Art and artillery

[Forward Observer]

I thought you guys might enjoy some nice original color artillery art.   

If you want to see the pictures in a better scale, click on the thumbnail and then the "full size" button.  Be sure and expand the new screen afterwards.

See if you can guess the source. 

 On parade


Artillery train


 We need more Artillery


A pretty day for an artillery duel



The walls come down


Aftermath


Cheers

P.S. This is not copyrighted art and are original with me, but you may remove if  it seems inappropriate.

[KABAR2]

I am going to say these are pretty detailed computer graphics,

I am assuming they are stills for a computer war game?  Empire total war?

One detail I just noticed they missed the cannon carriages & limber are not painted.

Also too many little reinforcing plates along the sides of the fellows.

Royal Artillery wore Blue coats with red facings, red collar & cuffs.

Horses were normally contracted with civillan drivers, I do not believe the practice
of riding one of the horses was done in the 18th C.

During this period did the limber also act as caisson?  where are the ammunition wagons?

I would think the artillerymen would shed their packs when working the guns.....

O.K. I'm done beating up the artist if it is you Forward Observer I am sorry, but I see some inaccuracy's

for most gamers who don't study uniforms and the period in question these will do more than fine.
 

[Forward Observer]

Dag nab it,  Kabar you're too good and right about every point.

They are screen shots I took while playing the game as England.   The shots where the environment is really bright green and almost tropical---I think I was fighting either the French or the Dutch in either French or Dutch Guiana.

Unfortunately, Empire total war is such huge game (12 gig foot print on my hard drive) that the developer just couldn't include all the variations of uniforms, or even have the artillery painted in the correct colors for each nation. 

Actually the Duchy of Württemberg (part of Germany) used natural wood during the Napoleonic period.      Consequently all the artillery--no matter what nation is pretty homogeneous as are many of the uniforms.

The game covers the all of18th century, but the artillery doesn't change that much in the game.   One starts with heavy fixed direct fire cannons, but as technology develops you get movable  foot artillery and then fast horse artillery finally obtaining canister and then shrapnel, then howitzers get added-----first 12 pdrs and then 24 pdrs.  (Of course most nations used bore diameter to categorize howitzers). 

With the howitzers one gets various types of exploding shells.  Next come heavy mortars  and even Congreve rockets.   They've even got a fantasy item--the Puckle gun.   It's a rapid fire revolving cylinder cannon.   It really did exist, but was never used in any warfare.

I know there are a lot of inaccuracies, but where else can one get to fire cannons all day long and blow up all the little virtual structures and soldiers they want---and never have to leave the house.

Cheers

[KABAR2]

Forward Observer,

I spent from 1979 to 1989 re-enacting the American Revolution,  I did impressions of El Regimento De Louisiana, Provincial Spanish Grenadier & also Spanish Dragoons,

Queens Rangers, & a stint as Royal Artillery I collected 18th C. Militaria during that time period including one original Spanish 2 pounder & studied the manuals & writings of the time,

I studied how original clothing was made and made my own uniforms & equipment, a friend made my straight last shoes for me of a last I made for him.  you could say I would be

comfortable living in the 18th C.