grand duchy of Barksburg Lights

Grand duchy of barksburg Light infantry

now that i have a line regiment, a light regiment and artillery i really need to think of a colour scheme

OH yea and i need to get some dog casualties too!  

Grand duchy of barksburg Artillery crew

name says it all frankly
must paint soon

Princess Julianna

hello all as normal a sporadic posting with no discernible schedule (story of my life frankly but oy vey!)

right i have recently completed my set of The limited Edition regiment LEU03 the Princess Juliana lovely models these but as normal i can stop myself from converting them its just a compulsion with me.

so onto the models

Command (note i always replace any banner poles with metal rod) 

Various "campiagn bits" greatcoats, covered shakos and forage caps

full unit --- note the chap right hand side 3 from the front hes the last model i have to make a shako for him and then the unit is fully finished 

i really should do a article about my methodology of how i compose and base a unit with both Flintloque and Slaughterloo in mind 

Flintloque and cannons and such

Hello all as normal i have been nudged out of my lethargy by somebody else ------- but whatever the reason here i am with cannons to show

these are AA very light cannon barrels on GW Dogs of war Galloper gun carriages/wheels they (as normal for my stuff) are not painted yet but as i only paint my stuff ferach olive green or albion ordinance blue and swap out the crews i have not decided which side will get this set (but im leanng ferach as i have a set of rockets for albion but we shall see)

Grand duchy of barksburg interrupted 1

SIGH ---------- those of you who know me (such as gavin) will know i am easily distracted (like a kittens first time at the international bright lights and coloured string EXPO in fact) so i chop and change what i work on a lot -- infact the barksburg models were started a few years back (i will finish promise) but heres what i have been doing instead

this is a good example of how i like my units to look ie "on campaign" with all the stresses of supply viz a viz uniform etc
i like to get at least 2/5ths of the unit in great coats and another 2/5ths in forage caps (with some of each crossing over into the other group)
why do i do this?
i belive it looks more reaslistic and im blessed with the ability to sculpt my own detail so i can change the models as i like so here is my new (as yet unamed) Ferach imperial guard regiment

grand duchy of barksburg 2

ok then 5 more of the barksburg regiment includeing a ogre (becuase i can)

toal of 15 so far only 9 left for the complete unit --- and at present im thinking cream trews with gold stripe and sky blue tunics -- but havent decided yet

Flintlqoue finkelstien unit building challenge

ok then i have noticed a new surge in fink units being made so i have decided to join in too

heres my one

The Grand Duchy of Barkburg Lieb Battalion

this is in fact a half finished unit (previously unamed also) i had knocking around on my work table 

i have made 10 of the models already which i will show here and then show progress on the remaining 14 and the painting of such models 

Uniform? 

traditionaly the way smaller coutries styled thier unfiorms was based on which of the big five neighbours either inspired (or scared) them the most, these were of course england, france austria, prussia or russia in the world of valon russia (the star wriath/diberia) is feared but theres no piont emulateing thier uniform style because the leadership of that country is not going to be swayed by politics or rhetoric they just want to kill you. (luckily the snow and cold is wrapped up in the magic they use or they would have overrun the whole world by now!!) 

so that only leaves The Ferach, Ostaria, Albion and Krautia 

so im useing the Ostarian Dog grenadiers as the basis for this unit im keeping the "ostarian" inspired uniforms but im replaceing the fur busbies with large ornamental tricorns with a distinct single feather hackle

i havnt decided much about barksburg yet except its main export is tourism so its uniforms are more ornamental (the tricorns) which doesnt mean they are poor troops, they are at the very least well drilled fro the displays they used to put on for crowds before the war but im still doing a unit of 24 models so i can deploy them with Landwehr profiles if i wish 

ok heres the pics of the 1st 10 already done