French Divisional General

This chap was kindly given to me by Paul from Napoleonics in Miniature, he came with Marshal Murat who I'd painted up some time ago. He is a Fantassin (WarModelling) figure, he was improved by placing him on a spare AB mount. His sidekick is an AB colonel figure, which makes him a general of an infantry division!

3rd Prussian Hussars

Same story as last post - this is the 3rd regiment of hussars, AB figures based with no-more-nails and grass tufts. I painted the tufts a brighter green colour and then dry brushed with yellow to give a two-tone look. Agaim, this is another regiment that took part in the 1813 and 1814 conflicts.

I think I may open up a hairdressing salon for 15mm figures since this is the second time I have used the hair dryer to speed up varnishing and basing drying times!

8th Prussian Hussars

After a month of inactivity I have just this week completed the 8th Prussian hussars. These are AB figures and were relatively easy to paint with the exception of the barrel sashes. I think the Mont St Jean site may have gotten a couple of Prussian hussar regiments mixed up checking my Osprey and online sources they were supposed to be light blue -and since it stands out better this is the colour I went for. I made this unit a bit different by adding the ADC figure. Next up will be the 3rd Hussars, same blue dolman but with red collars and cuffs.

British 9lb Foot Artillery

Completed the AB 9lb foot battery, I reverted to static grass with only the odd tuft of grass here and there. They were quite easy to paint with the exception of the brown leather strap running along one of the cross-belts (I wonder why and what it is exactly?). January was quite a productive month, I doubt if I can match it for output over the next few months. Next in line are those prussian hussars, 2 x young guard trailleurs battalions and 2 x british guard battalions.

WIP British Artillery

Although I really should finish my Prussian hussars I decided to paint up some British foot artillery, suppose its in keeping with the theme of this months previous output though. I sprayed the figures with Vallejo black primer but I've also gotten some Vallejo primer from a bottle. The cannons as you can see from the photos were primed this way and any places on the artillerymen where the spray has missed can be mopped up this way. Most of the photos were by Sarah again and she's started painting again as well - you can see her painting a metal lady we obtained from Vapnartak last year. I bought her some 1/72 plastic pioneers and pilgrims which you can see she has done quite well.

71st Glasgow Highland

AB figures but the flags are by Fighting15s. The pattern on the shakos was a devil to do and I'm not satisfied with the results but I'm not redoing them.Pictures were taken by my daughter Sarah!

52nd Oxfordshire

This regiment had over a thousand men at Waterloo making it the strongest line regiment. Same details as last post, these are AB light infantry figures marching at trail and the flags are by GMB (although this time I have actually used the correct flags!) I've just got one more British unit to do, these are the 71st Highland light infantry.