Eventually got around to taking some pictures of the finished army. My apologies for the greenish tinge - I suspect a combination of the uniforms, base board and backdrop (a model railway one or part of one used as packing in a recent order) did something to the camera filter....
Anyway, his excellency the Elector of Banst - Eric Helmut Graufuchs (channelling Augustus the Strong of Saxony):
His intriguing son-in -law...
General of the army Von Reuthen
Legion commanders
I & II Legion Dragoons
I & II Legion Hussars
I & II Legion Lancers
I Legion Hastati, Princeps and Triari regiments
II Legion Hastati, Princeps and Triari Regiments
I & II Legion Velites
Amusettes
Flying Artillery
Army from above
The enemy's view
Army Tetris or "will they fit in the box?"
Excellent parade! I am green with envy...
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan ☺!
ReplyDeleteNeil
Another excellent force completed. Well done. Looking most splendid!
ReplyDeleteThanks Andy. Looking back it has taken just over a year from cleaning up, conversion and priming to get them finished.
ReplyDeleteAbout half were painted a while back and during a week of leave I finished painting the remainder, but it was a real struggle. I then spent a whole weekend with flags, varnishing, labelling and basing, with several things going wrong.
I think of them as my "problem children" ☺
Neil
Lovely stuff, Neil! It's nice that you have used the inspiration of de Saxe's proposed 'Legion', maybe they will prove his ideas right? Or maybe not!
ReplyDeleteThanks David. Some of Saxe's ideas were a bit "wacky"; he advocated pikemen (which I didn't adopt) and that the men not wear stockings, just bare legs and shoes....
DeleteHis main thesis was the French army was too big and should be reformed into several "legions".
I designed this army as two self contained "Legions" a precursor of later ideas.
Neil
Very nice parade. Where are the commander miniatures from?
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter. The "character" figures are my own one-off Fimo ( or Sculpey) creations mounted on plastic toy horses of the right size. They are overscale, can be rough but are unique.
DeleteNeil
Great to see the parade, and full of loveliness it is too! Super addition to you project, cracking uniform and something a bit different uniform wise.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie. They were going to be a "left-over" army originally, making use of surplus figures. Purchases allowed the use of standard figures but with head swaps and conversions. The uniform colours are inspired by the Saxe Legion.
DeleteNeil
They look fabulous and I love the Roman names for the various regiments. I am very familiar with "Army tetris", it seems to happen even with uniform base sizes. I think I just always paint a bit too much stuff...
ReplyDeleteThanks Martin. I went for a "neo-classical" theme with helmets and Roman names. I debated having the dragoons as "equites" but then wondered what I'd call the hussars and lancers!
ReplyDeleteThe first attempt resulted in one of the limbers "not quite" fitting so I had to reshuffle; the infantry bases are slightly deeper to accommodate the SSM figures bases two deep.
Neil
Everyone loves a parade.
ReplyDeleteGood looking army and I like the green uniforms. 😁
Thanks Stew. It's the second "green" army - the challenge is to avoid making them too " Russian".
DeleteNeil
Really smart looking army Neil, love your command figures.
ReplyDeleteSo tempted to do my Spencer Smiths plain green bases, you're such a temptress.
Willz.
Thanks Willz. I'm sure Eric would agree (about the temptress bit)! ☺
DeleteStay strong, your bases are fine as they are....☺
Neil
Very cool army with classic figs, Neil. Nice homage to the Rep. Roman army for unit names.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean.
ReplyDeleteNeil
An excellent and very green parade Neil…
ReplyDeleteAll the best. Aly
Thanks Aly. For some reason it happens with "green" armies!
DeleteI note Argozia's photos have the odd green tinge to them....
Neil