"Westfalia artillery train" Topic

Finally finished my Westfalia artillery train, with their new horses and their caisson. The officer and trumpeter are their earlier releases. My photography does not really do justice to them, but they are superb castings and the harness and ropes, as I have previously posted here, are a joy.
They have now released an artillery kit (sponges, buckets etc). How great if they produced some of what comes with this to upgrade vehicles, or rather the critters pulling them, produced by you know who. The ropes and swingle trees, a bucket or two, some scale chain (mine is too big and now I have found what I meant to use, too late!)

Some more pictures here (look at the officer's face in close up. All did was paint in Caltharn Flesh and wash with Ogryn flesh…the rest is the quality of casting
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Very nice!

Well done, deadhead. Westfalia is superb, both in choice of sculptors and subject matter. Kawe and his team bring joy. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the heads up on the artillery kit! Very nice display!

Excellent. I'd love to post it over at the WEstfalia Gallery and the FB page if that's ok?

I would be absolutely delighted……..highly flattered frankly. I never get the lighting right and do worry about not doing full justice to the castings. If readers see the straps and buckles that go into the harness they will see what an expert could achieve. In an earlier posting I showed how you managed an undercut beneath the rope which is moulded onto the horse.

Wish I had noticed the vertical dark shadow on the middle pic above. You'll find a selection on the link above.

Thanks to all of you. I am still new to this and the feedback is very encouraging.

Hi Deadhead,

Absolutely fabulous and thanks for sharing and;

A question for Kawi:

I love the pose of the train driver mounting his horse but if I wanted loads of these fabulous limbers it would be odd having 4 in the same mounting pose so is there a way this could be varied?

Hope so.

Thanks,

Paul

I hate photography. I had not noticed the gap at the top of the stirrup strap of the chap you mention, mounting his horse (now fixed, but there is the gap on the photos for ever more!)

Thank you Liam, and Paul,

I was pondering with having a second set for quite a while and I think i start working on it sometime soon as Frank Germershaus has no other commitments with us but the Train line which he does so extremely well.

So lively! Great "expression". Very, very cool!

:-)

- Sasha

superb work deadhead!..it helps the figures and equipment
from Westphalia are Top Notch!

regards
Ged
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Great work!

Very, very nice. I too love Westfalia Miniatures.

Very nice paintwork deadhead. Great photos as well.
Your horses are well done, especially the white.

Very nice paint work deadhead, what make are the figures. the pictures are great too, photography is an unforgiving mistress at times.

Wonderful work!

Everything you see here is from Westfalia Miniatures. The men, the horses, the caisson and the limber between the officer and trumpeter (comes with their 8pdr). Somewhere ther is also the ready use ammo box. All added was some out of scale black chain (of course now I have found what I knew I had somewhere!)

I would stress the sharp castings helped so much with the painting. The red edge to the officer's shabraque may be wrong, but it was so well moulded, I could not resist it. Not a hint of flash anywhere. Never took a file to any of them.

Really nice. I agree the white horse is something. For me simple things like the officer's coat and boots really sing. Getting these right just does so much for the over all effect.

great paint work, looks very nice

Wonderful models and painting. It should be noted that the Westphalians were not equipped with Gribeauval guns. So should not have 8-pdrs. They had the AnXI system or their own modified system.
Stephen

Apologies, I can see how I might have confused, even with the title. These are meant to be French Ligne train and cast and sold by Westfalia the company………..not Westphalia, the state and the creation of Boney.

In all the messages I somehow never thought, even once, to mention what nation they represented! My Westfalia (the company) 8pdr is still jet black, but will get a French crew (actually you have made me realise…post Bardin outfit and 8pdr would not mix then? Might have to rethink that…would appreciate your views on that)

Bardin uniforms would work in the later stages of the Spanish campaign. Not entirely sure when the cape got introduced.

The 8-pdr even in the Peninsular was very rare even by 1813. The Bardin was not really in widespread use until 1813.
Stephen

Solves that conclusively then……..many thanks again.