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Title: Villier's Division VI Corps and a few Cavalry bits, 1870
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 19 May 2012, 08:41:51 PM
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc94/madlemmey/Villiers%20Division%20French%201870/093.jpg)
Just a small division I started over Easter holidays, had so much on since it's taken ages to get based.

(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc94/madlemmey/Villiers%20Division%20French%201870/095.jpg)
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc94/madlemmey/Villiers%20Division%20French%201870/094.jpg)
Close up of the infantry.

(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc94/madlemmey/Villiers%20Division%20French%201870/092.jpg)
Gen Clerambault, French cavalry general.
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc94/madlemmey/Villiers%20Division%20French%201870/091.jpg)
And the missing dragoons from 3rd Cavalry Brigade.
Title: Re: Villier's Division VI Corps and a few Cavalry bits, 1870
Post by: Hertsblue on 21 May 2012, 09:25:00 AM
Nice work, Lemmy. You seem to be on a roll! :-bd
Title: Re: Villier's Division VI Corps and a few Cavalry bits, 1870
Post by: Techno on 21 May 2012, 12:59:52 PM
Good stuff Lemmy ! :-bd....Missed that earlier.
Cheers - Phil.
Title: Re: Villier's Division VI Corps and a few Cavalry bits, 1870
Post by: lekw on 21 May 2012, 05:05:26 PM

Fantastic, wish I could get them painted that fast!!!!
Title: Re: Villier's Division VI Corps and a few Cavalry bits, 1870
Post by: mollinary on 21 May 2012, 07:29:42 PM
Great work Lemmey!  I really love these French -  now  about these flags........?!!!  Lovely.   ;)

Mollinary
Title: Re: Villier's Division VI Corps and a few Cavalry bits, 1870
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 21 May 2012, 08:59:34 PM
I know Mollinary, shocking aren't they! French flags don't have gold braiding - but they're cast that way, and I know there are one too many battle honours on the dragoons...  ;D 8) :P
Title: Re: Villier's Division VI Corps and a few Cavalry bits, 1870
Post by: mollinary on 22 May 2012, 08:35:58 AM
5th and 8th Dragoons, eh.   Mmmmmm.  So is the Flag for the 5th or for the 8th, that is the question?   

For the 5th the Honours would be: WATTIGNIES 1793, ARCOLE 1796, AUSTERLITZ 1805, EYLAU 1806 AND CRAONE 1814.

For the 8th: CASTIGLIONE 1796, RIVOLI 1797, MARENGO 1800, AUSTERLITZ 1805 AND HEILSBERG 1807.

So, five honours each, so what would you add as a sixth - WATERLOO 1815 would seem to be a good choice ;D!!??   By the way, they should have braiding for this period, honest!   ;)


Best Regards,

Mollinary

PS No great enyclopaedic knowledge, just access to one or two of the right books!
Title: Re: Villier's Division VI Corps and a few Cavalry bits, 1870
Post by: Hertsblue on 22 May 2012, 09:48:30 AM
I take it that by "braided" you're talking about fringing? All the illustrations I've seen show French standards with gold fringing - much like the later Napoleonic standards.
Title: Re: Villier's Division VI Corps and a few Cavalry bits, 1870
Post by: mollinary on 22 May 2012, 11:55:42 AM
Hertsblue,

Absolutely right, as far as I can see (based on photos of some of these flags which survived) both infantry and cavalry flags have gold fringing for this period.

Mollinary
Title: Re: Villier's Division VI Corps and a few Cavalry bits, 1870
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 22 May 2012, 01:37:10 PM
 ;D*Tsk* it was meant to be a joke after all the Saxon standards debates!  ;D
Takes whole thread with pinch of salt!
Seriously - Thanks for the feedback. French standards - right pain to paint, bees at 10mm scales - seriously! I  started them before I found Pendraken.Vaubanner and all the other great links from here, so had to carry on for 'consistancy'.  8)
Would you believe me if I said there was a thin gold fringe in the infantry standards?  ;)







Nah, thought not...   :P
Title: Re: Villier's Division VI Corps and a few Cavalry bits, 1870
Post by: mollinary on 22 May 2012, 01:59:05 PM
Lemmey,

I took it as a joke, but never knowingly miss the opportunity to show off!!!!! ;D    The battle honours as listed are correct, according to Pierre Charrie's Drapeaux et Etandards du XIXieme siecle, which a French colleague has been kind enough to lend me.  I think he says you only need the bees for the Imperial Guard!  On your question, of course, I believe everything you post implicitly! :-\

Best regards,

Mollinary
Title: Re: Villier's Division VI Corps and a few Cavalry bits, 1870
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 22 May 2012, 02:07:02 PM
LOL! Coincidently - I base my standards from the Great Friekorp 15 book on the Maximillian Adventure, clearest description I've ever seen of French standards!
Title: Re: Villier's Division VI Corps and a few Cavalry bits, 1870
Post by: nikharwood on 22 May 2012, 09:52:11 PM
Nicely done once more lad lemmey  8)
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