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Battlefleet Gothica..Maybe Space wars - Orion Rebellion No news has come in from the outer rim for nearly a decade now…. Equipped with the best long range sensors and lightdar, the deep space scout frigate Voyager was dispatched to the Orion Massive to investigate. Returning to Earth after 3 year trip she has bad news to report…..Rebellion and Anarchy have erupted again in the outposts of man. Grand Marshal Tiberius in desperate need of supplies immediately authorities executive order ‘Black’ to requisition all civilian transportation shipping to hand, and dispatches them to way point alpha. Under Earth defence destroyer escort. While Admiral Nechayev responds in support of her liege lord, by issuing fleet recall and assembly of all Fleet Auxiliaries at Jupiter Planitia Anchorage, even the newly constructed Fleet Tanker Kraken is rushed into service. Commandeering Voyager as temporary flag ship she sets out for way point alpha six weeks later. Meanwhile Tiberius contacts General Brutus...

Armée du Nord 15mm Napoleon Bonaparte Waterloo Campaign The Big Cheese Over the last few weeks I have been introducing the massed ranks of I Corps, IV Reserve Corps plus a few additional. Now we move onto the amazing and fun to paint Imperial Guard.  But, before we do above is Napoleon Bonaparte. He is accompanied by three ADCs painted as Imperial Guard Brigade General, Light Infantry Brigade General and a Marshal of France as Chief of Staff. Inspiration for my Corps Command stand Let’s start with the command stand for the IG, which I took inspiration from the painting above to try and recreate. The painting is of the  Battle of Waterloo, Marshal Ney leading French cavalry charges against the British and Allied lines, around 3:30 p.m. on 18th June 1815. Marshal Ney with ADCs, also Murat & Lefebvre left and right. I am really please with the overall look, Ney’s ADCs are converted using Warlord Games Cavalry Officers, mainly head swaps or arm moves. Ney will serve as ...

Armée du Nord Cavalry Corps - 15mm Napoleon Bonaparte Waterloo Campaign IV Reserves Corps Here we go again, it’s Friday and it’s time for another post. We have moved onto French 15mm epics last week. At 1:10 ratio, this is an army of over 4000 miniatures across 4 separate Corps, making up roughly half the French that were present at the Battle of Waterloo. 1st Cuirassiers Regiment 1st Cuirassiers - red cuffs As you might of noticed with most of my posts army’s I paint take on a little story all of their own when I create them. These posts end up reflecting elements of that story. In this instance my French started off focused on the opening attack on Le Haye Sainte, but then slowly this expanded into 1st Corps massed infantry attack.  4th Cuirassiers - orange cuffs This happened naturally because I had worked out the most efficient painting regime with these is to paint a sprue at a time, this comes from experience of the ACW. Less than a sprue means you end up going back to paint ...