Looking to the future

With november finished, its time to look at what I have done this month. There have been no painting but a lot of scenenry construction.
I have created a group of hills, some fencing for ACW/AWI games and a complete zulu village. I will post pictures of all of themm soon. I'm realy happy with the results.

As new things, my mate Francesc and myself are starting a new project of 28mm Terrible Sharp Sword (Yes the ACW game from too fat lardies). We are going to order a complete infntry brigade from the Perry's and divide the miniatures and the cost. For only 45pounds we can start playing the game because we are going to get 3 boxes of infantry: 108 miniatures to make a small company of union troops (my troops) and another small company of rebels plus two guns and a mounted officer (maybe the price for th winner of the first game).

On the other side, I'm slowlly building a Isabelino brigade for the First Carlist War.

In the following posts, pictures of the painted miniatures and the progress of my company during the war will appear.

Results and painting of October

I van say that DBArcelona was great. And my catalans finished in a 9th position (of 18 players) which is not bad. First a victory against Chinese Ch'in in the open, second I lost against achaemenid persians but I won an Early Lybian army (wow! someone playing with early lybians). I also against a Granadine army and I lost with the muslim conquest.

At the end, not bad two victrories in the open and one against lybians and a really enjoyable convention. I came back home full handed with 4 packs of Perry isabelinos that I will start painting shortly.

For the painting totals of the month:

- 1 british foot regiment for the Bunker Hill project from IMEX/ACTA: 16 figures in 1/72.
- 1 unit of natal mounted natives from Hat: 6 foot figures + 6 mounted and one horse in 1/72.
- 1 unit of french dragons for Barcelona 2014 project converted from Zvezda russian GNW dragons: 6 mounted + 6 foot + 2 horses in 1/72
- Lieutenant General Cilly, commander of the french left wing at Barcelona: 3 foot figures and 3 horses.

Total: 31 foot, 12 mounted and 3 horses all in 1/72.

Not bad for this month

September 2011

Well, if summer was awfull regarding to painted miniatures, september has been worse. Going back to work (I'm a teacher) was not refreshing and added to my daughter who is 9 months and started to crawl...I only painted a couple of French batteries for the Barcelona 1714 project.

I also got introduced in the scenery construction with a set of roads.

So... 2 batteries = 2 guns and 7 figures (a big gun has 4 artillerymen) all from Zvezda GNW Russian artillery.

Juliol/Agost 2011

Juliol/Agost 2011

Tenint en compte que les meves vacances han ocupat part de tots dos mesos i que durant les vacances poc he pintat, es pot dir que aquest mesos han estat bastant penosos pel que a calendari de pintat es refereix. Això no vol dir que no hagi pintat absolutament res. Alguna cosa s'ha fet.

Durant els dos mesos s'ha pintat:

Regiment Prinz Friederich del duc de Brunswick per a la Guerra Independència Americana. Les figures son de Hat en 1/72 i encara no estan a la venda. Son TestShots de la seva futura gamma de prussians per la Guerra dels 7 anys.

Continuant amb el Projecte Barcelona 2014 he pintat 4 companyies de la Coronela de Barcelona: fadrins sastres, taverners, ferrers i calderers i llibreters i flassaders. De Zvezda en 1/72

Finalment he tornat als 28mm amb una nova campanya. 1a Guerra Carlina. Infante Don Sebastian i estat major dels germans Perry. Absolutament fabuloses.

Així:

1/72 a peu:

Regiment Prinz Friederich @ 16 figures = 16
4 companyies de la Coronela @ 2 figures per companyia = 8

1/72 a cavall:

1 coronel del regiment Prinz Frederich = 1

28mm

Infant Don Sebastian i Estat Major = 3 figures muntades

Total: 24 figures de 1/72 a peu, 1 a cavall i 3 de 28mm a cavall.

July/August 2011

Taking into account that my vacations were between July and Auguts and that I have not paint anything during this period, I can say that both month have been a little bit discouraging referred to miniature painting. However it doesn't mean that nothing have been painted. There is always something that can be done.

In this two months I have painted:

Prinz Friederich regiment from Brunswick to be used in the American War of Independence. The miniatures are TestShots from Hat in 1/72 and are not for sale at the moment. They will be Prussian infantry for the 7YW.
Following with my Barcelona 2014 project I've painted 4 companies of the urban militia of Barcelona (Coronela de Barcelona). From Zvezda in 1/72

Finally I've started a new campaign in 28mm. 1st Carlist War of course with Perry miniatures. At this moment only with a command pack of Infante Don Sebastian and ADCs.

So:

1/72 on foot:

Prinz Friederich regiment @ 16 figures = 16
4 Coronela companies @ 2 figures/company = 8

1/72 horse:

1 officer Prinz Frederich = 1

28mm

Infante Don Sebastian and ADCs = 3 figures on horse

Total: 24 figures 1/72 foot, 1 on horse and 3 in 28mm on horse.

June 2011 painting Inventory

Aquesta vegada no he estat a la altura del mes passat però, això si, he complert amb la proposta del projecte Barcelona 1714-2014. En concret he pintat dos batallons del Regiment de la Marine i una bateria. Tots ells Borbònics però realment russos de Zvezda. També he començat a pintar figures per recrear la batalla de Bunker Hill (1775). De moment un batalló de milícia americana (IMEX/ACTA).Només penjo les fotos dels francesos perquè la milícia està esperant que els sigui entregada una bandera.
Les banderes son dels meus companys wargamers de Vilafranca:

http://desperta-ferro-ed.blogspot.com/2008/08/in-1713-united-kingdom-and-netherlands.html

Ha quedat així:

Juny de 2011
Infanteria 1/72: 2 batallons @ 10 figures per batalló = 20 figures. Russos de la Gran Guerra del Nord de Zvezda. Dues figures de cada batalló estan separades en una peana més petita per representar granaders que es poden destacar per formar regiments ad hoc.
Infanteria 1/72: 1 batalló @ 16 figures = 16 figures. De IMEX
Artilleria 1/72: 1 bateria @ 1 canó = 1 canó i 3 artillers. Artilleria russa de Pere el Gran de Zvezda.
Total: 39 figures a peu i 1 canó.


ENGLISH TEXT

This month has not the same level as May because I have painted far less figures. However, I started my Barcelona 1714-2014 project with two Bourbon French bons of La Marine Regiment and one battery. In addition I’ve painted one American Militia unit for a Bunker Hill refight. I only post pictures of the French because the militia is waiting for his flag.
The French flags come from my fellow catalan wargamers:

http://desperta-ferro-ed.blogspot.com/2008/08/in-1713-united-kingdom-and-netherlands.html

Here is the summary:

June 2011
1/72 infantry: 2 bon @ 10 figures per bon = 20 figures. From Zvezda’s Russian infantry of the GNW. Two figures of each bon are based in a smaller base representing grenadiers that can be detached to form ad hoc units.
1/72 infantry: 1 bon @ 16 figures per bon = 16 figures. American militia from IMEX/ACTA
1/72 artillery: 1 battery @ 1 gun = 1 gun and three gunners. Zvezda’s Russian artillery of Peter the Great
Total: 39 foot figures, 1 gun

Armeé Francaise

Tal i com vaig prometre a l'anterior post, aquí penjo les fotos de les miniatures pintades durant el mes de Maig. 3 batallons d'infanteria, dues bateries, els comandaments i els caçadors a cavall. Els dragons ja els tenia pintats. Els poso perquè així es veu la totalitat del meu exèrcit.

ENGLISH TEXT

As I promised in my last post, here come my painted miniatures. All the units were painted in May except the dragoons. They form my french army.

Inventori pintura Maig 2011 / May 2011 painting inventory

Com em vaig proposar quan vaig escriure sobre el Projecte Barcelona 2014, al final de cada mes faré una valoració sobre la pintura.

Crec que durant aquest mes he batut rècords. Vam acordar amb en Francesc una batalla napoleònica a 1/72 amb tot allò que haguéssim pintat i jo només tenia una divisió de dragons (o sigui, la caixa d'Italieri). Em vaig posar mans a la obra i a final de mes he aconseguit 3 batallons d'infanteria de línia , 3 esquadrons de Caçadors a cavall de la Guàrdia, dues bateries d'Artilleria a Cavall de la Guardia i dues peanyes de comandants; una d'elles amb Napoleó en persona. Tenint en compte que treballo a temps complet i tinc una nena de 5 mesos, puc dir que estic bastant orgullós de la feina feta.

Així, la cosa queda de la següent manera:

Maig de 2011

Infanteria 1/72: 3 batallons @ 24 figures per batalló = 72 figures. Totes elles de Hat amb capot i uniforme de 1805.

Cavalleria 1/72: 3 esquadrons @ 2 figures per esquadró = 6 figures. Caçadors a Cavall de la Guàrdia d'Italieri.

Artilleria 1/72: 2 bateries @ 1 canó = 2 canons i 5 artillers. Artilleria a Cavall de la Guàrdia d'Italieri.

Oficials: General de divisió: 1 figura a peu i 1 a cavall, Napoleó: 3 figures a cavall i 2 a peu.

Total: 80 figures a peu, 10 a cavall i 2 canons.

El proper post amb les fotos.

 

ENGLISH TEXT

As it was proposed, at the end of each month I will post my painted miniatures of the month. In this case I needed to work hard because my friend Francesc and me accorded to have a Napoleonic 1/72 battle with all our painted miniatures. At that time I only had a Dragoon division (the Italieri box) so I had to paint really fast to get a decent army. At the end of May I had painted three line bon, three squadrons of Chasseurs a Cheval of the Guard, two batteries of Artillerie a Cheval of the Guard and two command stand, one of them with Napoleon himself. Having in mind that I have a full time job and my daughter is only 5 months old, I think that I can be proud of the job done.

Here is the summary:

May 2011

1/72 infantry: 3 bon @ 24 figures per bon = 72 figures. All of them Hat line infantry in greatcoats and 1805 uniform

1/72 cavalry: 3 squadrons @2 figures squadron = 6 figures. Chasseurs a Cheval of the Guard from Italieri

1/72 artillery: 2 batteries @ 1 gun = 2 guns and five gunners. Horse artillery of the Guard

Command: Division general: 1 figure on foot and 1 mounted, Napoleon and staff: 2 figures on foot and 3 mounted

Total: 80 foot figures, 10 mounted figures, 2 guns

The next post will have the pictures