Pages

▼

Sunday 20 April 2014

Garde Imperiale

Finished at last – the 2nd Regiment de Grenadiers-a-Pied de la Garde Imperiale.

Deployed in line - a splendid sight!

 In case you forgot - click here to see how they used to look.

This unit is made up of 20 x FN/23 Grenadier (firing), 1 x FN/27 Officer (marching), 1 x FN/28 Grenadier Sergeant (marching) – all vintage Hinton Hunt figures. It turns out that the standard bearer and drummer are from US maker The Replacement Depot a contemporary of Hinton Hunt who appear to have borrowed quite heavily from Marcus Hinton’s work.

Just to prove that I don't just paint the fronts!

 The Emperor leads the Guard forward.

A very welcome (if slightly overdue) addition to the French order of battle. There are rumours that the Emperor may soon be taking the entire Grand Armee eastwards...
at

18 comments:

  1. Michael20 April 2014 at 18:57

    Fantastic work Ian, well worth the wait.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Matt20 April 2014 at 19:06

    Absolutely marvelous! Well worth the wait. If they do head east make sure they wrap up. Gets a tad chilly I have heard.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Stryker20 April 2014 at 19:12

    Thanks lads!

    Matt, they are hoping to make the trip east during May so it should be nice and warm...

    ReplyDelete
  4. MSFoy20 April 2014 at 19:27

    Now there's posh! - lovely job, Ian - well worth elite status.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Stryker20 April 2014 at 20:26

    Thanks Tony - I forgot to take a pic of Cambronne with them!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Markus Schenk20 April 2014 at 20:31

    Great work. I really like tahtblack lining style.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Stryker20 April 2014 at 20:35

    Thanks Markus, it's quite fiddly work but I think the result is worth the effort.

    ReplyDelete
  8. the Archduke21 April 2014 at 09:12

    Respect from Vienna. What a magnificent unit. Just shows it's never worth rushing.....

    ReplyDelete
  9. 'Lee.21 April 2014 at 10:21

    Superb! Long time coming but well worth the wait :-) Look forward to seeing them in action.

    Lee.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Anonymous21 April 2014 at 17:40

    Excellent work, look forward to seeing them in action, beating the Russians I hope.

    Paul

    ReplyDelete
  11. Stryker21 April 2014 at 20:51

    Thanks lads - the emperor is feeling quietly confident about the forthcoming scrap with the Russians now the guard are here!

    ReplyDelete
  12. lewisgunner22 April 2014 at 12:26

    Well, as long as they are not trailing round with British allies!!!
    Roy

    ReplyDelete
  13. James Fisher22 April 2014 at 14:40

    They look great Ian and they seem to have come together so quickly too. Excellent.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Stryker22 April 2014 at 16:15

    Roy - I can promise no British Allies this time (except possibly Nassau) it will be 100% pure French!

    James - yes, very quick for me!

    ReplyDelete
  15. Rafael Pardo23 April 2014 at 12:07

    Excelent job!
    Rafa

    ReplyDelete
  16. Phil25 April 2014 at 13:31

    Abosulty beautiful!!

    ReplyDelete
  17. Douglas 10 May 2014 at 12:26

    Ian If you are the tabletop sale tomorrow, please make a point of saying hi. have a few more goodies for you.
    Regards Douglas

    ReplyDelete
  18. Stryker10 May 2014 at 14:52

    Hi Douglas - No I'm not off anywhere tomorrow (not sure where the sale is?). The goodies sound intriguing so please drop me an email using the address on my profile (my old email is defunct!)
    Cheers
    Ian

    ReplyDelete