What a Fantasic Surprise!

I had a look yesterday at some of the plastic companies to see if there is any news on any new set of figures for the 200^th anniversary of Waterloo and guess what? Italeri are proposing a special series dedicated to Waterloo with an Anniversary Box in April.

But even better is that they are going to celebrate Waterloo 1815-2015 with this box set number 6111 containing a part reproduction of the famous farm, “La Haye Saint” in MDF form in 1/72 scale. The first set will be containing the farm house, wall and gate and for the first time we will see the gardener’s cottage which Airfix left off their farm house. It will also contain 4 boxes of figures. Set 6066 French Infantry, 6031 Imperial Guard Artillery, 6095 British Infantry and 6083 British 95^th Regiment.
 

All Pictures from Italeri Web Site 

The next set is number 6175 and that will be the barn and again four sets of figures which are not known at this time. 

 

 

 

Set number 6176 will be the stables and another four sets of figures.
 

 

 This is fantastic news but there is no price set as of yet and I just can not wait to see these. This set/kit is a lot better than the old Airfix plastic farm house but it has been with us for a hell of a long time now, so this is quite exciting news from Italeri. The farm house will be easy to assemble and to paint. It’s been a long time since Italeri brought out any Waterloo figures as the last set was number 6136 Scots Infantry in 2010. We hope that there are more surprises out there for us Waterloo fans.

Five Years In The Making

 

I have two things to celebrate on this post. First its congratulations to me for I have now finished painting up my Airfix Prussian Landwehr Infantry last Tuesday night. The regiment is the 2/3^rd Elba and I have painted a total 47 of the 48 in the box as I did not want two flags in the regiment. It has taken me five years to complete this regiment. The good news is that I have now painted a total of 35 figures this year and at the moment it looks like it could be a fantastic year for me in the painting department.

 

Second thing to celebrate is that I have now had well over 13,000 hits on my wargaming blog and I would like to thank each and every one of you who have taken a look.

As I said in the last post that I will finish off some that I have started to paint but have never finished them, some going way back to 2005.  The race is on to finish as much as I can before the deadline of 18^th June and maybe think about what next to paint while finishing the rest off.

 

 

More Recruits for the Prussian Army

 

I have now managed to finish my third batch of Airfix Prussian Landwehr Infantry which I completed last Tuesday night. The regiment is the 2/3^rd Elba and I have now painted a total 24 figures of these this year (36 now completed). The fourth and final batch are also well under way and hope to have these finished by the middle of next week.

I don’t know if you have, but I do have a couple of regiments that I started to paint and did not finish for various reasons, so I think it’s about time that these were completed before I start thinking about the next regiment to paint.

 

 

 

First Painted Figures of the year!

Last night I managed to finish off my second batch of Airfix Prussian Landwehr Infantry that I started painting way back in 2010. If you follow this blog, then you will know that I have not painted much in over two years. Sorry to say that the pictures are not all that good but they do give you a bit of an idea of how they look.

The good news is that I am very much back in the saddle and the next batch is well under way.

The regiment is the 2/3^rd Elba and I am very pleased in how these have turned out after such a long time away from painting. So my painted total for 2015 stands at just 12 figures (although I have painted and completed the French Carabineers horses last year. Riders to follow)

 

New Napoleonic Sets Needed for Waterloo 200

 

I thought that I might take a look at what’s going on with any of the plastic companies to mark the bicentenary for Waterloo.

Well to date I have seen two. The first comes from Revell’s with the Battle of Waterloo 200^th Anniversary Set No RV 2450. Although this set is coming out in March, there does not seem to be anything on their web site to say what is in the box. We can only guess that it will be their old sets British Life Guards, French Old Guard and the Prussian Infantry. But nice to see a new gift set on offer?

The next is no surprise from Airfix with their old Waterloo farm set now called Battle of Waterloo 1815-2015 Gift Set. They do not say when this is available but you can pre-order the set on their web site. The price has gone up from £35 to just under £40 this time round. No new figures in the set so we have the same old favourites. It’s a shame that Airfix have not made any new Napoleonic to add to their old list but we can only hope that they do.

The Company that I am waiting for is Hat. They did not do many new sets last year and I hope that they will bring out some new sets that are long waited for very soon.