Wednesday 1 August 2018

Ottoman Artillery

Six artillery pieces based which means that the Ottoman army is now complete. I managed to finish them early last week and there was a short delay of a couple of days while I awaited the arrival of some 60mm x 80mm plywood bases from Litko, which I fortunately realised I needed a few weeks ago so the delay in basing was kept to a minimum.


















Once again the figures are from TAG, and there are two sets; one where the crew are setting the pieces and the other with the figures loading the guns:


















This means a selection of eight different figures, again making for a pleasant project with a sufficient amount of variety:


















I was initially concerned that the 60 x 80 bases might be too large, but by the time the water buckets, powder barrels and shot had been placed there wasn't a lot of spare room:


















I went with the Foundry Napoleonic British blue-grey colour triad for the artillery carriages, and applied several tones in an attempt to bring out some graining:


















I was originally considering red to give the gun carriages a little more visual impact, but allowed myself to be persuaded otherwise by a picture I found online:
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The models actually look a lot more subtle in the flesh than these images would imply and are definitely at the greyer end of the spectrum, something which is not apparent from my substandard lighting and photography skills:


















Now that the project is complete I'll gather the army together for a group shot, hopefully over the weekend, but my hobby efforts have been somewhat curtailed by a new addition to the family who is proving a bit of a handful:























More anon.

10 comments:

  1. Now THOSE are guns! Excellent battery. Congratulations on your new arrival?

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    1. Thanks Mark. Yes, the new arrival has been playing havoc with my painting schedule on the days everyone heads off to work early as he seems to enjoy annoying me and our older dog, but hopefully he will settle in before too long.

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  2. Nicely varied collection of guns! Looking forward to the whole army parade, new addition looks good too!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thanks Iain, I'm hoping to pull the whole army out in the next few days, but I'll be sure to keep the new addition well away.

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  3. Wonderful artillery contingent, Lawrence. Joe's Ottoman army always has a train of HUGE guns in tow.

    Congrats on the new addition to the family. Puppies are cute as heck... and a real pain in the butt, too. :-)
    Inevitably, they grow up in the next few months and become great dogs and wonderful companions, though!

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    1. Thanks Peter. I was originally only going to include four, but six seemed a better number for the Turks.

      It will be a week tomorrow since Ollie arrived and he is starting to settle in and calm down a bit, but it has definitely been an adjustment especially after twelve years with Louis, who was a very well-behaved Golden Retriever who passed away just before Christmas. Ranger, our other dog, seems to be accepting Ollie and I think he is starting to appreciate having another dog around again.

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  4. Lawrence fantastic army, a great achievement in under a year.
    Just don't expect your new addition to grow up like other puppies, it's a beagle, not a dog - BIG difference.

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    1. Thanks Robert. Yes, I think we are just starting to understand the difference between a beagle and other dogs. The tally after two weeks is a cushion, the lawn in the backyard, a curtain in the lounge room, and a slightly traumatised cat.

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  5. Beautiful (and may be effective) artillery!

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    1. Thanks Phil. I'm hoping they will be able to give a good account of themselves and cause at least as much damage on the wargame table as our new dog has managed to do to an area of our back lawn.

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