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Friday, 19 May 2023

1st legere

Gentleman (and others) I give you the 1st legere.


For the record the figures I have used are:

1 x FN/1 Officer (charging)
1 x FN/4 Colour Bearer (charging)
20 x FN/5 Fusilier (charging)
1 x FN/6 Drummer (charging)
1 x FN/8 Officer (marching)

Despite the name they have been based as regular close-order infantry.


All the figures are very nice first-generation castings previously in the collection of Neville Dickinson, repainted by me.

Battle of Warve – I was fortunate enough to play in Norm’s (Battlefield & Warriors blog) recent Warve PBEM game. The game had ten players and was superbly run by Norm. I took part as GdD Habert, 10th French Infantry Division, you can follow my exploits on his very detailed AAR - you'll need a cup of coffee and in my case sedatives...


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19 comments:

  1. Norm19 May 2023 at 14:27

    Thanks, you made the Wavre game a lot of fun to run - some of your fine HH figures on the table would have made for an impressive sight :-)

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  2. Stryker19 May 2023 at 14:41

    Thanks to you too Norm - such a well run game. Maybe I should try something similar in an old school style although I'm not sure I could keep up the impressive pace of your game!

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  3. Rob19 May 2023 at 15:10

    That's a very smart looking unit - sometimes more is less. I shall now go and read about your, no doubt, stellar performance at Wavre.

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  4. Rob19 May 2023 at 15:11

    Hang on, did I say more is less? Shoot me now, or edit the comment to save my blushes.

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  5. Stryker19 May 2023 at 15:30

    Rob, no worries, I get your gist! Stellar doesn’t quite cover what actually happened…

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  6. Wellington Man19 May 2023 at 19:03

    These are every bit as gorgeous as I imagined they were going to be. Simply fabulous.
    All the best
    WM

    P.S I too will now check out what you did at Wavre!

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  7. Matt19 May 2023 at 22:23

    Bloomin' marvellous sight!

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  8. Syl20 May 2023 at 07:21

    Very beautiful
    Thanks!

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  9. Stryker20 May 2023 at 12:32

    WM - thanks, I do like the ‘all blue’ look!

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  10. Stryker20 May 2023 at 12:33

    Thanks Matt!

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  11. Stryker20 May 2023 at 12:33

    Thank you Syl!

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  12. Aly Morrison22 May 2023 at 07:23

    Very nice indeed…
    A classy paint job on classic figures.

    All the best. Aly

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  13. Stryker22 May 2023 at 11:04

    Cheers Aly!

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  14. mojoworking22 May 2023 at 14:43

    Flippin' 'eck! Lovely looking unit.

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  15. Stryker22 May 2023 at 15:44

    Thanks I appreciate that!

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  16. David23 May 2023 at 23:10

    These are so good I genuinely can't tell if the highlights are photographic reflections or paint. The blacklining on the drum is particularly well done as well. Really a stunning battalion of crisp Hinton Hunt goodness!

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  17. the Archduke24 May 2023 at 21:21

    Do I detect some dna from Marshal Ney? I should not want to be on the other side of the table from these messieurs..


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  18. Stryker26 May 2023 at 15:10

    David, thanks - they are reflections on the varnish, no clever shading here!

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  19. Stryker26 May 2023 at 15:12

    Nigel, more like Mack I think! Hopefully you will be meeting the messieurs soon…

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