28mm Napoleonic Bavarian Command & light infantry

This week I got some spare time :)
I managed to finish and photograph the Bavarian High Command, featuring general Wrede, general Deroy and Crown Prince Ludwig, together with the Bavarian light infantry of the 7th battalion, this completes the 4x battalions needed to finish my Bavarian contingent of the Allied army of 1813.

Bavarian command circa the battle of Hanau

All Perry Miniatures figures. Deroy is waving his hat, Ludwig is pondering and Wrede is the figure pointing.

7th Battalion Bavarian Light Infantry

Anyhow after waiting some weeks for some more figures to arrive from 'Perry Miniatures', I have managed to start on my small Dutch contingent for an 1815 campaign, comprising 1x Dutch militia battalion, also I'm hoping to finish my remaining 2x battalions of Nassau infantry and 3x battalions of French line infantry over the Christmas break. Also I have to repair and build new terrain tiles for my battlefields...all in a future blog.

To fund future projects I managed to paint and sell the following minis on Ebay to some fantastic customers:

1st Regiment Prussian Hussar

2nd Regiment Prussian Hussar

5th French Hussars

5th French Hussars

7th Regiment British Hussars 1815

7th Regiment British Hussars 1815

9th Regiment French Chasseur a cheval

12th Regiment French Cuirassier

28th Regiment French Line Infantry at the battle of Waterloo

British Royal Foot Artillery with 9 pounder gun

Anyhow Have a VERY GOOD CHRISTMAS and All the Best for the NEW YEAR.
And see you in 2017
Best Regards, Peter.

28mm Napoleonic 6th Bavarian, 1st Nassau-Usingen & French 7th Hussars

It has been a very busy few weeks, but I've managed to finish a second Bavarian infantry battalion and a Nassau battalion for an upcoming Napoleonic campaign, so here are a few pics
28mm Bavarian Infantry
6th Regiment of Line, circa 1812-15.

28mm 1st Nassau-Usingen Infantry Regiment.
 The 1st Regiment Nassau can be used for late Napoleonic campaigns as part of the French contingent or Allied contingent in the Hundred Days/Waterloo 1815 campaign.

Showing off their green uniforms with yellow piping the Nassau-Usingen regiments have to be the best dressed German regiments in the Napoleonic wars especially when compared with their dour Prussian cousins. It adds a nice colourful touch to any army.

French 7th Hussars
To fund my projects I managed to sell these French Hussars on eBay to some very kind customers :)

The 7th Hussars were the only French Hussar regiment actually present at the battle of Waterloo 18th June 1815. The miniatures are Perry plastic with a 'GMB designs' flag. I cut the fringed edge of the flag painting it in a variety of colours and highlighted with gold to give a nice 3D effect.

Any how just waiting for 'GMB designs' to send me some flags to complete a third Bavarian infantry regiment, next blog I hope to finish a French staff command vignette I've been constructing over the last few days...
All the Best
Peter

28mm Bavarian Infantry & artillery

28mm Bavarian Infantry
4th Regiment of Line, circa 1812-15.
Continuing the restock of my 28mm Napoleonic armies I have ventured into darkest Bavaria to recruit some infantry for a Bavarian contingent.Comprising three battalions of line infantry, one battalion of light infantry,  artillery comprising three 6 pounder guns and 1 howitzer, two squadrons of cavalry and one command base. So far I managed to acquire the line infantry and artillery, over last weekend just two guns and one battalion were completed, varnished and based.

28mm Bavarian line & command courtesy of Perry miniatures.

I decided 16 figure battalions were going to be the standard number for my Napoleonic infantry. This would be kinder on my pocket and each battalion would be fairly quick to paint and base. 

4th Bavarian line infantry Regiment.

 Flags are provided by GMB designs.

Regarding base sizes, each figure has a frontage of 15mm and depth of 20mm, thus there are 3x bases four figures to a base, 1x base of 2 grenadiers and 2 individual bases for the skirmishers/light company.

 28mm Bavarian artillery 6 pounder gun, howitzer and crew.

a gunner stuffs his arm down the short barrel of a 7 inch howitzer to place an explosive shell.

6 pounder long gun ready to fire.

Artillery bases are 60mm frontage and 80mm depth, I don't base the gunners separately, instead I use casualty counters/markers, it helps the overall look and integrity of the base and creates a mini vignette.

That reminds me I need to acquire appropriate battle vignettes to add a little flavour to my battle fields; army baggage, supply wagons, camp sutlers, tents, bivouacs, local civilians etc.

Anyhow the remaining Bavarian line infantry and the 1st regiment Nassau-Usingen infantry are next on the painting board.

Regards,
Peter  

28mm Napoleonic Cavalry squadrons: Life Guards, Chasseur a Cheval, Chevaux leger and officers.

28mm Napoleonic Cavalry squadrons: In an attempt to boost my Napoleonic armies regularly I have decided to break down the proposed regiments into squadrons of six figures, that way at least I can field some well balanced armies quickly without having to wait a long time. So this month I have been mostly painting:

the British 2nd Regiment of Life Guards 1st Squadron 1815,  Waterloo Hundred Days Campaign.

The red uniforms come out nice and bright, whilst painting these I realized the crest wasn't very different from Austrian cuirassier helmets of the period.

and painted the
French 4th Regiment of Chasseur a Cheval, 1st squadron 1812-1815. 

One of my favourite French Cavalry regiments because of the colour schemes, green seems to go well with a lot of different facing colours, I'm going to want some more of these Chasseurs regiments.

and finally I bought the Bavarian command base from Perry miniatures to complete the:
Bavarian 3rd Regiment (Kronprinz) Chevaux-leger, 1st squadron.

The Command stand

the troopers were completed for my previous blog post.

and painted a squadron of the 1st Regiment of French Hussars for ebay...to fund the buying of more Stuff :) I got some bids on these Hussars already from some fantastic ebayers.

Also some French Infantry officers.

 this officer and the next are both the same code, it's interesting to see how different the faces can look, and of course the different horse colours help

This guy definitely has attitude.

Next will be a few Austrian squadrons comprising Cuirassiers, Lancers and Hussars.
Anyhow all the Best,
Peter.