Temporary Halt to the FPW Project

With the completion of the last few infantry figures the FPW project has come to a halt because I have now completed everything in this project except for items not yet released.

With the project on hold and no more red pants to paint, an engineer turns off the red paint pipeline.

The last few French painted were some skirmish stands and seven spare officer figures (some of which will be used for artillery commanders). Most of the officers have had additions from other ranges - the revolver hand comes from one of the ACW sets and the binoculars come from the Warlord WWII German Blitzkrieg set...it is so nice to have a big box of bits and bobs left over from various plastics sets.

In recapitulation the completed FPW components are:

Prussians

• 2 x  mounted generals
• 2 regiments of cuirassiers 
• 2 regiments of uhlans
• 2 regiments of dragoons
• 5 regiments of hussars
• 1 battalion of Jägers
• 24 battalions of line infantry
• 18 skirmish bases
• 6 light field batteries 
• 6 heavy field batteries
• 4 horse batteries

Total: 146 mounted, 683 foot and 16 guns

French

• 4 mounted generals
• 11 foot generals/colonels
• 2 regiments chasseurs à Cheval
• 3 battalions chasseurs à pied
• 36 line infantry battalions
• 18 skirmish stands
• 8 light field artillery batteries
• 4 light horse artillery batteries
• 3 mitrailleuse batteries
• 2 heavy field batteries

Total: 28 mounted, 798 foot and 17 guns

Needed to finish the collection:

16 Prussian mounted officers

20 French mounted officers

24 French dragoons

48 French cuirassiers

But we need a parade...and so here is the complete French 2nd Corps (with the exception of those items mentioned above). Arranged left to right are 1st, 2nd and 3rd divisions, with the Chasseur à Cheval brigade and the reserve artillery to the right rear.