And so another new French Napoleonic battalion is finished. It's been a long while since I last painted French ligne and they are still a challenge. I have quite a few of these Perry plastics and I don't like them very much. I'm not a great fan of the shabby campaign look. Sure they may have looked untidy on the march but they still presented in their best attire on the battlefield. In my opinion, nothing done by the Perry's represents the French army on the day of battle.
Now, even if I'm not overly keen on the figures, they are what they are and I'm happy with how they tuned out. I'm also not a fan of the 1813-15 uniform and would prefer more plumes and colour but I painted these to go with my Prussians so I'm kind of stuck with them. I've painted too many Napoleonic armies and sold them on and now I have very few troops for myself. Oh well, I'll probably never learn.
A new thing that I've done with this battalion is to include the Chef de Battalion mounted. I've never done this before because I've always mounted the figures on 20mm deep bases. The move to 40mm deep double ranks now allows me to include the horse. I'm inclined to do this from now on to all my battalions. This means I'll have to retro-rebase my recently rebased battalions.
Well, regardless, they have turned out lovely 🙂
ReplyDeleteThanks Norm. Not my favorites but they're what I've got.
DeleteLooking great!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michal.
DeleteI agree, despite your misgivings, I think they look great....although I take your point about the earlier period uniform in terms of aesthetics. I have used the mounted officer trick every now and then to add a bit of variety to units in several eras....they always look good!
ReplyDeleteThanks RR. The mounted officer this is something I've never considered before but I'm always impressed when I see it modelled in a battalion. I think I might become addicted.
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