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!

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!

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