15MM ACW CONFEDERATES

An Alabama and Georgian regiment on the attack.
15mm Figures by Xan Miniatures. Very decent figures that paint up nicely. They make two more regiments for a Gettysburg game the customer is organising. For inspiration I had the film 'Gettysburg' on in the background - very appropriate - spot the false facial hair. A very good film though.
The website design is progressing well - it should be finished towards the end of July (basically any time now lol) and I am aiming for its launch mid August with initial stocks of Warlord Games figures and then Perry's plastics followed in time by more different ranges - something in 15mm etc.

BABYLONIAN COLONIST CAVALRY XYSTON 15MM

 These are 15mm Xyston Miniatures - always nice figures to paint. This is another recently finished commission (I'm getting through quite a lot of work just lately - but still loads more to do!)

28MM NAPOLEONIC RUSSIANS

A few weeks ago I published a post about a large 28mm Napoleonic Russian commission - well Gunter Heim, for whom the figures are being painted, kindly sent me a picture of the 4 battalions he has so far. Gunter has now added the flags.
Pictured here are the 1st and 3rd battalions of the Tambov Infantry Regiment, and the 1st and 3rd battalions of the Vladimir Infantry Regiment, with their colours proudly flying.

15MM FRENCH ORDNANCE

These are from a very recent commission...freshly baked and out of the oven if you like. They are 15mm French Ordnance pike (although I lie, one pike block are Swiss pike - the red and white chaps).
The basing is for DBM.
They look quite formidable but I guess easy to pin down and out-manoeuvre in DBM. Many years ago when I used to play DBM at Leicester Wargames club I had a Seleucid army and could never win with it. The pike block would always get pinned down by a few skirmishers and would then be outflanked while the rest of the army was dismantled. I remember a club member I used to play against (I think his name was John and he was from South Africa) he gave me some very helpful advice - get a good PIP score for the pike and advance forward aggressively with them to pin down the opponents main body of troops, then close in for the kill with the companions (Kn (F)). The next week I tried it and sure enough it worked like a dream. I won the game in about 15 minutes!
Oh look I'm rambling on again...

WEBSITE ON THE WAY

A website is now under construction for Hart of War Figure Painting, at last! To illustrate the point here is a picture of some Romans constructing a bridge!

The website will not only be for the painting side of the business. We will also be stocking figures to sell and there will be a secure shopping cart on the site. We will initially be stocking selected boxed sets of Warlord Game's figures, and boxes of Perry Plastics.

You can buy your figures from us but there is no obligation to have them painted (although we will be happy to paint them for you if you wish to commission us to do so).

Having a website means that this blog no longer has to act as a selling platform. It can become a proper blog. Yes it will be used to carry news etc from us, along with pictures of recently finished painting commissions, but it will also carry posts of a more personal nature such as battle reports from games we have played, with lots of lovely pictures.
It could also carry pictures of collections sent in by our customers!

We would also like to thank everyone who reads the blog, and also thanks for the comments/feedback. I do not always get a chance to reply but do read and appreciate all of them.

28MM NAPOLEONIC RUSSIANS WIP

These are the first batch of units for a large 28mm Napoleonic Russian Commission for Gunter Heim (you may have seen his article in Wargames Illustrated issue 330 April 2015 which was about his amazing collection of Napoleonic Saxons).
For the Russians Gunter has commissioned Hart of War to paint Prince Tchervatov's 18th Division of 1812 - a total of 8 infantry battalions, 4 Jaeger battalions and 3 battalions of converged grenadiers. Plus the Pavlograd Hussars. Pictured in this post are the 1st and 3rd battalions of the Vladimir and Tambov Infantry Regiments.
The figures, like the Saxons in the WI article, are made by Steve Barber Models and they are really nice figures to paint.
Gunter regularly publishes progress updates on the League of Augsburg forum 'Fighting Talk'.

1ST TEXAS ACW

These are from a recent 15mm American Civil War commission for a customer who is recreating the Battle of Gettysburg - the 1st Texans, or Texians. There is also General Hood at the back. They are based for Fire and Fury Regimental Rules.
The figures are Xan Miniatures - the first time I have painted any of their figures. They are very nice to work with. The flags are by GMB Designs.
Another couple of Confederate battalions have arrived and I'm looking forward to painting those.