Sunday 1 June 2014

AWI Hessian Artillery and terrain

Its been a while since my last post but I have been quietly working away at reducing my lead mountain. A number of years ago I purchased about 60 poorly painted second hand Front Rank SYW Prussian fusiliers at a local wargaming swap-meet. After stripping the old enamel paint-job with nappy cleaner, the almost bare-metal figures have until recently remained neglected. However, the vast SYW collection of fellow Southern Strategist, Chris Packer, has inspired me to finally give these troops the paint job they deserve. First I had to order enough command figures for 3 battalions of fusiliers, which I'm painting up as Hessians. I reckon I can get away with using these units in both my AWI and SYW projects, even though there were some minor differences in the uniforms. I also decided that I needed a couple of artillery stands to support the infantry, so figures and guns were also ordered from Front Rank. So far, I've managed to complete two stands of artillery and one battalion of infantry (von Ditfurth Fusiliers). I've also scratch built some terrain pieces over the last couple months after being inspired by the work of another Southern Strategist, master terrain builder, Rodger Wood. Below are some images of the freshly painted Hessian artillery and terrain pieces, with photos of the infantry to follow in the next post.

Freshly painted Front Rank AWI Hessian artillery




A scratch-built small swamp using 3mm mdf, polyfiller and Woodland Scenics 'Realistic Water.'

  
       Until next time !

10 comments:

  1. Beautiful artillery Wayne! That swamp looks really cool too!

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    1. Thanks, mate. I had a few more photos that I wanted to put on this post but technical issues means that I will have to try again with them later. Still chugging away building more snake fences for Sharpsburg...being a true Confederate I can hardly call it Antietam can I.

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  2. Wonderful. That blue is superb.

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    1. Thanks, Michael. The colour I used for these was Vallejo Prussian Blue which looks a bit darker in reality to the photos.

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  3. Lovely Hessians. Yes that Vallejo Prussian Blue is definitely on the dark side, I highlight with a lighter blue to pick out the folds.

    BTW, you'll need all the snake fences you can muster to hide behind when we meet across that shell torn and bloody mile my friend. Looking fwd to Antietam.

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  4. Fine work Stacky, nice little swamp too!

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  5. Really nice models, congratulations.
    I love the AWI and in particular the Hessians.
    Also I have a project for AWI Bunker Hill.
    Hi
    Simmy

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  6. Thanks, Simmy. I've now completed two Hessian infantry battalions, so I'll post some images soon. I'm keen to check out your Bunker Hill project.

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    1. Hi Stacky,
      I am very eager to see your Hessian regiments!
      Thanks for Bunker Hill still need time, hopefully soon.

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  7. Excellent work on the minis, love the swamp too!

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