Start of the 5th Division - Anglo Portuguese 1810

I finally finished basing some new elements for my Anglo Portuguese army. These are based on the 5th division at Bussaco 1810. I need 4 more Portuguese line battalions, but I'm not sure when I'll get to these, so I figured I'd post what I have for now.

This addition consists of the 1st and 2nd battalion of the Loyal Lusitanian Legion, 15th Portuguese Line, 3rd, 9th, and 38th foot (British army) and the Thomar militia.

Thanks for looking.

My whole Peninsular collection after about 3 years consists of 308 infantry and 52 cavalry

British Light Division - 1810

Last post!
I completed these before the French. They are also AB 18mm figures and also represent the units at the Coa in 1810.

Thanks for looking.

Napoleonic French for the Peninsular War - 1810

These are AB figures, 18mm Napoleonics representing the infantry brigade and two cavalry brigades which engaged directly with the Brits at the Coa in 1810. 

You will see this is my first post in a while. I have completed a couple of small projects, but haven't been posting because the projects take so long that the ending is a bit anticlimactic for me! 

I've been keeping busy with school/work, and am in my 3rd year as a engineering grad student, so that has slowed my hobby progress a bit. 

I still enjoy planning projects and lurking on hobby sites though, so the spark has not been extinguished. 

Have a nice day! 

Craufurd's Light Division - WIP

A couple of months ago I took on the ambitious project of modelling all of the allied units present at the battle of the Coa in the Peninsular campaign. 

These consist of the light division (2 Portuguese and one Brit rifle battalions, two Brit light battalions) and two troops of light cavalry with horse artillery. 

I chose to model these with AB's lovely Peninsular war range. Below are the units that I have completed thus far (completed being a relative term).  

What next?

I got my new camera today: it's a Nikon P520. Not top of the line, but a sure improvement over my old Nikon. I can actually take clear pictures in the daylight, as well as FOCUS now!

I haven't done very much in terms of new painting; however, here are some new photos of my latest battalion (I did at least catch up on basing today).

The focus using this camera is awesome and easy! In macro mode it will focus at almost point blank range.

Now that the figures actually are clear in the photos, they look very messy, my own "catch 22" I suppose.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA:
I'm really not sure. I may either order some of the Austrian units I want, or some more French: skirmishers and some cavalry are really tempting me now.

Wave-project duality

…emphasis on duality.

I am happy to say that I actually focused on more than one project at a time; I finished the Syrian rebel unit as well as made progress on the Napoleonic front!

I really haven’t been involved in painting much the last two weeks for various reasons, but am now catching back up with things.

First off, you can see the finished Syrians…not much to say here. And then have a look at the latest additions to the French brigade for 1809. The French unit includes a few Old Glory 15mm figures (terrible figures with nice faces) as fillers because I sold some painted AB guys on Ebay.

I have really been tempted back into World War two lately, instead now in 15mm. The new offerings from PSC are a little hard to resist. The only reason I haven’t started yet is because I can’t find any British infantry that make me happy. Forged in Battle look like the closes match for what I want so far, which is more slender figures with AB-like facial detail (told you it was hard!). Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks for looking!