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

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The Landwehr are done.

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Airfix HO/00 Farm Accessories (A06044W)

Which, with the vac-formed baseboard completes Airfix HO/00 Battle of Waterloo Gift Set (A50174)

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Another batch hit the bench. The painted figures are Esci 227 that I'm repainting as Tirailleurs and the new set are HäT 8034 Young Guard to be Voltigeurs.

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More paint on the Tirailleurs
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Completed the Tirailleurs

1 x Waterloo1815 set 28, 6 x Italeri 6002 and 23 x Esci 227

 

Also finished the HäT 8034 French Young Guard

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Revell 1/72 British Life Guards (02578)

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HäT 1/72 British Heavy Dragoons (8033)

Only 4 poses of men and 2 of horses

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Next on the bench

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HäT Brunswick Leib Infantry

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Not many colours, so they're done

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I've been working on another set of Dragoons

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And assembling more pre-painted French Line, this time the 28e
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Just the pompoms to paint.

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All done.

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Next up some Italeri French Guard Horse Artillery. One new (whole) set and three part sets - No idea where the limber teams went 😪

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Mounting the six horses was a tricky affair

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The French Artillery are painted.
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Despite the box reference to the Line, these are in fact French Guard Horse Artillery. The Line wore shakos and the Guard had colpacks like these do. I think the Hungarian thigh knots should be a bit bigger. Some references say they didn't have the plumes, but they're easily cut off (if you don't want them), and although the box art shows a Trumpeter (with white colpack) no figure of this is included 😪 They're actually still a nice set, well sculpted.

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With the French Artillery finished it's on to the next on the Waterloo front, the Royal Foot Artillery. One new set by A Call To Arms and two restorations/repaints of the Revell 02577 set. A few of these figures were used with the Rocket Troops that I did some time ago, hence one set is incomplete, but I intend to mix them up for variety.
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I've started off with the guns.

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Edited May 31, 2019 by Ratch

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Time to do something with these Amera S216 Campaign Tents
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One base populated

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A Call To Arms 1/72 British Foot Artillery (64)

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My next batch of figures will form Bolton's Battery.
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Two figures from A Call to Arms, three (one out of shot) from Revell, one Emhar and an Esci (or Italeri) drummer.

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Another Battery nearly done
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Napoleon felt his cuirassiers were of greater value than any other type of cavalry. Their value was as a heavy blow to shatter a wavering enemy, making them an elite amongst cavalry although in Napoleon’s army they were never admitted into the Guard. It should be borne in mind that most regiments were in a constant state of chronic disrepair, frequently reported by officers. Cartridge pouches, pistols and musketoons were often missing. The plume was usually not worn, or at least covered in battle.
The regiment nominally consisted of four squadrons each of two companies, each company having 100 men. Increased to five squadrons from March 1807 and back to four squadrons from 18 January 1810. Blue coats with long tails until 1804, then short-tailed coatee. Facings of scarlet collar, cuffs, cuff flaps, lapels and turnbacks. Pewter buttons, silver for officers. Turnbacks had blue grenades. Shoulder straps were blue, piped in the facing colour, replaced by red epaulettes. The helmet was polished steel with brass comb, black mane, black cowhide turban, black visor edged with brass. Red plume on the right, brass chin scales. Senior officers had white plumes. Polished steel cuirass, leather straps, brass scales. Red lining edged white for all regiments. White waistcoat. Buff breeches were replaced by overalls on campaign varying from light grey to brown/grey. Officers wore dark blue linen breeches. Small black cartridge box on white belt over the cuirass. Long black boots with bronzed steel spurs. White gauntlet gloves, black cravat, white (mixed with blue) cloak (officers’ cape was dark blue), blue housings laced white. Cuirassiers were mounted on blacks or dark bays. Holster covers were rare and often replaced with a half-shabraque of white sheepskin (black for officers) edged red, white grenades on the housings and regimental number on the valise.
Cuirassier Trumpeters usually wore the green imperial livery coatee from 1812. However, mine wears the du Roi coat of the 100 days. Collar, cuffs and turnbacks were in the facing colour, imperial livery lace. They did not wear the cuirass and were mounted on whites or greys.
These 15 figures will represent the 485 men of the 1er Régiment de Cuirassiers. 8 from Zvezda's 8037 set.
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4 from A Call To Arms set 51
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and 3 from Airfix's 01736
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Next up, some Prussian Dragoons
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The horses are airbrushed

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A little progress

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Although this Italeri set is labelled as light cavalry, they are in fact dragoons.
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