It Figures: Mountain Gun

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This blog drags together, into one swirling maelstrom of crackling energy, my various wargames interests. There are links on the top right to my other blogs, each more calmly dedicated to one particular gaming universe.

I post on Fridays. The idea is that when I post a painted figure, it stays up for two weeks; a battle report, a terrain project, or a few lines on whatever happens to be the whim of the moment, is up for a week.

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mercredi 20 mars 2019

Mountain Gun

I saw this lovely piece on the Empress Miniatures website, and couldn't resist it. It is now part of my Army of God, whose spearhead is made up of anti-British Indian Communists. Although the gun-shield is part of the cannon, it is so unlikely an affair that I imagined it as an improvised element, which explains the rust (my first attempt at painting it).

Empress now also does the mule train with which the gun travels, including a broken-down version of the gun itself...I must admit that I am tempted !

J'ai vu cette pièce d'artillerie de montagne sur le site d'Empress Miniatures, et je n'ai pas pu résister. Son équipage est fait d'Indiens communistes, consacrés à la chute de l'Empire Britannique. La pièce métallique qui protège l'équipage fait partie du canon, mais il est tellement improbable que je me suis permis de le présenter comme une pièce improvisée, d'où la rouille (ma première tentative d'en peindre).