Project - The Ruthenian Army (2) ...casting finished

Out to the garage today to get the melty pot of doom in action today to do some casting (for the second time this week).

The casting workbench is portable, I can use it warmer weather in the lean-to and otherwise I use it in the garage where it sits on top of part of my G scale garage railway layout.  After I'd finished casting I spent a while tidying up and putting things away to get the layout ready again for playing with trains....

The fruits of my labours over the last week - command figures for infantry units and 16 riders for a dragoon regiment....

plus 18 horses and 60 infantry...

In between casting sessions I've been prepping the figures,  unit command groups...

and the first unit of infantry....

All the casting is now done for the Ruthenian (Polish) army which will consist of:

4 units of line infantry

1 unit of guard janissaries

1 battery of artillery

1 regiment of dragoons

For games, I'll use my 17C polish - hussars, pancerni etc. to up the numbers of cavalry as needed.

Lots of prepping and painting to do.. should keep me busy well into the new year....

New Project - The Ruthenian Army...

An existing Imagi-Nation, Ruthenia,  which is allied to Wittenberg against the Begovians (Ottomans) will now have its own little army.  At the moment a couple of 17c Croat light horse units have journey'ed forward in time and act as volunteers with the Wittenberg field army.

Polish King's Regiment
(my own Fusilier casting)

The new Ruthenian army will be in 40mm and based on the Polish army of 1730s/WAS. It has foreign troops and national troops.  The foreign troops are in western dress comprising infantry, dragoons and artillery; the national troops are still in a sort of 17th century look and comprise (winged) hussars, pancerni and light cavalry.

I've been out doing some casting in the garage last week, artillery and an infantry unit. I've finished prepping the artillery for painting today. It comprises Prince August cannon & limbers with some spare Irregular Miniatures wheels; the crew & draught horses are my own castings, the crew have been given some replacement Triguard heads.

Palace - other views...

I have a two other elevations for the palace based on drawings of a couple of stateley homes, that I can setup..

The rear of the palace (based on Holkham hall), where the gardens and fountain are (I have seem to misplaced some of the garden pieces)

The side of the palace facing the lake (based on Wilton House); also doubles as the Duke of Fenwick's residence

 

Palace Rebuild (3)... All done...

The palace parts now re-assembled into two sections for ease of storage...

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The surveyors take some final measurements, perhaps for some other feature the King has planned ?

The llamas roam the grounds, as some workers do some final tidying up

A coach arrives.....

In the early evening the King, Queen and some members of the court enjoy some music from the guard foot band.

Palace Rebuild (2)...

 The base and steps for main palace section done, started assembly...

The palace rebuild starts....

The plan is to have the main front section approx the same size & width as the rear and side elevations; palace low relief sections will be based on some hardboard recovered from some bookcases that have been dismantled.

New look main entrance section ....

Trial dry-run assembly of sections

The wing to the ballroom/view platform will be a separate piece ( to reduce storage width needs)

At the palace .....

A lovely sunny day in the Kingdom of Wittenberg , at the palace the llamas are have a wander around the grounds....

The King, with family, plus local dignitaries enjoy a concert and march past by the guard bands...

The dignitaries leave in their coaches directed by the palace guard...

A governess and some children in her charge play by the fountain...

The palace guard are about to do their rounds.... 

Late in the afternoon the King and the Chancellor are meeting with surveyors and architects to discuss options for the renovation or alteration of the palace frontage....

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The palace shelf diorama in my games room...between games storage and my garden railway locomotives.

the diorama has got very ''tired & faded" and needs a complete refurb; at the moment I need the shelf space for some additional storage while some remedial work is going to be done in the house.

So the diorama has been carefully dismantled and as much as possible saved for a re-build; it may be that the palace will have a complete new frontage - depending on the whim of King Leopold (including perhaps a larger ballroom?)