Saturday 14 September 2019

Guns and Hussars

Three more items have captured the attention of the painting butterfly this week.

First, there are two British Peninsular War artillery sets each comprising a gun, four crew and the limber (with two riders and a foot gunner).



These are lovely sets with the action of the gunners loading and firing the guns beautifully captured.



The limber drivers in their fatigue caps make for a different model.



The completion of these finishes the British Peninsular project (although there is a British four-wheeled ammunition wagon that is really tempting).

Then as discussed in a previous post, are the two expanded and rebased regiments of Russian hussars for the Crimean War. As with the dragoons, three figures were added to each unit. 




And just to fill up some post space, here are a few pictures from our Napoleonic we played last Sunday. This was the first outing of my French 1812-13 collection.







11 comments:

  1. Very woiffy artillery crew, Mark! I like your hussars too. I have painted a few of these fine Foundry fellows.

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    1. Thanks Jonathan they are really nice sets. The Hussars are actually Great War Miniatures.

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  2. Spectacular and splendid pictures Mark, and I must admitt that this artillery is simply gorgeous, gun and gunners!

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    1. Thank you Phil. I agree the gun sets are great, with fantastic animation.

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  3. Nice work Mark. That's a decent 1813 French force too!

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    1. Thanks Nathan, but that was only a part of the force...not used were another six battalions, nine guns and four cuirassiers, two carabiner, two hussar and three chasseur regiments. I am hoping for a larger Napoleonic game some time in November, when they will all be on the table.

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  4. A nice assortment and great to see the 1812 French take the field. They look as though they have the upper hand in those photos.

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  5. Really character full artillery and hussars, lovely looking Napoleonic troops!
    Best Iain

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  6. Lovely toys Mark...
    The French regiments look rather splendid on the field of battle...

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Thanks Aly. When those 12 battalions went forward it was a sight indeed. It was just a shame that they fell apart a little bit faster than their opponents!

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