3rd battalion KGL

Yet more of the same! One of these KGL battalions was routed in a night attack at the battle of Talavera! They believed themselves to be in the 2nd line and laid down their arms and fell fast asleep. They were soon woken up by the French who took quite a few prisoners and killed many others.

Next units to be painted are the 4th KGL and the 79th Highlanders.

2nd Battalion KGL

OG 15mm again, in fact the bulk of my infantry are nearly all OG! As you can see these are wearing the belgic shako. The flags are by GMB, stuck with white PVA glue and as usual I added a few folds shortly after gluing to the flag pole. I have another two of these to paint up along with a unit of OG highlanders(the 79th), all three units are primed and waiting on the lollipop sticks.

I'm also thinking of doing some conversions for a couple OG Hanoverian militia battalions. This bag is essentially a mix of belgic and stovepipe shakos in the advancing pose. I was thinking of doing some head swaps with some Landwehr/reserve infantry to have some caps to liven up the unit. I've seen a whole unit of 28mm perry plastics done that way, red caps with a yellow band. However, asking around TMP I think only the officers and not the men had caps - but since when did that ever stop me!?!

French Light Regiment

These are OG 15mm infantry - the pack is called "VOLTIGUERS SKIRMISHING CAMPAIGN DRESS 1809", with hindsight perhaps I should have gotten the actual light infantry options! Some have the greatcoat rolled like Prussians across the chest, the coat tails are really long. I based these four to a stand and so can act in skirmish mode or as formed infantry. I gave them two companies of voltiguers instead of one, I painted the Chasseurs all with green pom-poms. The flags are by Maverick models and in fact Stewart actually designed the 2nd battalion fanion for me! I requested a fanion with the hunting horn symbol and he created it in a few days. The wounded figures are from the OG Young Guard pack and there is an AB officer somewhere.

Brunswick Foot Artillery

Just a couple of CGM guns and crew, the only noteworthy comment is that the howitzer from this manufacturer is rather small (in my opinion). although, probably not that noticeable in the pictures. I'll need some Brunswick lancers/hussars to complete this division.

Dutch Artillery

These are CGM Dutch artillery, both foot and horse with two guns per battery. The ones with red plumes are the horse artillery and the ones with red with green tips are the foot. These will represent  Stievenart foot battery and Bijleveld horse battery. Both were at Quatre-bras where they were the only allied guns present for quite some time. Since Ney had several batteries from his numerically superior army - these Dutch guns suffered heavily from counter-battery fire.

1st battalion Belgian Infantry

These are OG 15mm British infantry figures wearing the belgic shako in the march attack pose and the flag is from GMB. Not much to comment on but I will say there is a lot of white in this uniform! Crossbelts, plumes, collars, cuffs and epaulettes! This battalion formed part of Perponchers Dutch-Belgian division that held Quatre-bras on the 16th June.

Primed and waiting on my desk I have three more units of the same figures intended to be painted up as Kings German Legion. One unit of OG Highlanders, along with CGM Dutch and Brunswick artillery. Finally, two units of French light infantry (skirmish pose). If I can clear these then I will make a start on some AB Guard light cavalry, i.e the red lancers and chasseurs a' cheval. The Russians can wait.

Guard Horse Artillery

These are AB horse gunners, the uniform lacks the plume and bag but is otherwise quite smart (campaign?). Only 16 figures so did not take long, I placed the figures in the same position since this is where they would normally stand in their assigned positions. Next to be completed is a unit of Belgian infantry (using 1815 British infantry as stand in's). I was going to paint some OG Russian infantry but guilt has set in and I really should clear my workbench of stuff thats already primed and has been waiting weeks!