{"id":2391,"date":"2013-12-29T11:40:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-29T11:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=2391"},"modified":"2013-12-29T11:40:38","modified_gmt":"2013-12-29T11:40:38","slug":"miscellaneous-hobby-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=2391","title":{"rendered":"Miscellaneous Hobby Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

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No town should be without its “crazy cat lady,” and now, thanks to Chris, my town of Granville that I use for pulp games has one.<\/p>\n

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Completed "division" of Napoleonic Polish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I recently purchased a large number of painted 10mm Napoleonic figures. \u00a0I don’t typically purchase painted figures, but this was a really good deal. \u00a0Most of the figures were Old Glory, which is the manufacturer I’ve been using mostly for this project. \u00a0They were painted as well or slightly better than I do myself. \u00a0I have already based, labelled, and flocked the French forces. \u00a0I have assembled III and V Corps from 1805-7. \u00a0I now have enough additional French line infantry and artillery for almost an entire third corps. \u00a0What would be missing is some light cavalry and light infantry. \u00a0This past weekend I finally got around to pawing through the box of Polish figures and found that I could assemble a small division, consisting of two infantry brigades, a cavalry brigade, and two guns.<\/p>\n

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Sixteen battalions of Russian grenadiers in progress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This weekend I also dry brushed the base green color on sixteen battalions of Russian grenadiers. \u00a0That seems like a lot of grenadiers, but it turns out that the Russian VIII corps in 1812 had an entire division of grenadiers. \u00a0I am painting the VII and VIII Russian corps. \u00a0Once I complete these infantry, I will have completed both corps. \u00a0In the painted collection there are enough line infantry to make a third corps, but again, it will be short on guns and cavalry.<\/p>\n

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Chariot men<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In late January JJ is going to be hosting a chariot race game with 54mm Marx recasts. \u00a0I got six chariots from Ed of Two Hour Wargames. \u00a0I just started painting them this weekend. \u00a0I started with the riders, as they will take the longest to paint. \u00a0The horses and chariots will be mostly spray painting and dry brushing. \u00a0There is not a lot of detail on these figures, and the detail is not molded very deeply. \u00a0I find these figures much more difficult to paint than 28mm figures.<\/p>\n