Brunswickers

Off the production line today are two units of Brunswickers.  The Line Infantry are refurbishments while the Jaegers were painted from scratch.  All are Minifigs S Range figures:

I hope to have a couple of British units completed by tomorrow.

Nassau Troops

Next off the production line of my 1815 allied army are two units of Nassau troops.  Both are from Minifigs S range of figures.  The first, a unit of Grenadiers, are the only Nassau figures available in the S Range. The second unit consists of paint converted French troops; the standard bearer is from the Dutch Belgian range:

Next will be some Brunswick figures.

Napoleonic Bonanza - Bavarians and Prussians

I am having a blitz on a number of incomplete projects as I am planning a couple of games over the May Day bank holiday.  I have around 25 units to brush up by that date.

Clearing the painting table, I finished off these Bavarian Light Horse from Minifigs S range figures.  The painting was done by Alan, a friendly and kind blog reader, who also converted the figures using British Scots Greys bodies and Bavarian infantry heads.  My contribution was just to paint five of the horses and base them. They do look splendid and will now join my slowly expanding Bavarian army:

Another little project has been the refurbishment of these two Prussian generals that I purchased off eBay.  One had a broken sword which was repaired using a sliver of baked bean can:

Coming up will be a number of 25mm Anglo Dutch units for a proposed Quatre Bras wargame.

The Collection of Clive Smithers

As previously stated, Clive Smithers sadly passed away last year and as is well known he was an avid and prolific collector of all things wargaming, especially old school 20 and 25mm figures.  He was also extremely knowledgable when it came to 'old school' figures.

I have spoken to Gavin, Clive's brother, on several occasions in recent months and the description of Clive's collection is mind boggling.  The exact number of figures in the collection is not fully known, but it runs into the tens of thousands.  Many of these figures can be viewed on Clive's blogs which remain live, such as 'The Lone S Ranger' or the 'Old metal Detector'.

The collection has now been gathered up and is due to be sold at auction on 27 May 2022.  I attach a link to the auction site.  The sale will be a timed auction on that day:

The Clive Smithers Auction

The catalogue has not been published yet and may not appear for a couple of weeks before the auction.  OI will give an update once the catalogue is released.

Please note that there is a buyers premium of 25% plus VAT.  Unless a winning lot is collected there will also be p&P charges.

Ros 25mm Napoleonic Scots Greys

Continuing the renovation of my Ros 25mm collection, it is the turn of my Scots Greys for a brush up.  These figures are from my original collection purchased in 1975, so nearly 50 years old!  They have been involved in countless table top battles and much of the paintwork was scratched and worn.

Another Cuirassier regiment is on the painting table also receiving a full refurbishment.  It is great seeing these old figures gaining a new lease of life once completed.

Spam

 One of the reasons for my low number of recent posts is that this blog is attracting a good deal 'Spam' comments.  Most are coming from Asia and come under the guise of 'university courses'.  There is also an increasing number of gambling spam messages, again from Asia.

I spend quite a bit of time going through these 'comments' and deleting them as they appear.

General Update

I recently finished painting these rather charming 30mm British Lancers from the Spencer Smith Classic range.  The lance arm is a separate casting, so it would be a simple task to create sword equipped cavalry, something that I might try.

Elsewhere, I have been very distracted by other projects.  I recently received a heap of plastic Samurai figures and I have been working through those. the infantry are from the MB board game 'Shogun' and the cavalry are by Zvezda:

However, I have been further distracted by the release of the Warlord Epic Battles Waterloo series, which has seen some major painting sessions underway.  Bob Black has bought the French and I the British. In each army there are 12 infantry, six cavalry and 5 batteries.  Not only an epic battle, but an epic painting project too!