My current obsession with Napoleonic wargaming lead me to not just 6mm large scale battles, but also 28mm skirmishes. I decided I could do both as the skirmish style game could use my existing 28mm scale terrain maybe with a couple of C19th pieces thrown in.
I looked around for rules and found Songs of Drums and Shakos for the skirmish size. These suited me just fine as they only require about a dozen models, will fit in on a 3ft x 3ft board and seem quick but clever.
With that in mind, even before starting on my 6mm adventure, I'd bought a box of Perry plastic French Line Infantry. With the 6mm stuff stalled requiring extra supplies and having an SDS game booked for a few weeks time I thought it would be a good plan to start painting up my French.
I've just completed the first 5 models. I've greatly enjoyed painting these. As usual the Perry miniatures are top-notch, with superb detail. I'm really happy with them and will move on to paint the remaining 7 models I need as soon as I've finished writing this blog article!
Very nice job!
ReplyDeleteThanks, I'm really happy with them too.
DeleteMy wife has quite surprised me by telling me she has always really liked the French uniforms. I didn't know she knew anything about them!
Anyway, the next 4 models are nearly completed.
Great start! Very nice 6mm forces too :)
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteFor 6mm I need to get on with some French. They're on order. Though I do have some Russians I could do already. But British vs Russian is a little silly.
For 28mm a Friend has some British I can fight, though I will get some Russians for that as well at some point.