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Battle of Aliwal 1846

Battle of Aliwal 1846
By Michael Perry

Friday, 4 January 2013

The Crossing

Hi Gents,

Happy New Year to all who visit this site!

 I have really enjoyed putting this together over the last couple of years and hope to continue for a few more if enough of you remain interested in what is posted!
 I have noticed a few new faces to the followers list so thanks for joining this small band as we venture into 2013.I was hoping to show off some more Italian wars figures but they have not arrived yet from the painter so these will have to wait till later.
I painted up some Redoubt pontoons yesterday so some pics of these filled with French Napoleonic is the order of the day seen here in all their glory crossing a river somewhere in Spain!

I am going to work on the terrain this year I need more water sections.
 

The good thing with the pontoons is that they are easy to paint.
Storming party amongst the first to cross.
You may remember the pontoon figures from an earlier post.
Battalions awaiting the return of the ferry,
These chaps start to build another bridge.


Officer calming the troops.
Bit of rough water.
A chaotic scene.
keen to get at the enemy
patiently waiting for their turn.
Nauchatel battalion hit the other side.


And on they come.
The only down side to the set up is that I now have to put all the toys back in the cabinet but not tonight!
Once again thanks for all your comments and support for the blog.
Best wishes
Willie




 




 
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24 comments:

  1. Maxamillian4 January 2013 at 09:00

    Really impressive set up, all excellently painted!

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  2. DeanM4 January 2013 at 09:12

    Fantastic and impressive! Inspiring stuff for the start of the new year! Dean

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  3. Phil4 January 2013 at 10:21

    Beautiful, beautiful...could you do better than in 2012? Looking for more...
    Phil.

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  4. Jay4 January 2013 at 10:50

    Beautiful in all of its parts, Willie!

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  5. TamsinP4 January 2013 at 11:04

    Happy New Year Willie! I'm looking forward to seeing even more beautiful figures joining your collection(s) this year :)

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  6. Vinnie4 January 2013 at 11:23

    Will the figures and terrian youplace up on your blog are truely fantastic your blog would to be one of my all time favourite sites. Great stuff

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  7. Anonymous4 January 2013 at 13:43

    Happy New Year!

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  8. Cyrus4 January 2013 at 14:11

    Superb photos, figures and terrain!

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  9. Neil Scott4 January 2013 at 14:38

    Impressive layout.

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  10. GaryA4 January 2013 at 16:29

    Inspiring as ever! This is always a blog worth waiting for.

    Gaz

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  11. Giles4 January 2013 at 16:35

    That set-up is pretty mega, Willie. Great photos.

    Best wishes

    Giles

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  12. Furt4 January 2013 at 16:48

    Some amazing scenes there and beautiful minis. Are those metal helmets in the storming party image - never knew they wore those!!

    Frank
    http://adventuresinlead.blogspot.com.au/

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    1. Willie Anderson5 January 2013 at 11:17

      Those are the miners Frank so maybe storming party was a bit of course!

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  13. Schrumpfkopf4 January 2013 at 17:24

    I do love every single bit as usual. Those boats are brilliant as well as the entire setup.

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  14. Anonymous4 January 2013 at 20:49

    I think Phil stole my words! Brilliant.

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  15. Rodger4 January 2013 at 23:31

    Wonderful photos Willie. Great scene you have set up too!

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  16. Silver Whistle5 January 2013 at 00:16

    Wow! Fantastic all round. What a great start to the year.
    Pat.

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  17. Mad Guru5 January 2013 at 00:24

    Happy New Year, Willie! Awesome post, as usual.

    Is the river homemade? Is it one contiguous piece or are there more than one section? The surface of the water is quite fantastic!

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    1. Willie Anderson5 January 2013 at 11:24

      MG
      The river is a 600x 600mm TSS tile I carved out the centre then painted and varnished.I have four of these tiles the pic you see here is of two together I put the bridge over the joint to hide it!
      I am going to make some larger river sections some time this year.

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  18. Wargame News and Terrain Blog5 January 2013 at 10:34

    Awesome thanks for sharing all of these excellent miniatures, set-ups and pictures! you spoil us!

    Cheers

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  19. Willie Anderson5 January 2013 at 11:27

    Once again folks thanks for stopping by! I had fun setting this little lot up!

    Best wishes

    Willie

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  20. Paul´s Bods6 January 2013 at 02:59

    Excellent!!!! My favourite is the troops waiting thier turn...
    Cheers
    paul

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  21. MiniMike11 January 2013 at 01:24

    This is just awesome. Real cool Willie! Smart background as well with the clouds...Cheers, Michael

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  22. peter19 January 2013 at 10:44

    Wonderfull work Willie! I love to see such great scenes! And the boats are excellent!

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://www.peterscave.blogspot.be/

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