"Blucher armies complete!" Topic

I began my Russian/French project on January 2, vowing I would be finished by the end of February. I did not complete my last basing details until March 1, so I'm a little slower than Marshal Blucher himself. Anyhow, I'm happy with how these bad boys came out.

Can't wait to take them for a test run in a week or two!

Read about them (and see more photos) here:

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they do look good

That is impressive! It really does look like an army.

Christopher

It only took you two months to do all that lot! Crikey!

Very nice.

Great job DrMark. Hopefully you can post some AARs.

So what was that two hours sleep a night, or was it three?

Quite an effort, well done!

they're going to look fantastic in battle . very impressive !

That is AMAZING work and they look FANTASTIC, well done sir, well done.

Now we need pictures of them in action!

Outstanding work.

WOW, very cool looking collection

Much as I'd like to claim credit for being a superhumanly fast painter, I find that painting small-scale miniatures goes much much faster than my 28's. I find painting small scale troops to be more of an "impressionistic" exercise, where you have to trust the viewer to fill in a lot of detail that you would otherwise have to paint in. For instance, i found that most collars were virtually invisible on my troops, so I count on viewers to fill in that detail from the cuffs they can see. I paint no more than an hour a day, but I can finish off about 80 infantry in two or three days going like that. A little dip goes a long way.

It has been a lot of fun painting these guys and seeing the armies take shape. I'm showing "Waterloo" to one of my classes at present, and there's something about those panoramic shots of the armies that strikes me at the heart of my wargaming soul. I wanted my Blucher armies to give that same feel.

That's still fast painting, well done! They look great!

Good effort! They look like a real army and so quickly assembled.

Hi Mark,

Those figures look fantastic. I'm similarly in a position where I've just tried a different scale for my Napoleonics. Shifting from 28mm to 6mm (also after picking up the Blucher rules).

The ease of painting and the end result is really satisfying (I managed to paint 64 figures in about 2.5 hours today). Whilst I still love the aesthetic of 28mm, the sheer mass of 6mm or 10mm armies is extremely appealing.

Dr. Mark, are those 15mm's? or 10's?

Impressive! Very nicely done!

They are 10mm figures from Old Glory.

Inspiring!

Amazing you did all this in such record time!

They look amazing well done. I'm trying to work out a way so I don't have to put the unit id etc on the bases.
Please not a criticism on what you've done ….just a personal preference thing. I might end up having to do the same in the end however …..certainly convenient.

They look great. Well done!

Great looking armies!

Good basing color- the colors of the uniforms really pops. A good example of how you should aways paint the small scales a shade lighter!

looks impressive…

That looks really good – an impressive effort.

Can I ask what you meant by "showing Waterloo to one of your classes" please? The film, or th Blucher game?

Quick question- is each base a brigade or each pair of bases as in Maurice?

Marc, we're watching the movie. My military history class watches a movie, reads sources concerning the events depicted, plays a simulation game set in the period, then writes an essay evaluating how well the movie treated certain subjects. Next up…Zulu!

forwardmarch, while the scale of the game is flexible, I'm going to go with the recommended 1 stand =1 brigade. And I totally agree with you about using brighter colors at the smaller scales. I once painted 6mm British and French using "true" colors, and at arm's length I could not tell red coats from blue! If I'm going to play a game with my toys, I want the pieces to give me the information I need at a glance.

They look fantastic! Yeah, the small scale is the way to go, for sure.

One unit of french seems to be running away!

One recommendation… I would take a black sharpie and do the edges of every base. Neatening those up will be a big help:)

Good idea. Somehow, doing it with paint seems like work, but I can fool myself into thinking the Sharpie is an incidental chore.

I noticed that reversed base after I posted the pictures. I was thinking about adding the caption: "Go home, Jerome. You're drunk!"