Well after a longish break from painting over Christmas - a combination of the festivities, family commitments and 'Man Flu' prevented any useful work , I have started again and as an effort to get projects finished off I have painted my Austrian guns and crew for my Italian War of Unification 1860 .
As I have said before (and will say again probably) I hate doing limbers in any shape or form - but do like them on the table as they really look the business, so I did a Austrian one to complete the force . The guns , crew and limber are of course Irregular 28mm and I'm pleased to say this finishes off my Austrian army and I do believe my Italian Wars of Unification ! , Huzza ! . It has taken four years I think and I have armies for Garibaldi , Naples , The Papal State , Piedmont/Sardinia and now Austria , Phew ! - like Toppsie 'it just grew' ! .
P.S *St. Distaff day is a Christian festival on the 7th of January when women returned to their spinning using a distaff spindle after a break over Christmas .
Congratulations on the completion of your Italian Wars of Unification project! 'Tis a rare thing, indeed, to be able to achieve both such a milestone and closure in our hobby, especially in such a wide ranging field. I share your thoughts on limbers: love the way they look on the table, but would hate to do them (I never have)--heck, I hate painting guns. Thus far, I haven't found a way around those :)
ReplyDeleteSadly I have lots of unfinished projects still to do . I feel evangelical about the limbers .
DeleteThat is a superb looking limber, I'm impressed because I also hate painting them so well doen to you!
ReplyDeleteYes they always seem hard to assemble and then fix to the horses .
DeleteCavalry are bad enough....but limbers...yuk. These look excellent however and well done for getting a project finished.
ReplyDeleteNot keen on cavalry either - they always have more complicated uniforms , pleased about getting the period finished .
DeleteI am with you! I hate painting limbers. Yours looks splendid by the way.
ReplyDeleteGotta like an army that paints artillery yellow .
DeleteIndeed and I have painted plenty of them!
DeleteWell they look good despite the lack of affection.
ReplyDeleteI actually like painting limbers, all my 15mm armies had ample supplies but switching to 54mm gave me dome space issues which basically eliminated them.
Finished? Oh dear, how sad!
They do look worthwhile on the table , finished ? Well for now , going to concentrate on finishing other projects.
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