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| This is an artillery battery! A Prussian artillery battery of seven cannon. Most of the figures and equipment are from Minden / Fife & Drum Miniatures. Some of the limber horses and the riders are from RSM Miniatures. |
I had a lot of fun making this "little" presentation of a Prussian artillery battery in the Seven Years War. When I paint a Prussian cannon and crew, I also paint a small stand of two helpers with drag ropes. Eventually I will also paint a limber with a team of four horses and a rider. Because all of the bases are 60mm wide I can fit two, three, four or more gun teams together that fit like pieces to a puzzle.
I wanted to depict the idea that there is a lot of stuff going on behind the cannon when an artillery battery is set up. So I added a row of squares behind the stands of drag rope men in order to put some distance between the cannon and the ammunition wagon. The limber team for each gun is placed on the other side of the ammo wagon, sort of out of harms way.
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Wisenheimer that I am, I once asked, upon meeting an Australian speed-skating friend of my wife's for the first time, if he had a knife. To his credit, he chuckled, but the question clearly caught him off guard. Sonja, of course, caught on quickly. We still laugh about it 20+ years later.
ReplyDeleteAn amazing work of modelling by the way!
Kind Regards,
Stokes
Very impressive, a great set up and so much to see and admire, really superb.
ReplyDeleteVery good job!
ReplyDeleteCertainly share your sentiments Jim about all that "stuff" going on behind the gun line. It looks great.
ReplyDeleteOur gaming mate Rick is always banging on about limbers, caissons etc, and how much table space they would/should take up....he would be impressed by this demonstration !
ReplyDeleteHave him visit my blog.😄
DeleteVery impressive!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Lovely work! An inspiring image reminding me that my collection needs limbers and caissons!
ReplyDeleteGreat looking battery, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWillz.
Fantastic! It's marvellous and impressive that you paint the limbers and some ammunition wagons at the same time. So often they are left until later... which is far too in the future.
ReplyDeleteRegards, James
I wrote a comment about how impressed I was with these fabulous artillery and that it is great that you paint the limbers and ammunition wagons along with the guns (something that so many of us leave until 'later')—but then I think I forgot to hit 'publish' :(
ReplyDeleteRegards, James