New camera!

I have new photo camera, so I can make better resolution photos! To celebrate this I wand to share some photos of my 15mm Ottomans from Peter Pig.

New 15mm washer!!!!!!

I've been basing my models on 18mm in diameter and 1,2mm height washers from Bunnings Warehouse. But I found that for some models  want to use smaller washers. I found 15mm washers and based some of my animals on them, but I wasn't satisfied with final result, because these 15mm washers are very thin, about 0.3mm in height.

But recently I found some new washers Bunnings Warehouse. These washers were sold not in packs but individually and have diameter of 15mm  and height of 1mm. So I rebased my Eytaran on new washer.

Now have a look at infantry and cavalry model based on 18mm washer with Eytaran on new 15mm washer! At last they all have same style. If you interested why Rebel Minis marine and Ottoman general have bronze base sides and Eytaran base side painted with Kommando Khaki, here is the answer: I paint  base sides of ordinary models with same colour as their bases sand, Unit leaders have blue base sides, squad attachments have red coloured base sides and army commanders have bronze base sides.

For big models I use 31mm washers.

P.S. Yes, I changed flock on Rebel Minis commander, so dont be confused why this model have different base on first and second photo.

One painted mini a day! Ottoman Officer

 I am slow painter, because I love to paint lots of details, shadows and highlights on my minis. I want to push myself in miniature painting and I try to paint at one mini a day (cavalry counted as two minis). No day without painted miniature! Today I proud to present you Ottoman Officer.

DIE INFIDEL!

Ottoman Commander or first head-swap experience! - part 2

Just finished painting mounted Ottoman army commander from this guide link . This is Peter Pig British mounted Sergeant with Egyptian head in Fez from this amazing range link

Ottoman Commander or first head-swap experience! - part1

I was very pleased with "Peter Pig" Ottomans/Egyptians. I love their sculpts and variety of poses, but lack of regular cavalry and mounted commanders upsets me. So I decided to make my first head-swap ever! I was worried a bit, but procedure appears to be quite easy, so I made step-by step guide. In this guide I show you all steps of creating a mounted Ottoman army commander.

Firstly you need to buy a pack called "67. Mounted Brit cavalry  sergeants" and take the guy on the left of the photo. Horses are provided separately in four poses, so you can choose the horse for your future army commander.

Then you need to use very sharp modeling knife to cut his head off. Its not very difficult procedure and metal is very soft and easy to cut.

Then you need Ottoman head from pack called "24. Fez Egyptians" of this range 

http://www.peterpig.co.uk/range6.htm

Then just use superglue to glue the head to the body of rider. You can use greenstuff to fill some gaps.

Allah Ackbar!!!

Ottoman Line Infantryman ready to fight infidels.

 Repainted "Peter Pig" Egyptian from Sudan range.

Ottoman Empire

While working on two 10 man units of British Empire, I've decided to order some other Victorian Era soldiers to fight with Brits. I was thinking about French, Germans, Russians but then I decided to get some Turks, because I love uniforms of the Ottoman Empire! There were only minor changes in their uniform in second half of 19 century and beginning of 20 century, when they change it to khaki uniform of WW1.
For my Ottomans I decided to use Peter Pig Egyptians from Sudan Range, because they use the very similar uniform.

 Here are the pictures of all Egyptians from Peter Pig:

And also some of Bashi Bazouks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashi-bazouk):

Sadly Peter Pig don't have any Egyptian cavalry to be used as Ottoman regular cavalry. So maybe I'll buy some of the British horsemen and swap their heads with Egyptian ones from this range http://www.peterpig.co.uk/range6.htm