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| The Voltigeurs swarm out of the woods... |
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| ...and then recombine in close order to defend the hedgerow. |
As a line unit they're certainly a bit unconventional, but not disastrously so. It's also rather nice to have a battalion that's doing something other than charging.
The figures are:
Hinton Hunt FN 3 x 3
Hinton Hunt FN 1 x 1
DK 12 x 19
DK 13 x 1
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| A formidable firing line |
The DKs and Hinton Hunts have blended together so well that it's difficult to tell them apart.
Next up: a second squadron of Polish lancers!
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| Leading a classic brigade attack (with apologies to Charles Grant), |
Lovely photographs, and your voltigeur basing scheme is very interesting. It has always struck me as odd to have Napoleonic light infantry/rifle units based permanently in open order formations when they often could and did operate in close order if necessary.
ReplyDeleteBest Regards,
Stokes
Thank you, Stokes. I added a few Britains plastic hedges that I bought for my 54mm Britains Detail troops in about 1978. They work surprisingly well with 20mm!
DeleteAnother fine unit Matt. The strong yellow collars and shako cords etc really makes them 'pop' :) Like how you based them too.
ReplyDeleteI suffer from yellow pom-pom envy every time I see Ian S's Swedes, 'Lee, so it was time to do something about it!
DeleteThey look splendid Matt - those are the best Pom-poms ever! Nice to see the growing French infantry force all together on manoeuvres as we'll.
ReplyDeleteYou can't beat a yellow pom-pom, I always say. Wellington Girl, on the other hand, wanted to know why the officers had bananas on their hats.
DeleteSmashing looking unit very 'Old School' ! , Tony
ReplyDeleteThank you, Tony. They were a devil to paint
DeleteExcellent figures, look forward to seeing the lancers
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Cheers Paul. There's still three French cavalry squadrons, an infantry battalion, an artillery battery and four generals to do before I've caught up with the Prussians. I'm aiming to get them done by Christmas!
DeleteThe very devil eh? Damn fine job though!
ReplyDeleteThanks LG. The demonic element was the yellow paint, which possibly qualifies as a new physical state, somewhere between a liquid and a solid, hitherto unknown to science. It simply wouldn't go where it was told to go!
DeleteThanks again Matthew for confirming my own prejudices. In this case using HH elite company figures en masse. As I have demonstrated, painting them as lights is pretty drab in comparison with your guys. As to Wellington Girl, I hope you told her of the morale effect of heroically brandished bananas.........
DeleteThank you, Archduke. I was a little nervous about how this unit would be received, but since finding out that they actually existed I'm greatly re-assured!
DeleteTop stuff Matt. Really like the brigade on ‘manoeuvres’.
ReplyDeleteCheers, James. It's a somewhat miniscule brigade, but I'll get there eventually.....
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