From ChrisP: 28mm Napoleonic British (110 points)

Here are some additional reinforcements from Chris, these depicting the South Lincolnshire (69th) battalion which he will use for  the 'Lasalle' set of Napoleonic rules.

These are all 28mm Perry models; plastic rankers with metal command.

These casualty figures are Perry as well. Chris' (and my) favourite is the duo above which either depicts a faithful soldier dragging his wounded officer from harms way, or he's simply pulling him out of the local pub and rolling him for his pocketwatch. Below we see a Rifleman, an Inniskilling and a poor chap from the 33rd Regiment all taking the 'dirt nap'. (As you can probably tell, I'm not feeling too 'romantic' today - being the first day back to the ludus...)

...and finally, a poor lonely skirmisher, out in front of the lines, facing the French on his own. Fine paintwork here, Chris!

This group will get Chris 110 points! Well done!

28mm Napoleonic Pioneer Assault Teams

I completed these three pioneer combat stands for the 'When Things go Boom' scenario that I put on for the guys recently. Two are French and one is British with a mish-mash of figures from Foundry, Victrix, Perry and Sash and Saber.

In 'Republic to Empire' a brigade's pioneers can be commandeered together to form specialized assault teams to aid in defending or seizing built-up objectives. These hard nuts are quite the terror in close combat but the downside, of course, is that they are amongst the first to take casualties in a pitched fight. 'Lasalle' also features Engineer bases so these boys will serve for future games in that system as well. I quite like the inclusion of these elements to a game as it builds the excitement when players have to 'ante up' their forces for close combat.

As you can see I didn't have enough pioneer castings to fill all the stands so I included a selection of grenadiers to back them up. This seemed reasonable as I would think grenadiers would be a common choice for leading these kind of assaults. If I hadn't been in such a hurry to get these done for the game I would have modeled them on cobblestone bases with some of the figures carrying ladders, pickaxes, etc. - well, maybe for the next group.

These brawlers will count for 12 points in the Spring-Thaw Painting Challenge.