More French line infantry

Latest French line battalion, couldn't identify the marching figures as the bases had been filed so no catalogue number, but they look like original HH. They were all "elites", but I filed off the epaulettes and sabre-briquet and the corresponding cross-belt to make them fusiliers. The Grenadiers and Voltigeurs are HH originals, the eagle bearer is a conversion from the officer figure.

*edit* I think the marching figures are FN/9 Grenadier marching, or possibly DK versions of same.

La Bataille de la Forêt de Mérite (remastered}

After my last post where I showed the setup for a small game which was supposed to test my amendments to Charles Grant's original 1970's rules, I decided to add some river sections to the terrain. Here is a pic of the game in progress:

It took me a couple of weeks to complete the game as I only played a move or two per day, and I had a week on the Costa del Sol halfway through (which was very nice, good weather, good food, covid restrictions gradually being rolled back). I won't give a move by move account , but the rules seemed to give a good game, however they still need a bit of tweaking. British Rifles, even taking a full stationary move to reload, have devastating firepower. need to address that. Artillery rules are simplified, not using any 'devices', instead a battery (1 gun + 4 crew) fire with the same effect as a battalion of infantry, but with increased range. fire effect decreases by 25% with the loss of each crew figure. That seems to work well. Command and control effect on morale is just calculated as a percentage of cumulative losses, rather than relying on individual officer figures becoming casualties. Morale tests generally have little effect until a unit falls below 50% strength, when they automatically break and run. Will have to tweak that as well. Another few test games needed!

La Bataille de la Forêt de Mérite

Somewhere just north of the Pyrenees in1814......

To be continued.........

Generally speaking....

 A few French personality figures, hoped to get these done by Christmas but once again real life got in the way.

The Shiny Tenth!

 The 10th (Prince of Wales Own) Light Dragoons (Hussars) completed today.

All original HH as far as I can tell.

When I was prepping these I only had one regiment in mind, it had to be the 10th!

Brought back fond memories of the Airfix 54mm kit which I had several goes at back in the early 1970's.

The 10th had various nicknames, "The Chainy 10th" - due to the distinct decoration on the officers' pouch belts, "The Shiny 10th" - due to their opulent uniforms and "The China 10th"- because like fine porcelain they were beautiful but easy to break! As these guys have a coat of gloss varnish it seemed appropriate to use "The Shiny 10th" for the title of this blog post.

Donald where's yer troosers?

 Donald where's yer troosers?

In this case Donald must be the piper, the rest of the 92nd (Gordon) Highlanders are wearing their campaign dress. Donald has retained his kilt and feather bonnet.

These are casts from a conversion inspired by this illustration: -

The conversion and the casting are down to Royston (thanks mate, sorry it took me so long to get round to painting these!)

I guess the reference in the post title might be lost on any non-brits and/or  anyone under the age of 60, so here you go:

Chasing Chasseurs

 It's been over a year since my last post, sorry! Had some health and work issues to deal with, hopefully I'm back on track now, so here is a pic of the latest unit mustered with the French massive , 12 x Line Chasseurs a Cheval..