Newest Miniature MacPhee Man

My first child, born June 4th. Mother and son are both healthy and happy.

AB 15mm Napoleonic French in Bicorne

I painted these AB figures so I could sell them, so I'm not going to finish the bases. I had thought about keeping them, which is why I based them for General de Brigade.

The figures are very nice, but I had some issues with breakage on these. Some bayonets were cracked about a third of the way down the blade, so you'll see a few miniature bayonets here.

When I do finally decide to tackle my early French army, these are probably the figures I'll use. They paint up very well indeed.

AB French Line in Bicornes, Group Shot (Click on any picture for a larger image)

Elite Companies

Fusilier Companies

Command (and Fusilier Company)

Painting Totals for May

I had carpal tunnel surgery in February, and this is the first month where I really feel like I've regained my painting mojo. My May totals:

28mm ACW Union, 60 infantrymen
28mm early imperial Romans, 20 legionaries
15mm SYW Russians, 12 infantrymen
15mm Napoleonic Austrians, 112 German line infantry and 24 Hungarian line infantry
15mm Napoleonic French, 36 line infantry

So that's 80 28mm figures and 184 15mm figures in one month, all painted to a very high standard.

We'll see if I can maintain this pace after the birth of my son, which should be any day now. I'm betting I won't be able to keep this up. :-)

Battle Honors Napoleonic Hungarians in Shako

I'm still working my way through the 1100 Austrian infantry I need for my Wagram army (I've painted nearly 700 so far). This weekend I took a break from Germans in helmet to do some Hungarians in shako.

These Battle Honors figures painted up well. There are only four poses in the pack: officer, standard bearer, drummer, and infantryman. The figures' proportions are outstanding. The only problem I had with these figures was in painting the faces. They just didn't have enough raised detail to pick out.

IR2, Front (Click on all pictures for larger images)

IR2, Back

IR2, Side

AB French Prototype

Line grenadier in bicorne and gaiters.

Crusader EIR Legionary

I've been enjoying the figures from Crusader's "Rank and File" range. Mark Sims seems to be focusing on making very solid, unpretentious figures with good physical proportions. I have bought his late Macedonian phalangites, Greek hoplites, and EIR legionaries.

The EIR range has just four poses: centurion, signifer, cornicen, and ranker. Unless the ranker is a good pose, this just won't work. I painted my prototype figure tonight. See what you think. Click on any picture for a larger image.