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Saturday 24 October 2020

Royal Artillery 9-pdr


 I think I'm pretty settled now that my 'big battles' set of choice will be General d'Armee from TooFatLardies. Having played a couple of games of Pickett's Charge I like the mechanism and they fit my vision for the period.

However, these rules do represent artillery batteries at one model per two guns so I would need to bring my Royal Artillery batteries up to three models to represent the six gun battery.


I had already painted a pair of 9-pdr to represent Lloyd's Battery Royal Artillery so on my last order picked up another gun.



The model is the Perry Miniatures British Foot Artillery firing 9 pdr from their Hundred Days range.


One of the resons that I maintain the blog is so that I can check up on the previous palette used and although only a couple of months ago, the old notes did come in handy.

At the same time I also picked up another couple of guns to bring my French batteries up to strength and as I move back to the forces of Napoleon I'll get those two painted up too.


Here is the completed battery represented by all three gun models.







24 comments:

  1. Great battery Paul!

    Cheers, Ross

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  2. Superb work Paul! Red facings with yellow lacings make these artillerymen pop. Looks like you have more artillery to field to bring your batteries up to full strength.

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    1. Thanks Jonathan, the other guns are making their way to the front of the line ;)

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  3. Splendid looking artillery piece and crew!
    Best Iain

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  4. Great looking Royal Artillery, Scrivs! The white ammo pouch looks very smart.

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  5. Very nice, you have made the artillery chaps quite flashy.

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    1. Thank you Phil, they may as well start the battle in fine fettle, after a few hours they will be covered in mud and stink of rotten eggs ;)

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  6. Lovely looking toys Paul...
    Another one of those very pretty Napoleonic uniforms.

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Thank you Aly, they are pretty but still not a faff to paint.

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  7. Super looking artillery piece Paul!

    Christopher

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  8. Great looking battery. General D'Armee is a great set of rules

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    1. Thanks Neil, I'm looking forwards to getting a game of them.

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