Friday, January 17, 2014

From JohnM: 28mm Napoleonic French Light Infantry Battalion (135 points)


John finishes his last unit of French light infantry for his very impressive Napoleonic collection.

From John:
3e/13e Légére
This unit is a bit of a milestone, the final unit of French Légére I shall be painting. My French Napoleonic forces are near completion and this is my 10th battalion of légére, joining 4 battalions of the 1éme, 3 battalions of the 2éme and the other 2 battalions of the 13éme. Three battalions of ligne and 3 battalions of garde left to do, but another day maybe. That will bring me up to 28 battalions of French infantry, a robust force I believe. 
This battalion has a bit of an unusual provenance, I bought these Front Rank figures from a very well known rules writer 3 or 4 months ago and they languished on the table. If I remember correctly he had purchased them without realizing that they were pre-Bardin. They were a bit odd as they had been primed with AP Blue primer, I was curious about this as the uniform of the légére of course is all blue, so it should make them a little easier to paint. There was some difficulties though as the primer does not have much bite and my style of painting requires a primer which has some adhesion. I found that if I drybrushed them with GW Enchanted Blue and then washed them with GW Asmuren Blue wash they looked pretty good. I like a nice bright blue on my French, while going with a greyer blue on my Prussians.

A great Flagdude standard decorates the force and I include a photo of the whole regiment. Quite a varied regiment as you can see, this is the only battalion where the carabiniers are wearing bearskins, but at the same time my other two battalions have their voltigeurs sporting colpacks. Anyway Front Rank has great looking pre 1812 French and I am quite happy I have finally completed this regiment.

Wow, lovely work John. I know its always nice getting a Napoleonic unit done as they typically take a bit of time to grind through. I've always liked the pre-Bardin uniform with its longer tails, smart waistcoat and huge plumes. Excellent stuff.

This, the 3rd battalion of the 13th, will give John 135 points. Great job!

14 comments:

  1. Wow - pure eye candy. Great work John.

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  2. These are wonderful really nice painting

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  3. Really nice, John, and the fanions are a great touch, too!

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  4. I'm with you, a nice bright blue is just what is required. Absolutely top notch, I'd love to see all your leger together some day...

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  5. Fantastic work on the Legere. I particularly like these from Front Rank. Dean

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  6. I am not normally a fan of Napoleonic games but I am slowly coming round to the idea by partaking in the challenge and seeing such work.

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  7. These are excellent, I really like the blue.

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  8. Love them, they really pop

    Ian

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  9. Excellent, work, sir. Very nice unit!

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