6mm French Napoleonic for Blücher

 Hi!

An update on the 6mm French army for Blucher.

10 infantry bases

4 foot battery's

2 horse artillery battery's

2 Carabinier bases

2 bases of Lancers

one Cuirassier base

One Dragoon base

3 Hussar bases

2 Chasseur-a-Cheval bases

All units

I am pleased as punch!

As you can see, the infantry are in two formations, which is what I aimed for. Both l'ordre mixte and columns.

I am rather cavalry top heavy. The lancers are only there because they came with some figures I bought on eBay. Being late period, 1812+, they aren't what I wanted as the army is for 1804-07.I painted them...because they were there. I do have more Cuirrassiers to paint as the ones above were also with the eBay purchase. I will do them when I come back from the U.S in June. Or I'll take them with me and paint them over there.

You may not notice it but the line infantry have bicorns and the flags have the pattern with corners and not the tricolour as of later. They are hand painted and came out better than expected.

I can now pit them against a combined Austro-Prussian force or have a smaller battles against each singly.

But I still need more of each!

Thanks' for dropping by.

The Silver Bayonet, F&IW style. Ghosts

 Hi!

A follow up from the last post.

The ghostly option is interesting in the F&IW era. I have gone for native American ghosts which were, essentially, black.

Well, black is a bit plain and hides the features so I thought to lighten the figures a touch to make them more interesting.

And pictured is one of the two wigwams from GrandManner (grandmanner) They are rather nice models. Luckily, I got them in the sale, unpainted along with a wickiup.

All ready for some Silver Bayonet F&IW and Musket and Tomahawks.

Thanks for dropping by

The Silver Bayonet, F&IW style

 Hi!

I have been working towards compiling two forces for The Silver Bayonet set in the F&I Wars.

First is a Native American unit:-

Sachem/Officer

Sachem

Medicineman/Champion of Faith/Doctor/Arcanist

What a versatile figure! A Medicineman was the spiritual leader of a tribe, hence the champion of faith. Not only that they had some knowledge of herbal medicine, doctor. Being the spiritual leader I thought arcanist would also suit. It would be a stretch to have the figure doing all three tasks at once so I would advise only one role at a time

Yes, a Reaper figure. And a woman at that!

Veteran Hunter

The other Reaper figure

Brave/Infantryman/Irregular 

Brave/Swordsman (melee weapon specialist) Tomahawk and knife

Brave/infantryman/Swordsmen/Ghosts!

Yes, I will use 3 or 4 as ghosts, 

The thing with this force is they are all irregular and native scouts. Not only that, they should have nimble and master of cover. It sounds totally unfair but if the cap fits....

This makes it probably the most versatile force you could bring to hunt the Harvestmen and their proxies, I think

A note on native American ghosts. From what I have read, in the north east the ghosts were black. Why? I have no idea. I will have to work around that somehow as a totally black figure might not look that great. I will try one to see how it goes. Anyone with any ideas please share!

You may note the figures are mainly from Galloping Major except for the two Reaper miniatures. 

Thoughts and ideas welcome