Fall in the 49th Foot

The Hertfordshire’s are now based and ready for action. It has taken just over six weeks to complete them which is pretty good going for me. I’m pleased with the overall look of the unit and with the flags in particular.

All the figures used were vintage Hinton Hunt castings most of which had never been painted before. They are:

18 x BN/5 Private (charging)
1 x BN/2 Sergeant (charging)
1 x BN/8 Officer (standing)
1 x BN/12 Drummer (playing)
1 x BN/13 Ensign Regiment Colour
1 x BN/14 Ensign King’s Colour Bearer
1 x BN/90 Light Infantry Officer (charging)

Years ago, I was inspired by the photo’s of the 1965 refight of the Battle of Waterloo featured in Featherstone’s Advanced Wargames. One picture shows a British unit in line composed of the same advancing figure and I remember at the time wishing I had some (I never did buy any British figures from Hinton Hunt because my limited funds went exclusively into raising a Prussian army). It has taken quite a few years but I now have a unit of my own!