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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Back to Painting: Crimean War French and Russians

It has been forever since I painted anything. But the past week-and-a-half at work has been massively stressful, and nothing calms me like painting. So I picked up my 1/32 Crimean War toy-soldier-style project where I left off. I now have the total up to 16 Russian infantry, 12 French infantry, 1 French commander and 1 French artillery man. My goal is to work this up to 24 infantry, 4 cavalry, 1 gun and 1 commander per side, and have a go at Nick Bouette's Volley Fire rules for a solo game.

All the French so far...


And all the Russians...


All the other models I need to complete the project are primed and waiting on the workbench.
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  1. TreyOctober 1, 2013 at 8:50 PM

    Very nice!

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  2. Robert ConleyOctober 1, 2013 at 9:00 PM

    We should pick a place halfway rent a hotel conference room and play a couple of minis game. I always like playing them although actually buying into one is a bridge too far as I have way too much stuff now.

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    1. Chris C.October 2, 2013 at 5:58 AM

      You know, that's totally something we could do at some point. Pick rules, set up some scenarios, bring the minis and play.

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    2. David LarkinsOctober 2, 2013 at 4:36 PM

      Loving the toy soldier aesthetic.

      I once met up with some long-distance friends at a motel for a night of RPG gaming. We were checking in with our backpacks and cooler and the desk clerk was like, "Oh, you guys gonna party?"

      "Like you wouldn't believe," I said.

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    3. Chris C.October 2, 2013 at 5:47 PM

      Ah, if they only knew!

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  3. Gothridge ManorOctober 1, 2013 at 9:02 PM

    Whoa Rob, you got me worried a bit with the beginning of that comment.

    Minis looks great Chris. Went looking for mini weeping angels tonight and haven't had any luck yet.

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    1. Chris C.October 2, 2013 at 6:08 AM

      Thanks Tim!

      Have you guys seen these from Crooked Dice Game Design Studio? :

      http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/wp/product/scary-statues/

      You can see some painted up in context here:

      http://www.coolminiornot.com/265304

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  4. AnonymousOctober 1, 2013 at 10:47 PM

    Looks great! However, paint all the minis you want...I still won't meet you at a cheap motel.

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    1. Chris C.October 2, 2013 at 5:57 AM

      Aww...now you've gone and broken my heart.

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    2. AnonymousOctober 2, 2013 at 10:58 AM

      Now a nice B&B would be another matter entirely. I am easy, but not cheap.

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    3. Gothridge ManorOctober 2, 2013 at 6:53 PM

      Starting to sound like a Monday night game.

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  5. The Angry LurkerOctober 2, 2013 at 10:12 AM

    Very nicely done Chris, top notch!

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  6. AnonymousOctober 2, 2013 at 4:25 PM

    The Crimean War would make for an interesting minis game.

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    1. Chris C.October 2, 2013 at 6:01 PM

      Yeah, I was fishing around for a non-colonial 19th-century war that the French won. There is a decent number of those if you count each of the Napoleonic Wars separately -- the French won, what the first five of those or so before they started falling apart in the last few? But if you don't count those separately, then you really just have the Second War of Italian Independence and the Crimean War.

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  7. Luca TempestaOctober 2, 2013 at 6:02 PM

    good job!
    bye

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  8. Ray RousellOctober 3, 2013 at 1:08 AM

    Ooooo very nice!!!!!

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  9. PhilOctober 3, 2013 at 3:01 AM

    A beautiful work!

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  10. christianOctober 7, 2013 at 9:59 PM

    Looks really good. I have been getting more and more interested in strategy and tactics games, so looking at minis like yours get me inspired!

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  11. ECW 40mm ProjectMarch 9, 2017 at 8:24 PM

    Forgot you were working on this stuff, Chris - hope you get back to it.
    I'm about to put up several new posts for my 54mm NW Frontier project.
    Cheers, Alex

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