Tau, part 2

This is my Tau commander, a crisis suit with two missile pods, a drone controller and target array.  The head is from my Riptide.  The marker light drones are converted with spare crisis bits.  The arms are not attached yet so I can paint them separately.

I'm looking to get the base done tomorrow, then undercoat at the weekend weather permitting.

Tau

Recently I got the urge to paint some Tau.  I sold off the few models I had at the start of the year to a friend, so I went on eBay to get some more.  I kinda wish in retrospect that I had just bought Virgin boxes as striping the paint has Been painfully tedious and many are missing comms. 

The colour scheme is the old cities of death cover, red with white armour.

Onslaught Miniatures OTC, part 2

A little update on the OTC miniatures, a infantry test stand complete.  This is based on the excellent Trouble Maker Games bases.  Still need to add greenery but otherwise complete.

Progress on the test tank, it just needs basing.

Here's a picture of everything assembled so far.

I have a lot of tanks, suits and infantry left to assemble.  More updates soon!

Onslaught miniatures OTC

I've recently been building an army of the excellent OTC miniatures from Onslaught Miniatures.

This is the paint test mini!

More Warhound pics

Wolf Warhound with imperial knights.

Beware the beast!

My Warhound is back from the painters, a bit longer than expected due to the incompetence of Parcelforce damaging the head and head armour.  Still Golumn Painting Stuidos have done a bang up job. Thanks Mike!

Basing of 15mm Napoleonic Miniatures

Over the last year I have been considering the best way of basing these troops to best reflect the actual formations strengths. Ideally I would like to base in the following manner:

Infantry

British line companies - 4 man 20mm (width) x 30mm (Depth) bases. Ten companies is ten bases with a frontage of 20cm.
British Rifles, contray to popular belief, these boys in green actually fought in line during waterloo. They will be based as per british line infantry.
British Guards (and 51st)- These where the largest infantry battalions on the battlefield. Each company will be six miniatures based on a 30mm (width) x 30mm (Depth) base. A battalion will therefore have a 30cm frontage.
KGL Line - These where around the same size as a british infantry battilion, but had recently been reduced to six companies for Waterloo. Therefore each company will be six miniatures based on a 30mm (width) x 30mm (Depth) base, which gives a unit frontage of 18cm.
Hannover infantry - These where formed in four companies each of which consisted of 150ish men. They are therefore around the size of a british battalion, and will be mounted 10 men, in two ranks on a 50mm (width) x 30mm (Depth) bases. Four companies with a frontage of 20cm.

French line and leger infantry - These will be mounted 6 miniatures in two ranks on a 30mm (width) x 30mm (Depth) base, which gives a unit frontage of 18cm.

I haven't looked at the Fench Imperial Guard, Dutch, Brunswick, Nassau or Prussians yet. These will follow if I ever get that far on the project.


Cavalry

All allied and French Cavalry im looking at basing a company on a 60mm (width) x 30mm (Depth) bases. Two companies make up a squardon and several squadrons make up a regiment.

Artillery
Based on a large Flames of War base as per my British Foot Artillery Base.

Futher considerations

I need to decide how I mount commanders. I'm leaning towards seperate bases that can be put in frount or behind the units themselves.
Need to consider the time. I will probably start with smaller units than ulitmatley intended, just so i can get units built up quicker.