Friday, February 5, 2016

Front Rank Russian Jaegers (28mm Napoleonics)


The last of the group of front rank Russians I recently completed. I've previously painted up the Perry version of skirmishing jaegers, and I didn't want to duplicate what I had. I also was intrigued by the musician with the french horn/cornet. Apparently these instruments were not very popular with light troops and often 'lost' quickly.

The posture of these guys are pretty fun. Again, you get a lot of choice from the front rank website. The faces look a bit muddy in these pictures, and the pants might be a tad muddy, but generally I'm pleased with how this base turned out.



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  1. They look grand. I like that nice, spacious group base... it has certain allowed you to construct some dramatic positioning.

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    1. Thanks Matthew. I was hoping for a dynamic look of skirmishing. It's pretty squishy on the base with Doug's recommended 8-10 figs, so it's nice to have a justifiction for a few bases with less guys.

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  2. Amazing job, they look wonderful!

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    1. I think the sculpts help a lot here. They were very easy to paint up, and the action poses give some life to the figs. The tiny bit of yellow helps the jaegers pop a lot more than the red of the other troops. Not sure why....maybe I need a better red.

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  3. Again, some more lovely looking Russians. The French Horn chap really does add an interesting touch. Skirmishing must be a boring affair if they need music that much!

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    1. Every hero needs theme music while they do the slow motion shot....
      I can't decide if being tightly packed in with 200 other guys volleying at short range would be better or worse than being out front pot shot-ing at one another with the threat of cavalry trying to run you down. The lack of mass media must have helped a lot for recruiting young lads to the army.

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