New Ottoman style infantry masters...

As I'm going to making a mould for a 40mm tatar as part of my 17C project, I would have some spare mould making stuff left over. I decided to rework my 40mm ottoman style infantry masters, adding three new poses and with smaller bases to save on metal

• A new pose with the musket held more vertically
• Original advancing figure gets a new head and musket
• Another advancing pose with musket held across chest
• Firing pose.

these should give me enough variety with a few conversions to rework the Begovian army infantry

The mould kits arrived today, masters will be double checked for snags before making the moulds.

Wittenberg Army Refurbishment (5) .. staff completed

Work on the King, Field Marshal and the staff now completed...

Wittenberg Army Refurbishment (4) - staff [WIP]

All the staff figures have been removed from their vignette bases, some more additional figures have been primed. The mounted/dismounted King and Field Marshal figures await their final touch-in...

Wittenberg Army Refurbishment (3)

Finally all the remaining units have been finished off...

IR Prinz Clemens (mostly War-games Foundry)

IR Minckwitz (mostly Front Rank)

Chevaux-Leger regiment Prinz Albrecht...(Front Rank riders on Hinchcliffe horses)

Chevaux-Leger regiments Prinx Karl & Graf Rutowsky...(Old Glory riders on Hinchcliffe horses)

Wittenberg Army Refurbishment (2)

The refurbishment project is progressing nicely

Some more of the completed units. Firstly the heavy cavalry .... Garde De Corps, Koniglicher Prinz Kurassier & Karabinier Garde

Chevaux-leger regiment Graf Bruhl

Grenadier Battalion Kurprinzessin...

 Fusiliers von Rochow..

 The four Kreis Regiments

and  Infantry Regiment Prinz Gotha ...

There are three chevaux-leger cavalry and two infantry units are still in the works.

Firing practice ...

A detachment of Begovian provincial troops gets in some firing practice, before duties aboard the river boats of the corsairs.

( Some figures from Essex Miniatures renaissance ottomans range, to help man the river corsair boats and also take part in land actions if needed)

What the bells ?

continued from the previous post ....

---oXo---

Red Jack and his men hurried through a wooded area towards the river Oudear for a rendezvous with a boat to take the stolen golden bells to Monrovia.  As they passed an old ruined building the cart with the bells in hit a tree root and tipped over spilling the load on the ground. After righting the cart one of the men noticed one of the bells was damaged.. the looked closer it was made of lead and gold paint

 Red Jack gave the bell a desultory kick...  and gave a hearty chuckle. We'll lads we've been duped. Load 'em up - we'll pass them off to the Monrovians or lose them as we cross the river ..

---oXo---

Meanwhile in Glockstein a coach and cart had arrived in one of St Tyrian's abbey courtyards (they had been escorted by some jagers via a different route). A gentleman stepped down from the coach, introduced himself to the abbot as Georg von Duzberg from the Duchy of Fenwick and said I have two bells for you from the Duke ....

 The cover of the rear wagon was removed ro reveal the two gold covered bells ....