Thursday, December 24, 2009

Yule

And a Merry Christmas to all .. may your revels be delightful and lacking in hangovers!

Raise a stein to your friends, and confusion to the French!

Oh, and to update on the unpainted pile being worked on at the moment:

'Twas the night before Christmas
and all through the house
not a creature was stirring
except for a Dremel and some Glue...


The infantry shook out into a 32 of grenadiers, 2 32's of Line, and a 24 (which will go nicely to boost the company-strong Regiment #9 Nederlander to a full 32-strong battalion).


The cavalry however are much more dubious - I have 36 Front Rank riders, 18 thinner/older (I think they are either Minifigs, or a knock-off drop mouldings - I think the latter as both horse and rider exhibit the typical signs of the mould being pressed too hard (i.e. thinner in the middle than at the ends), altho I have to say if they are drop-mouldings the flash has been well-cleaned.
Unfortunately almost all the horses seem to be the latter, leaving the FR riders rather precariously balanced on underbred & underfed ponies. Oh well, I guess I can paint them up as Spanish cavalry :)

More pics when they are properly undercoated & browned

9 comments:

andygamer said...

Well, here are some Spanish cavalry and dragoon uniforms for you then.
http://tinyurl.com/ydel6tm

Capt Bill said...

Merry Christmas from the Reich Duchy of Beerstein...

Frankfurter said...

Hmmnn ...
Those figures look like 25's ... I thought you gamed in 15's?
Must remember to bring down my Mindens ...
:)
A

Die alte Aechzener said...

Sorry if I miscommunicated - all my SYW are 28s, along with half my Ancients: Nappies I tend to do in 15mm, with Corps-level rules usually.

Frankfurter said...

Ah ha!
So my Revell and Minden figures will work fine with your bunch ... even though all I've got painted are infantry, a few cannon and one squadron of Hussars.
Of course, I could probably field both a "Prussian" and an "Austrian" army in 15's
:)
A

Fitz-Badger said...

Happy Yule!

A J said...

Never mind, more shiny metal for your delight. ;) Merry Christmas!

andygamer said...

Front Rank horses are bareback, with the saddle attached to the man. (Old Glory too.) Minifigs have the saddles on the horses and the riders are plain-legged types. And I think you would know a Minifigs horse as they are quite small even for 25s contrasted with 28s; and have a bit of a toy soldier look to them. Hincheliffe horses are bareback.

Die alte Aechzener said...

Ahh, good skills Andy! In that case, Old Glory would be the leading suspect (having only recently arrived in the USA, I'm quite unfamiliar with the look of OG stuff, so far - something I expect will change sometime soonish).