Dutch-Belgian Light Cavalry

These are CGM figures, the poses are a little wooden and too similar but they painted up ok and represent two of few allied cavalry regiments actually present at Quatre-Bras. The light blue figures are the 6th Dutch hussars and the green figures are the 5th Belgian light dragoons. These were commanded by General Merlin who later died at Waterloo. This brigade performed well enough but was later pulled back into reserve after several encounters with the French. Thanks to the similarity of their uniforms with the French, the 5th dragoons were fired on by the English infantry mistaking them for Chassuers a' Cheval! I usually only base divisional generals but I'm tempted to paint up Merlin to go with these guys. I'm waiting for some GMB flags to complete the units.

Allied command bases

I've not done much this month apart from a couple of allied command stands. Here we have Sir Thomas Picton and ADC, these are AB figures and poor old Sir Thomas is missing his brolly. This snapped off and I was never able to glue it back on successfully, so he now looks as though he is reaching for a drink.

The other base is of Prince Bernard of Saxe-Weimer, he was the commander of the Nassau contingent. These are CGM figures and the pack is supposed to be Von Kruse with an ADC figure.

As you can see, the PVA is still wet!

Grand Parade 2012

We got the troops out and doing a battalion count of new figures since last time (a year ago) I have painted up 6 x 24 man french battalions; 22 x 24 man allied battalions; 2 x Brunswick cannons (8 crew); 18 french cavalry. That's a total 692 figures in about a year, 2242 in total. We just set up the French and the new allied units - the Prussians had to sit this one out. The kitchen table was augmented with a wallpapering table and the green felt throw over just covering both. I think I could probably squeeze in another wallpapering table but wouldn't leave much room for a portly chap like me to move around! The first and last pictures are of the allied units, most of the pics were taken by my son (Ken junior) and daughter Sarah.

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Brunswick Light Brigade

Here we have the three Brunswick 24 man light battalions, 1st with pink facings, 2nd with yellow and the 3rd with orange. These are a mix of the old glory light BRN2 and line packs BRN1(mainly light since the line have the Lieb included). As I stated in an earlier post the light infantry did not come with bugles/horns but with drummers. Another discrepancy is that I gave each battalion a flag, this was one of the Battalions Fahnes copied from NapFlag, I used Microsoft paint to change the colour of the square to match the facing colour. Not too bad given I've a really crap printer! Again, I also removed the old flagstaff and replaced it with a metal spear.

I now have all eight Brunswick battalions completed - when funds permit I will get the foot battery and the hussars and lancers. Probably get the battery from Vexhillia (CGM) and AB's for the cavalry. CGM figures are ok for infantry and artillery but their horses really suck, they lack details. Old glory horses are worst of all as they are just too tiny!

Back in Action!

Study now complete - shelves fixed up and new desks in place.Will try and get the Brunswick light brigade completed for the weekend.

Out of action!

If you have been wondering why I haven't posted for a while it's because we've been redecorating the study (and the bathroom) so my little men are packed away along with my paints. Hopefully by Friday the carpet will be laid and I can move my new furniture in!

Imperial Guard Grenadiers a' Cheval

I got a bit weary of painting Brunswickers and so decided to complete this heavy Guard cavalry unit. They had been primed some months ago and had collected a fair amount of dust sitting around while less glamorous units were completed.

These are AB figures and were an absolute pleasure to paint, especially after five battalions of old glory brunswickers! I painted the officers and trumpeters with gold but the troopers were completed in aurora, this is a kind of orangey-pink colour but ended up looking plain orange! Looking at some of the old plates on the internet I think I'm not too far away from the intended effect. I've included the brigade commander (Jamin) in one of the command bases to add bit spice.

As you can see I've also added a divisional general (Guyot) to command them. Just need to paint and flock the bases.