This is my second post for the day! Albeit several hours between the two...
The approach I have taken to the challenge so far this year is to have several different items on the go at the same time, with a slower by possibly steadier output of finished items as we progress.
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| The business end of the Imperial Battery, the Artillerymen are wearing a green leaves as a field sign in their hats |
So for example I finished the Janissary post this morning, this evening I have finished this artillery base for the Imperialist armies at the Siege of Vienna and I still have 13 x 17th Century Scots Dragoons on the go as well as 6 x 17th Century Cossacks and a number of undead Egyptians all at various stages.
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| From the right hand side, good detail of gun's wheels and backs of two of the crewmen |
Downside is that it takes up more space and I keep forgetting to take photos of the 'raw' figures as I make a start on a new group but 'hey ho' lets see how it goes!
These little guys are Front Rank generic Artillerymen, I have painted them in all grey uniforms with red waistcoats pants and stockings. The idea is that they will form a generic 'Imperial' Artillery unit of the period. Whist the majority of Imperial units were Austrian, they could just of easily been from any one of a myriad of small German states that formed part of the 'Holy Roman Empire' that answered the call to defend Vienna from the Ottoman threat.
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| Rear view of the battery, the gun is on a wood plank floor to aid stability |
The gun is actually a Trent Miniatures, Ottoman Field Gun, from their small but useful Ottoman range - I recommend this to anyone wanting to add variety to their Ottoman armies and best of all they do packs of head variants and weapons to help with conversions. (Check out the link or look on eBay)
So the premise of this small Artillery stand is that the Imperialists had pressed a captured Ottoman Gun into service against it's former owners...
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| Left hand view of the Gun crew at work, you can just see the lovely fluted detail on the gun's barrel |
The gun carriage was painted brown and washed in dark brown ink, the barrel is an aged Bronze and the other metal work has been painted black but with glints of iron showing through the chipped paint.
