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.
10 comments:
Lovely, lovely, lovely! Very glad to see them under way.
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
Hi IAN- excellent painting of the OLD GUARD- good work- like your new Blog Page Setup too. Regards. KEV.
A true 'vieux grognard'!
great model indeed.
And a nice paint job. Sadly these old chaps are next to unoptainable here in Germany
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.
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...
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
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
Roy - not only that but I even painted the white straps securing it! Well this is the Guard...
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