Tuesday, 7 December 2021

A Small Parade

 On Sunday, I took my recently completed War of 1812 American units along to Barry's so I could use his table to lay them out for a quick parade.

To be honest I don't think the images came out all that well but here they are:









Four regular infantry battalions plus one unit of militia (carrying the correct 1812 version of the Stars and Stripes!) All the figures are by Old Glory.
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32 comments:

  1. Steve J.7 December 2021 at 20:33

    Nice to see them on parade Keith:). The mix of uniforms and flags makes for some nice looking units, which is always good to see.

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    1. rross7 December 2021 at 20:44

      Cheers Steve, I am not sure what went wrong with the photography - maybe it was the dingy end of Barry's gaming room, but the images are not that great. They give an ide of how the five units look together though!

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  2. Michal DwarfCrypt7 December 2021 at 20:48

    Oh, Great looking together!

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  3. The Jolly Broom Man7 December 2021 at 21:36

    Poor photos…possibly, but thankfully my now wonky vision rendered these images in sharp focus. Lol. Nice looking units and quite a few of them too. Give yourself a pat on the back. Always good for morale to see what you’ve achieved.

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    1. rross7 December 2021 at 21:53

      I think you are being kind JBM - but that's ok, our PM has been extolling us to "be kind" for 18 months now - I don't mind but a lot of people are fed up of being kind and want to get back to being nasty, judgmental a-holes, like they usually are! Pat on the back duly given :)

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  4. Neil Scott7 December 2021 at 23:03

    A nice looking brigade on parade

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  5. Jonathan Freitag7 December 2021 at 23:04

    Parading about with somewhere to go. How many more units needed before they appear in a battle near you?

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    1. rross8 December 2021 at 05:54

      These are just additions to the existing collection Jon, which has made it into a couple of games ....see Dec 2020 pts, for example. It will most likely be next appear at one of our Sunday games.

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  6. Norm8 December 2021 at 02:47

    They are coming along nicely, the sculpts are very characterful and your brush brings that out. Good show!

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    1. rross8 December 2021 at 05:56

      Cheers Norm, appreciate your kind words!

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  7. DeanM8 December 2021 at 03:15

    Lovely Regulars on parade, Keith! One thing you might want to try with the photos is to crop them a bit to show more of just the figures. Beautiful troops, nonetheless.

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    1. rross8 December 2021 at 05:57

      Thanks Dean, I think the main problem was lighting...the previous images of our 15mm. WWII game seemed to come out ok...

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  8. Aly Morrison8 December 2021 at 04:44

    They look great Keith…
    When do you think they will see battle?

    All the best. Aly

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    1. rross8 December 2021 at 05:59

      Thanks Aly, not sure when they will debut on the table....so many wars, so little time.....! I look forward to seeing your latest 1812 unit soon.

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  9. Ray Rousell8 December 2021 at 07:10

    Great to see them all together.

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    1. rross8 December 2021 at 07:33

      Thanks ray - will be even better to see the whole collection involved in a game sometime soon!

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  10. Stew8 December 2021 at 08:12

    Very nice parade. Everyone loves a parade of toy soldiers. It’s good to see all that painting pay off.
    They look great. 😀

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  11. Lawrence H8 December 2021 at 08:46

    A nice collection Keith, and it would be great to see the whole army assembled at some stage. The photos looks fine to me, but I know the feeling of assembling all the figures, taking pictures and then packing them away, only to subsequently find the lighting was off.

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    1. rross8 December 2021 at 09:57

      Thanks Lawrence - the whole army should put in an appearance on the table ONE day hopefully! When I do images at home I have the figures on my painting desk, flood lit by an angle poise lamp. The natural light at Barry's was obviously a bit dodgy at that end of the table!

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  12. caveadsum14718 December 2021 at 21:06

    Great looking troops, better photos than I often get,in a hurry, your angle poise idea works nicely, natural daylight is a bit more variable!
    Best Iain

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    1. rross8 December 2021 at 21:25

      Thanks Iain - I sometimes take two or three versions of the same image until I am happy with it - on Sunday I was half aware they weren't that great but couldn't be bothered redoing them!

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  13. Gonsalvo9 December 2021 at 01:34

    Very handsome troops, and not a conflict you see gamed often!

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    1. rross9 December 2021 at 05:48

      Thank you Peter...we haven't gamed it that often either, hopefully we can do so again in 2022!

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  14. Matt Crump9 December 2021 at 07:42

    We do love a parade 👍

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  15. Ed M9 December 2021 at 15:01

    Tis the time of year for parades (in blogs). Flags are almost always good eye candy, but I think the blue-fielded colors of the US 1812 Army are particularly striking.

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    1. rross10 December 2021 at 06:08

      Thanks Ed, yes the way the eagle is rendered on the blue colours is very attractive . Mind you, this is offset somewhat by the relatively plain second flag, which I have avoided using two often ( I went for one colour per unit due to figure restrictions...)

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  16. James Fisher12 December 2021 at 16:41

    That's good progress in short order Keith! Pleasant viewing for us and no doubt most pleasing for you?!
    Regards, James

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    1. rross12 December 2021 at 22:54

      Thanks James - yes, good to see some significant painting output together in one place!

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