Wednesday 5 June 2013

The Naval Brigade get some firepower




The Sudan project is picking up pace, with a number of batches on the go at the moment. The latest off the painting conveyor is this Gardner Gun, the first fire support element for my Anglo-Egyptian force.



I had to do one of my least favourite things and paint the miniatures before basing - normally I paint the bases before the miniature to avoid any dry brushing errors and handling the miniature too much (something I'm bad enough for with based miniatures). Doing things this way seems slower and usually entails some tidying up.

You can see a few spent shell casings on the base here, an idea unashamedly lifted from Mr Awdry's fantastic version.



I based the officer separately as I wanted to fit the gun onto a 60mm round base. I think this is a fantastic sculpt. After I'd Aiken the photos I realised if forgotten to 'tuft' his base, since rectified.



I actually went back and added some detail I'd left off the first batch of naval brigade, particularly the white edging on the collars and gold 'lettering' (actually blobs) on the caps. Here's an 'action shot' of them all together.




10 comments:

  1. Lovely work Phil! I like the spartan groundwork and the shell casings are a nice touch. These are always fun to use in BP as you never know when they'll jam (usually when the long spears are breaking through the square...)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks Curt. I'm not sure I've nailed the groundwork quite yet, but my newer stuff has smaller grit which I think is an improvement for Sudan.

      As for the jam - I certainly hope so! Add a bit of fun.

      Delete
  2. great work I love your Sudan stuff some of the best in the blogosphere
    Peace James

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. High praise indeed, cheers James. One of the pleasures of blogging is the inspiration going around the blogosphere.

      Delete
  3. Another nice addition - very nicely done!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Lovely work mate. I've got the same set and they are great fun to game with.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Very nice work. These look really good.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Lets mow down some tribesmen with sticks and rocks!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Well, spears and Remingtons more like!

      Delete

Please feel free to leave a comment if you liked this post.