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Thursday, 12 September 2013

First Grumbler

This is my ‘test’ figure for the firing pose unit of French Old Guard Grenadiers that I will be painting to represent the 2nd Regiment of Grenadiers.


The figure is listed in the Hinton Hunt catalogue as a Grenadier of the Old Guard 1804/15 in Guard Bearskin, long tailed coat, waistcoat, knee breeches and tall gaiters – FN/23 Grenadier (firing). In my opinion this is one of the best examples of Marcus Hinton’s work and was a pleasure to paint.


I’m also making good progress with the command group of figures for this unit but next I will have to knuckle down to the more tedious task of painting the remaining 20 identical figures – not that I’m grumbling.
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10 comments:

  1. Anonymous12 September 2013 at 20:38

    Lovely, lovely, lovely! Very glad to see them under way.

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  2. Anonymous12 September 2013 at 21:01

    A very nice figure indeed. I enjoy your blog and have started on my own 20mm Napoleonic project. I was originally looking at GDB but I am thinking of following your style of units. Hopefully using ART miniaturen figures only.

    Cheers
    Paul

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  3. KEV. Robertson.12 September 2013 at 23:32

    Hi IAN- excellent painting of the OLD GUARD- good work- like your new Blog Page Setup too. Regards. KEV.

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  4. Rafael Pardo13 September 2013 at 06:37

    A true 'vieux grognard'!

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  5. Markus Schenk13 September 2013 at 21:06

    great model indeed.
    And a nice paint job. Sadly these old chaps are next to unoptainable here in Germany

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  6. James Fisher14 September 2013 at 03:19

    Nice painting Ian. The interpretation of the bearskin by various sculptors is always a point of interest. I particularly like the 'big' bearskin on this fella.

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  7. Stryker14 September 2013 at 08:40

    Thanks for the comments chaps!

    I'm hoping I can progress a bit faster with this unit than I have with the last few I've painted...

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  8. lewisgunner15 September 2013 at 20:32

    Beautiful pint work Ian. It is a great little figure and you have brought it to life.

    Paul, an army of Art Miniaturen... i am impressed.
    Roy

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  9. lewisgunner16 September 2013 at 15:10

    A further comment,
    It is nice to see the undress cap that is rolled up under the cartridge bok painted. Smart work. mine usually end up black!
    Roy

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  10. Stryker16 September 2013 at 15:15

    Roy - not only that but I even painted the white straps securing it! Well this is the Guard...

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