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Wednesday 27 February 2019

On the Workbench: 6mm Napoleonic Spanish Line and a delivery from Leven

Three 6mm Spanish battalions completed this week:


For Talavera, I need a 72 figure Mallorca battalion. Rather than having one large battalion sat in my collection I decided to paint 3 x 30 figure battalions with identical, or near identical facings. These are the Mallorca, Cordoba and Guadalajara in 1805 pattern uniforms. Collectively they will form the large unit I need. They will also form the nucleus of a newly raised Spanish division in my Napoleonic campaign. 

All the figures are from Baccus. 

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Goodies arrived this week from Leven Miniatures, and very quick they were too with delivery. These are for a number of projects: An airfield on Rhodes; buildings, including industrial for the Battle of Grissburg in the Napoleonic campaign; and a couple of ACW buildings for Gettysburg. Some will double up and be used for WW2 north west Europe. 

Provided I can get it onto the table without too much delay, I plan to fight Grissburg next so will suspend other gaming to get these buildings painted up. I will also prepare scenic bases for each and when placed together, should hopefully make a reasonably decent large town/city. 
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8 comments:

  1. Peter Little27 February 2019 at 18:21

    Those buildings from Leven look excellent Jon.

    Regards

    Peter

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    1. Jon Bleasdale27 February 2019 at 20:09

      Yet more painting to do. I would rather paint figures but a necessary chore! Yes they are nice buildings.

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  2. Steve J.27 February 2019 at 21:19

    Lovely looking units and I'm a big fan of the Leven Miniatures buildings, which I use with my 10mm forces.

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    1. Jon Bleasdale28 February 2019 at 08:30

      Thanks Steve. I will need to acquire some 10mm buildings for my AWI collection and Leven will certainly be a destination for that.

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  3. Norm28 February 2019 at 05:45

    The Spanish infantry look marvellous. The leven stand at wargame shows with the whole collection set out is a sight indeed.

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    1. Jon Bleasdale28 February 2019 at 08:31

      I can well imagine Norm. Sadly I will not be able to make Salute this year for about the 4th year running! So I will not get to see the Leven stand for a while.

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  4. Gonsalvo6 March 2019 at 03:26

    Nice buildings; a bran I am totally unaware of here in the US. Your Spanish look great!
    I really enjoyed painting my own (28 mm) Spanish in 2017 -18.

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    1. Jon Bleasdale6 March 2019 at 06:46

      Thanks Peter. Leven specialise in 6mm and now have a decent and growing range of buildings. Your 28mm Spanish look great and frequently appear in Google searches when looking for uniform detail.

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