Friday 21 August 2020

Prussian Horse Artillery Battery

Here is the latest from my painting consortium, a Prussian Horse Artillery battery.  Not only is it very nicely painted but it shows the amount of space it would have taken up.

The figures are a mix of Art Miniaturen, Franznap and some Hat.  I'm keeping things anonymous, but I'm really grateful to the painter.












 

Tuesday 18 August 2020

Reinforcements

In the last few months, we have created a painting consortium which has given a major boost to the project.  In production at the moment are:

Initials

Project

Numbers

SB

French Infantry Battalion

400

BdC

French Light Infantry Battalion

400

JMC

X2 Bn Old Guard

X2 Bn Young Guard

1600

AD

Large collection

10,000

RE

12th Light Dragoons

200

CdH

6th Militia, 6thHussars, Lux’s battery

800

LF

Prussian Cavalry

200

SG

Sandham’s Battery

100

JH

Prussian Battalion

French Light Infantry Battalion

400

 

400

 

DG

Bull’s Troop

100

CK

Old Guard Battalion

400

MM

Prussian Battery

100

PM

Landwehr Battalion

400

RM

200 Voltigeurs Young Guard

 

200

 

LWS

Landwehr Battalion

500

BP

18thBuckingham’s

400

SP

Tirailleur Battalion

400

AP

Halkett’s Brigade

1600

DS

Belgian Line Battalion

18th Prussian Reserve Battalion

400

 

200

RS

TBC

 

HR

Large collection

15,000

Total

 

33,300

I've avoided using names, but each participant is identified by his initials.  I was visited by one of the team this weekend and used the opportunity to show some of the work to date.  

Here's my own work top with four battalions of Old and Young Guard in production:



What a mess!

La Belle Alliance:









Showing a barrier thrown across the road at Plancenoit.


Some more battle damage and barriers in Plancenoit:

La Haie Sainte needed a viewing:











My Marines and Engineers of the Guard:




Some of my visitors figures:


It was raining too hard and there was not enough space inside to get out Hougoumont!



Monday 17 August 2020

3rd Line Battalion in Aubreme’s Brigade of Chasse’s Division

 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!











Friday 7 August 2020

The Village

After quite a bit of work, I present two completed sections of the Plancenoit diorama.  As yet, there is not a single figure positioned on the model, but they are in production.  The tricky bit will be working out how to place them given the relatively dynamic nature of the fight and the absence of firm evidence.  

I'd particularly like to thank my father who is the mastermind behind the buildings.  There are 23 buildings on this section, more than the rest of the diorama put together!

The road east from the church - the Prussian line of advance towards the camera.

The view south, this row of buildings would have formed an excellent line of defence.

The church with Thomas's amazing tombstones
Aerial view - this row of buildings was densely packed.

The view west as the Prussians would have seen it.

This set of buildings was one farm complex in the middle of the village
The open area around the church.  I need to put another set of steps up to the church, running south-north.


looking south



looking north-east, with one of Thomas's signposts.





Church looking north


Plancenoit's killing zone around the village green
looking north-west