The first Prussians !

I finished tonight the first small batch of line infantry including 2 bases with 8 figures in total.

Still to be done

Foot (infantry+artillery) = 232 - 8 = 224
Generals = 5
Guns = 4

The Process

To speedup the paint I tested a fast paint system in which I used a blue primer for the figures and black primer for the knapsack and heads. It seems to have worked fine. I initially did not glue the head and knapsack but for the next group i will immediately glue the heads.. there is no advantage to glue them later and in this case there is also the risk of damaging the paint job.









The primer is Liquitex prussian blue spray... excellent ! Then i did a quick dry brush with medium blue. I painted the trousers with london grey and the coat german fieldgrey or other grey. the gaiters and the shako are painted black grey. Then i did a general wash with nuln oil and reikland flesh on the  faces. After the wash I did a quick passage with the original colors and completed. It took me one and half evening... a bit too long. I hope to speedup in the next batches (the next will be of 16 to complete the battalion).

First batch arrived

To assemble my forces I selected two excellent 28mm miniature producers which I knew very well.

• Warlord games for the landwher .
• Perry miniatures for the line infantry and artillery.

I was already familiar with their products and their excellent service. In addition, both companies are active supporters of the Waterloo replayed initiative and offered generous discounts on their products for the participants so it was a win-win option.

The first batch arrived is that of Perry brothers. As you see from the picture I bought are:

• two boxes of plastic line infantry (more than enough for the two musketeers battalions, of 21 men and 3 commands each)
• one pack of fusilier upgrade for the fusilier battalion (20 men and 4 metal commands)
• four guns and crew (1 howitzer and 3 guns actually)
• two mounted general packs
• two packs of landwher commands to add some variation to the warlord miniatures.

In total I must produce

• Infantry and crew = 24*9 + 9 casualty marker + 16 gunners = 216 + 9 + 16 = 241
• Mounted Generals = 5
• Guns = 4

As always it took less than a week to have the Perry jewels on my working bench. Indeed the metal figures came with beautiful small cardboard packs that make them really luxury products ... And when you open the box the first impression is confirmed. Excellent castings, limited mould lines and varied poses make these items a perfect choice.   I was tempted to go with them for the landwher also but the total cost would be too large (I need 6 battalions of lw so about 150 miniatures) and Perry discount only the plastic.

Even though the day after I had to leave for a work trip in the USA I could not resist to start assembling some musketeers ... In the next post I will report the work on the first battalion.