Recently, I've spent my time working on the 12 Cuirassier regiments - a never ending task that occasionally leaves me losing the will to live.
In between times, it's fun to achieve concrete results with the Smohain hamlet and the adjoining farms.
Here are some images:
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| The interior of La Haye Farm, with Nassauers in defence |
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| Southern edge |
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| Overview - the Nassau defenders are in place but the French are yet to be attached. |
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| Entrance to farm |
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| Grenadier company - the bases are yet to be hidden |
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| The joins in the track are too obvious at the moment but will be disguised |
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| Barn to the East of the main farm |
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| Track skirting the farm heading North-East. |
The buildings in Mmohain (also known as La Marache) follow the scheme in the map below and are built by my father from modern images on Google Earth, but suitably adapted to 1815.
The buildings are arrayed on a table and are not quite in their correct positions. If you take a Street View search on Google Earth you can how they look today.
I delight in each post that you make, James. A huge bravo to your father once more for those absolutely sensational buildings—and to you for the beautiful painting, I presume? I am honestly moved by the magnificence and shear scale of what you have done/are doing. You must have to pinch yourself sometimes, albeit just plow on at others, hey?!😀
ReplyDeleteBest wishes and, as always, all power to you,
James
p.s. I realise that you were part tongue-in-cheek, but also part serious; still, painting 12 regiments of cuirassiers *has* to be a delight, 🤪😊 (They had such beautiful uniforms/kit and there are lots of wonderful examples in 1/72 to take advance of—mind you, my version only involves around 12 figs each, hahahahaha. Being wargame figures, those for Borodino will do for Waterloo, although, I also plan to do them with their earlier, less colourful, facings for Wagram)