For the most part I am frugal in my gaming expenses to the point of silliness, but now and then I get the urge for some battlefield "pretty-pretties" to jazz it up. For my Seven Years War era Russians (or imagi-nation Litharusians) I've added these two little Wargames Foundry 28mm vignettes. Click on the image to enlarge it for better viewing.
Saving the Sergeant
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| "Easy lads..." |
Here we have two valiant grenadiers of the Observation Corps moving their beloved sergeant through the smoke to safety. He probably owes them money.
Drunken brawling
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| After the battle, the fighting continues. |
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| An affair of honor? Debt owed? |
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| A solid hit staggers Ivan. |
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| Aha! The cause is women and demon rum (vodka). |
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| Meanwhile, the gentleman reads his Bible and tries to ignore them. |
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| Care for your wallet my friend! |
So I will attempt to find an excuse to put them on the game table at some point. The first is easier since I can put it out as soon as my grenadier battalion takes hits. The latter may require a bit more creativity.
As you can see I prefer a black primer with layered dry-brushed overlays. Not museum quality by any means but they work for me. The donkey is a carryover from my D&D days. Hope you enjoy them.
"Pretty-pretties"... very nice indeed as miniature vignettes, but reflecting aspects of war not pretty -specially the first one, of course. Aspect of war we gamers fortunately forget, otherwise many of us would be unable to play 'battles'.
ReplyDeleteThen, a few comely peasant women (from some 'Feasting Cossacks' set?) would indeed make the second vignette even prettier... :)