Franco-Prussian War

[Hertsblue]

I would have thought that a windmill needed to be over-scale rather than under, if only to make it stand out.

[Javier Gomez]

ML,  I think the Hovels one is 15mm, but at least it is illustrated on their site in the European section, and might suit Javier's objectives.  Personally, I prefer going down a scale for buildings, so would go for 6mm scale, but it is a matter of personal taste.

Mollinary

I agree with you, it's better to downscale. If I don't already have lots of 10mm painted buildings I would definitely go for 6mm ones to match the 10mm figures. That makes sense for big battles of course, not for small actions with big battalions. But having all the remaining buildings in 10mm a windmill in 6mm would look a bit bizarre. On Hovels, although their resin cast is always downscaled, in the past I tried to mix Timecast 10mm pieces with Hovels 15mm for my WW2 10mm collection and although Hovels' where mainly ruins they didn't work very well with the others. Maybe I'll go for the Escenografia Epsilon one (actually the guy is a friend of mine!). Thanks for your help!   

[Leman]

His French buildings look extremely good.

[Javier Gomez]

His French buildings look extremely good.

I'll try to convince him to make a 10mm European windmill

[Javier Gomez]

Meanwhile I build the Saxons I made a couple of German army commanders stands. Besides the generic generals Pendraken oddly just released King Wilhelm and Moltke, and none of them was a field commander. So I decided to make a couple of conversions:

König Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm: I used King Wilhelm's figure beheaded body and put Moltke's head instead, adding a putty beard


Prinz Friedrich Karl: I used the body of the Württemberg general but with a Prussian hussar's head. In the background a Prussian hussar was converted in a courier, delivering the message to an artilleryman officer turned on a staff officer.



Pics taken with the phone, still struggling with the camera's battery.

[Steve J]

Those are lovely .

[Leman]

Very, very good. Pictures look good, even from a phone.

[Hertsblue]

Super conversions, Javier. 

[Subedai]

Very nice and inspirational.

[kev1964]

Excellent work Javier,


kev

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Those are brilliantly brilliant!

[nikharwood]

Superbly done 

[Westmarcher]

Like these. 

[mollinary]

Excellent work! 

Mollinary

[Javier Gomez]

Thanks for the comments! When painting hundreds of times the same figure over and over again to build these armies it's nice to be able to give your personal touch to your collection with an unique piece, and conversions at this scale are soooo easy to do! I encourage you!

[paulr]

 

Inspiring

[Bunny]

Stunning!  But stop my will is weakening........must not collect FPW>>>>>>

[Techno]

Terrific work !!
Cheers - Phil

[Steve J]

But stop my will is weakening........must not collect FPW

Well I've just bought Bruce Weigle's 1870 rules as a reference book along with Howards' history of the war, so I can see myself succumbing at some point this year. Sadly my painting won't be as good .

[Leman]

You couldn't have picked a better place to start Steve. Even if you never buy a figure there is still so much to get into these days. when I started it was Michael Howard, They died for Glory, Les Gens Brave (the two period specific rule sets) and any odds and ends being run off on roneos by various enthusiasts. If you do get into the period the Continental Wars Society is well worth looking up. A goldmine of information and ideas at a very reasonable price.