I really am down to the bottom of my lead pile now and amongst the odds and ends were some Hinton Hunt Saxon Line (SXN04) with missing bayonets. I obviously didn't fancy having a go at restoring them in 2017 when I completed a battalion of Prince Frederick August Line. Accordingly they have ever since graced the table with 6 members short (my standard infantry battalion is 5 bases of 6). However, I had some spare, poor quality copies of Brunswickers plus one other headless figure who donated their bayonets and were then perfect fodder for casualty markers.
The Saxons were bought second hand in 1997 and appear to be vintage castings. I think they may have been misdescribed as French as I didn't record them seperately in my inventory.
First step was to clean up some excess flash, particularly in the space between the right arm and the torso with my new mini rotary tool. Bayonets were secured with superglue.
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| Each new bayonet was held in a block of BluTac while the glue dried |
A minor challenge for the Saxons was remembering which shade of Vallejo green I had used for their facings in 2017. After an aborted trial with Deep Green, I found a match with Military Green.
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| The finished 6...only 8 years after their comrades |
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| The full battalion with my usual hand painted, wine bottle foil flags. |
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| They can now properly form square. Plus 5 new casualty markers. |
I love finding broken unloved figures and bringing them back to life, which you have done a remarkable job with on these. Really nice work!
ReplyDeleteThanks David. It was also nice to have quite a quick project to complete.
DeleteThis is a very informative post as until now I didn’t think a lead pile had a bottom! Great restoration work well done.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ian. I do have one more project in the pipeline but after that there really is nothing left worth mentioning. I've even started flirting with the idea of embarking on some English Civil War 15mm except I've no space to store them!
DeleteWell done on completing your Saxons - although that square looks a little beleaguered with all those dead bodies around it.
ReplyDeleteCheers Rob.....I'll be giving them a proper outing soon, hopefully with fewer casualties!
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