Road to Salamanca

[CoffinDodger]

Bill,

That is an impressive bit of brushwork. Pardon me if you've mentioned this before but, from where did you get the flags?

Regards,

Jim

[BP]

Thanks Jim,

Flags are by the Flagdude. £4 each roughly, but come on the flagstaff, with the cravats/finials as appropriate, already painted.
And thats a bonus for me

http://www.flagdude.com

Apart from the 1st 3 battalions I painted, all my flags are from Flagdude.

Bill

[BP]

Just finished these, the 11th Cav. If you look closely you can see they have sky blue collars with red piping as opposed to white with white piping for the 1st posted earlier. Thats pretty much the only difference between all the cavalry regiments, different collar/piping. I think the only units to take the field were the 1st, 6th, 11th and 12th.





And D'Urbans Brigade as it would have been at Salamanca, in 1:20. The 12th Cavalry were assigned as the baggage guards during the battle.




Next up will be the Portuguese 9th Infantry, the first of Powers brigade, 3rd Division.

Cheers

Bill

[BP]

And as threatened previously, the 1st battalion 9th Portuguese infantry. Slightly smaller battalions than the previous Portuguese units, as Powers brigade was some 400 men or so smaller than Rezendes brigade overall.

All Victrix figures except the drummer, who is Frontrank.
Only 4 more battalions to go before the 9th of December

I reckon I know why the figures look shiny, its the flash from the camera. These guys have had 2 coats of matt varnish, and look pretty flat to the mk1 eye, but the camera makes them look glossed



Cheers

Bill

[Friedrich August I.]

Bill,

A very nice and fast growing army
You mentioned that the flags are from Rick aka Flagdude. Are they common 25mm or a larger size like 40mm or so?

Best Wishes,

Günter

[BP]

Gunter,

Thanks for the commentd

The flags are 25mm scale, each infantry colour is roughly 40mm square.

Cheers

Bill

[andy thompson]

Aha,

the flash thing finally makes sense. I wondered what you were on about previously when you were talking about it taking several coats of varnsh to take away the shine - I've always found 1 of Vallejo's matt varnish to be enough.

So you'll just have to switch off the flash and rely on the bountiful volumes of natural light that occur in Motherwell. In October. At 2 in the morning

Anyway, nice job on the figures.

Andy

[BP]

Next installment

2nd Battalion of the 9th Portuguese. The 2nd Battalion of the 21st Portuguese is also finished but needs basing, and the 1st battalion of the 21st is underway. So once they are finished its the 12th Cacadores remaining before the weekend game at ludkins. Should be a breeze, only 48 figures to paint in the next 5 weeks

Took the following pictures outside to avoid the flash and lighting issues, but it was somewhat overcast.









All comments welcome.

Cheers

Bill

[Churchill]

Ray.

[BP]

Thanks Ray,

Looking forward to the weekend too. First time my troops will have been used in anger. And as we know they will all run away as it'll be there first outing

One of the things I'll be looking forward to is relaxing my painting schedule

As to the weekend itself, I probably wont be up on the Friday evening till about 9.30 after putting the little one to bed.

Bill.

[toggy]

Bill wrote: " I probably wont be up on the Friday evening till about 9.30"

The evening will just be getting started then Bill, look forward to seeing you then.

Bob

[Gerryjd]

Bill wrote: " I probably wont be up on the Friday evening till about 9.30"

The evening will just be getting started then Bill, look forward to seeing you then.

Bob

The first cask of Belhaven Best will just be getting warmed up by then. Plenty of time left in the evening!! Looking forward to seeing all you guys again

Your figures look great Bill. looking forward to seeing them in the flesh

Cheers

Gerry

[BP]

Cheers chaps,

am really looking forward to getting away before the christmas madness starts

Bill

[BP]

Latest installment, the Portuguese 21st Infantry Regiment. Pictured the 2 battalions together for quickness to take advantage of a break in the rain,
the joys of living in Scotland

To finish off Powers brigade I only have the 12th Cacadores remaining, and 8 are painted and a further 6 are underway, so they should be ok for the 9th. Deadlines are a great motivator

Overall shot


Brigadier, looks better slightly out of focus


Grenadier Company


Regiment's Colonel with Grizzly Adams as a pioneer


All comments welcome

Cheers

Bill.

[Gerryjd]

Absolutely lovely Bill.
Looking forward to seeing them on the table together in their brigades formations.

Cheers

Gerry