"some AB prussians and russians" Topic

Hi all!

I´m new to the forum, so it´s my first post… I don´t know if there´s a place to post for introducing new users, but couldn´t find it! I´m from Spain so I hope also that my english is at least "understandable"

I´m working on a project to paint some 15mms napoleonic miniatures to use them in the game "The Napoleonic Wars" by GMT, and I´ve started with the russians and prussians.

I´ve used AB miniatures, and for these two nationalities I´ve just painted some spare Prussians Musketeers and Hussars I had already bought… so, the Russians are not really Russian Musketeers, same as the Hussars!!

I´ll use the right miniatures for the Spanish, French, Austrian, and Ottoman forces, but I wanted to save some money using these miniatures. Since the look of the Russian and Prussian infantry is quite similar IMHO (they both wear the blanket "tied" to the chest) I think they can pass.

Hope you like the miniatures…. I´ve never painted napoleonic miniatures before, and after browsing through many pics in the internet, I decided to sacrifice some historicity in favour of game-playability. Miniatures should be easily distinguished on the board, since it´s a multiplayer wargame, so I had to light up the colors… and the photographs are not very good!

I´d appreciate any advice/critics…

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Mate,

Very impressive – I particularly like your Prussian Hussars…

Thanks for sharing

Kind Regards,

Sparker

That's a very good idea, to use miniatures for a board game. Although as you explained, the blue color is a bit off for the Prussian foot (too light – they remind me of the French!), your figures still look quite good. I like the round bases too. What did you use for the bases?

Steve

Hi!

Thanks for the kind comments!

The bases are made using cents of euro. One cent on top of two for the infantry, and 2 cents on top of a washer for the cavalry.

Yes, the colors are really lighted. Even more in the Russians than in the prussians.

The prussians have a base of Prussian Blue (Vallejo) and the lights using Royal Blue (Games Workshop).

The Russians have a base of Napoleonic Green (Andrea) and the lights using Green Goblin (GW) which is a really light green compared to the one I´ve seen in Russian uniforms.

But I had to do it like that in order to identify each nation on the board without asking yourself "Are those Russians or Prussians?" and so on.

The bases are big enough, and they show their color, but I´ve had some problems with other miniatures used in gameboards (Axis and Allies for example) before, and just wanted to make sure…

I´d really apreciate any advice from you Napoleonic players!

Very, very good I think. With such a nice "clean" painting style, perhaps you should try table top wargaming rather than board games? I think your armies would look great. Your English is very understandable as well!

Matt

Thanks, Matt!

I don´t play table top wargames anymore. I like painting, and have ancients and WWII miniatures, but it´s easier for me to find oponents to play Boardgames than miniatures wargames, so I paint mucho more than I play.