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Painting on Irish Grenzer Battalion Finished!

Battalion assembled, Sah!

Gentlemen, meet the 1st (O’Malley’s) Most Honorable Grenzer Battalion! Barring a glossy coat of Future floor polish and a couple of tiny touch-ups, painting has been concluded on this unit of infantry, which will join the ranks of the army fighting for the Electorate of Zichenau. Overall, I’m very pleased with the figures’ appearance. Not connoisseur quality, but just fine for my collection and wargaming use. Next up in the painting queue, a few RSM95 generals on horseback before moving on to that battalion of Revell Prussians. Charge!


Battalion staff up close.


Colonel Thomas O'Malley.


Close-up of Company B.


Close-up of Company A officer and drummer.


Close-up of drummer. . . who still needs his white shirt cuffs (groan!).

Comments

Giles said…
Well done, Stokes! It's a lovely regiment.
9:20 AM
Anonymous said…
I gotta say, these things look fantastic! I really gotta brush off the brushes...
9:45 AM
Bluebear Jeff said…
Stokes,

Good work! These lads look every inch like soldiers . . . and they should be splendid on the table top.


-- Jeff
2:37 PM
justMike said…
Nice looking troops Stokes. You have much to be proud of here. Are they all RSM?
3:29 PM
justMike said…
Nice job Stokes. You have much to be proud of here. Are these RSM?

Mike
3:32 PM
Snickering Corpses said…
Very lovely, Stokes. Quite inspiring work as always. Though, we friends of Stollen may be forgiven for hoping their performance is not quite as good on the field of battle, being evil Zichenauers. ;)
4:10 PM
Fitz-Badger said…
Nice work! Excellent added detailing on the drummer!
(painted up so nicely they are guaranteed to do poorly on the battlefield? lol)
8:39 PM
A J said…
Excellent figures, Stokes! It's nice to see the Wild Geese portrayed in our imaginary world.
2:40 AM
Steve-the-Wargamer said…
Lovely stuff....

O'Malley the alley cat, perchance??? :o))
6:31 AM
old-tidders said…
Fab chaps !

Another nice unit to add to your collection

Allan
7:02 AM
Martin said…
Hey Stokes,

Here's hoping that they live up to their good looks! That bar is set pretty high!.

Yours,

Martin
9:46 AM
tradgardmastare said…
Stokes
fantastic work- I look forward to seeing them in action...
Alan
2:24 PM
John Clements said…
Really nice, Stokes. Despite their age the RSM figures still paint up very well. What are the figures in the background, by the way?
11:52 AM
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