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Wider Wargaming => Painting & Modelling => Topic started by: Norm on 21 January 2020, 09:26:48 AM

Title: French 4 pdr’s 1809
Post by: Norm on 21 January 2020, 09:26:48 AM
French 4pdr's from the french 1809 army pack.

I pulled these out of the lead pile as a test unit for 10mm napoleonics. I have based these onto the Kallistra 30mm x 40mm plastic bases and first thought the base was perhaps too big, but with the figures added, itn looks about right.

The army pack gives 3 guns and crews, so the frontage here is 90mm, though in actual gaming, I may well drop to a two model battery depending on the size and demands of the scenario,

These were primed grey, block painted, washed and then highlighted.

Click to enlarge!
Title: Re: French 4 pdr’s 1809
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 21 January 2020, 10:54:14 AM
Nay bad our kid.
Title: Re: French 4 pdr’s 1809
Post by: FierceKitty on 21 January 2020, 11:18:10 AM
Nifty. May I suggest a black dot at the muzzle to indicate where the shot comes out?
Title: Re: French 4 pdr’s 1809
Post by: Steve J on 21 January 2020, 11:27:35 AM
Very nice and the black dot is compulsory :D.
Title: Re: French 4 pdr’s 1809
Post by: Westmarcher on 21 January 2020, 12:21:30 PM
Nice, indeed!  :-bd  ... and well done for painting the wheel rims, too!  :D
Title: Re: French 4 pdr’s 1809
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 21 January 2020, 12:42:56 PM
Superb work on those.
Title: Re: French 4 pdr’s 1809
Post by: Norm on 21 January 2020, 12:59:45 PM
thanks all - black dot now done :-)
Title: Re: French 4 pdr’s 1809
Post by: Leon on 21 January 2020, 01:16:50 PM
Nice!

8)
Title: Re: French 4 pdr’s 1809
Post by: Terry37 on 26 January 2020, 11:32:01 PM
If the figure will allow I always drill out the muzzle a little and then paint it black. Just adds a small bit to the look.

(https://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh235/terry37photos/Painting/DSCF0690_zpshg8goh5j.jpg) (https://s257.photobucket.com/user/terry37photos/media/Painting/DSCF0690_zpshg8goh5j.jpg.html)


(https://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh235/terry37photos/Napoleonic/IMG_2227_zpsksx8sar8.jpg) (https://s257.photobucket.com/user/terry37photos/media/Napoleonic/IMG_2227_zpsksx8sar8.jpg.html)
Terry
Title: Re: French 4 pdr’s 1809
Post by: Techno on 27 January 2020, 06:44:47 AM
Very nice work, Norm & Terry !

Cheers - Phil.
Title: Re: French 4 pdr’s 1809
Post by: FierceKitty on 27 January 2020, 07:11:52 AM
LIke 'em both, Terry. :)
Title: Re: French 4 pdr’s 1809
Post by: Norm on 27 January 2020, 08:24:08 AM
Terry, my daughter got me a modellers tool kit at Christmas, which includes a pin vice, so I will give that a go...... I mean what can go wrong :D
Title: Re: French 4 pdr’s 1809
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 27 January 2020, 09:10:54 AM
Drill in finger, barrel damaged etc etc ....
Title: Re: French 4 pdr’s 1809
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 27 January 2020, 10:55:11 AM
Nice
Title: Re: French 4 pdr’s 1809
Post by: Techno on 27 January 2020, 11:13:08 AM
My effort was stabbing myself down the side of the thumb nail, and snapping the bit that the vise was holding. :-[

However.....I DO find that they've most useful if you crush a fingernail, (however you fancy X_X) and end up with a 'blood blister' under the nail...(Painful)
I've used a vise, with a 0.7mm or a 0.5mm bit to VERY slowly drill through the nail, until I've released the blood, without going into the skin underneath.

Instant relief.....But don't try this at home children, without supervision, or unless you're a complete twerp, like me. (Again...sadly, the above is quite true....3 or 4 times, and counting :-[)

Cheers - Phil




Title: Re: French 4 pdr’s 1809
Post by: FierceKitty on 27 January 2020, 03:31:38 PM
At least you know how to spell vise.
Title: Re: French 4 pdr’s 1809
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 27 January 2020, 04:26:01 PM
Wrong again Alexander, I only have vices ! :D
Title: Re: French 4 pdr’s 1809
Post by: Techno on 27 January 2020, 04:49:24 PM
Quote from: FierceKitty on 27 January 2020, 03:31:38 PM
At least you know how to spell vise.

Yep.....But, in truth, I still want to spell it with a 'C'.....The 'S' still looks wrong.  ;D ;D ;D ;D

I've always pronounced that little bit of kit as a 'vice'. ;)

Cheers - Phil

Title: Re: French 4 pdr’s 1809
Post by: FierceKitty on 27 January 2020, 05:49:45 PM
Your only vice is an inexplicable inclination to self-mutilation instead of making some more peltasts, Cossacks, variant Mexicans, Ming and Koreans, Tang, and the Great Cat God.
Title: Re: French 4 pdr’s 1809
Post by: steve_holmes_11 on 27 January 2020, 07:07:53 PM
Quote from: Techno on 27 January 2020, 11:13:08 AM
My effort was stabbing myself down the side of the thumb nail, and snapping the bit that the vise was holding. :-[

However.....I DO find that they've most useful if you crush a fingernail, (however you fancy X_X) and end up with a 'blood blister' under the nail...(Painful)
I've used a vise, with a 0.7mm or a 0.5mm bit to VERY slowly drill through the nail, until I've released the blood, without going into the skin underneath.

Instant relief.....But don't try this at home children, without supervision, or unless you're a complete twerp, like me. (Again...sadly, the above is quite true....3 or 4 times, and counting :-[)

Cheers - Phil


That sounds like an improvement on the traditional heated needle.
Less chance of pushing through and inflicting a under-nail burn.
Less of a horse glue small afterwards too.
Title: Re: French 4 pdr’s 1809
Post by: Terry37 on 30 January 2020, 03:21:17 AM
One tip when you're going to drill a hole in metal - ALWAYS make a guide hole first. Normally figures are made of a metal soft enough to allow this. I use dissecting needles to make teh guide hole. It doesn't need much of a hole or a deep one, just something to guide the bit until it bites the metal. I also always start with a small bit first and work up to the size hole I need.

Here are some cheap dissecting needles form Amazon. I got mine back in the 70's when I first started building wooden sailing ships from scratch/plans, so mine have wooden handles, while hje ones today come with plastic. But, no worry there as it's hte needle end that matters.

https://www.amazon.com/Edu-Labs-Assorted-Multicolor-Dissecting-Teasing/dp/B07D9JXZF6/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3MHT3KGT8G04A&keywords=dissecting+needle&qid=1580354311&sprefix=dissecting+needle%2Caps%2C166&sr=8-3

Hope this helps,

Terry