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Title: Nobby's Progress
Post by: fsn on 22 September 2024, 04:14:58 PM
French 1813 Finished! Huzzah! However, my photography (especially colour balancing) is worse than my painting. All Pendraken bar the caissons which are from Lancer Miniatures.

Elements of Lauriston's V Corps and Latour-Maubourg's I Heay Cavalry Corps.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54013577608_a73e45b27b_z.jpg)

Reserve artillery - a 12pdr and an 8pdr battery. 
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54013580373_a9f199c16f_z.jpg)
Foot artillery have 4 horse limbers, horse artillery 6 horses per limber and heavy artillery require 8.

16th Infantry Div; Mandeville's Brigade of 152nd and 153rd (3 battalions each). 2 8pdr foot batteries are also attached, and in the background is a gaggle of ADCs.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54013578558_006a8afbae_z.jpg)

16th Division; Revest's Brigade of 3 battalions of the 154th Regiment, plus attached cavalry brigade of 8 squadrons of Chasseurs from 3 regiments.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54013578828_e4823c771e_z.jpg)

Latour-Maubourg and part of 1 Hvy Cav Corps. Pelletier's Lt Cav brigade of 4 squadrons of lancers and 2 of chasseurs; Doumerc's 3rd Heavy Cavalry Division of 6 squadrons of Cuirassiers  and 12 squadrons of dragoons - plus a horse artillery battery.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54013781060_8880af9b19_z.jpg)
I have created a convention that heavy cavalry (proper heavy cavalry) ride black horses, so they stand  out on the table. 


Altogether 648 infantry and 320 cavalry; 5 batteries of artillery. Massively weighted in favour of cavalry - 32% when I usually aim for about 15% to 20% - but compared to the infantry, they were interesting to paint. 
Title: Re: Nobby's Progress
Post by: fred. on 22 September 2024, 04:32:45 PM
A very impressive army! Over 1000 figures, excellent work. 

As to colour of photos - I've found that the green wargaming table seems to really confuse digital cameras - probably as there is just too much of one colour. Taking a photo a bit wider out to get some other items in the frame, then cropping can work quite well. 
Title: Re: Nobby's Progress
Post by: fsn on 22 September 2024, 04:36:34 PM
Thank you Fred, I'll try that.
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Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 22 September 2024, 05:16:16 PM
Very cool Nobby  8)
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Post by: Techno 3 on 22 September 2024, 06:17:04 PM
Terrific stuff, Nobby ! :-bd
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Post by: Steve J on 22 September 2024, 06:27:27 PM
Excellent work Nobby!!!
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Post by: pierre the shy on 22 September 2024, 07:11:03 PM
Lovely work fsn  :-bd

I'm sure the Emperor approves of his new additions  :)
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Post by: paulr on 22 September 2024, 07:50:41 PM
:-bd  =D>  :-bd

QuoteFrench 1813 Finished! ...
Finished :-/
Title: Re: Nobby's Progress
Post by: fred. on 22 September 2024, 08:31:23 PM

Quote:-bd  =D>  :-bd
Finished :-/
I'm sure this is finished in the typical wargamer's sense of a finished project. I.e. I have enough done to field a good sized force for a game, with options available, it doesn't mean that at some point in the future I might well find some extras that need adding. 
Title: Re: Nobby's Progress
Post by: Ithoriel on 22 September 2024, 09:44:54 PM

QuoteFinished! Huzzah!
I do not understand this concept of ... finished.
Title: Re: Nobby's Progress
Post by: Orcs on 22 September 2024, 10:21:32 PM
They look excellent Nobby, I am just finding the concept of "Finished" hard to process.  :)
Title: Re: Nobby's Progress
Post by: fsn on 23 September 2024, 07:19:31 AM
Finish (v)


I do realise I have no Guard in this formation. 
Title: Re: Nobby's Progress
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 23 September 2024, 07:28:21 AM
Quote from: fsn on 23 September 2024, 07:19:31 AM
  • transfer interest to another project, usually temporarily

rising to permanent    :d