Due to an unexpected burst of enthusiasm for my Boer War project nothing much Hinton Huntish has happened for the last couple of weeks. I did however stumble across this photo taken during the run up to Vintage Waterloo which for some reason I don't think ever made it onto the blog.It shows the entire infantry of the Guard deploying near La Belle Alliance at the start of the test game. There are 10 battalions, all Hinton Hunt, and what a fine sight they made. The unit nearest the camera in the back row are my very own 2nd Regiment de Grenadiers-a-Pied de la Garde Imperiale. All the other units are from Roy’s collection including the rather nice wagon with Cantinière.
Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.
14 comments:
A grand sight ! , Tony
Splendid - I have that cantiniere.
I don't have the OG though :)
I do believe that they are the same troops who stole my victory last summer?
Vive l'Empereur!!!
Stokes
Stirring sight and one that must have filled the British commanders with trepidation during the Waterloo refight.
10 Battalions of 24 Hinton Hunt figures..... Wow, what a sight!
Thanks for the comments chaps!
The photo is from the 'test' game Roy and I had before the main event and in that one the Guard didn't get into action but still looked rather intimidating. During the main game they looked unstoppable from the British side of the table until the Foot Guards took aim that is...
Magnifique! A sight to stir a Wargamer's Heart!
Fabulous - that photo is exactly like the pics out of the old Charles Grant Napoleonic Wargame book - pictures I drooled over for years, I might say. Pictures which dramatically reshaped my ideas of what a wargame should look like!
Tony - yes, I count myself lucky to have taken part in such a game.
Are those my Guard Voltigeurs in the far corner? I was there is spirit then!
Ah yes Matt, they were there - the best turned out unit on the field!
The Guard en masse, wonderful!
Paul
Thanks Paul, under my rules this is something of a steamroller but then it should be shouldn't it?
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