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Sunday 3 November 2024

Finally......


 Yesterday I finally finished the rebasing, gloss varnishing of the 25mm ECW project, it was a long haul, took a bit longer than I thought it would but I finally finished it.  The whole lot will give me about 10 infantry regiments per side pretty much the same in cavalry plus dragoons and artillery and command figures, all done and boxed in plastic boxes ready for their debut.  Haven't a clue when I will set up a game for them as I am still undecided on a rule set plus time is a premium at the moment.  Anyway just glad to have them done so I can move on with something else as everything has been piling up behind this project.

On the table are a half completed Swedish regiment for the GNW and I think I will try and get them done before I tackle anything else, when done they will give me four foot regiments and one gun and crew, hoping to add another regiment of foot, another gun and crew plus ammo cart also some command figures and finally get some cavalry organised, I was thinking three squadrons of them, all this should give me a decent army and then it will be on to the opponents!  All figures for this project will be Warfare miniatures from the League of Augsburg, lovely figures and look great painted up.

This week will see limited hobby time due to work and a trip to Glasgow on Saturday for a record fair, but I hope to get some free time on Sunday to indulge myself a little, fingers crossed!!  Hopefully I can get some of the Swedish troops photographed and uploaded onto my blog in the near future, we shall see!

Anyway that's it for now, feeling pretty happy with myself about the ECW project so I will sign off on that rather smug note!!

8 comments:

  1. The older style figures always look splendid with a gloss finish.

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    1. All my other miniatures are matt varnished but I really like the gloss finish, may well do some other project in a gloss finish, we shall see.

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  2. Ten infantry, ten cavalry, with artillery and dragoons per army makes for a very sizable collection.

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    1. It's very decent indeed Jon and should make for a game that covers everything, hope so anyway!!

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  3. Quite a different definition of nothing. 10 infantry, cavalry and gums is a good force level for many games.

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    1. It's the biggest collection I have other than my 18th century armies, a bit bigger than I usually do, should give a good game but that's when I can pick a set of rules!

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  4. Seems like a decent number of units for both sides, Donnie.
    Look forward to seeing your GNW Swedes too, I still have some plastic figures in the queue, destined for their Russian opponents at this stage....but things can change!

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    1. Certainly enough for a very decent sized game that's for sure Keith. I was planning for a Saxon/Danish opposition for my Swedes but swithering a bit as the Russians have taken my fancy.

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Finally......

 Yesterday I finally finished the rebasing, gloss varnishing of the 25mm ECW project, it was a long haul, took a bit longer than I thought i...