Here are some pictures:
The berceau |
My diorama shows the battlefield at 1800 - by this stage the Chateau had burnt. |
It's been said my model doesn't show enough of the wood where much of the fight took place - well here it is. |
I've created this diagram of the formal garden |
And then marked it out on the diorama |
The view through the north gate |
You can see how large an area must be filled by the formal garden. |
View of the balustrade, with diagram |
The killing zone |
View down the west side |
The track looking north |
The killing zone from the west - the troops stop at the edge of the section. |
The whole building complex |
The chapel |
The track leading to La Belle Alliance |
Looking east |
The burnt west barn |
I've made some of my trees from dead bonsai trees from a local bonsai club |
Wounded conversions |
The formal garden from the west looking east. |
The star at the east end of the formal garden. This was planted with ornamental trees and hedged . |
View down the killing zone. |
If you look carefully, there is a Classical statue at the centre of the star. based on this HYTTY figure. |
Frank Ziegler figures from Hagen - with bicornes removed |
These voltigeurs are all conversions |
Casualties |
The Grenadiers are mostly Qualicast |
Early stages of the north-south track through the wood. This was scene of the most intense fighting. |
More of the Qualicast |
Another view of the kitchen garden. The Coldstream Sergeant Major threatened the Cat for anyone who walked on the vegetables |
This Fox Talbot photograph shops an extraordinary level of craftsmanship but given it's English probably wouldn't be appropriate. |
This Monet painting obviously shows a French haystack |
And here's an experimental haystack, not yet attached or set alight |
And since it caught fire, it'll need some careful modelling |