Blather, Waffle and Poppycock!

[John Cook]

Hmmm ... but then I'd have to buy the Jaegers to go with them...   

It is an excellent idea.  Another division by the looks of things, then you'll need another French division to balance things, which is an even better idea.

[fsn]

... you'll need another French division to balance things, which is an even better idea.

To quote Alice "I've had nothing yet, so I can't take more."

I'm coming round to the idea of getting some French. I'm happy with most of the cavalry (except Hussars of course); artillery is just artillery ... but the infantry is sooooo boooorinnnng. I can exempt the Swiss from that but (and I appreciate the heresy) the French army overall doesn't appeal.

So the French will have to wait until I have completed the Austrians, Poles, Russians, Spanish, Danes and Ottomans (Ottomen?). Maybe the Portuguese too. 

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Nobby it's possible to do a large French army with no French on it. Swiss, Dutch, CoR Italian etc...

[fsn]

Thank you. The Foreign Regiments give me hope. 

I'm thinking in the region of Cuirassier brigade, Dragoon brigade and 2 lt cav brigades. That would mean 15-16  infantry battalions.

The Swiss are an obvious addition, but they weren't at Leipzig - on which I've based my Prussian, Russian and Austrians.  I could go to Waterloo to match the British and Brunswickers - but there was only one Swiss bttn present.    Mayhap add in some of the Young Guard - but it would just feel unrepresentative. 

I'll just have to make do with Poles, Bavarians and Wurttembergers for now.

[John Cook]

...but the infantry is sooooo boooorinnnng...

I empathise.  Painting any infantry can be a chore.  I've just finished the second British division for my Talavera project, some 400 figures.  Everything I look at has a red tinge to it at the moment.  Maintenance of the objective is fundamental.

[FierceKitty]

Hoplites are fun.

[Heedless Horseman]

Hoplites are fun.

Do Stinging Nettles grow in Greece? 

[fsn]

On Sunday, I was pondering my next project (after the Austrians, Poles and Russians are finished) and I had bought some 1842 Danes with a thought of them being a proxy for 1813 Danes.

Hmmm. Crimson red rather than bright red, says the source. Time to get out the "Cutthroat Red" from Green Stuff. New company to me, new shade.

Shook up the bottle, as one does. Went to drip a few drops onto the palette. Sploosh! Cuththroat red projectile vomit from the bottle as the nozzle flew out. Went over everything - the cutting mat, the wall, the storage units - everything bar the Danes.   
     

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Sh1t 'appens.     

[fsn]

That it do, that it do.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Must look like Techno's normal workspace! 

[paulr]

    

[sunjester]

Must look like Techno's normal workspace! 

Mean....but probably true!   

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Must look like Techno's normal workspace! 

Not even Nobby can be that untidy   

[Westmarcher]

Remember, lads. A bunny is not just for Easter. 

[fsn]

To be honest ... I don't think I could manage much more than Easter.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Old age, old age Nobby

[DecemDave]

Yes it could be habit forming.

[fsn]

I was getting worried that I didn't have any Pendraken projects left until either the Amazons or the Spanish Napoleonics or the Cold War range or the Arab-Israeli foot turns up* - or the book I ordered on the Ottoman Army arrives*** and I can plan for that.

Fortunately, the brave Danes have stepped in and their force from the 1813 Battle of Sehested is my new project.

http://www.centotredicesimo.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/B.Sehested-10.12-1813-First-Empire.pdf

Only thing is, I haven't decided whether they should have grey or blue trousers. 



I'm thinking blue, so they don't look too like the Brits of the same era.

*or some other project that Pendraken has up its sleeve **
** Excluding C17, C18, Colonial or Fantasy of course
***June

[fred.]

Nearly running out of projects - that would have been mighty careless! Although does suggest plenty of painting has been ongoing. 

For the Danes blue trousers sounds good