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| Chuck's very generous donation |
My cunning plan of starting whichever project turned up first has been completely derailed by the arrival of numerous fabulous things simultaneously!
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| 4 Eagles. |
Chuck Gibke in the USA, gentleman, scholar, DK connoisseur and all-round smashing bloke, has donated a fantastic collection of DK French command figures, and much else besides.
Perhaps most treasured of all are these four French line infantry eagle-bearers. My complete lack of eagles was the main reason I haven't made a start on the small army of DK Frenchmen I've been collecting to fight my HH Prussians.
Most of the figures are from the
DK 13 set:
French Line Infantry Command 1812: 4 drummers, 3 eagle bearers, and 5 marching and 3 charging officers. The final eagle bearer looks like he might be from the
DK 7 set:
French Line Infantry Command 1809.
Chuck also very generously sent me 8 x
DK 121: Prussian Guard Infantry advancing, which is what I need to complete the 2nd East Prussian Grenadiers.
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| Officers and Drummers |
Rounding it off were 12 Jack Scruby French and British standard bearers. Although very simple sculpts they are very well proportioned and I think they'll paint up very nicely. I certainly intend to use them if I can find a way to reposition their flags. This won't be easy as they've been very solidly cast.
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| DK 121: Prussian Foot Guards Advancing |
Needless to say, I am heavily indebted to Chuck for his fantastic
generosity. I'll just have to make sure that my painting efforts do them
justice..
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| Scruby Standard Bearers |
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| Suspected Hinchliffes! |
In an entirely separate package were what I'm almost sure are a set of 6 Hinchliffe 20mm-scale French field guns. I bought these from my good friend Richard in New Zealand. I'm not completely certain what they are but they certainly look very Hinchliffe-y - to me. The inward-sloping camber of the wheels may be a bit of a clue. I have the feeling that only Frank Hinchliffe would have bothered with a detail like this at 20mm scale!
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| French Gribeauval 6 pdr? |
They look to me as if they might be French Gribeauval pattern 6 pounders, but they would do very well as Prussian 6 pounders as well, in my opinion. Whatever they are, I'm completely delighted with them.
So the big decision is: will it be Prussian artillery or French infantry on the painting table this weekend? I'll keep you posted!
WM
