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A famouse painting of the scene - showing the desperate scene in LHS. Erk.

Muskets and Riflles are done aswel as a dirty wash. Erk.

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Thank you kindly. Erk.

Evening all, a bit more work done on my 5th Line KGL. eRK.

Lovely work, I have also been following your Wokka build - read every page, I too have a Chinook build on the site - in the shape of the Revel 1/48 kit. Erk.

More 5th KGL - both centre line and light taking shape. Erk.

Indeed - when the 5th came down from the ridge to help the 2nd and part 5th in the Farm - they did not see the French Cuirassiers till it was too late, they could not form a square and had no chance. Erk.

Thank you so much. far more to come yet another 40 or so KGL then all the French and some scenery around the Farm. Erk

Thank you for showing an interest in my build, I must be honest that name does not ring a bell for me, I know a few names from the 3 KGL regiments that where in LHS at Waterloo - a Rifleman Friedrich Lindau of the 2nd KGL - he wrote an excellent account of the battle for LHS, I also know of the Major in the Farm Major Baring who escaped death by a hair when his horse was shot. Here is the link to Private Lindau's letter. - https://projecthougoumont.com/rifleman-friedrich-lindau-2nd-light-battalion-kgl/ Erl.

And I am learning to use my brand new airbrush for the first time - so we all learn new things. Erk.

Isn't it about putting down a few different coats with an airbrush starting with a base darker colour then over spraying with less pressure a slightly lighter shade finished of with a slight highlight shade? I might be wrong as I have neve rdone it. Erk.

Evening all, some more progress - after cutting the basses off (very carefully not to cut their feet off) I then placed the next batch in my dio, there is Forty KGL in LHS now with more to come. Erk.

Excellent, I built one of the TES vesions and tried to do a partial interior based off interior photos. Erk.

Hi all, I have been working on another batch of 2nd KGL. Erk.

Brilliant work. Erk.

Thank you so much. Erk.

A bit more progress - starting to populate LHS with some figures - they are charging through the front gates after they were opened, to chase and attack the French who where retreating due to an attack by the British Hussars. Erk.

Thank you kindly. Erk.

Evening all - some more progress - the main comlex is now fitted together, the main floors are still in need of a few washes and dust dry brushng, and an extrior garden building needs assembling. Erk.

Thank you kindly. Erk.

Evening all - some more progress - more details and KGL have been added around the pond, I have also fitted the main floor piece and started detailing it including a section of rough lawn that was near the stables. Erk.

Thank you kindly mate. Erk.

Evening all, more progress - I have added a couple of firing stages made from the kitchen tables and benches, and it would be rude not to add a few 2nd KGL firing from behind the wall - its a start. Erk.

Next and bringing my build up to date - the pond, this has a cardboard cutout of the edging slabs - but to give the pond some depth I cut out the shape of the pond in the MDF base then trimmed it so the slabs slighty over hang the pond. So I have my pond shape then glued the slab area then when set - I glued a sheet of paper underneath to act as a bottom to the pond, this was then painted to represent a dirty pond, next comes the interesting bit - I decided to have a go at that Acrylic Water Gel medium (I have never tried this before) it comes in a pot and is like PVA in consistency, it can be diluted with water though toget a better flow. So I poured some into to the pond to roughly the level I wanted and it was put away in the unit for a day as 24hrs is recommended. It had set nicely (I Foregot - I had even put some bricks in to simulate some that had fell into the pond from the wall). Next job was to paint and detail not only the edging slabs but the pond base area then wash and dust it using my dry brush technique. This is the current state of play. Erk.