Best range to paint

[conster]

Hi I have just finished painting two acw army's for longstreet and would like to have a go at some thing to go with maurice i know nothing of the period
so any help would be great thanks

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

The AWI or LOA ranges are both sculpted by Cliba no are beautiful and I think fit the period

[goat major]

Yes I'd agree with Lemmey. Clib's sculpts are a dream to paint

[mollinary]

I'd make that three recommendations!

Mollinary

[Leman]

Maurice has almost a 100 year time span so I guess it depends on which particular war you are after. I went for the Seven Years War period as the figures also fit the War of Austrian Succession, the final fling of the Jacobites and the SYW overflows into North America and India. The only downside is that Prussians in this period are very difficult to beat.

[conster]

thanks for info lads LoA it is then

[Hertsblue]

I'd recommend finding something out about the period before doing anything at all. Unless, of course, you just like the painting and don't intend to wargame at all.

[conster]

yes i just wanted something t paint that was not blue or gray 

[Last Hussar]

Avoid Austrians and Prussians then

I HATE dark blue armies 

[sunjester]

And French (mostly grey).

As are Savoy and the Dutch!   

Try the Great Northern War, at least the Russians are in green. 

[Last Hussar]

I don't care about them, I have Prussians.

[Hertsblue]

Saxons in red?

The reason so many nations wore grey or off-white was because they didn't have to dye the wool. Or even bleach it.

[DanJ]

If you want something colourful why not look at Ancients or Dark Ages?

The new Cathagininians look fantastic and the Celts in particular will give you lots of colour potential.  In the Dark Ages Pendraken offer Arabs and Normans, The arabs can obviously fight against a wide variety of foes from Byzantines and Persians right through to the Crusades, which is where the Normans come in, an early Crusader army can use Norman figures.

[J.S.]

If you want something simple, I'd go for the War of the Spanish Succession or the Great Northern War (or the new LoA Range). Uniforms weren't as fancy yet, which makes painting much easier. Another alternative would be Ottoman Turks, those are definitely a colorful bunch. You could pair them up against LoA-period Austrians (white coats) and/or Bavarians (light blue coats). The uniforms were fairly simple:

(Bavarian Troops storming Belgrade)

-> Pendraken range:
http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Renaissance-c12/NEW-League-of-Augsburg-NEW-sc258/

[FierceKitty]

Maurice has almost a 100 year time span so I guess it depends on which particular war you are after. I went for the Seven Years War period as the figures also fit the War of Austrian Succession, the final fling of the Jacobites and the SYW overflows into North America and India. The only downside is that Prussians in this period are very difficult to beat.

Russians can give them a hard time.