A little light relief

 52nd regiment of foot, the Oxfordshire Light Infantry.

Close-up added at Rob's request, my photography skills are even worse than my painting skills:-

I cherrypicked this unit for my next project

 These are the 11th Light Dragoons, aka the "The Cherrypickers".

Apparently a small contingent of the 11th  were caught by the French while dismounted, picking wild cherries, hence the nickname. 

These are BN50, all original as far as I can tell. They certainly have the catalogue number incised on the base. Does anybody know if Claytons also had the catalogue number on the base? They are very clean castings and have clearly never been painted before, so no detergent bath needed.

I had to paint them as the 11th as a tribute to Sir Harry Flashman, VC. If you haven't read the George McDonald Fraser "Flashman" novels I suggest you do so!. Of course, by the time Flashy joined the regiment in 1840ish they were the 11th Hussars and wore scarlet trousers, which were round his ankles most of the time.