The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor: February 2022

Thursday 24 February 2022

Napoleonic British - Project Complete

FINALLY! PROGRESS!

Napoleonics.............wonderful, but by god its a long road to paint and get them done. I don't think I can face painting any more white (well, except on the French), so a good blocker for any project urges that involve painting more white (18th Century, I'm looking at you!)

I bought the first box of these in 2014, so a good 7 1/2 years of on and off working on these, but finally can call them done. All my Napoleonic stuff has been a real monkey on the back, as no matter how much progress I made on other projects, there was always that call of "yes, but the Napoleonics isn't done, is it? and theres a fuckload of those in that box over there!"

So, at least I can relax on that account......................although in truth, I do still have some odds and ends kicking about, but nothing really major.

Does seem as though these are one that my group has been waiting for, as now everyones started putting in orders for their own brigades of French and British stuff. Although, why not do that a year ago and get painting, so its finishing around the same time for them, I don't know?

On to the pictures!

First up, the cavalry. We're looking at a Light Dragoon, Hussar, Scots Greys, Household (I think, its been so long that my memory of the Household/Life Guard uniforms has blanked)

Artillery. Nice line of cannon, with a supporting howitzer and some rockets. Plus the limbers to get them shifting about.

Finally, the infantry. Plenty of them! I've used a simple code to aid the gaming on the table top. Grey trousers for all the line regiments who aren't in a kilt, and white trousers for Guard regiments. A simple idea which hugely helps in the middle of the game and seeing who is what and where.

Think theres 9 x units of 24 models, plus some 95th Rifles dotted about the place.