Wednesday 10 October 2018

Another French Battalion

As I mentioned at the end of my last post, I am being a bit of a butterfly at present with four concurrent projects running. This post shows the first unit, the 2nd Battalion 33rd RĂ©giment de Ligne, before I flutter onto the next.






I finished this sometime last week, but have only just given the final touches to the bases.

 


12 comments:

  1. Another success, beautiful!

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  2. Looking pretty good Mark. The Perry generic French are a great figure to paint.

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    1. Thanks Robbie, you are right, the mix of greatcoat and full dress makes for great looking units - quick and easy to paint.

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  3. Another nice job on these Perry French infantry Mark - how many battalions is that now for the 1813 project?

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    1. That's 12 down , 5 to go...plus two chasseur a cheval regiments. Things are stacking up on the painting desk with fivecvarying units in various stages of completion.

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  4. The mix of uniform adds a lot of interest. Really gives them that campaign look.

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    1. Thanks Jonathan. I think mixing the colours of the greatcoats and shako covers makes a difference too. It gives that really ragged look. The original plan was to do entire battalions in either full dress and greatcoat, but I am glad now that I chose to mix them up.

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  5. Lovely looking French line,steaming through them!
    Best Iain

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    1. Yes - got the bit between the teeth and there is light at the end of the tunnel.

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  6. Another fine unit Mark...
    You are certainly flying through them.

    All the best Aly

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    1. Thanks Aly. The rate of production is directly related to the level of stress I have in the real world at present. The ability to sit quietly for two or three hours in an evening and just paint toys is sheer bliss. I suspect that productivity will decrease as the weather improves and chores are found for me in the garden...plus I am rapidly running out of storage for the little men!

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