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Ratch's 1/72 (1/76) Napoleonics


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My next batch of Napoleonics will form the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards. It's a mixture of Esci, Italeri, Airfix, Revell and HäT figures.
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Most are re-paints/restorations with a few 'new' figures mixed in for variety.

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Next onto the conveyor belt come a set of Airfix French Foot Artillery.
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Some of the figures had flash on them. I removed the flash using a hot soldering iron. To bring the strength up to an even nine figures for each gun, I added a drummer from the Airfix 01744 set and a Marshall from the Italeri 6016 set. The batteries I chose to represent each consist of 8 guns, so I cut three, 8cm triangles from 4mm hardboard and painted them with Daler – Rowney Graduate Acrylic 247 Raw Umber mixed with 375 Sap Green.
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Today I've had the airbrush out so the skin tones were airbrushed, mixing the pallet of four tones as work progressed. The horses were sprayed in the same manner using five colours. I mixed gold and rust for the 4 pounders and then sprayed the gun carriages and limbers with green.
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More painting, only to be expected.

Humbrol Acrylic 53 Metallic Gunmetal = tyres
Vallejo Model Color 70872 149 Chocolate Brown = tack, hair
Vallejo Model Color 70867 164 Dark Bluegrey = hooves
Vallejo Model Color 53 70930 Dark Blue = short skirted coat, shoulder strap, lapels, greatcoat, waistcoat, breeches
Vallejo Model Color 70975 89 Military Green = drummer’s coat
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Bases for the limbers are 5cm square.
Vallejo Model Color 70950 169 Black = shako, M.1801 cartridge box, boots, gaiters, bayonet frog
Humbrol Acrylic 174 Matt Signal Red = turnbacks, cuffs, sabre knot, plume, pompom on campaign, cords, top band to shako, epaulettes, piping to shoulder straps, collar, lapels
Humbrol Acrylic 154 Matt Insignia Yellow = drummer’s lace
Vallejo Model Color 70951 1 White = belts, cockade
Vallejo Model Color 70821 103 German Camouflage Beige / 70984 140 Flat Brown = calfskin pack
Vallejo Model Color 70984 140 Flat Brown = bucket, ram rod, match, Dragoon musket
Vallejo Model Color 70821 103 German Camouflage Beige = rope handle, mop
Vallejo Model Color 70807 49 Oxford Blue / 70899 50 Dark Prussia Blue = greatcoat
Humbrol Acrylic 53 Metallic Gun Metal = bayonet, musket fittings, cannister, spike, shot, tyres
Humbrol Acrylic 54 Metallic Brass = shako plate, chinscales, sword basket, hilted hanger, buttons, musket fittings 
Humbrol Acrylic 130 Satin White = straps
Special Mix Green = bases
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Time to break out some new figures. First is Strelets French Line Infantry Standing at Attention
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Also HäT 8294 French Line Infantry Marching
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To the Frenchies I have added one of each pose from the HäT Napoleonic French Command set and Italeri's 6016 French Imperial General Staff.
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Among the 6016 set are five Chasseurs à cheval. I also have just six figures from the Revell 02576 Napoleonic French Mounted Guard Chasseurs 1800 - 1815 (quite where the remainder of the set are is a mystery). These will be painted all together, and I hope to acquire two more 02576 sets.

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A bit of catching up to do on the Régiment de Vielle Garde Chasseurs á Cheval
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and on the camp followers
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Now all the figures are at the same stage

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