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Papelotte from the south looking north. |
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And from the north looking south. |
My La Haye Sainte and Hougoumont were built from scratch, but I decided to use an existing model for Papelotte and then to make substantial changes to it.
The building is based on the Sarissa Precision model, which suffers from a number of flaws:
- First, the tower over the main gate doesn't look like the present day Belvedere, which in any event didn't exist in 1815.
- Secondly, the west and east range of buildings is too short - the overall shape of the farmyard should be rectangular not square.
- Thirdly, the roofing isn't very satisfactory.
- Fourthly, there is no kitchen garden to the south of the farm and no walled area to its north
- Other details such as the well are missing
Despite these flaws, the building does have its merits, with a well-made farm house and a great barn.
My farmhouse has therefore been extended somewhat and then re-roofed. A well has been added and the farmyard has been given more of an agricultural feel. A kitchen garden has been added, which contains both an annex and a small garden shed. To the north of the farm, a small walled field has been added and, above that, the ground is covered in the tall rye that predominated over so much of the battlefield (albeit in a much beaten down condition).
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Nassauers in the north walled field. |
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Nassauers counter attack from the Great Barn east door. The figures are mostly Hat Austrians. |
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Nassau Grenadiers at the other door on the east side |
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Mostly Hat with a converted Esci pair of wounded. |
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Camera shot through into the farm courtyard. |
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French attacking north on the outside of the east wall. |
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The external southeast corner of the garden wall. |
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View into the garden, south end. The French captured the garden, but despite General Durutte's claims to the contrary, they did not capture the farm itself. |
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French skirmishing through the kitchen garden. |
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Nassauers withdraw to the farm. |
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Southeast corner |
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Medics provide First Aid. These were WW2 US Marines before conversion. |
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Over the wall. |
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The lane from the annex looking north. |
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Garden looking north. |
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French colonel encourages his men up the lane on the west side. |
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Annex window. |
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The farmhouse |
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Garden looking south. |
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Farmhouse |
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The fruit trees try to show how they looked in the Victorian photos. |
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French infantry pass the window of the farmhouse on the west side lane. |
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The fight at the front gate. The gatehouse was burnt and later rebuilt. |
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Nassau Grenadiers held in reserve in the field to the north of the farm. |
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The farmyard. |
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My lights make the render look yellow, but it's really a paler colour. |
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Lunch |
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Regimental Aid Post |
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Gate into the Great Barn. |
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Stables with the well to the right. |
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Front gate. |
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Nassau Grenadiers looking south along the west side lane |