaniards bolstering the Neapolitans during the WAS.
We had a couple of games of Rebels and Patriots last night using my Foundry Prussians vs Northstar Danes - sadly no pics, but an enjoyable club night tussle nonetheless. First game was a convincing Prussian win, the second more marginal and much closer fought. Good fun!
Interested in any wargaming scenario booklets that you produce
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