I'm part way through painting what I'm expecting will be my last Hinton Hunt French infantry battalion. That makes 14 line all together including one all voltigeur regiment and one painted as Swiss. The rest of my line regiments are all Kenningtons. This battalion comprises second hand figures gathered over many years and are a mixture of vintage and Clayton castings. The final piece in this jigsaw was a recent kind donation of an FN3 (grenadier firing) from a fellow blogger (you know who you are). A few bayonet repairs were required to the marching figures and an officer will be converted to an eagle bearer.
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I've decided that these will be the 2nd Line Regiment. I have stuck with my original aim of naming all my French regiments as those present during the Waterloo campaign. The 2nd were part of 6th Infantry Division and saw action at Quatre Bras and the attack at Hougoumont. Interestingly they fought as marines at Trafalgar.
The FN3s are all to be painted as voltigeurs and the FN12s (greatcoats) will be grenadiers.
I'm just starting a French battalion - will post a WiP piece in the next few days - but in my case both the battalion (all FN12) and a skirmish unit will all be wearing greatcoats. This means I have to remove the sabre-briquets and associated cross-belts and epaulettes off most of the figures.
ReplyDeleteGosh, that sounds like fiddly work but great attention to detail. I look forward to seeing your progress.
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