WW1 is a completely new venture for me. My original interest is Eastern Front 1914 but that changed reasonably quickly. Two starter armies bolstered by an additional pack of Infantry gave me approx 14 Battalions of Infantry to get through which have all been done. (aim to get photos up this week). Germans have had additional artillery added and that is it so far. The rest will need to follow on while enthusiasm is at the current peak. Current wish list or rather new additions to what is already in progress (remember I tend to work on the 90% complete idea most of the time). Stuff ordered means Pendraken have the order and I am waiting. NYO means I need to be paid before more metal can be purchased. NIL means I have dropped the idea/model
http://anyonenotfinished.pbworks.com/w/page/51255453/The%20Great%20War#view=page (http://anyonenotfinished.pbworks.com/w/page/51255453/The%20Great%20War#view=page)
The end state of this phase is to have one Infantry Division organised along the lines of Great War Spearhead while having enough additional units to cover Square Bashing which is undergoing playtest.
I have two World War 1 books (Osprey German Army 1914 - 1918 and WW1 Source Book) on which to base the painting so the web and questions will be posed and it will be obvious where I am grasping for ideas........
More to follow (as with all projects)
Good stuff Si - nice to see your thinking / planning here - and really looking forward to seeing this lot painted & on-table :D
Nice idea, Si. The Great War is a distinctly under-gamed era, full of potential. It wasn't all hopeless mass attacks across lunar landscapes. The early eastern and western fronts were mobile - as was the middle east. :-bd
Ray
Looks good Si and will follow this with interest.
Not a great deal to show for today.
http://anyonenotfinished.pbworks.com/w/page/51336469/Great%20War%20-%20Terrain#view=edit (http://anyonenotfinished.pbworks.com/w/page/51336469/Great%20War%20-%20Terrain#view=edit)
Some very simple trenches in straight lengths. Curves and other ideas to follow. The Wire is in the airing cupboard drying so will get those photo's tomorrow together with the German starter army
Si
The images don't come up for me Si. It looks like it has been left on some sort of edit mode?
Try this link Steve:
http://anyonenotfinished.pbworks.com/w/page/51336469/Great%20War%20-%20Terrain
First German Regiment has been finished (90%), it is missing a MG08 Platoon
http://anyonenotfinished.pbworks.com/w/page/51336390/Great%20War%20-%20German (http://anyonenotfinished.pbworks.com/w/page/51336390/Great%20War%20-%20German)
Second and the small part of the Third Regiments are based waiting for the base to be sealed which will be done this afternoon as long as work doesn't get in the way of the hobby.
I have just finished making the markers (both GWSH and SB have the concept of area terrain) for the shelled woods which will be up
http://anyonenotfinished.pbworks.com/w/page/51336469/Great%20War%20-%20Terrain (http://anyonenotfinished.pbworks.com/w/page/51336469/Great%20War%20-%20Terrain)
sometime tonight.
Looking good Si.
Nice Si - this is coming together nicely 8)
The infantry look really good, Si. The barbed wire looks pretty formidable. :o
Thanks for the comments
This the progress at the end of today (yes 1400hrs. Real life needs me the rest of today) with photos.
Div HQ and Cavalry are both done
Div Arty Regiment is done as far as I can until more metal arrives (4 Guns needed)
Infantry missing 4 battalions (8 Painted and based out of 12)
MG08s need another 10 bases
Regimental HQ and odd things like engineers still needed (6 bases)
http://anyonenotfinished.pbworks.com/w/page/51336390/Great%20War%20-%20German (http://anyonenotfinished.pbworks.com/w/page/51336390/Great%20War%20-%20German)
Time to move onto the Russians and terrain before more metal arrives
They look really good all laid out together Si. What rules will you be using as my poor tired brain can't figure out GWSH etc?
Great War Spear Head Steve - here: http://www.greatwarspearhead.com/index.html
Thanks Nik,
As to rules, my forces are based for two sets: Great War Spearhead (I play the modern version which helps ;)) and the new version of Square Bashing from Peter Pig. Both of which use "effectively" the same base sizes with my own interpretations but as I am providing both sides for the games it isn't a problem. SB has more markers and is more a "game"; GWSH needs a lot of thought and planning. The new version of SB is undergoing playtesting and aims to cover 1900 - 1930 and not just the Great War I have had a couple of games during play testing and it is fun.
Si
Thanks Nik :). Complete lack of meaningful sleep this week due to work has left me with little in the way of mental capacity, so I can now check out the website to see what this is all about. And no cheeky comments about my general lack of said capacity ;).
Quote from: Steve J on 02 March 2012, 10:48:32 AM
And no cheeky comments about my general lack of said capacity ;).
Cheeky comments? Moi? ^#(^ :-"
First out of three orders arrived on Saturday, adding to the lead mountain.
General progress page http://anyonenotfinished.pbworks.com/w/page/51255453/The%20Great%20War (http://anyonenotfinished.pbworks.com/w/page/51255453/The%20Great%20War)
The light coloured bases (as opposed to white) are fully painted figures just waiting for the base to be finished off. Hence Russians are reasonable well advanced as opposition. Minor step back in that I forgot about the Regimental Command bases for all sides. Luckily I had included a few bases with officers from the Starter packs, so they have been pressed into service however, that leaves the four White "holes" in each division which will need to be filled. It also means that the Russians are down 4 bases (full battalion equivalent) which will need the next order to sort out.
Spent the Sunday away from home so while the white base are now painted up they need the last bit of flocking and I still have a german battalion and half a regiment of Uhlans to get done. Other problem is that I have run out of bases so the Jagers and spare MGs will have to wait for the postman
Si
Shaping up nicely Si 8)
Next load of metal has just come through the door. Luckily I had finished all the Germans that I had originally bought and planned. A couple of new shots and close ups
http://anyonenotfinished.pbworks.com/w/page/51336390/Great%20War%20-%20German (http://anyonenotfinished.pbworks.com/w/page/51336390/Great%20War%20-%20German)
Problem is that J.S Fab conversions on the Cavalry mean that my first love (1st Cavalry Division) may be getting an airing sooner in the Project rather than later.
So 10 Battalions of Inf, All the Regimental and Div HQs, Div Cav Regt (pending head swopping a unit of Jager Zu Pferde).
Missing now: 2 Battalions of Inf (24 Inf & 3 MG08 teams); 3 Batteries 77mm (just need the guns I have the bases done), Engineers (in one of the orders)
I have two more orders in with PD at the moment so will need to get the majority of the Russians done before adding the last Germans (like that will happen ;D) before then starting off on the British and then the German Cavalry Division (which will probably get done first as it is Eastern Front).
Update as of close of painting today (15 March 2012)
Mammoth effort to get the Russian Infantry completed. Not quite there yet, need another 12 bases worth plus the dismounts for the Cavalry so another two packs of RP1 needed (on my plan but Not Yet Ordered). Still need 8 Maxim MGs as well. One new addition, after reading my Eastern Front book, I have decided to add a 122/152mm Howitzer unit as well (not on my plan :))
Germans have all been checked and the bases are all flocked. They are missing 8 bases which is a pack of GP23 (I prefer the with backpack and Picklehaube to GP1) and 3 MG08 again I have planned to get these done but Not Yet Ordered.
http://anyonenotfinished.pbworks.com/w/page/51255453/The%20Great%20War (http://anyonenotfinished.pbworks.com/w/page/51255453/The%20Great%20War)
End result is I am ahead of the lead mountain and order 4464 which is the British start unit has just been posted according to the website with only one more WW1 order behind it with the specials I am at the 90% point on this one before diverging off for a bit of Sci Fi madness. It also means I have all the forces done to get some more play test games in with painted figures and terrain rather than the odd proxy.
Another pendraken packet arrived this morning.
120+ Infantry, 18 Pdr guns, Trench mortars, Vickers and High command. Enough to start two Brigades for a British or Commonwealth division from 1916 onwards
http://anyonenotfinished.pbworks.com/w/page/51336347/Great%20War%20-%20British (http://anyonenotfinished.pbworks.com/w/page/51336347/Great%20War%20-%20British)
Ran out of superglue after doing 6 battalions so wont be able to get these undercoated tonight
Great progress Si - really nice to see you keeping the momentum 8)
Quote from: Si Tyler on 16 March 2012, 02:41:59 PM
Ran out of superglue after doing 6 battalions so wont be able to get these undercoated tonight
Interested to see you use superglue to hold the little devils in place. Must work out quite expensive? I've always used PVA myself - goes a lot further but takes a little longer to dry. I'm assuming, of course, you use standard MDF bases.
I always use superglue - but I get those multi-packs of little tubes [the thin superglue] from Tesco when they have them: something like 12/18 tubes for a pound...apart from the last time I saw them when they were 50p.
I got some funny looks from the checkout girl - I had £10 worth :D
Quote from: nikharwood on 17 March 2012, 07:27:15 PM
I got some funny looks from the checkout girl - I had £10 worth :D
With your rate of production, that should last a week or two, no? :o
Quote from: OldenBUA on 17 March 2012, 08:39:35 PM
With your rate of production, that should last a week or two, no? :o
:D That's a fair comment - I reckon I use 2-3 tubes per army(ish), more if I'm using it to base of course...so I went to check & I've only got about 8 left!
Minor problem with doing the Sunday roast involving the carving knife and my left hand :-[
Means that I can't do anything using my left hand (I am right handed ;)) so things like stringing barbed wire and positioning figures on bases or holding a figure with the left hand to get the detail painting done are on hold for a day or so. It is across the knuckle so keeps bleeding, own fault.
I had kept things moving on Saturday and finished off the MG company and the last of the Initial 6 battalions plus HQ so I can at least game with these. For the rest had at least managed to get all the remaining figures on bases with a white undercoat and basing sand applied. I can manage to crack on and get the base coats done and the bases finished, but will be the end of the week before the last battalions get the attention they need.
Uploaded a couple of pack shots (ie bare metal) of the Arty packs http://anyonenotfinished.pbworks.com/w/page/51336347/Great%20War%20-%20British (http://anyonenotfinished.pbworks.com/w/page/51336347/Great%20War%20-%20British) plus current progress shot.
Quote from: Si Tyler on 18 March 2012, 10:15:59 PM
Minor problem with doing the Sunday roast involving the carving knife and my left hand :-[
Crikey! Makes may Sunday roast issue of not defrosting the beef for long enough seem very minor.
Ouch Si! Still making great progress though :)
Quote from: Si Tyler on 18 March 2012, 10:15:59 PM
Minor problem with doing the Sunday roast involving the carving knife and my left hand :-[
I can see that would slow production somewhat. :(
You realise, of course, that this means you will be issued with the plastic carving-knife - the blunt version. ;)
Quote from: Si Tyler on 18 March 2012, 10:15:59 PM
Minor problem with doing the Sunday roast involving the carving knife and my left hand :-[
Slap some Germolene 'New skin' on Si....Usually works a treat for a 'clean' cut to speed up the healing process.
Cheers - Phil.
Second skin and a wife who is a nurse and Monday isn't so bad :D
Haven't ventured onto the Infantry yet but finished off the first of the RFA units as well as the flocking on the "barren featureless desert". The ones with the Barbed wire etc will get a look at later this afternoon work dependent ;)
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http://anyonenotfinished.pbworks.com/w/page/51336347/Great%20War%20-%20British (http://anyonenotfinished.pbworks.com/w/page/51336347/Great%20War%20-%20British)
Si
Wow, Si!
Great work. - really love those guns with the discarded shell cases.
Well done indeed, sir!
Mollinary
OOOH !
I DO like those !
Terrific Si ! :-bd =D>
Cheers - Phil.
Great work, Si. 8) Are the shell-cases plastic rod?
I had some spare brass rod in my spares box which saved on the painting :D
Plastic rod would work quite well I would imagine and probably cheaper, but I went with what I had at hand. My German and Russian artillery will be getting the same treatment in the near future
Okay end of World War 1 phase 1 with the completion of the 1916+ British.
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This phase has seen from bare metal:
Russians 1914
156 Russian Infantry in 13 Battalions
24 Russian Cavalry in 3 Regiments
15 Figures in 5 command elements
6 Artillery Pieces and crews
8 Machine Guns
30 Figures making up 16 lots of markers
Germans 1914
120 Infantry in 10 Battalions
16 Cavalry in 2 Regiments
15 Figures in 5 command elements
11 Artillery Pieces and 14 Crews
9 Machine Guns
40 Figures making up 26 Markers
British 1916+
120 Infantry in 10 Battalions
12 Figures in 4 command elements
3 Artillery Pieces and crews
3 Machine Guns
Phase 2 will start in a couple of weeks. I am going to delve into some 10mm SciFi and then come back to try and add:
German Cavalry Div (-)
Brigade (-) of British Infantry plus all the Divsional support elements to make a full Division
3 Battalions of Russian Infantry to make a full Division
2 Battalions of German Infantry to make a full Division
After some dalliance with 15mm WOTR I am back to some Great War action.
The 1916+ Brits have had the final infantry battalions complete, 3 Field Regiments added plus some odds and sods have been finished. Germans have had a large effort as well and see if I can get some photos on sunday.
In the meantime
MkIV Male
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The Donkeys gather
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And the Lions go over the Top with some new Lewis Guns for support scattered across the Battalions
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The RFA have had reinforcements as well
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Excellent Si ! :-bd
Cheers - Phil.
The Eastern Front mounted units have had a small amount of attention
HORRIBLE PHOTOS when I put this up. The white background caused lots of probs so have go back to the brown table mat :-[
Lets try again
German Mounted Units (Standard Base, Brigade HQ, Dismount)
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Russian HQ Stand
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Sorry for messing you all around these should be better.
Wow! Cool figures, I particularly like the horses with the rich colours and lovely highlighting. Have you used a wash and which one?
Very 8).
Inspiring stuff. Hope my Germans will look as good when I get them out of their packaging and get to work.
Horses are really great. :D
Holy moly those are amazing! I'm not sure how I missed those first time round but seriously impressive new lit there sir! 8)
My eye sight has deteriorated over the years and I can only do "simple" schemes. As such while the effect has recieved some kind reviews they don't hold up under the 6" microscope. Fine from 2 foot away.
White undercoat, quick thinned base coats of the main colours, flesh, Weapons, Wood and "Striking" colours such as pennons then a GW Agrax Earthshade wash.
The bases are old GW Graveyard Earth with a heavy drybrush of Desert Yellow and then more GW Burnt Grass.
Quote from: Si Tyler on 17 December 2012, 10:34:53 AM
My eye sight has deteriorated over the years and I can only do "simple" schemes. As such while the effect has recieved some kind reviews they don't hold up under the 6" microscope. Fine from 2 foot away.
That's where they are normally viewed from, Si. No one would expect a 10mm figure to stand up against a 28mm painted-for-competition item. Yours are well above average, believe me. :-bd
Lovely stuff mate.
Love the spent shells on the artillery.
Not sure about the colour of the tank though. Did they paint them grey?
Front cover of "A New Excalibur" by A J Smithers has several in what I took to be a lightish Grey colour. Battleship Grey also used early on but that would have been a lot darker. Obviously some Camouflage schemes and plain green also in existance but I wanted something simple to start with (especially as the Western Front wasn't meant to be a major project ;)). The next one is going to have some Camouflage on it (to match the A7V) and will be a captured machine for my later German forces. The next British Empire one will probably be a similar Grey scheme to this one but only for harmony.
Add the A7V which arrived the other day.
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Other photos are here
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,6566.0.html (http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,6566.0.html)
2 Battalions of Stormtroopers are undercoated along with 2 Flamethrower Teams (2 Figs on a base). Hopefully have them done by Monday. The Brown and Yellow for the A7V seem to work okay so that will be the helmet colours for lightening them up a bit
The project hasn't seen a lot of activity for a while as I have been off painting airplanes again. However, I took the suggestions of untidy bases and shell holes to see what I could come up with. The next stage of the project will see a number of these 2 figure bases being added to the existing Division (12 in total). This will then throw up enough infantry for another four battalions which will be added to the second Division which I have now started. It will mean adding Corps Artillery etc to the mix but hey ho!
More info http://cag19.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/great-war-1916-brits-shell-holes.html (http://cag19.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/great-war-1916-brits-shell-holes.html)
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Very nice! 8)
Nicely done, Si :)
Like the understated shell-holes, Si. It's very easy to go over the top with this sort of thing.
Excellent work,
Still "All quiet on the WWI Front" .. :'(
Keep checking hoping you'll add some more pics and how-to's etc .. I'm particularly interested in colour choices as I can't seem to get my own Germans the right shade of grey. :(
So nearly a year since WW1 had any major love given to it. Discovered Airsoft which has been a bit of a distraction for both time and spending power.
No eye candy just yet but little bit of narrative of where the Russian and German forces are going in the next month or so before I switch down to the Late War French army that is still sat in the painting box
http://cag19.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/great-war-eastern-front-updates.html
Essentially, the new WW1 moulds are out and the figures ordered, plenty of Cavalry to be getting on with, no where near enough infantry but, with the exception of the marching poses, a repeat of previous units to crack through about 300 figures.
Based the majority of the salute purchases for the next phase.
German 1st Infantry Division troops are all cleaned up and ready as are the div cavalry. I Haven't looked at regimental HQ bases yet for these.
The balance of the 1st Cav Div are also ready for the brush.
Russian infantry for III Corps need a lot more infantry, as there are only 9 battalions in the order. Somewhere in the region of 15 more battalions if I include the rifle brigade will be needed.
The corps cavalry however have enough units with the additional packs to go to four 6 squadron regiments. I have the second brigade commander done but need to find something for the Div HQ
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Good to see this project has been revitalised :)
Just seen all of this, makes interesting reading. I like your painting style, very effective.
somehow missed this one, but very impressive painting and basing. Yet more inspiration for my own WW1 project.
With so many figures I made an inroad over the weekend and managed to get through half the German infantry in Saturday morning.
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Russians and Germans are all undercoated and have had their base coats applied. Cheated a bit and used my airbrush (which is how I did the first ever figs so only slightly cheating) only downside was dropping it when cleaning afterwards so a new needle now on order :(
Looking very good, Si.
Cheers - Phil.
Just out of interest which shade of grey did you use for those Germans. It looks very good and as I haven't yet started to paint my Germans I'd be very interested to know.
White undercoat helps. I use a single, thinned, wash of coat d'arms field grey 227 which then sits in the folds. I then add all the flesh (Vallejo) then the black elements of barrels etc, then VJ Beige Brown for wood and leather equipment. Then the blanket rolls are done with as close a match to the old vermin brown I can find. Helmet covers are desert yellow. Once finished I then use agrax earthshade which blends together and darkens the uniform a shade.
For jäger etc I add a little bit of green to the field grey
Inroads made on starting the second Brigade of German artillery, the Corps foot artillery up to 4 batteries
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And the dismounted cavalry stands which I will probably do two dragoons on two bases and a horse holder and dismount on the other two bases
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Thanks for the info Si. I'll make a note to follow that colour scheme as it seems to work really well.
Really nice work thus far Si! 8)
That's the trouble with the Germans in WW1 - so many guns! But the unridden horse on the dismounted cavalry base looks a tad on the big side. Is that one of the the new crop?
Ummm, not noticed that until now. No the unridden horse is the AU20 one. It is massive compared to the WW1 sculpts (both new and old). I only have WW1 in 10mm so can't tell you if the WW1 horses are smaller than the rest of the pendraken ranges.
As to guns the early divisions have a brigade of two regiments each of two battalions so at a stand a battery about 12 guns with 3 of those being 10.5cm Howitzers. (72 pieces) The Reserve divisions on the eastern front only get the one regiment though without the howitzers. The Corps regiment is 4 batteries of four so might just go with 3 models.
The Russians are one brigade of two "divisions" each of three 8 gun batteries (48 pieces) so 2/3 of the germans. A model a battery means half that of the germans which isn't right so will go with 2 divisions each of 4 guns (8:12) which will mean another 3 packs of guns for the Russians (and I still need another pack of 7.7cm for the Germans)
You can NEVER have enough guns....
Excellent stuff.
IanS
No eye candy to add at present. Lots of figures all at the same stage as I want to get a lot of figures ready for a game in one go. All are base coated using Halfords matt khaki spray which will speed this up. Just doing the boots on 108 Russian infantry before moving on to the blanket rolls. I am using a light grey as the colour for the second division but only to separate the divisions. I have found some references to red and blue shoulder boards between brigades but can't tell if that is dress uniform only. Might try it out to see how it looks on a couple of figures and decide from there.
New pendraken order placed for:
90 Russian Infantry to make the last 7 battalions (32 in total) haven't decided on how to do handle the rifle brigades yet.
76.2mm Divisional guns to bulk out the battalions (decided on 1 per per 6 pieces) so 8 for each Russian Division (48 real) and 12 for each German regular Division (72 real).
122mm Corps Arty with the resulting spare guns be used to proxy in for Div artillery. Both sides Corps battalions are about 16 guns each so 3 models will suffice (for the time being).
Regimental MG Coy
A couple of artillery pieces for the Germans for the second battalion in the second division. I found a pack or two of the 10.5cm Howitzers so only need the 77mm pieces.
Second russian infantry division has had some progress
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First brigade nearly finished needs another two bases. The first regiment of that brigade has had the basing material added but not painted but means I have a bit of impetus.
The reason for the shortfall is that I have now added four bases per division for the Regimental HQs. Previously I just used a spare base or what ever was at hand.
Divisional support elements on the way. The RHQ bases for the second Div have had balding material applied and I gave managed to get around and flock all the existing bases
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All the 76.2mm guns have had their barrels chopped down and the second divisional arty brigade just needs another three guns to finish, which are on order.
Very impressive, Si.
Cheers - Phil.
Coming along nicely. 8)
German corps artillery added. The last battery needs one more crew figure which is in the next PD order.
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Very nice work - I really like the overall look of the figures, guns and bases.
Thanks for all the positive comments. I was likened to wargaming butterfly flitting between projects. Luckily there is light in the end of the tunnel for the eastern front. Each side has a complete division painted and based, the second divisions are both over half way and then it is odds and sods which can be added in as I go (cavalry formations)
I found something in one of the 1934 CASC papers that the Russian corps cavalry hadn't arrived by the time they crossed the border so Russian Cavalry at least has a couple of units done. The German 1st cavalry division however might be the last thing that gets added
That's some serious heavy metal, very nicely painted :)
Good luck getting them on the table soon!
They have been out twice last week. The nice people over at Grenzer games have been using them during their playtesting. So far they have just used a Division a side in encounter battles. We are going to try out Falk's attack at Gumbinnen next again it is only a division a side. Then try out the other two major engagements Mackensen's attack and the Reserve Corp ambush using the GWSH scenario info that someone put up on the yahoo group a while ago :)
Haha, splendid! The worst bit about shiny new figures is not getting them on table, so them being in use already is cracking :D
Very nice indeed!
Like them a lot. 8)
Very impressive :-bd
Second divisions artillery. I am still short a battalion (3 models) of 77mm but they are on order. The 10.5 cm howitzers are put together just need painting then added to the bases which are ready and waiting
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Which means this is what it currently looks like as 2 divisions plus corps support
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Added the Jäger zu Pferde to the Germans. This was a unit made up using head swaps after seeing J.S Fab conversions. It has just taken me so long to get around to painting them. Green grey uniform created by using Field Grey and then adding a thinned Athonian Camo shade wash. Probably a bit too green but they are different to my Uhlanen. Wouldn't mind adding some colour in terms of the saddle cloths but from what I can find they were FG
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getting better every time I look. Keep painting and posting.
Tasty! Would a couple of pennants add a splash of colour - maybe not very historical but did they use them for marking out squadrons or something?
I was hoping that. Black and white for Prussian units :( haven't found any other way in 10mm of adding colour. The sword knot or bayonet knot is one route but as my bases are company representations might look odd and they aren't necessarily visible on most of the models
Nice cav!
Really nice work - only needs a few flags to top them off! :D :D
Mollinary
Terrific work, that man ! :-bd
Cheers - Phil
Ah, bugger, that's a shame on the pennants! Do any of them have a nice regimental flag even?!
Not sure about this for 1914 but maybe the cavalry from the other German states were still using their own colours on their lance pennants?
Extremely well painted
Take care
Andy
QuoteUntil their use fell into decline (in late 1914), these pennants also distinguished the identity of particular states. These were a very colourful addition to any cavalry force and, whilst the most traditional colours were for Prussia (white over black) and Hesse and Mecklenburg (both white over red), some interesting variations were employed. These included the striking pennons of Baden (yellow over red) or Saxony (white over light green) and the sombrely distinctive state colours of Wurtemberg (black over red) and Oldenburg (red over blue). Also reflecting its national state colours, Bavarian cavalry carried lance pennants of white over light blue.
Mine are Prussian units hence the white/black but lots of other variations are available
The jager colour was noticeably more green than feldgrau.
There's a photograph in D.B. Nash's Imperial German Army Handbook 1914-1918 of German hussars crossing the River Dvina in Macedonia in 1916. All their lances have pennons.
Working in the sunlight in the morning before the kids get up has meant the Russians have moved on a fair bit.
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and
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7.75 battalions of the 16 I need to do are now painted and based. The Regimental command stands for the second division are also completed as are the MGs and Div Cavalry. So......33 Bases of Infantry (99 figures) and 3 Artillery pieces to do when my next PD order arrives and that will be the Russians completed.
The Germans just need the missing 77mm Bn added and the second Brigade of Infantry (24 bases or 72 figs) need finishing and then I need to base all of the Divisional Infantry (48 Bases in total). And that will be WW1 finished for a while......oh look more 1916 brits, oh well ;)
Wowzers, they're nice :D
Most impressive !
Cheers - Phil
As above, really nice job =D>
Lovely. the new marching figure looks really good.
Marching Figures ;) There are two new poses one is one each of the two stands in the foreground. Downside I have found is that the bayonet is quite fragile on the figure with the rifle at the left shoulder I broke two off just dry brushing the bases.
Very nice mate! 8)
Great work!
Very impressive :-bd
It's a pain when bayonets break off, but at least you file them down and just have the rifle. It's when lances break that I find myself sobbing in my beer. :'(
Had a spare battery of 10.5cm howitzers left over with crews in helmets so tried out some different ideas on the guns for the western front
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Yup, they work!
Convincing I'd say!
Cheers,
Rob
Very nice. I do like that style of camouflage.
fantastic
Really like those 105s. Mine are still in plain grey, they might get a repaint now.
Ordered a pack of 77mm with Helmet crews by mistake so needed a pack with Picklehaub to replace the crew but then ordered 10.5cm by mistake so ended up ordering another pack of 77mm hence a spare Battalion of 10.5cm Howitzers. Crews have dark grey helmets which mean they are a bit dark than I am used to. But ho hum. Might gradually add the odd bit here and there to make a later period German army for the western front.
Very tasty !!
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Si Tyler on 19 May 2014, 06:07:14 PM
Ordered a pack of 77mm with Helmet crews by mistake so needed a pack with Picklehaub to replace the crew but then ordered 10.5cm by mistake so ended up ordering another pack of 77mm hence a spare Battalion of 10.5cm Howitzers. Crews have dark grey helmets which mean they are a bit dark than I am used to. But ho hum. Might gradually add the odd bit here and there to make a later period German army for the western front.
That way lies madness, Si. Don't jump on your horse and ride madly off in all directions. 8-}
A happy wafgamer has all sorts going on at the same time and loads of built up stock........aaaahahahaha!
Adding later war additions was always part of the plan as soon as a result of starting the 1916+ Brits. I seemed odd fighting 1914 era Germans. I wont be a lot. Probably updated MGs but with a bit more base modelling and the odd base of infantry on shell hole bases. But it wont be a whole new army.
Mated with the bases
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Very nice.
IanS
Fantastic!
:-bd :-bd
Those are belting !!
Cheers - Phil
That camouflage is very "14-18". Nice work, Si.
I have been banned from doing any online shopping for a while after getting a bit carried away buying bits for my gun(s) so been going through my unpainted lead box and trays to see what I have that I just haven't gotten around to painting.
I have a PD order in progress (which was part of my over extension :) )
WW1 Russians
1 RP1 - Russian Inf
2 RP9 - Russian Inf marching
1 RP2 - Russian MG
1 RP4 - 76.2mm Divisional guns
1 RP5 - 122/152mm Corp pieces
1 RP12 - Heavy Artillery crews
I have a total of 14 unpainted Russians in the unpainted pile to go with that lot so this hopefully will not take long
WW1 Germans
1 GP5 - Yes another Battalion of 3 77mm FG for the Germans
1 PPW20 - Standard Bearers to add to the WW1 Germans
The standard Corps will be finished when I make up some additional command bases.
2 Battalions of Jagers need to have the cyclist company added (no idea about bikes so might have to see what I can find in the railway model arena)
6 Regiments of German Cavalry and dismount stands to go with them still need to be done.
I don't have a horse artillery battery to go with them either just yet....(have to see what my birthday brings)
Other Armies
WW1 Late War French army. Came to me as a present. Comprises about 144 Infantry, slack handful of MGs, what looks like 3 Regiments of Cavalry and 12 artillery pieces. All stuck on bases and undercoated. There is an unpainted pile of lead in a bag. Might only do the one division of French and leave them as a defending Army for GWSH or a simple SB army.
WW1 1916+ Brits.
I had made a start on the second division but hadn't got very far on that and in fact some of the earlier stuff needs finishing. Probably 100 Infantry in the unpainted pile plus 3 Guns and 12 MGs. Will see if I can get as far as sticking them on bases at least this weekend
Still short of the Rest of the Div Arty and the Corps pieces but again they can wait for a while.
The second MkIV needs to be painted as it has sat for ages unloved.
The Trench mortars also need finishing
Bit of work on the Brits over the weekend. I have refreshed the earlier MkIV that I had painted in a light grey to a green and then finished the second MkIV that had been sat in the unpainted pile. I also got around to doing the trench mortars. These are the normal toffee apple version. There was a suggestion that by cutting off the apple they could be used for something else, which I did. Not really happy with these as they stand as they really should be in some form of entrenchment so might play around once I have the rest finished (so they wont get done then :) )
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OK, why does one Mk IV have two guns in a sponson whilst the other has only one? or are they male and female? Think I've answered my own question :-[
LOL, yes the male is the one with the single gun. The female with the twin MGs
The guns on the Mk V Female model are considerably overscale, though accurately scaled ones would be very fragile and possible impractical to cast.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/2_Mk_V.jpg/800px-2_Mk_V.jpg)
I like the green I have found for the tanks. I have now used it to refresh the work on the British artillery as well. VJ Brown Violet. I have used it on modern uniforms and webbing before.
Downside of getting my finger out is that I don't have enough bases for the next order which PD have kindly emailed me that it is on its way :) So they will have to sit in the unpainted lead pile and not get undercoated as quickly as I thought.
Posted last night, arrived this morning
The PPNW20 pack matches quite well with the rest of the troops with Picklehaub.
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and
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The FPW flags match a couple of the units I wanted as well which was a bonus. Grenadier Regiments Nr. 3 and Nr.4 get something close enough. 3rd Battalion flags for the others go in. They need to be touched up to get rid of the white paper edges and then based. They need to go in the boiler cupboard to cure off though.
:-bd
Looking very good !
Cheers - Phil
Bases arrived this morning (29th) so the remaining Russian Infantry and Artillery have all been mounted.
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While not at the end I can see it from here (for the Russian Army). These are the last elements of the two divisions. I still have to finish them and then work on the Cavalry division
Sodding hell! I have just counted up what I have done for this "minor" diversion.
- The figures for the Brits are conservative as I am only part way through.
- The Germans are only the 1914 figures and I have loads more MGs in the spares box which will need to come out.
- The French is only what is in the box and not what is in the unpainted pile as I haven't researched this lot yet.
- Russians are therefore the only force that isn't likely to increase
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