You no doubt remember I was painting Napoleonic and SYW figures for Tom, the great chap who could not paint any more.
https://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,20614.0.html
Well, Tom a while back gifted me several boxes full of his 28mm Napoleonic figures from various sources (as well as an extrodinary amount of research notes in several folders), just incredible. I went through the boxes, and had a look at what I could use them for in a wargaming manner. The obvious choice was Sharpe Practice II as several of the Leighton Buzzard club play it in Napoleonic times and it's a fun set to play in an evvening.
So, what did I find?
Many guns, good, and a pack of Polish Legion artillery crew. That one I had to dig deep into Tom's information to find their uniforms.
Many pioneers, as Tom himself was in bomb disposal, this was a unit I had to do in his honour. Tom suggested the Neapolitain 3rd Regiment, who was I to disagree.
A lot of interesting command figures, including two mounted ADCs. Several musicians and many standard bearers. That's a decent nascient force.
I also had a couple of Foundry French from previous paint orders, so they got added in to the calculations as I bulked these up to a full unit.
The pioneers, lead by the dashing M. T. La Panthère, Legion D'Honneur. The pioneers are made up of a mixed bag, 'volunteers' dragged out the ranks. three Neapolitans, a Pole, some French including a pontonneur that Tom had started. Communication within the unit is sometimes difficult, (Latin covers a lot of ideas initially) but they always get the job done.
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Top view
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Ready for action
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Back view
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Ready...
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The Polish legion gun and crew. Most people don't use artillery as far as I can see, so this should be a giggle.
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I also painted up some gabions and a bag to add interest
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"I really would not stand there!"
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Top down
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Mounted ADCs
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Nice animation on these
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In a hurry lads?
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Off they go!
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Line fusiliers plus additional freebie. So, I set about unit building. A unit of infantry, an easy order.
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With drummer and officer
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Marching marching
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Away they go
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Trudge
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Officer, trumpeteer for the upcoming voltigeurs, a drummer and standard bearer that needs me to make a decsission which type to give him.
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Tom had already started the officer, I just finished it off
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Back view
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The batch, a nice Amuse-bouche before my next commission.
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There is also a unit of voltigeurs that will also be on the painting table soon. Need to decide which unit to go with next, thinking dragoons or hussars!
Very nicely done as always :-bd
Interesting to see a pioneer unit in the mix of units at skirmish scale level games. Would be great for the basis of a narrative campaign. M. T. La Panthère, Legion D'Honneur goes to.....Moscow/Vienna/Berlin.
Purhaps you should cover both expansion routes and paint up dragoons and hussars! ;D ;)
Bought some Voltigeurs, plus a free figure, from Foundry, needed an officer. Thirty seconds later, I had found a beauty and as I was already paintin g 10mm French, it made sense.
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Top views
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Fire!
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They do look good.
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Mark gifted me two sprues of 28mm Napoleonic French. They have been painted up, and have a world-weary look about them that I really like. Added to my nascient Sharp Practise French.
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Making a new squad, and the two spares will be added to purple squad, who are made up of everybody's spares and stragglers.
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Top view
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Trudge feels apt
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They'll get there, eventually
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"Let someone else do the fighting..."
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A seriously powerful unit now, Cuirassiers with leader, musician and standard bearer
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At the charge
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Heavy horse flesh
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Clipclop
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More figures than I'll ever need, what a shame!
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Top view
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Pioneer supply wagon for my pioneer unit, goes with the barricades nicely
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With removable canopy
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Wagon team
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Top view
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Suitably grimy
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Off they go, into the sunset together
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Wound markers
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Some of the figures in action in last night's game.
Engineers and supply wagon on the move. Left my jump off points at home, so a Tardis sufficed!
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My cuirassiers getting ready to charge the British deploying in an enclosure.
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In the midst of the battle, I am swinging right with my infantry. My artillery is pounding the British, but British shooting is crippling my cuirassiers!
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They did get a charge off though, mission successful, even if one horse pulled up short! Game was a great draw.
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28mm Foundry Miniatures French Grenadiers.
I was ordering paint, and they kind of fell into my shopping basket... Honest guv!
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Camera's playing up again
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Top down
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Blurry advance
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Charge
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I'll go and paint the Caunter camo on that AEC Dorchester now...