Slugde: Shock Troopers and Cannon

Time for some more Sludge. For Sludge I got myself one box of Wargames Atlantic french ww1 troops, because it had so many masked heads. I also got a buch of Napoleonics (for hats) and Perry knights for armor. 

Shock Troopers

Shock Troopers are cool elite troops. They don't have bayonettes, they have melee weapons for storming trenches and can equip greanades. I decided to give them bear skin hats (and masks) to show their elite status. 

They have more armor than regular line infantry. I used Perry knight bodies (armor on torso and legs), but used a knife to could the leg armor into pants. The shock troopers are not fully armored. 

I assebled them with a mix of close combat weapons and carbine rifles. They carry the other set as gear. 

Cloaks added as on all the army with toilet paper / super glue. 

For story in the army, I've made sergeants on the command bases for the Line Infantry. These guys have the same gear as the Shock Troopers, to show that these can be put in command of line infantry. I used the ww1 frech sergent bodies for these (same defence as line infantry, so no armor plating on these). 

I made the hats/helmets/masks. Cut the helmet part of the ww1 head (so only the mask and brim remain). Cut face of a french napoleon soldier. Glue together. 

I went with the same color scheme for these. Yellow, grey, black, red. Heavy wash and drybrush. So all seems dirty, dusty, muddy. 

Artillery

I was gifted two cool little pieces of cannon. 3d resin prints, but not fitting the style of the first guy who got them. So they were passed to me. I made the crew from bits I had. Some ww1 sergeant bodies, some napoleonic bodies (the command frame had a carpenter in apron). Found some suitable bits in the bit box. Small axes, hammers, torch, made that 'clean the cannon' thing from a spear and a bit of greenstuff. Made cannon balls with green stuff and did some hand switching. 

The metal masks, whatever they are, are also from the ww1 french. Don't know what it's meant to be. Haven't seen them in real life. 

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Sludge: Line Infantry

 A big part of the awesome Sludge look is from massive groups of Line Infantry. The multi-miniature bases is such a good idea to get a mass battle look, with quick movement. 

I wanted to field two huge groups of Line Infantry. So I've made two full regiments of 6 bases. So that's 12 bases of three miniatures. 

My infantry is made almost entirely from Wargames Atlantic WWI French. The box is awesome and comes with 35 miniatures (and 70 gasmask heads). I wanted my army to look uniformed and spend quite a bit of time planning where to use which bits. 

All my Line Infantry is armed the same way, there's a few (like three) bodies from Napoleon Elite French, to have enough bodies. All have added toilet paper / super glue cloaks. I've used a mix of backpacks from both the WWI and Napoleon kits. In order to have as many different looks as possible. 

The Command bases are the only one to feature conversion work. I've used Perry Miniatures pike arms for the banner flags. The drummers are made with bit box magic. Warhammer bits. A dwarf and empire drum. Drumsticks made from arrow wielding arms. Straps from paper and super glue. 

The sergeants are made to look like my Shock Troopers. The have bear pelt hats (a cut and glue job with a wwI head), bucklers, pistols and a different style mask. These come from the ranks of shock troopers and heavy cavalry. So these will all have the same kind of head.

Painted line infantry

I decided quickly on a paint scheme. Yellow and grey for the uniform, with black and red spot colors. 

The primary concern for the project was getting it done quickly. Paint quick base layers, nevermind small mistakes, only have one brown (the base coat), wash, drybrush and done. 

The miniatures are all washed in strong tone and drybrushed with dark sand all over. The cloaks have been washed in different types, strong, dark, flesh wash, light and soft tone. To add some variation on that part. 

Banners

I've used the excellent Coat of Arms maker online, tilted the shields and turned them into banners for the army. I have some excellent decals from Carthage Must Be Destroyed, so took an animal for banners, that I also have decals off. 

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Sludge - the beginning

Right... most of my hobby time this past year have gone into Guilders: A Life In Shadows. Writing, modelling, playing. 

Some of the guys over on the Discord are getting into Sludge. And I really don't need to paint a lot of miniatures or a new game. But they talked me into building a board for Sludge at Horisont Con 2023. ... and then I found myself with three plastic kits and getting into Sludge. Oh well. 

Sludge is a dark fantasy medieval / napolionics / ww1 mix. Lovely grimey look on it all and fairly open to interpretation. You can get it in Blaster 4 - right here.

I've bought Wargames Atlantic WW1 french, Perry Miniatures Footknights and Agincourt Mounted Knights. That will make up my army alongside bits already at hand. 

Jäger

The first squad I build was Jägers. Made with some leftover Perry Miniatures, European Mercenaries, and some WGA french rifles. Gave them machetes as the unit has muskets and melee weapons. Added feathers to their hats (Jägers have to climb a tree and steal them from a Roc). 

Cloaks

All my miniatures in the army are gonna have ragged cloaks and ponchos, to fantasy up the ww1 miniatures. It's just ripped up toilet paper and super glue. Really easy to do and looks great. The last photos show them off better. 

Chaplain and bodyguards

Next up I made a chaplain and some bodyguards. I have no idea about what the do in the game. But I found three old bretoninia miniatures in the bit box. Since these are not soldiers I greenstuffed some tubes for their breathers. 

This is true bitbox mania, with old empire militia two-handed sword, a gnoll from frostgrave two handed sword, frostgrave cultist heads, wga french backpacks, warhammer flagalant head, elf mage book. All manner of stuff.

Line Infantry

My line infantry will be almost all made up from WGA french soldiers from ww1. It's the paiting that will make them look fantasy styled and not modern military. Also the toilet paper cloaks really add a lot to the Sludge look on the miniatures. 

The drummers and banner bearers (right now just a pole arm) are bit box conversions. Perry Miniature pikes. Warhammer drums, paper strap, hand with drumsticks are different arrow wielding arms cut into shape.

These will get a sergent on the bases, but I'm missing a few bits (other kits in the mail) for those guys.

 

A better look at the cloaks

And the army as it stands right now after two days of building. 

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