The following unit has been painted in late January through to mid April. It represents the third battalion in my planned brigade and a switch to light infantry. The main distinction with the line infantry is the silver replacing the gold on uniforms (buttons, epaulettes, shako plaques). I have also painted several trousers in blue to increase the 'light' feeling. Basing is left until the whole division is painted. I also need to order a 1812-1814 flag from GMB designs.
The miniatures are Calpe Miniatures,
French in March Attack range.
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| front view |
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| rear view |
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| 4th company (left) and voltigeurs (right) |
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| 2nd (left) and 3rd company (right) |
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| grenadiers (left) and 1st company (right) |
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| heavy backpack! |
The following shots show the Brigade so far, that is 75% done. The remaining light battalion figures are sitting in the cupboard and will remain so for some months, since I need a change from greatcoats for a little while! Note the empty sabot on the first picture.
I am pleased with the result, and when looking back at my Division
plans I feel that I have achieved a lot. My guess is that I will paint the remaining battalion next Winter... but for now I will switch to a skirmish force. More on this in a post to follow!
@Blancard, je trouve le mélange des couleurs (capotes, pantalons)très réussi. Je suis en train de travailler sur un projet d'infanterie légère (Three armies, tenue réglementaire)mais j'avoue préférer les tenues de campagne et votre style de peinture fait vraiment ressortir la qualité des figurines Calpe, encore merci pour le partage ;o)
ReplyDeleteEn effet, j'ai utilisé plus de nuances de gris qu'à l'habitude. Merci pour le compliment!
DeleteBeautiful painting!
ReplyDeleteThank you Chasseur!
DeleteAbsolute beautiful painting! May I ask which seize your bases are? I'm working on an almost similar project at the moment...An all calpe french infantry division. Not generic like yours, but the 6e Division of Victors II. Corps in the 1813 campaign.
ReplyDeleteHi Chasseur! The bases are 40mmx30mm (15mm frontage and 20mm depth per miniature). Will you be able to wait for Calpe to release their Brigade/Division command packs, or will you use Perry's instead?
DeleteThank you Blancard, i likewise use 30mmX40mmm. I'm torn away... I want to wait for the calpe command packs, but Peter is realy busy with the saxons packs at the moment. So I will paint the infantry first. When I'm finished and I can't expect Calpe Command in the near future i will use Perrys or Frontrank... and change them when the calpe ones came out :D Do you wait for the Calpes ?
ReplyDeleteI painted my 1st Calpe brigade in early 2014. Now I'm finishing painting a 2nd brigade (photos to come). So I'm not in a rush and I can wait for the command packs... (no one at my club has a 1:20 army in 28mm).
DeleteThe funny thing is that back in Summer 2016, Peter confirmed to me that French artillery crews and command packs were in due soon-ish :) We are still waiting impatiently!