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Hey its Summer!

Summer is here and some fine weather is in prospect, following on a week or so of warm and sunny days.

So the paint brush gang have packed their bags and headed for the seaside or wherever paintbrushes go in holiday.

figures abandoned in the basing zone………. WW1 Belgians (posing as Neapolitan Chasseurs 1859) with ACW Union Infantry (posing as Bologna Volunteers 1859) and Austrians in kettel and short shako (posing as themselves 1848 – 1860)

That means the Painting Pedestal stands bare.

the painting pedestal – a study in “still life”

Hopefully the Painting Pedestal will return later this year. Meanwhile the Painting Table is crowded with a queue of figures pleading to be painted or have their bases finished off……..

These Irregular Miniatures metal 20mm British Infantry boast the mid 19th century fancy of the wide topped shako.
These Warrior Miniatures metal 25mm Napoleonic Spanish are just started – in the distance some revolutionry chaps are awaiting their first colours – also from Warrior Miniatures.

Enjoy your Summer whatever the weather and whatever you do.

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The Painting Pedestal: Divisione Bixio

After securing Sicily Garibaldi reorganised his mass of volunteer units into a series of Divisiones.

  • Divisione Turr
  • Divisione Cosenz
  • Divisione Medici
  • Divisione Bixio

The soldiers shown here are from the Divisione Bixio which comprised two brigades.

classic “redshirts”, one soldier has obtained some piedmont/sardinian trousers, one has summer dress whites with small white gaiters while the third appears to have some liberated Neapolitan dark blue trousers on!

An officer is in the illustration (G) shown in the Osprey Men at Arms book 520. I have already mentioned what an excellent book this is, with a wealth of detail in black white alongside text overflowing with wargamers ideas for painting units.

The Officer on the Osprey 520 cover – centre figure – is from Divisione Bixio. Credit to Lucky Toys for animating their sculpts. Compare with the Hat Bologna Volunteers in this background shot of them.

The Bixio Divisione figures are by Lucky Toys……..

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Painting Pedestal: Austrians 1859 Pt2

Next up are my first attempt to deal with riflemen or sharpshooters in the Austrian Empire armies. Better known as Jagers or Feld Jagers or the ultimate Kaiser Jagers.

Waterloo1815 did not do this figure type so I found the nearest thing which was the Hat Napoleonic Austrian Landwehr.

This quite unexpected trip into post Napoleonic periods has meant I am quite prepared to compromise and these chaps work at 3 feet distance with shrubberies! I am definitely warming to the Piquet 4 base battalions which also do nicely for Neil Thomas rulesets as well. And the 3 figures per base feels ok in this mid 19th century era.

I have included a mounted officer from the Line Battalions which are still on the paint table.

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First Normans in the South Cavalry

These are my first Hat “el cid” 1/72 figures I have painted. Now given the period is pitched as 11th/12th century some of the figures have flat top helmets which mark the start of the great helm era. So my fix as I wanted my figures to back fit into early 11th century was to get some heads from my strelets normans and do a swop. They look ok to me.
I did two Impetus bases and chose my own shield designs which dominate these figures. The horse colours are again coat d’arms which I have quickly become happy with. I suppose the cloaks might seem unusual for early 11th century but I think they work as long as they don’t have heraldic symbols
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I used the shield design on the cover of ospreys armies of medieval italian wars, nice work by Mr Rava.
I also get a command unit for the 12 figures you get in a Hat set. These guys were given a shield design based upon one from the osprey guide italian medieval armies 1000-1300. The design shown was apparently the d’hautevilles – a very large family of warriors who were involved in the Norman takeover of southern italy.
I quite liked the design shown on the cover of this osprey so gave a version of it to my command

To round things off I based the figures for 15mm impetus! 80mm wide – a compromise I really like. I used my current favoured 3 layer base painting over budgie grit (warhammer idea) and finished this time with foliage from gaugemaster/noch for railway modelling.

I am pleased with the result.