The first artillery battery for my Spanish Napoleonic army rumbles off the painting table!
This battery is equipped with an 8 lber cannons and a howitzer; both of which are Brigade Games models (French gun castings used).
The crew are also by Brigade games; this the "Spanish Artillery loading" set.
Wonderful sculpts by Paul Hicks. The blue is a 2: 1 mix of Michaels' Craftsmart dark Blue (which is both thin on coverage by itself and a bit light in color) and Delta Ceramcoat Opaque Blue.
For my usual games with Field of Battle, a battery is two stands, but only one stand per unit is needed for Snappy Nappy.
¡Cargue y prepárese para disparar contra esos franceses!
Very nice, Gonsalvo!
ReplyDeleteGood stuff, more!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mark! 3 more batteries to come...
DeleteExcellent!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jon!
DeleteExcellent work. The vibrant blue really "pops"
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jake. The shade the artillery woodwork was painted is described as "Cobalt Blue", and it seems it should be roughly this hue.
DeleteLooks brilliant Peter. The blue shade for the guns is perfect and is what I will base my Spanish battery on as well. Very nice to see the Spanish getting some firepower!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Carlo. Now the Spanish have at least one cavalry and one artillery unit to go with their masses of infantry!
DeleteReally nicely done. I much prefer blue Spanish artillery as opposed to just bare wood.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lawrence! What self respecting artillery officer would be content with bare wood?! :-)
DeleteThey look great, nice job on the blue shades...
ReplyDeleteMerci, Phil!
DeleteYet more eye candy Love the bloke with napkin on his head :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Gary. I'd imagine the napkin is soaked in water to cool off his head in the Iberian summer!
DeleteReally nice looking Spanish artillery, can't wait to see the rest!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thank you Iain! More artillery coming soon to an Peninsular battlefield near you!
ReplyDeletehave you any pictures of spanish artillery in tarletons
ReplyDeleteI don't think there were any official regulations for artillery in Tarletons, but by 1810 and beyond that may have meant little indeed! I'll check some of my sources.
Deletei think they are from De Espana division, painted all the infantry..
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