From ErikP: Prussian's in Lutzen 1813 - Napoleonic's (42 points)

This is my first Painting Challenge and first entry, 40 foot figures by Warlord Games Epic (13.5mm) scale, painted as Prussia's 11th Regiment (2nd Silesian), 2nd Battalion. 

This is the beginning of a project for a Napoleonic battle at Lutzen 1813 between the French and Prussians. The campaign book I'm working off is by Dave Brown "1813 the Battles for German" written for the rule set General d'Armée. For the unit uniform reference, I used the website Uniforms during the Hundred Days Campaign.  The website is in French, but you can translate it to many languages, if need be.

Back of the line.

I am building these figures to be able to play both General d'Armée (2nd Ed), and Lasalle (2nd Ed) sets of rules.   

These figures come in ten-man strips, for two strips per base, but I cut them in half to make five-man strips for a 10-man base, these bases are 30mmx20mm. I've really enjoyed painting these, but I need to get faster. 

Basing: Also, I off set the two strips of figures on each base.  For me, this gives a nicer look to the closely packed infantry. My first painting of Epic figures was a French Infantry Battalion, and I put them directly behind each other, but to me, it looked a little too perfect.
 

Playing Napoleonic's is how I first started in Miniature Wargaming. At that time, I painted my first Army, 25mm Prussians. Followed up a few years later painting 15mm (Mini Figs) again Prussians. Now decades later, painting Prussian infantry again is like coming home after a long trip.   

This project has been on a back burner since these figures came out, and now it begins.

The points summary:

40 x 10mm foot @ 1 point = 40 points.

Total = 40 points.

Squirrel points = 0, (Prussian Napoleonic)

 

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Sylvain: Many "firsts" for you: First Challenge, first submission, new project... These little figurines are very detailed and the basing is excellent. If the rest of the army is like this, you will be hosting fabulous games. I will add 2 points for the flag. Excellent travail!

From JohnS - Still Wandering Around Spain With Flags (45 pts)

 This weeks sees me still on the Sunny Spanish Peninsula (at least in my imagination) with the colour parties for my Spanish Militia.

This is actually two colour parties for two different battalions. The right colour is the Coronela normally carried by the First Battalion. Traditionally the 1st Battalion is half grenadiers but the Militia grenadier companies were split from their parent units and formed into Provincial Grenadier Regiments.

The other colour (the one like a spikey red cross) is the Sencilla (or Ordenanza) carried by the 2nd battalion. As neither battalion now contained grenadiers they were entirely fusilier battalions so the different flags is a useful way to differentiate them.

I have also completed an officer to accompany them, based differently and seperately from the fusiliers to allow me flexiblity in usage across games systems. All my Napoleonics do duty in Sharpe Practice II, General D'Armee and Black Powder.

Why no fusilier bases to accompany the colours this week? I am a bit distracted by 1:1 scale scenery painting (house renos are not fun and eat into hobby time) and I have managed to paint up 9 fusiliers with 3 different uniform colour schemes/cuffs. Not enough to make a four man base out of any of them...maybe they will join us next week. 

So nine 28mm figures completed this week @ 5 ea = 45 points