Sunday 13 December 2020

1st Battalion 2nd Chasseurs of The Old Guard

 I present 1st/2nd Chasseurs a Pied, one of two Old Guard battalions sent to Plancenoit to shore up the village's defences at the crisis of the battle.  The Battalion is shown defending the church and its environs. About half the battalion are shown, the remainder will follow next week, followed by 1st/2nd Grenadiers and eight battalions of Young Guard and then the Prussians.  A lot to do!


Strelets figures

An S Ranger Pioneer. I don't like the green grass around the building - need some work.

There's a lot of figures to fit! The kneeling figures are conversions from Zvezda WW2 Russians



Need to sort out my backgrounds. 

The Atlantic pair in which the Prussian is bayonetted is a conversion

Some Ykreol dead in the foreground

An S Range officer

Some of Thomas Mischak's Art Miniaturen casualty figures can be seen

The troops forming up in the gravestones are the newer Strelets set


All sorts of conversions here

Mostly Zvezda Russian WW2 conversions

Some of the figures need to have their stands 'bedded in'

Art Miniaturen wounded Chasseur

Couple of 6lb guns brought into the village

The diorama exposes the tactical challenge of defending and attacking the village.

Gives a good sense of how formidable a defensive position the church was.  The figures in the foreground are Art Miniaturen.


Again, more work needed on bedding in figures' stands



The sections are on some picnic tables which aren't very stable, accentuating the gap - apologies!

The base of the wall (provided by Thomas) needs to be bedded in

Overview






6 comments:

  1. This whole scene just gets better and better with each new set of photographs. Wonderful eye candy!

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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  2. Looks even better with the Guard 'deployed'. I love the mix of figures and manufacturers. Wonderful, wonderful diorama.
    Regards, James

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  3. Thanks to both of you. When I study the photos I see lots of mistakes - it's a good way of detaching oneself to correct them.

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  4. Staggeringly good! I love the guys forming up between the gravestones.

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  5. Pic - one morning you will wake up and find you are 22mm tall...

    As ever, sensational work.

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  6. Thanks Foy, I hope this fate doesn't befall me! Your own collection continues to grow in leaps and bounds - I'm holding back my Les Higgins French regiments for positioning in column with D'Erlon.

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