Finally getting a chance to post some pictures of projects I finished earlier in the year: batches of figures for other people.  The first is a unit of 15mm Napoleonic Prussian Landwehr, from Minifigs (click on the images to see larger ones):

These were done for a wargamer who traded me some other Minifigs Napoleonics for them.  We discussed the uniforms at some length, following these references:

http://befreiungskriege.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/knoe17_37.jpeg

http://www.mont-saint-jean.com/cent_jours/UniformesPR/InfLandwehrSilesie02.png

The owner planned these to serve as the 2nd and 3rd regiments of Silesian Landwehr.  The Mont Saint Jean site indicates that the 3rd Regiment perhaps should be in the schirmutze (peaked cap) that only the officers and drummer are wearing.  So in case he needs to be able to distinguish between regiments, I painted twelve figures with white shoulder straps (indicating a 1st Battalion) and twelve with red (2nd Battalion); I did not attempt to paint regimental numbers on the shoulder straps!

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Here are a couple of examples of the mystery figures, based:

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Here's a little teaser from a project I've been working on.  These are 15mm figures from a manufacturer who asked me to paint up samples of a new line.  Not saying who they are until they release the range!  These were photographed on the painting sticks as a test, before I based them.  Click on the images to enlarge them!

Think you know what they are?

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Well, it's certainly been too long since the first post!  But I just got done with the third and fourth installments of Jeff's Ptolemaic project and sent them off to him.  Jeff has formatted them for ancientbattles.com, but here are a few teaser photos:

First are the two "rank and file" phalangites which Jeff sent me as painted examples to go by:

And here are the three types of figures that I've done for him, first the same two as his examples; these are 1st Corps' Ptolemaic phalangites from several years ago:

And here is the third type, 1st Corps' new style of Ptolemaic phalangite:

And here is the entire unit, completed:

So keep any eye on Jeff's site; he'll have the completed unit up soon, I expect!  Here's a link to the first of the series of articles:  http://ancientbattles.com/Aecurtis/ptolemaic_project/Progress_01.htm

Welcome to the Allen's Armies blog! I'll be posting here about my miniatures painting projects. For the first one, I'm going to send you away from the blog! This is an ongoing article I'm writing for my friend Jeff, about a project I'm doing for him, and he's hosting the article on his most excellent site:

http://ancientbattles.com/Aecurtis/ptolemaic_project/Progress_01.htm

It's up to two installments now, and more will be added as the project is completed.