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The Beginning - Dreams of Glory and Empire

May 03, 2008

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Part 2 A Whiff of Grapeshot - or was it the Curry?

Okay, I should say a little about these photos, taken about two months ago. First photos of minis with a camera. The Mins are all Front Rank (the dead Frenchie is a Perry), and all painted over a black undercoat with Vallejos/Citadel. I am now mostly using foundry system, but still some Vallejos. The flags are bits of old shirt, handpainted. Colour parties of the 52nd and 27th, the rest are RA, Rifles and 1DG. Basing not finished - I tend to do it all at once. I now have four battalions of Infantry, 1 brigade of Heavy Cavalry, and some Guns, more pics soon. Gentle Readers should note that some of my units will incorporate minis from the collection of John Hill from EK, (an excellent painter and thoroughly nice bloke) which I have acquired. He based his Brits in units of 10-11, which does not really work for GdB, so I will be adding my own to this core for the relevant regiments. I tend to re-do the flags for a uniform look. Where his work appears, I shall attribute it. None in these ph...

INFAMY, INFAMY (I seem to have it in for me.....) So, splurged on a big box o’ Vitrix to go with the Infamy rules. Its very pleasing when a big box of toys arrives at your door! I went for Caesarian Romans, so “Republican” figures. I prefer that end of the period. They can always be mixed with Segmentata wearing figures later. Like all Armies, the Romans weren’t always efficient with kit issue, so there’s a good argument that one cohort may have had the new shiny, and another in the same century didn’t. The figures are excellent. One slight beef, and its more about my choice that the figs. As the figs are Republican, they come with the feathered helmets rather than the horsehair crests. I decided to leave two units with then in, as I quite like them, and, y’know, kit supply. The others benefitted from a judicious clip just below the feathers, which left something which looks like the horsehair lug. The idea was to get the figs made up and on bases so that I can try out the r...

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