| The Picktree Brag | 22 Jan 2009 2:40 p.m. PST |
Hi all, Since there has been a little interest expressed by a couple of people in my Charles Grant's Wargame project using Minden miniatures I thought I would just post a couple of pics to show what i'm doing to those that are interested. Will have to revive my blog I think! A blurry photo of some test minis I painted last week – all pretty traditional colour schemes nicked from real nations, and on double size bases as I haven't received my Litko order yet :) link Anyway my 2 nations are: The Hesse-Witten Freie Stadt – whose troops and uniforms will be based largely on the Hesse-Kassel and Prussian armies of the period, using Frank's Minden Prussians. Proposed national flag:
link Flag for IR17 'Prinz Hapnick':
link The Marquisate of Valerno – who will be a Northern Italian nation which has been a flashpoint between France and the Holy Roman Empire for some time and which is currently under the influence of the former. Proposed national flag:
link Flag for IR3 'Conte Di Costa':
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| mrwigglesworth | 22 Jan 2009 3:10 p.m. PST |
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 Der Alte Fritz  | 22 Jan 2009 6:45 p.m. PST |
You have done a nice job of painting those figures. I look forward to seeing whole units one day. |
Frederick  | 22 Jan 2009 7:58 p.m. PST |
Very nice- by an odd coincidence, I was reading my old copy of Charles Grant's book yesterday and thinking about how I could use my SYW figs for a re-do of Mollwitz as outlined in the book |
| abdul666lw | 23 Jan 2009 12:39 a.m. PST |
Very pleasant troops and flags – extremely promising and making us looking eargerly forward for more! The Northern Italian imaginary Marquisate is an enjoyable departure from the all-Germanic or 'major powers in disguise' Imagi-Nations. Roman Catholic, probably, so maybe soldiers in less stingy clothes and grenadiers with bearskins? For sure you'll have to revive your blog! Thanks for sharing, and cheers!
Jean-Louis |
| abdul666lw | 23 Jan 2009 1:07 a.m. PST |
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| Prinz Geoffrey | 23 Jan 2009 6:41 a.m. PST |
Nice looking troops, look forward to seeing more, looks like Marquisate of Valerno will be a neighbor of Cavenderia, we are the Dalmatian coast. |
| sneakgun | 23 Jan 2009 9:56 a.m. PST |
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| The Picktree Brag | 23 Jan 2009 10:11 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the positive feedback all, I shall make an effort to get a blog going on these nations and their progress. @Frederick – You must let us know how that comes along, and take pictures! I will be very happy the day I have enough troops to refight Mollwitz myself. @abdul666lw – I would indeed be interested in joining 'Emperor vs Elector', though I am not sure how often I would be able to contribute. As to the Marquisate, yes they will indeed be Roman Catholic, but I am currently undecided on which of the Minden range to use to represent them. |
| Andy ONeill | 23 Jan 2009 10:53 a.m. PST |
Nice.
Do you mean you're going to rebase them? |
| The Picktree Brag | 23 Jan 2009 11:59 a.m. PST |
Yes. Those figures in the picture were just tests really, the first proper regiment is being painted now and its figures are going to be individually mounted on 15mm x 20mm bases. |
| Jeff of SaxeBearstein | 23 Jan 2009 10:13 p.m. PST |
To join the "Emperor vs Elector" group blog, please contact me at . . . bluebear@uniserve.com . . . and don't worry, not all members are active all the time. I do also urge you to have your own blog (or two -- one for each imagi-nation).
-- Jeff
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| Ed von HesseFedora | 28 Jan 2009 8:33 p.m. PST |
Excellent painting…Bravo! I look forward to seeing a regiment of these handsome figures. Ed v. H-F |
