Confederate Skirmishers

It's been quite awhile since my last post due to many reasons as the year has been quite a busy one with losing my very kind mother in law early in the year, more duties around the house, physical training(need to keep healthy), my camara breaking and having to buy a new one which I'm still trying to figure out plus night shift, moving things around the house have all seen my social presence dip way under my normal slow pace. 

 

The good thing is in a little under two years I'll basically be retired at 60 due to my old timer program at my work which should free up a lot more time to pursue hobby interests I hope, but until then I fear my presence will remain sporadic however I fully intend to do better then the last few months as more things have been resolved. Sorry about not commenting I will try to improve on that, but it will be hit and miss for awhile yet.

Since I added some union skirmishers I needed to balance that out with some rebel ones which were fun to do as you can play around with the bases more.

The figures are a mix of Wargames Foundry and Redoubt miniatures which have some great posing. That's another reason painting skirmishers is fun is the posing can tell a story as you interact it with the terrain.

The colors I used were my usual Foundry ones which I've been making sure I have more then enough of all the colors with all these retirements going on(not foundry yet) I want to make sure I have enough for years to come just in case they do which is also one of the reasons why I have a very large lead mountain. This year alone Gripping Beast and Grubby Miniatures are retiring which both carry ranges I really like and I don't know if they will be picked up. I really hope so!

Well it was nice to get something posted again to help me get somewhat back on track and to let others know I'm still here. Oh another thing is I moved all my hobby stuff into my hobby room making it easier to concentrate on painting as my painting station I used was upstairs, however it became to uncomfortable as I've aged and my better half was fine with me disappearing as long as I'm there to eat meals and spend some time together watching programs together we enjoy.:-) This of course has the added benefit in that I can work on terrain when I'm not in the mood for painting miniatures(already painted a house and did some trees!) Next up probably the AWI house.

Miniature Company- Wargames Foundry, Redoubt Miniatures

Berdan's Sharpshooters

Switching gears a bit and doing some ACW additions with Berdan's Sharpshooters.I need some skirmish elements for my ACW collection and thought Berdan's would be a nice one as they have pretty cool uniforms.

I've seen different versions in books and models covering Berdan's uniform and I went with the one I felt was close to how they were so I discarded any blues or bright greens and went with Dark green, black, brown, tan and moss here and there. I did wonder if they perhaps used a darker leather for the canteen straps, but couldn't find enough evidence so went with the traditional off white. The paints I used were again mostly Vallejo and wargames Foundry as usual.

Creating skirmish bases are always the most fun, because you can do entertaining poses with interesting terrain like large rocks and tree trunks etc. The posing on these Perry sculpts are some of the best they have done imho so combining that with freedom on the basing made creating these guys are real blast!

I will also be doing some regular union skirmishers because Berdan or other US sharpshooters were only in a few places at a time with the majority being regimental skirmishers on the field. However, first I have some rebel skirmishers on the desk as I try and keep my collections running equal as I'm never sure what I'll need more of for each given scenario. Hopefully I get the next unit out a bit sooner then normal.

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Miniature Company- Perry Miniatures

Pyrrhic stone throwers and slingers

I was hoping to post two units, but the other one will take a bit longer so decided to post just this one as it's finished and I can get it off the desk and into the cabinet. They are two skirmish units for my Pyrrhic army for TtS or Impetus.

I know you can field slingers, but I'm not sure if I can field stone/rock throwers however I thought they looked cool so decided to paint some up. If I can't use them as such then I'll use them as slingers or javelinmen or something.

The figures are from the fantastic Aventine range and were an absolute pleasure to paint. However, last I looked I didn't see these available for purchase as I thought about getting some more. Perhaps I just missed them or they will come back in stock at some point. The paints I used were mostly Foundry with some Vallejo as usual.

My next post will probably be some more Pyrrhic as that's what's on my desk, but there something else I've been wanting to do.....trying to stay on track. I suppose my next post is up in the air will it be focus that wins or the powerful shiny thing?

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Miniature Company- Aventine Miniatures 

Pyrrhic Epirote Phalangite

 

Finished a new Epirote Phalangite unit for my Pyrrhic army bringing me up to 3 out 5 planned. I had forgotten how long it takes me to do one of these and is probably why they are spaced out rather then one after another.

I decided on a light blue for this one and quite like the colors. I'm trying to decide if  I'll do some more units this way or keep each unit an individual in their own colors. As mentioned they do take quite some some time to paint(for me that is) so I probably won't attempt another for a little while and for sure not this challenge, but not a problem as I have plenty of other units for the army to do!

The miniatures are from the superb Aventine range and I highly recommend visiting their site. If you like ancients you will be hard pressed to leave with your basket empty! The colors I used were Foundry, Vallejo and Citadel with some mig pigments for rock dusting.

I have some more Pyrrhic units on my desk at the moment so that will likely be next up on the blog unless I get distracted which can easily happen....

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Miniature Company- Aventine Miniatures

Late Roman Light Cavalry

 

Some more light cavalry for my Late Romans. This brings me up to date on my back log of late romans that I've had finished for awhile. I pretty good in terms of cavalry units for the romans now so will likely turn my attention to some more infantry and Germanic tribes as they need some additions. 

Painting them didn't take overly long as I only needed to paint a few of them except the shields which started as transfers, but basically required me to repaint 70% of it due to disintegration of the plastic and the colors were not bright enough.

Doing the bases was fun as I had extra space to add some scenery without crowding the base. The figures are all foundry which I really like and the paints used were again mostly foundry with some Vallejo as well.

 Next up will probably be some more of my Pyrrhic project which is currently on my table for what seems like forever. Looking forward to getting the current unit off the desk asap!

A little off topic of my post if I ever fully commit to doing Napoleonic's or WSS in 28mm I will need to employ a quicker method to painting my horses as my current method is a non starter! I like how it looks, but is completely impracticable! 

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Miniatures-Wargames Foundry

Successor Thureophoroi

 

Now adding Thureophoroi to my slowing growing Pyrrhic/Successor collection. Adding to my Pyrrhic collection will be my primary focus this year which will include both the Pyrrhic and Republic Roman forces as I go along. I'm curious how far I'll manage to stay on target as I can get side tracked as you know if you have been following me for any length of time, but in my defense I have been getting better.

The miniatures themselves are Aventine miniatures which I find to be fantastic and will make up a large share of my collection along with some Wargames Foundry. I would say Aventine miniatures rank among some of my favorite miniatures on the market easily. 

Painting the figures was a lot of fun with some parts going pretty quick(for me) and other parts slowing me down quite a bit depending on the requirements. The colors I used were my usual Foundry and Vallejo, but also a little P3 and Mig pigment mixes for some weathering. A distinguishing feature of Thureophoroi was their large white shields which presents a challenge for us wargamers as it's easy to make them to bright or to dark. I'm quite pleased with the result as it was probably the most time consuming part of the miniature to paint and would have been disappointing if I didn't like the result. 

Thureophoroi provided a light infantry role on the battlefield and were flexible enough to both skirmish with javelins and form up in a phalanx with long spears making them very useful troops indeed. I'm happy I don't have to pronounce their name and rather just write it.:-) 

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Miniature Company- Aventine Miniatures