As promised, I present the 52nd, led here by Sir John Colborne, later to become the 1st Baron Seaton. He's Seaton on his horse now.
Happy New Year everyone!
WM
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As promised, I present the 52nd, led here by Sir John Colborne, later to become the 1st Baron Seaton. He's Seaton on his horse now.
Happy New Year everyone!
WM
It's Christmas Eve and I've been hard at it for the last few days working on the 52nd (Christmas chores allowing, that is).
Progress on the 52nd has been a rather glacial business, I'm sorry to say, but at long last they're finally coming together. I've even managed to finish painting a commander for them. He is none other than Lieutenant Colonel Sir John Colborne, who commanded the 52nd at Waterloo.
The figure chosen for this gig was an Alberken BN 35: British light infantry officer, pictured here next to a Hinton Hunt FNH 10: French general officer's horse.
The horse still needs a bit of work, but there's a fair prospect of getting Colborne and the rest of the 52nd finished this week.
In other news, I was very chuffed to see that my flag design for the Russo-German Legion has caught on a bit. You can see it here: The Hinton Spieler.: Green Jarmins
Pictured below is the absolutely exquisite version painted by Aly Morrison:
As promised in my last post, herewith is my slightly wobbly rendition of the colours the 1st Battalion 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot, Light Infantry.
Leeke and Nettles Group |
My new regiment is starting to take shape, although I've only finished one of them so far as a test figure.
As promised, I present the 4e Chasseurs à Cheval in all their shiny glory:
The figures are all Hinton Hunts, being:
FN 122: French Chasseur a Cheval of the line charging, x 8;No vintage Hinton Hunts were harmed during the making of this regiment as the two conversions were David Claytons.
Time for a bit more infantry, I think.
Yours,
WM
It's been a while since my last post, which was really not my plan at all. For those wondering what happened, the abridged version looks a bit like this:
I went overseas for work for several weeks, then had to self isolate because half of my travelling companions came down with covid; I then had to deal with the mountain of work which built up in my absence; and then. just over two months ago, I had an accident resulting in three hospital admissions. It may take me up to a year, they tell me, to really come right again, but I'm very glad to say that I'm already sufficiently recovered to return to work in just over a week. It's all been a lot less fraught that it might have been, however, thanks to the wonderful support of my friends, family and colleagues. I'm a very lucky man.
Although I continued to mess about with the 4e Chasseurs à Cheval over much of that time, it's really only for the last two weeks that I've been able to concentrate on them. I hoped to finish them today, but alas it was not to be. Nevertheless, here's a wee peek at where I'm up to. They will definitely be ready for battle by the end of next week.
I'm very keen to get them finished as I have some very special infantry lined up to follow them which I'm desperate to have a crack at!
Yours, finally back in the saddle,
WM