Bring Up The Guns!

The reason that I suddenly put a push on to bring 3 of my 1790's units up to the new strength was that they were being called upon to serve at our group's 2nd face to face, age of Covid game, scheduled in the near future. A minor change in arrangements has led to a smaller battlefield, possible for the 40's but not ideal, so instead of the 40's,  I'm preparing a 1/72nd ACW game which has already proved its ability to provide a game on a slightly smaller table. 

During my recent game, I was dismayed to find that several of the ancient airfix guns had broken.  They are now scheduled to become wrecked battery markers but I was already short on artillery. This gives me a reason to paint up the two gun teams I received from the Ragged Soldier Blog. 

Of course it also gives me an excuse to buy some new metal guns to add to the horde of Airfix Ordnance Rifles that make up the majority of my guns.

Ready for action

Here's a quick look at the French so far:

1 General

1 squadron of Hussars

1 field gun

2x8 skirmishers

3x16 infantry (1 unit waiting for their flag to be sewn and presented.)

Not much of an army for me to command yet but there is room to grow and stocks of moulds and metal.

Between Storms

Almost done. The regulars  just need final touch ups and gloss varnish. The National Guards in the background still need a few more details painted.

Since I've been used to shading my Prince August figures, I've struggled a bit sometimes to resist doing more with these, but I wanted them to be more toy soldier-ish and I like how they look on the table at arm's length. 

If we roll boxcars and a night and day of freezing rain doesn't put our power out for a day or three,  I should have a picture of both armies on parade sometime this weekend.