Le Fin. Peut-être.

Well the French are finished.

Well sort of.

I stupidly did not buy enough Light infantry figures to finish my regiment of light infantry and I wont be able to buy any more until Colours at Newbury racecourse in 2 weeks time. So the French are finished apart from that. Its a bit of an anti climax as I wanted to do some huge pics of all of them laid out in their glory, as I have done for my other armies, but I knew I couldnt live with myself if I left the Lights out.

So instead have a couple of pics of the finished command stands. Im not that happy with the pics of them to be honest- they look superb in the flesh (even if I do say so myself) but the pics make them look a bit of a big old mess. I guess its like taking a macro lens to a Monet (hark at he!).




Napoleons and a couple of Chasseurs a Cheval de la Garde escorts















Marshal Ney and a officer from the 1st Cuirasser regiment.

















Now on to the Brits!

Its Boney and Co!

Imperial Guard Grenadiers.






Ive swapped to the 1812 flag for these guys. Not sure if I will swap all my troops to 1812 pattern or just leave these with it, so that for gaming purposes they stand out more.

Artillery








Really love these models- the crew are so detailed, one is even carrying a little bucket.


The man himself.






















I love how not only is he slightly shorter than all the other general figures in the pack, but hes also got a big nose!

French Update

Curaissers finally finished.



And heres some of the next batch- Grenadiers of the Old Guard. Lovely figures, really like the bearskins.




Hmm- I think I need to hoover my black cloth!

French Light Cavalry

Pics of my finished light French Cavalry, based for either Polemos or Napoleons Legacy. Ive based them 6 to a base as opposed to 9 as the Baccus army packs are set up for. This is firstly to make light cavalry easier to spot quickly on the tabletop, and secondly because I am lazy and it means less to paint.!


Couldnt be arsed setting up my home studio, esepcially seeing as the light outside was pretty good, so I hope these pass muster.

First- 2 squadrons (in legacy or 3 brigades if Polemos) of Dragoons


And then 1 squadron of Hussars

WIP- French Hussars and Curriasers

Not a huge amoutn to say, other than heres my Hussars and Curraisers pre basing. All Baccus 6mm figs- they are so easy and detailed to paint.

More French!

Thats the 3 regiments of Line done for my army. Well 3 regiments if playing Napoleons Legacy , 9 regiments if using it for Polemos Marchal D'Empire.

Ive decided I hate painting cavalry though- they just take me too long to do. With that thought in mind and some PayPal funds burning a hole in my pocket Ive just commisioned Phil from Firezone Studios to paint all my British cavalry for me. Hes an excellent painter and uses a very similar technique to me at 6mm, so I am hoping his painting wont look too different to mine, once I have based them up.

If you want to see a bigger pic, click here