As part of the painting consortium working on the Waterloo diorama, I'm able to present this excellent Belgian square. The unit in question is the 3rd Line Battalion in Aubreme's brigade of Chasse’s division. The Battalion was commanded by Lt Col E P L'Honneux.
For reasons of privacy, I don't name names on the Blog but I'm very grateful for this latest contribution.
The figures are the usual mix. The front row (kneeling) are mostly Kennington. The rest are mixture of Hat and Art Miniaturen with a fair few others mixed in.
In addition to the line companies, the Chasseurs are shown with green cords and plumes and the grenadiers with red.
The square joins the other 25 battalions that now no longer all fit on the dining room table!
Wonderful, wonderful work! Have always meant to have a crack at painting some Dutch-Belgians myself, though I didn't necessarily have these same numbers of them in mind. Just curious, where/how will the finished diorama be displayed in full?
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Stokes
A stunning bit of work - well done that man whoever he is!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks to both of you. The diorama will be shown in an interim show next summer at the National Army Museum. It will consist of a series of mini-dioramas of La Belle Alliance, Hougoumont, La Haie Sainte, Papelotte and Plancenoit. In 2022 we will focus on the French cavalry charge and these squares. In 2023, we will begin to join up the various corners of the battlefield. The eventual target is 100,000 figures.
ReplyDeleteWow. Some project.
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