Napoleonic French Guard cavalry

[Not Drowning, Waving]

Superb!

Was that a white fringed patisserie or black?

[mollinary]

En avant, enfants du premier patisserie!  (Apologies to anyone here who can actually write proper French)

Allons enfants de la patisserie, le jour de gloire et arrive!   Perhaps?

[Zippee]

Comprehensive enough to include the Eclaireurs (which auto-correct altered to Eclairs) I hope, which I am particularly after.

But yes something more substantial would be good. Don't you agree it is a good start? I hadn't expected that sculpts for either regiment existed, and the poses for the Grenadines a Cheval look good to me, although I can't make out all the detail.

Well no actually, I thought it was barely a start 

chocolate buns aside I was rather hoping for Fusilier Grenadiers, Fusilier Chasseurs, Tirailleurs and Voltigeurs but turns out there's not even any Chasseurs 

not to worry plenty of Confederation troops to paint before it'll matter!

[Leon]

chocolate buns aside I was rather hoping for Fusilier Grenadiers, Fusilier Chasseurs, Tirailleurs and Voltigeurs but turns out there's not even any Chasseurs 

We've got a load of those as well, but I've not taken any photos of them.  The sculptor at the time sent us a matrix diagram with all of the different troop types for Young/Middle/Old Guard.  Some of them required new sculpts (which he's done) and some were able to be proxied using existing figures from the ranges. 

As we needed to cast off original master moulds to get those previous sculpts, and then check everything over to make sure it was correct, it became a bit more of a laborious task so we put it on one side for a bit...  That 'for a bit' has gone on for quite a while now...!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Get the feeling you're sitting on a small glod mine Leon?

[FierceKitty]

 

Allons enfants de la patisserie, le jour de gloire et arrive!   Perhaps?

[Not Drowning, Waving]

Zippee I dared only to think of Guard Cavalry, but could not agree more. 

Get the feeling you're sitting on a small glod mine Leon?

Well this is a revelation.  But how to get the contents of the mine into day light?

I have convinced myself that Mamelukes are down in the mine and am now digging to get them out...

[FierceKitty]

Allons enfants de la patisserie, le jour de gloire et arrive!   Perhaps?

You know, your version scans better than the original. Send it to the Academie Francaise; they may give you the Legion d'Honneur (or the Guillotine, mind you).

[John Cook]

We've got a load of those as well, but I've not taken any photos of them.  The sculptor at the time sent us a matrix diagram with all of the different troop types for Young/Middle/Old Guard.  Some of them required new sculpts (which he's done) and some were able to be proxied using existing figures from the ranges. 

As we needed to cast off original master moulds to get those previous sculpts, and then check everything over to make sure it was correct, it became a bit more of a laborious task so we put it on one side for a bit...  That 'for a bit' has gone on for quite a while now...!

How are the Middle and Young Guard infantry in 1809 different in uniform style from NPF8?  That's what I'd use for all of them. 

[steve_holmes_11]

I had a look for Mameluke proxies.

Renaissance Dellis with lance and sword would require a bit of imaginative conversion, but may fit the bill.

1877 Russo Turkish figs don't have pictures, so I can't speculate.
Can any owners post us a snap?

[Leon]

How are the Middle and Young Guard infantry in 1809 different in uniform style from NPF8?  That's what I'd use for all of them. 

That's basically what the matrix diagram showed, so we need to dig that out and see what existing figures we're re-using, which types the new sculpts cover, etc.

[Not Drowning, Waving]

Any progress on the digging out of Middle & Young guard sculpts?

[Leon]

Any progress on the digging out of Middle & Young guard sculpts?

Not that quickly, we've been away at a show all weekend!  It'll probably be October before I get chance to look at this.

[Not Drowning, Waving]

Don't become a workaholic...

[Leon]

Don't become a workaholic...

Too late for the warning, I was replying to customer emails on my wedding day!

[paulr]

That does not surprise me

[Not Drowning, Waving]

Come here to Oz with the long suffering Mrs Leon and I can take you to a place where phones don't work and the landscape is sensational. You will need more than a day though.

[Leon]

Come here to Oz with the long suffering Mrs Leon and I can take you to a place where phones don't work and the landscape is sensational. You will need more than a day though.

Maybe one day!  My brother-in-law is in NZ so we'd love to head in that direction for a holiday at some point.

[FierceKitty]

Too late for the warning, I was replying to customer emails on my wedding day!

I hope there was a piece of wedding cake in the envelope!

[Not Drowning, Waving]

NZ is fantastic - make sure you get there.