Can you have unlucky figures? - Niazam Artillery.

The signed were bad from the day I ordered them, only half the order arrived, the rest would follow on later.

Tired of being the Napoleonic whipping boys, I thought I would bolster the Ottoman forces with some westernized Nizam - i - Ceditso or New Army.

The only manufacturer I am aware of that make them are Old Glory they can always be trusted to cater for the gamer seeking the odd units of a period, the challenge with Old Glory is that the quality of sculpt can vary from range to range, the Ottomans are a little less well defined than others but they do provide me with valuable reinforcements.

So I purchased 2 bags of infantry and 2 bags of Artillery crew (a week later Brigade bring out their Ottoman Artillery) - Bad sign number One.

So a started to put paint to metal, I found them a struggle whether it was the lack of close up detail or the fact they all appear to be cast with the same head surely not every member of the New Army had a broom handle mustache?
They took an age and were very often superseded by other projects, the uniform colours appear to match those of the period they were an absolute bind to paint and I was a little underwhelmed by the result.....

Another bad sign....

Then finally the curse of varnish frosting. These guy's are just damned unluckily.

Now a wanted a dusty effect but this is bloody ridiculous, I did encounter this issue about two years and over come it with Olive Oil.
 
http://dusttears.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/matt-varnish-frosting-solution.html


To the doubters out there - Two years later, no mold and no smell :-)

I really can't decide whether I preferred the dull or shiny versions, the shine does tend to where off with game play.

However given the bad luck with these so far, you can only imagine how they are likely to perform on the table top.

So I finally finished them now just the 96 Infantry to do, they might have to wait at the foot of lead mountain for a while.